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🤖 The U.S. Government Just Switched Off the World's Most Powerful AI — Here's What Happened Next
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- Jun 18, 2026
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In a historic first, the Trump administration invoked national security powers to effectively shut down access to Anthropic's most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — just three days after their release — triggering a global geopolitical shockwave. The fallout reached the G7 summit, where world leaders raised alarms about overdependence on American-controlled AI, and France announced it's already pulling the plug on U.S. AI tools used by its own intelligence services. Meanwhile, Midjourney — the AI image generator you thought you knew — just revealed a full-body ultrasound scanner that could rival MRI technology, signaling a stunning pivot into healthcare. The Klarna saga takes another dark turn: the company that famously fired hundreds of workers for AI, then rehired them, has now restructured into an Uber-style gig model that strips away job security entirely. A new Pew poll reveals that while nearly half of Americans now use AI regularly, only 16% believe it will have a positive impact on society — and the youngest, heaviest users are among the most pessimistic. World model startup Odyssey just hit a $1.45 billion valuation backed by Amazon, signaling where the smart money is flowing after the LLM era. From robots being puppeteered by VR-wearing workers in Shenzhen to Google's first smart speaker in six years powered by Gemini, the AI story is no longer just about software — it's about who controls the infrastructure of the future. Subscribe to Daily Inference: dailyinference.com Love AI? Check out our other AI tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio