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Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 today, cutting cache-read pricing by 75% — and revealed that the detector for the EU-mandated watermark it stamps into Claude's output is in a private preview limited to regulators, researchers and journalists, not the brands that publish the text. Google's generative AI performance reports went global in Search Console, giving every site AI Overviews and AI Mode impressions but no click or query data. WPP is cutting up to 1,000 more jobs as AI compresses the agency model. Washington pressed the G20 to adopt the light-touch "Carolina Principles" on the same day Europe's disclosure regime shaped a frontier model launch. World Labs unveiled Atlas, an omni world model with native camera control. And Cognition is raising ~$1B at a $47B valuation on more than $900M of annualized revenue.

Today's stories:

• Anthropic ships Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1; watermark detector stays in private preview — The Next Web · MacRumors · Thurrott
• Google's generative AI performance reports and AI opt-out control go global in Search Console — Search Engine Roundtable · Search Engine Land · Google Search Console Help
• WPP to cut up to 1,000 more jobs as AI reshapes advertising — HR Katha · AskTraders (FT report) · Business Post
• U.S. presses the G20 on light-touch AI rules with the "Carolina Principles" — Quartz · AFP / France 24 · The Globe and Mail
• World Labs unveils Atlas, an omni world model with pixel-perfect camera control — World Labs · Crypto Briefing
• Cognition set to raise ~$1B at a $47B valuation — Bloomberg · Investing.com

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