Anthropic is working to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government after officials imposed export controls on its newest Mythos 5 and Fable 5 artificial intelligence models. The company shut off access to everyone on Friday in order to comply.

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The New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on data center permits, but the governor has yet to sign it. If she does, it would be the first statewide moratorium in the nation. Cornell experts weigh in on the potential pause.

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Juan Hinestroza is a professor of fiber science and apparel design who has worked with athletic companies on high-performance apparel. He directs the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory.

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Mike Fontaine, a classics professor and director of the Program on Freedom and Free Societies, says the event raises long-standing questions about violence and state-sponsored spectacle.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the flurry of diplomacy reflects Beijing’s effort to project strength amid mounting domestic pressures.

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David Reiss is a Cornell Tech law professor with a focus on real estate finance and housing policy. He previously served as the chair of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board which will vote on a potential rent freeze later this month.

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President Trump’s new executive order would provide the government with an early look at powerful new AI models. 

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A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily jammed the Trump administration’s plans to payout of its Anti-Weaponization Fund until at least June 12; plaintiffs are alleging, among other things, that the fund violates theFirst Amendment, a claim we can expect the judge to take seriously given that the language of the fund specifically refers to Democrats, say Cornell Law School professor G.S. Hans. 

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Microsoft is reportedly scaling back access to some advanced AI coding tools and Uber has burned through its annual AI coding-tools budget in just four months. This highlights a growing challenge for companies – AI is not cheap labor.

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Douglass Miller, a senior lecturer in food and beverage management at Cornell University, says Schlitz will now join the likes of many products that were once very popular with consumers, such as Ripple and Tab.

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