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June 26, 2026

X-Risk Weekly — 22 Jun–26 Jun 2026

Also: US-Iran peace talks begin in Switzerland as Strait of Hormuz blockade continues‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Week of 22 Jun

Transformative AI
US government orders first-ever restriction of AI model over jailbreak vulnerability
On 12 June, the US government ordered Anthropic to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide, just three days after Fable 5's 9 June release.

Also in this issue

Geopolitics & Conflict
US-Iran peace talks begin in Switzerland as Strait of Hormuz blockade continues
Transformative AI
White House and Anthropic negotiate formal AI safety standards after Fable pulldown
Geopolitics & Conflict
Iran agrees to restore UN nuclear inspections in exchange for sanctions relief
Geopolitics & Conflict
US and Iran agree 60-day roadmap to final deal, establish de-escalation mechanisms
Research
Frontier AI models demonstrate superhuman persuasion capabilities in Oxford study
Research
AI systems now decisively out-persuade expert humans in controlled experiments

… and 67 more in the full briefing

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