The US government authorized Anthropic to partially restore access to its powerful Mythos 5 model after previously mandating a suspension. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed the decision in a letter to Anthropic, allowing the model to be made available to 'certain trusted partners.' The partial restoration follows Anthropic's cooperation with government risk-assessment efforts.
bloomberg.com ↗Anthropic and California Governor Gavin Newsom struck a deal granting all state agencies and local governments access to Claude at a significantly discounted rate. The agreement also includes training and technical support from Anthropic. This marks a major expansion of enterprise AI into US state government, positioning Claude as the AI platform for California's public sector.
techcrunch.com ↗Cursor launched a public beta mobile app for iOS on all paid plans, allowing developers to spin up new coding agents or interact with agents initiated from the desktop client directly from their phone. The app extends Cursor's agentic coding workflow to mobile, letting engineers guide and monitor AI coding tasks away from their desks. This is the first major AI coding tool to offer a companion mobile experience for its agent platform.
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