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In this article, we explore Gemma 4. We start with a brief understanding of its architectural components and move to inference with a Gradio application. We cover object detection, image captioning, and OCR with Gemma 4. The post Gemma 4 – Inference, Architecture, and Practical Insights appeared first on DebuggerCafe.

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<p><strong><a href="https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers">Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t</a></strong></p> Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kappor take on the question of AI job losses through the lens of a profession that is uniquely suited to AI disruption - software engineering.</p> <blockquote> <p>In this essay, we argue that there is enough evidence to reject the narrative that once AI capabilities reach a certain threshold, it will cause mass layoffs. Given that this is true even in a sector with very few regulatory barriers, most other professions are likely to be even more cushioned.</p> </blockquote> <p>The first good news is that the data still doesn't support the idea that AI is causing mass unemployment.</p> <blockquote> <p>In March 2025, New York became the first U.S. state to add an AI disclosure checkbox to WARN Act filings. In the full first year, more than 160 companies filed WARN notices. <a href="https://www.hunton.com/hunton-employment-labor-perspectives/new-york-warn-act-no-ai-related-layoffs-reported-in-first-year-of-adding-ai-related-disclosure-to-the-system">Not a single one</a> checked the AI box</p> </blockquote> <p>AI speeds up the typing-code-into-a-computer phase, but it turns out software engineering is about a whole lot more than that:</p> <blockquote> <p>If writing code isn’t the bottleneck, what is? The task-breakdown surveys point at things like meetings or debugging. This just leads to more questions: what are developers doing in those meetings and why can’t it be done by AI? Won’t debugging get automated as capabilities improve? To understand the real bottlenecks, we have to get qualitative, and dig into software engineers’ own understanding of what it is they do that resists automation.</p> <p>When we did this analysis, it revealed three things as the real bottlenecks (1) deciding and specifying what to build, (2) verifying and being accountable for what is delivered, and (3) the deep human understanding — of the codebase, the business, and the environment — required to carry out both of these.</p> </blockquote> <p>I'm finding AI assistance also helps me with the deciding and verifying steps, but it's the "deep human understanding" that remains key to the value I provide. Give me all of the AI assistance in the world and the value I produce will still be reliant on how deeply I understand both the problems and the solutions that the agents are building for them. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/careers">careers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms">llms</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/arvind-narayanan">arvind-narayanan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-ethics">ai-ethics</a></p>

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Wall Street Journal: Sources: Frank founder Charlie Javice, sentenced in September 2025 to 85 months for defrauding JPMorgan Chase, has been seeking a presidential pardon from Trump  —  The entrepreneur sold her startup Frank to the bank for $175 million and was sentenced in September to over seven years in prison for fraud

Andrew Corona moved from the US to Bangkok in 2025. Homyakov Photo. Andrew Corona dreamed of living in Southeast Asia after his first trip to Thailand in 2018. He and his fiancée left the US and moved to Bangkok in 2025, where they pay about $2,500 in rent. Corona, now 30, still works US hours and says his overnight schedule is more relaxing. In 2018, Andrew Corona flew to Bangkok with a friend for a monthlong vacation. But as the trip drew to a close, Corona realized he wasn't ready to leave. "I told my buddy that I was not going home, and I extended my stay for another three months," Corona, now 30, told Business Insider said. He spent the time traveling around Southeast Asia and returned to San Diego convinced he wanted to live in the region someday. He'd been dreaming about living in Southeast Asia ever since his first trip to Thailand in 2018. Homyakov Photo. Relocating across the world didn't feel feasible at that time. Remote work was far less common then, and his corporate job rarely allowed for extended travel, Corona said. "You're lucky if you can get even two weeks' time, typically," he said. By early 2019, Corona had quit his job to run his own business. Still, it wasn't until the pandemic normalized remote work that he felt the move was possible. At the same time, Corona said he was growing frustrated with San Diego. Homelessness, drug use, and political divisions had changed the way he viewed the city, leading him and his then-girlfriend to seriously consider a life overseas. Taking the leap In early 2024, Corona and his now-fiancée rented an Airbnb for three months in Bangkok as a trial run. They began envisioning a long-term future in Bangkok but still spent the rest of 2024 traveling around the world, exploring cities such as Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Dubai. He lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Bangkok with his fiancée. Provided by Andrew Corona. "I speak Spanish fluently, so on paper Madrid or Buenos Aires should've been the obvious choice," Corona said. "But Bangkok just felt like home in a way I didn't anticipate." Have you relocated abroad — especially to Asia — for career opportunities, retirement, or lower living costs? We want to hear from you. Fill out this short form to share your story. In January 2025, Corona and his fiancée officially settled in Bangkok. They now live in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom furnished condo in Thonglor, a stylish, upscale neighborhood commonly referred to as the "Beverly Hills of Bangkok." Their monthly rent is 80,000 Thai baht, or about $2,500 — roughly half of what Corona said he paid for a two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in San Diego. Their monthly rent is around $2,500. Provided by Andrew Corona. Their building in Bangkok comes with amenities such as a rooftop pool, a gym, a golf simulator, lounges, and parking. It's also within walking distance of a train station. Still, some people back home had very different ideas about what life in Thailand would actually look like. Corona said one relative initially imagined the couple living "in a hut on the beach," rather than in a modern city. While he doesn't follow a strict budget, he estimates his monthly expenses — including utilities, groceries, and a gym membership — come to about $1,700. He sets aside another $1,000 to $2,000 for entertainment and leisure. Working US hours in Asia Despite moving across the world, Corona still works American hours, running a private lending firm for US commercial real estate. The majority of his work takes place overnight in Thailand. His fiancée largely follows the same routine. "It was a little bit of an adjustment to reverse my entire schedule," he said. Most days, he wakes up between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and spends his afternoons at the gym, running errands, and relaxing by the pool before starting his workday at around 7 p.m. Although working with US clients means keeping overnight hours in Thailand, Corona said he has grown to prefer the schedule. Provided by Andrew Corona. "In a way, it's provided more of a relaxing work schedule — and a cup of coffee around 8 or 9 p.m. isn't so bad," he said. The couple sometimes takes what Corona jokingly calls a "lunch break" at a nearby Japanese restaurant that's open until the wee hours of the morning. After finishing work, he usually heads to bed between 4 and 6 a.m. "I honestly prefer it because I find it easier to focus at night. Even in the US, I would catch myself working in the evenings just because that's when there were fewer distractions," he said. Making Bangkok home Corona and his fiancée are among the many foreigners who now call Thailand home. In 2025, Thai civil registration data recorded 102,988 foreign residents living in Bangkok. The true number could be much higher in the city of 5.4 million. Business Insider has spoken to several Bangkok expats in the last year. They cited Bangkok's safety and vibrant social scene as reasons for making the move. "I should spend more time at home, but there's so much to see and do and people to meet that I have a hard time staying home," Bill Strayer, a retiree who trades US stocks in the middle of the night, told Business Insider in February. In recent years, Thailand has introduced several visa programs to attract remote workers, including the five-year Destination Thailand Visa, which Corona and his fiancée hold. It also helps that English is widely spoken in Bangkok. "And if we can't overcome that language barrier, we'll use Google Translate to help bridge that gap," Corona said. One of his first close friendships came about unexpectedly last year, when the city experienced earthquake tremors. "Another tenant who lived in my building ran down in nothing but a towel because he was in the shower at the time the earthquake occurred," Corona said. The two struck up a conversation during the evacuation, which became even more memorable after another resident accidentally ran outside naked, his robe undone. "Because of him, I got introduced to a lot of people that I then became close with," Corona said. "What I've realized is that, as big as the city is, it's very interconnected. Once you get adopted into one friend group, many follow shortly after. It's like a domino effect." He says one of his first close friendships came about unexpectedly during the earthquake that struck Bangkok last year. Homyakov Photo. As Corona settled into Bangkok, his enthusiasm for the city began rubbing off on friends back in the US. One of his friends in San Diego moved over too, despite never having visited Thailand. "The next thing I know, he's living here and having just as much fun as me," he said. Apart from a "good burrito," there's not much Corona misses about life in Southern California — and the move changed his definition of success. "Now I measure it by freedom. The ability to wake up and decide where I want to be, how I want to spend my time, and build something that funds that life rather than consumes it," he said. Read the original article on Business Insider

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: A profile of Kalshi COO Luana Lopes Lara, who has overseen a tremendous pace of growth over the past year as the company faces political and regulatory backlash  —  The firm's co-founder talks about the celebrity buzz that sparked her interest in prediction markets, the legal battles her firm faces and Jay-Z's advice.

JPMorgan can't be pleased by any of this.

Zeyi Yang / Wired: Chinese Tesla drivers are using tiny plastic heads to fool Tesla's distracted-driving controls, which appear unable to distinguish figurines from real people  —  A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla's distracted-driving controls.

President Donald Trump said the US had reached a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Getty Images President Donald Trump said the US and Iran reached a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz," Trump said. The Strait's closure has caused one of the largest disruptions to the global oil markets in history. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran had reached a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a possible end to a 15-week conflict that disrupted global oil supplies and stoked fears of economic turmoil. Iran has not yet publicly confirmed the deal. "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," Trump wrote on TruthSocial. "I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade." Trump did not immediately offer further details about the deal. The prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, a mediator in the negotiations, said the official signing ceremony would be on June 19. "With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week," he wrote in an X post. "These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony." The Trump administration had also sought assurances from Iran that it would stop enriching uranium, but did not say if that was part of the initial deal struck on Sunday. Iran effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz to most shipping traffic after the United States and Israel first launched their surprise attacks on February 28. Iran briefly reopened the Strait in April as part of a ceasefire deal with the United States, but closed it again after the US imposed its naval blockade. Iran's de facto control of the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and through which about 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flows, allowed it to wield immense economic influence during what began as a military conflict. The Strait's closure, along with damage to major oil hubs in the region, led to a steep spike in oil prices and what the International Energy Agency said in March was the largest disruption to the global oil markets in history. Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel on March 8 for the first time in four years, forcing several countries to implement energy-saving strategies to address the costs. The Philippines, for example, ordered a four-day workweek for government employees alongside other measures. In the US, the national average for a gallon of gasoline exceeded $4 by the end of March. Jet fuel prices spiked above $200 a barrel in April, forcing some airlines to cut routes and raise ticket prices to cover costs. The conflict also drove inflation in the United States to a three-year high. These economic pressures have impacted average Americans just months before the midterm elections. Some economists warned that any prolonged standoff could severely damage America's economy, including Paul Krugman, who said it could be the "straw that breaks the camel's back." Read the original article on Business Insider

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was careful with his language during his graduation speech at Stanford University. Bloomberg/Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave the commencement address at Stanford on Sunday. He avoided any real mention of AI. Instead, he focused on "optimism." Students have booed recent graduation speakers who talked about the promise of AI. Google is one of the companies leading the AI revolution. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, however, made no mention of that during his commencement speech to Stanford University graduates on Sunday — and for good reason. Students relentlessly booed one of Pichai's predecessors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, when he praised the promise of AI during his own commencement speech at the University of Arizona last month. Students also booed Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta when he talked about AI at Middle Tennessee State University. "I know today is about giving you all advice," Pichai told the graduates. "But people have also been giving me a lot of advice on what to say. Actually, it's been the same advice, and it's about what not to say." While videos of the graduation later posted to social media showed dozens of students walking out of the ceremony in protest, some of them carrying Palestinian flags, that was the closest he came in his speech to acknowledging the disdain many young people have for the technology these days. He did risk a light joke: "People thought it would be really difficult for me," he said. "It is the last two letters of my last name, after all." Pichai instead told graduates to "choose optimism," which may have been a subtle reference to their likely anxiety about the impact AI is having on entry-level work, and he described how he learned to maintain a positive mindset. When he first arrived in California in the 1990s, Pichai said he expected to find a lush, green landscape. Instead, he said, all he saw was brown — until his host corrected him and said the word he was looking for was "golden." The bigger lesson for graduates, he said, is in how to reframe something unappealing into something full of promise. "That's exactly what I mean by choosing optimism. It's about reframing for the positive: Where I saw brown, she saw golden," Pichai said. "This slight change of perspective had a huge ripple effect on how I thought about the world around me." Students just starting their careers can perhaps be forgiven for struggling to see the world through golden-tinted glasses. The people building the products fueling the world's AI makeover, like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have repeatedly warned that AI could render traditional entry-level jobs obsolete. Over a dozen major companies have cited AI in layoffs this year. And recent graduates have told Business Insider that they've been searching for months for full-time jobs to no avail. Pichai, a Stanford alum, has led Google since 2015 and seen several waves of technology pass through Silicon Valley. AI, however, has brought about a level of change humans haven't seen before, he said on a recent episode of the "Hard Fork" podcast. "These graduates are actually both going to be a big part of driving that progress and also dealing with the impact," he said, referring to AI. Read the original article on Business Insider

Jack Adamović Davies / Bloomberg: A government crackdown on online casinos operating in the Isle of Man has led to a major tax revenue loss, accelerating the island's slide toward a fiscal cliff  —  Online casinos were a big driver of the Isle of Man's economy.  Lately, they've become a liability.

The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.

Satya Nadella / @satyanadella: Satya Nadella says companies must own their AI “learning loops” to compound human and token capital, or risk ceding all value to a handful of frontier models  —  I've been thinking a lot about the future of the firm in an AI-driven economy.  This transition is different than any previous platform shift.

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The author takes her kids on solo dates to connect with them. Courtesy of the author I created "special time" to spend one-on-one time with each of my sons. The tradition helps me stay connected as they grow older and more independent. I hope these small outings become the foundation of lifelong relationships. "When's my turn for special time, mama?" The question I love to hear most in the world from my three sons is asking when they can go out for a walk or cake and coffee with me. It's become a tradition, almost a haphazard one, but I'd never let it slip away. These times one-on-one with each of my children, which they have coined as "special time," have been and I hope will continue to be one of the ways I connect with each of them as they age. It started small It started soon after my oldest was 3. His younger brother had just turned 1 and needed my constant care and attention to keep him from the destruction of the toddler era. I knew that the oldest was getting less of me than ever before, frequently asking for his dad rather than me. I remember once he said he'd rather play with "dada" than me, and I was crushed. Perhaps it was a slightly dramatic response to the whims of a 3-year-old and months of unsettled sleep with a newborn and toddler, but it cemented in my mind that I needed to spend time just with him. I wanted him to have my full, undivided attention, and I wanted to have his. And so, I started finding an hour out consistently — perhaps once a month, although this wasn't always the case — to just be with him. I recall that walking around a local lake was our most frequent activity. When he started part-time state education at 4, I used the hours he was in school to have "special time" with his little brother, too — walks around the park, feeding the ducks. The goal was to get outside the house With both of the boys, the aim was always to get out of the house. In the house, I was too distracted by all that needed to be done, unable to fully concentrate on whoever's special time it was. We didn't have spare income at this point, so nearly all our activities were free and very simple. When my third child came along, his special times were different. I was exhausted and just wanted to sit with him, coloring. I'd take him to a local coffee shop that sold one-dollar mini hot chocolates for kids, and he thought he was having the best treat. The point was never extraordinary moments they'd remember forever, but consistent windows to connect as mother and son. I still take time to connect with them now that they are older Over the years, I'm increasingly grateful I decided on a whim to make special times a tradition. These quick touch-base outings have been beneficial for each of them. I have often felt guilty about how much I rely on these special times to connect, wishing I were more present in each moment through each day. But that's not my reality as a working mom, who also maintains a home, hobbies, and other relationships. Although I don't think the relationships with our kids end when they hit 18, I'm fully aware that there are only a select number of years they are under the roof of their parents. They will get older (and it's already happening fast). They will move out. And I'm counting on these special times being the foundation for my forever relationships with them. That they will always remember coffee with mom, and know that anytime they want it, I'll be ready to pay for a special time. Read the original article on Business Insider

Maria Curi / Axios: Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue  —  Senior technical Anthropic staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try to fix a dispute that has taken …

Bloomberg: Canadian PM says the Anthropic ban shows the dangers of “over-reliance on certain models”, and compares the risks to those that led to the 2008 financial crisis  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US export ban blocking all foreign access to Anthropic PBC's latest artificial …

The White House ordered Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday to block foreign access to his latest models, Mythos and Fable. Bloomberg/Getty Images The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's latest models on Friday. Anthropic responded by pulling access to Mythos and Fable entirely. Here's the inside story on what exactly happened. The Trump administration's decision to impose sweeping export controls on Anthropic followed a frantic 24-hour effort by senior officials to convince the company to voluntarily pull a newly released artificial intelligence model that officials believed posed security risks, according to two administration officials and a senior White House official, who, like others in this story, were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the episode. The move, which followed multiple tense calls between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, underscores how the White House is wrestling in real time with regulating fast-moving, potentially dangerous AI models. The details of the calls have not been previously reported. The administration's imposition of export controls forced Anthropic to pull its new AI model, Fable, just days after it was released to the public. Anthropic had given assurances that it was safe, but soon after its release, top administration officials developed fresh doubts that the AI's guardrails were as secure as the company had suggested. On Thursday, two days after the model's public release, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raised concerns to the White House about the ability to bypass the model's guardrails, according to the two administration officials and the senior White House official. (Amazon, which is an investor in Anthropic, was responding to an administration request for feedback, said a person familiar with Amazon's discussions.) By Friday morning, the issue had reached the highest levels of the White House. Bessent, Cairncross, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other senior officials met to discuss the model and the administration's response, according to the administration official and the senior White House official. Bessent joined remotely while traveling to Houston for a previously scheduled public event, one of them said. Following the meeting, the administration attempted to reach Amodei but was told he was unavailable because he was attending a wellness retreat, one of the administration officials and the senior White House official said. A spokesperson for Anthropic rejected the claim that he was at a wellness retreat, saying, "This is absolutely false." A person close to Anthropic said Amodei was first requested around noon and was on the phone with senior officials within an hour and 15 minutes. While he was out of pocket, Anthropic offered other senior leaders in his place, the person said. When the administration finally reached Amodei, he participated in three calls with a combination of roughly half a dozen senior administration officials, including Cairncross, Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to the senior White House official and one of the administration officials. Other senior White House staff and administration officials, including Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler, White House staff secretary Will Scharf, White House deputy chief of staff Richard Walters, and assistant to the president for policy Walker Barrett, also participated in some of the calls, according to the senior White House official. During the calls, Amodei tried to clear up what he assumed was a misunderstanding. He pushed back on the administration's concerns, defended the guardrails, and argued that the type of bypass that occurred, which he believed to be specific, did not pose the same risk as a broader "jailbreak" that would allow it to be used without any of the guardrails put in place by Anthropic. In a blog post after the export controls were put in place, Anthropic said that "no testers have yet been able to find a universal jailbreak — a jailbreak method that can very broadly bypass the model's safeguards, unblocking a wide range of cyber capabilities," and that total avoidance of any jailbreaks isn't now possible for them or any other companies. They defended their systems, which they said "are so strong that many users have complained that they are overly broad." Cairncross and Bessent were unmoved by Amodei's arguments. A White House official said Amazon's findings were run past the National Security Agency, and they felt they had "proof." They urged Anthropic to voluntarily remove the model and coordinate with the government to address the vulnerabilities, according to the senior White House official and the two administration officials. Amodei asked for more time and information, but he made no commitments to pull the model, and at one point, Bessent told Amodei directly that he was making a "bad decision," according to the senior White House official. Shortly after the call, the Trump administration imposed its export control on the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, citing national security authority and banning their use by foreign nationals, according to Anthropic. The company said the "net effect" of the order was to "abruptly disable" the models for all customers "to ensure compliance." "Export controls were a last resort after begging them for hours to work with us," the senior White House official said. "This was not something we wanted to do, but our hands were tied." After publication, one of the people close to Anthropic disputed that the company was given a choice to voluntarily work with the administration. "The White House gave 90 minutes to take the models down, with no details on the actual threat," the person said. "There was never any begging — or asking — for them to work with us, just a declared 90 minute deadline." White House officials — who had heard Amodei liken the dangers of Anthropic's technology to a nuclear bomb — were baffled when the CEO said he was unwilling to take the system down to address a known security vulnerability, the senior White House official said. Anthropic has defined itself among the industry as a vocal advocate for AI regulation to counter massive global security risks and job disruption as AI quickly advances. Three people familiar with the government's thinking said Amazon wasn't the only company to raise concerns. "The crux of the issue was the lack of seriousness that Anthropic was applying to it," said one of the three people. "Had Anthropic taken it seriously and, rather than dismissing it as isolated, moved to fix or pause access, this would have never happened." A second person close to Anthropic refuted the idea that the "jailbreak" was a breakdown of Fable 5's safety systems and pointed to the company's collaboration with the administration before it released Fable. The government didn't object to Fable's release in multiple conversations, the person said. In its blog post after the administration enacted the export controls, Anthropic said it was complying with the government's directive, but called it disproportionate. "As we have stated publicly, we believe the government should have the ability to block unsafe deployments, as part of a statutory process that is transparent, fair, clear, and grounded in technical facts. This action does not adhere to those principles," Anthropic said. A White House official, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said innovation remains the White House's "number one goal, but we also have to prioritize security as well." Amazon, in a statement, declined to share the details of its discussions with the administration. "It's not uncommon for governments to seek our counsel on potential security risks," an Amazon spokesperson said. "When they occur, we don't share the details of these discussions." Anthropic announced in early April that its latest powerful model, Mythos, would only be available to a limited set of tech and cyber firms, which could use it to test for vulnerabilities in their software. The company needed to limit the release because the model was so powerful, it said at the time, that it could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. The model's debut kicked off a series of meetings between Amodei and senior White House officials. Both sides described those meetings as productive. They led to a series of conversations about regulating advanced models that culminated in a recent executive order, which requested companies voluntarily submit their advanced models to the government before deploying them widely. Fable 5, which launched publicly this week, was described by Anthropic as a "Mythos-class model" with safeguards to make it safe for general use. The model underwent reviews by the administration and the United Kingdom's AI Security Institute. But once the alleged security flaws were disclosed, multiple administration officials felt the model needed to be pulled. In a post on X on Saturday morning, David Sacks, the former White House AI czar and a staunch opponent of regulation, agreed with the administration's decision to pursue export controls for Anthropic. Sacks said he did not believe the "jailbreak" was simple or not serious, nor did he believe the export controls were an attempt to exert control over the industry more broadly. "The Admin's hope now is that Anthropic remediates the safety issue, the export control is lifted, and Fable goes back into general release," Sacks wrote. "The Admin wants all of this to happen as soon as possible. It is frankly bewildered that Anthropic hasn't wanted to comply with safety requests that it previously said were its highest priority." Sacks and other officials in the administration have been critical of Anthropic, accusing it of leftist political bias and fearmongering because of its advocacy for stronger regulation of the industry and warnings about mass job disruption. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon elevated the administration's disagreements with Anthropic to an unprecedented level earlier this year, designating the company a supply chain risk on March 3 over its refusal to allow its AI tools to be used for mass domestic surveillance and in autonomous weapons. On Saturday, Sacks said the past feuds between the administration and Anthropic were separate from the export control decision. "The Admin values Anthropic's technical capabilities and feels that this issue, while serious, should be easily resolved. The ball is in Anthropic's court," Sacks wrote. This story originally appeared on POLITICO and is courtesy of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which harnesses the resources of the company's newsrooms to publish ambitious scoops, investigations, interviews, opinion pieces, and analysis. It allows journalists — including those from POLITICO, Business Insider, WELT, BILD, Onet, and Fakt — to collaborate on major stories for an international audience of hundreds of millions across platforms. Brendan Bordelon contributed to this report. Read the original article on Business Insider