The US government has removed export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, ending a ban that forced the company to cut off public access on June 12. Anthropic will begin restoring access on July 1 after agreeing to proactively detect security risks and coordinate with the US government on protocols for current and future model releases.
July 1, 2026
Anthropic will restore access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1, 2026, after the US Department of Commerce lifted export controls that forced the company to disable the model on June 12. The controls were imposed after Amazon researchers allegedly demonstrated that specific prompts could elicit information useful for cyberattacks.
Anthropic announced it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 after the Department of Commerce lifted export controls that had blocked foreign nationals from using the model since early June. The consumer-facing model, built on the same underlying technology as Mythos 5 but with additional safeguards, was sidelined following a Trump administration ultimatum over jailbreak concerns.
Google is rolling out Ask Gemini and AI Overviews to Google Drive's Android and iOS apps. The features enable multi-turn conversations across Drive, Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and web search, available to AI Pro, Ultra, Business Standard/Plus, and Enterprise Standard/Plus subscribers in English plus 28 additional languages.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, also called Nano Banana 2 Lite, which the company describes as its fastest and cheapest image generation model. The model is available through Google's AI Studio and Gemini API with the identifier gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.
Google is rolling out third-party app support for Gemini Spark, its 24/7 personal agent available to Google AI Ultra subscribers. The update includes Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration and real-time event tracking capabilities.
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 with a 1 million token context window and 128,000 token maximum output. The model removes traditional sampling parameters and introduces a new tokenizer that generates approximately 30% more tokens than Sonnet 4.6 for the same English text—effectively a significant price increase despite unchanged nominal rates of $3/million input and $15/million output tokens.
Google has released Gemini Spark for its macOS desktop app in version 1.80.15. The AI agent can now access local files and folders to automate workflows, organize files, and perform tasks directly on users' computers instead of requiring a remote browser environment.
Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite, an image generation model that produces images in four seconds at under four cents per thousand images. The model prioritizes speed and cost over quality, targeting developers building high-volume image pipelines.
Anthropic is starting an internal drug discovery program focused on neglected diseases while launching Claude Science, a product designed for pharmaceutical companies. Life sciences head Eric Kauderer-Abrams said the program aims to provide feedback for developing better AI tools for drugmakers.
Cline, the VSCode AI coding assistant, released v4.0.5 with support for Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.5 across seven API providers. The update includes model picker integration and pricing corrections for the model.
Google is rolling out a new feature in NotebookLM that generates 60-second vertical videos summarizing user research. The feature combines AI-generated narration with AI-created images in a TikTok-style format, available first to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, a text-to-image model that generates 1K resolution images in approximately 4 seconds — 2.7× faster than Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. The model is priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 66K context window and knowledge cutoff of January 2025.