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The Classified NSA Hack, A Wallet-Busting $6.3B Deal, and Google's Hollywood Bet

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Yesterday in AI  |  Jun 24, 2026

The Classified NSA Hack, A Wallet-Busting $6.3B Deal, and Google's Hollywood Bet

The terrifying reality behind the US government's sudden recall of Anthropic's flagship models has finally been exposed, revealing a classified cyber-breach that changed everything overnight. Today's episode breaks down how Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model cracked the NSA's networks, and the hyper-aggressive move OpenAI just made to dominate the defensive narrative by launching "Patch the Planet" to secure open-source software.
 
Plus, we analyze Japan's brilliant new architectural workaround as Sakana AI drops Fugu, an orchestration layer built specifically to insulate enterprise buyers from regulatory shutdowns. We unpack SpaceX's massive $6.3 billion pivot into a commercial supercomputing marketplace with Reflection AI, explore Mark Zuckerberg’s unbranded $299 smart glasses out of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, and dive into the monumental $75 million check Google DeepMind just cut to Hollywood's most respected indie film studio, A24.

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