On June 27th, 2026, governments, labs, and rivals collide as the White House partially restores Anthropic's Mythos 5, OpenAI defies a rollout delay with GPT-5.6 'Sol', and China's Zhipu closes the frontier gap at a fraction of the cost.

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Trump Admin Restricts Then Partially Restores Anthropic's Mythos 5, Allowing 100+ US Orgs Access (The Verge)
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 'Sol' in Limited Preview After Trump Administration Requests Delayed Rollout (OpenAI Blog)
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China's Zhipu Closes Gap with US Frontier AI as Anthropic and OpenAI Face Government Restraints (CNBC)
OpenAI's Custom 'Jalapeño' Inference Chip Signals Broader Industry Break from Nvidia Dependence (TechCrunch)
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Europe Accelerates Push for Homegrown AI Amid US Government Restrictions and Trump Tensions (Wired)
DeepSeek Plans to Double Workforce Following Multi-Billion-Dollar Fundraising Round (Times of India)