Apple Stock Drops 5% Following Smart Siri Announcement
Apple unveiled its new features at WWDC on June 8th, and once again fell short of expectations. Among the headline announcements were a Gemini-powered AI Siri capable of handling tasks like calendar events and web searches, an AI assistant, and a handful of photo editing tools.
It seems Apple managed to disappoint not just its users but its investors too, with the stock shedding 5% following the announcements. The drop wasn’t only due to the underwhelming features themselves, but also because the Apple Intelligence vision was first unveiled back in 2024 and hasn’t moved nearly far enough in two years, and there’s still no clear timeline for when the long-promised smart Siri (currently in beta) will actually reach users.
One small bright spot: Apple’s event video featured visuals inspired by the Backrooms, which has recently surged back into the cultural zeitgeist thanks to a new film, and that at least got a smile out of people.
Anthropic’s Formidable Model Has Finally Launched
Anthropic announced Fable 5, the first publicly accessible version of Claude Mythos, its most advanced model to date. Previously, they had held back the release, citing serious safety concerns, and instead launched Project Glasswing to make the model available exclusively to major institutions like Microsoft, Apple, AWS, and Linux, so they could use it to patch vulnerabilities in their own software without creating broader risks.
This initial release comes with various safeguards in place. If a query is flagged as potentially unsafe, the model will automatically route the response through other models. To demonstrate its capabilities, Anthropic shared a video of the raw model completing Pokémon FireRed from start to finish, processing the game entirely through screenshots.
Student Loses Scholarship After AI Detector Flags Their Thesis
A student at a private university in New York lost a $45,000 scholarship and now faces the risk of expulsion after their thesis (written over six months) was flagged as 98% AI-generated. The student attempted to prove their authorship by showing their revision history through Google Docs, but failed to convince the administration and is now considering taking the university to court.
It’s worth questioning how reliable AI detectors actually are in the first place; these tools have been known to flag theses written 30 years ago as AI-generated.
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• Google Gemini dropped its price and doubled storage capacity. X →
• OpenAI filed to go public, joining Anthropic and SpaceX in the IPO queue. X →
• The tech giants acronym is no longer FAANG, it’s now MANGOS. TechCrunch →
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