X-Risk Daily logo

X-Risk Daily

Archives
Log in
Subscribe
June 11, 2026

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

Also: OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind call for international coordination to enable slowing frontier AI development‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Thursday 11 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.

Also in this issue

Transformative AI
OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind call for international coordination to enable slowing frontier AI development
Transformative AI
AI safety researchers launch Sequent, aiming for 40-80 staff and theoretical guarantees on alignment
Transformative AI
US Department of Energy launches 'Genesis Mission' to accelerate scientific discovery using AI
Geopolitics & Conflict
US and Iran exchange direct military strikes for second consecutive day
Research
New technique detects AI backdoors by training reference model to match normal behaviour
Research
Frontier AI models can complete three-minute reasoning tasks without visible chain-of-thought, doubling annually since 2019

… and 41 more in the full briefing

Read today's briefing →

Prefer a weekly digest? Click ‘manage your subscription’ below.

Got thoughts on today’s briefing? Just reply to this email — I’ll read and reply!

Generated automatically from 11 sources including Transformer, Sentinel, Epoch AI, LessWrong, and EA Forum.

Don't miss what's next. Subscribe to X-Risk Daily:
Powered by Buttondown, the easiest way to start and grow your newsletter.