The White House is blocking Anthropic from expanding private-sector access to its Mythos model from roughly 50 to 120 firms, citing concerns that compute strain could hurt government access. Officials want the cyber-heavy model kept close for national security, creating an awkward split between wanting Mythos's capabilities and continuing the Pentagon's hard line.
The White House just signed an executive order launching the Genesis Mission, an ambitious initiative likened to the Manhattan Project to unite federal scientific datasets and supercomputers. Run by the Department of Energy, the program will build a unified computing platform and deploy AI agents to automate scientific workflows across semiconductors, quantum computing, and nuclear energy.
The White House just signed Executive Order 14277 to boost AI literacy across American youth. The order sets up a dedicated AI education task force, launches a nationwide Presidential AI Challenge, and taps federal grant programs to ramp up K-12 curricula, teacher training, and apprenticeships. The move aims to secure future workforce leadership directly from the classroom.
The White House just pushed back against clamping down on open-source AI. A new Commerce Department report found no need to restrict developers from releasing model weights, citing insufficient evidence of major harms and real benefits to open innovation. But officials warn they're still monitoring safety and will step in if bigger risks appear.
Apple just signed the White House's voluntary commitment to AI safety, joining 15 other tech giants including OpenAI and Google. Under the pledge, Apple agrees to conduct pre-release red-team testing, treat model weights confidentially, and develop content watermarking systems. With Apple Intelligence rolling out to 2 billion devices soon, the move is a clear effort to appease regulators early.
