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- Anthropic restores Fable 5, Mythos 5 after U.S. lifts export controls
- Claude Sonnet 5 debuts with near-Opus 4.8 performance at lower cost
- Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite, new low-cost image model
- Trump discloses $1.4B+ in income from family crypto ventures in 2025
- Open USD launches reserve-sharing stablecoin with Visa, Mastercard
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1. Anthropic restores Fable 5, Mythos 5 after U.S. lifts export controls
Anthropic Tue. announced Fable 5 and Mythos 5 will return starting Wed.:
āA license is no longer required for the export, reexport, or in-country transferā of the models, Commerce Secy Lutnick reportedly said in a letter to Anthropic.
Anthropic has āagreed to proactively detect and address security risksā associated with the models, Lutnick said.
The company will also āwork diligently with the U.S. government on protocols, standards, and releasesā for Mythos, Fable, and future models, he wrote.
Jul. 7: Fable 5 will transition to usage credits for eligible paid plans.
Anthropic is also developing an AI severity standard with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other Glasswing partners.
Last week: Mythos 5 was cleared for select companies and U.S. government agencies.
The now-lifted export controls created uncertainty and pushed users toward Chinese AI models.
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3. Claude Sonnet 5 debuts with near-Opus 4.8 performance at lower cost
Claude Sonnet 5 is just 2-3 points behind GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index:
Sonnet 5 costs $3/$15 per 1M input/output tokens, vs. Opus 4.8ās $5/$25, GPT-5.5ās $5/$30, and Gemini 3.1 Proās $4/$18 (for >200K-token prompts).
Claude Sonnet 5 is substantially better than Sonnet 4.6 for agentic work, Anthropic said.
Until Aug. 31, Sonnet 5 is available at a discounted $2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens.
Claude Sonnet 5 used ~40% more output tokens than Sonnet 4.6, trailing only GPT-5.4 mini and nano
Separately, Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench integrating 60+ scientific databases and specialized research tools.
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5. Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite, low-cost image model delivering outputs in 4 seconds
Nano Banana 2 Lite has emerged as a major upgrade for Nano Banana users:
