Fable Thrown Under The Bus

Anthropic sent staff to DC to resolve the Mythos 5 export crisis after Amazon's Jassy reportedly helped trigger the federal block. Fox is buying Roku for ~$22B, the UK bans social media for under-16s, and Chinese Tesla drivers fool monitoring with doll heads.

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Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue (axios.com/2026/06/14/anthropic-white-house-myt…) (Axios)

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The US Commerce Dept blocked foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5; Anthropic cut off all customers to comply, calling the disclosed jailbreaks minor (theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949553…) (The Verge)

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Trump signed off on the restriction himself after Commerce Secretary Lutnick was asked to lead the response (nytimes.com/2026/06/13/us/politics/trump-anthr…) (NYT)

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Amazon researchers showed Fable's safeguards could be evaded; Jassy raised it with Treasury's Bessent, helping set the export controls in motion (wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-dispatches-staff-to-…) (WSJ)

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Fox says it is acquiring Roku in its largest deal yet, valued at ~$22B including debt, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households globally; FOX drops 10%+ (wsj.com/business/deals/fox-roku-deal-f6e564f9?…) (WSJ)

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Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s to "give kids their childhood back", using an Australia-like model, in effect by next spring (reuters.com/business/media-telecom/britain-exp…) (Reuters)

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UK's under-16 ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X but exempt WhatsApp and Signal; AI companion chatbots must be 18+ (techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/uk-unveils-sweeping-…) (TechCrunch)

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Chinese Tesla drivers are using tiny plastic heads to fool Tesla's distracted-driving controls, which appear unable to distinguish figurines from real people (wired.com/story/chinese-drivers-are-using-tiny…) (Wired)

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Chinese Tesla owners use figurines, photos, lenticular images, and looping face videos to bypass cabin-camera monitoring, sold for $10–$40 online (digitaltrends.com/cars/chinese-drivers-have-fi…) (Digital Trends)