devtake.dev

#national-security

RSS
A hand holds a smartphone showing the Claude Mythos app logo against a dark backdrop with Anthropic's orange burst symbol.
Policy·

Anthropic is sending Mythos 5, the model it called too dangerous, to cyberdefenders and the US government

Mythos 5 is the same model as Fable 5 with cyber safeguards lifted, going to Project Glasswing defenders and, Anthropic says, ~150 orgs across 15+ countries.

The South Facade of the White House in Washington, with the fountain and South Lawn in the foreground.
Policy·

Sriram Krishnan is leaving the White House AI job to build an outside policy institution

Sriram Krishnan, the a16z partner who co-wrote the AI Action Plan, leaves his White House senior AI advisor role at the end of June 2026. Here's what changes.

The White House in Washington, D.C., where the executive order was signed
Policy·

Trump dropped the mandatory AI model review after Silicon Valley pushed back

Trump's June 2 AI executive order asks for a voluntary 30-day model review, down from a mandatory 90-day one. Here's what got cut and who pushed.

US military personnel walking with smartphones, illustrating phone location data exposure
Policy·

Adversaries are tracking US troops with the same phone-location data advertisers buy

A Wired investigation and a CENTCOM letter to Senator Wyden confirm enemies are tracking US troops through commercial phone location data. Here's how the broker pipeline works.

IBM Quantum System One inside its glass enclosure at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center
Policy·

Commerce will take equity in nine quantum companies. $2 billion is moving in exchange.

On May 21 NIST disclosed nine letters of intent worth $2.013B for IBM, GlobalFoundries, and seven quantum labs. Each comes with a minority federal stake.

Illustration representing DOGE and government technology
Policy·

A judge killed DOGE's grant purge. The 'review process' was asking ChatGPT 'Is this DEI?'

A federal judge restored $100M+ in grants after two DOGE staffers used ChatGPT to flag 97% of NEH grants as DEI, including an HVAC repair and Holocaust research.

Google logo with a stylized eye, illustrating digital surveillance themes.
Policy·

DHS used a customs summons to demand a Canadian's Google data over anti-ICE posts. ACLU sued May 4.

ACLU sued in N.D. Cal. to block a 1930s tariff-act subpoena targeting a Canadian who hasn't been to the US since 2015. Google has not said whether it complied.

Electronic certification testing equipment in a lab
Policy·

FCC just voted to bar Chinese labs from certifying US electronics. 75% of devices are tested there now.

Brendan Carr's FCC advanced the 'Bad Labs' rule on April 30 in a 3-0 vote, kicking off a 60-90 day comment period. The rule covers 126 labs in China and Hong Kong.

Illustration for Anthropic's Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity program powered by Claude Mythos Preview
AI·

NSA is running Anthropic's Mythos. The Pentagon says Anthropic is a supply-chain risk.

Axios reports the NSA is using Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model even though the Defense Department has blacklisted Anthropic. One government, two positions.