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June 12, 2026

Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 with strong capabilities; system card flags bioweapons competence and worrying reasoning behaviours

Also: US strikes damage over 50 Iranian military bases since war began, satellite analysis confirms‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 12 June 2026

Transformative AI
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 with strong capabilities; system card flags bioweapons competence and worrying reasoning behaviours
On 9 June 2026, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model that the company had previously restricted to a limited group of cybersecurity defenders and critical infrastructure providers.

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