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Politico: Trump lifts limits on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models … Anthropic, in a statement after the export controls were lifted, said it would restore access to customers beginning Wednesday. — “We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models,” the company said.
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Erasmo Guerra and his partner find life in Bangkok more affordable and the people to be kinder. Provided by Erasmo Guerra Erasmo Guerra found leaving New York and his studio apartment in Manhattan easier than he expected. He says he enjoys a more affordable and kinder lifestyle in Bangkok. Despite plans to eventually return, Guerra appreciates the emotional reset Bangkok has provided. It was easier to leave our New York life than we thought it would be. My partner, James, and I had both lived there since the '90s. But downtown Manhattan had lost both its appeal and its affordability. The spike in hate crimes against Asian and LGBTQ+ communities also left us feeling unsafe. The streets felt mean. I was already working remotely for a New York literary magazine and freelancing on the side, while James had left his design job at a consulting firm, so we were no longer tied to the city for work. Have you relocated abroad for career opportunities, retirement, or lower living costs? We want to hear from you. Fill out this short form to share your story with a reporter. Two years ago, after we were approved for Thailand's five-year visa for remote workers, we packed up the life we'd built together over 17 years in New York — I'd been living in the city for 31 years. We squeezed everything into a basement storage unit, rented out our studio apartment in downtown Manhattan, and moved to Thailand. The rental income now helps cover the mortgage, though we still pay the monthly common charges. The move surprised even me. Although we'd bought an apartment in Bangkok in 2021, I'd never imagined living outside the US. The one-bedroom apartment in Bangkok has an infinity pool on the roof. Provided by Erasmo Guerra Bangkok life has been surprising We arrived in Bangkok at the end of that year. Our one-bedroom apartment wasn't much bigger than our New York studio, but the building had plenty of shared spaces, from a glass-enclosed conference room in the lobby to an infinity pool on the roof deck. We woke to real birds singing along the Chao Phraya River instead of the recorded birdsong James had programmed as our morning alarm back in New York. We hadn't bought the apartment with a permanent move in mind. James, who grew up in Thailand and went to college in Bangkok, thought it made more sense to have our own place than stay with friends whenever we visited his family. He also wanted a home that his widowed mother, who lived in southern Thailand, could use. Instead of easily paying $30 for takeout for two in Manhattan's Financial District, I now buy two orders of khao man gai, or chicken ginger rice, from the mom-and-pop restaurant across the street for 100 baht, or about $3. Their day-to-day costs of living are less expensive in Bangkok. Provided by Erasmo Guerra The owner was patient when I first stumbled through my takeout order. Once she realized I was becoming a regular, though, she insisted I say it in Thai. She stood outside the restaurant, repeating each word until I got it right, even during the lunch rush. I appreciated her taking the time to teach me. For dinner, we often head to a nearby night market, then carry home crispy roti to eat on our balcony while watching the neon-lit dinner boats cruise along the river. We always say we'll buy tickets for one someday, but we never do. We prefer the spectacle from a distance. Day-to-day, we spend less than $15 eating out and about $60 a week on groceries. A recent dental cleaning cost me less than $50 out of pocket, a box of Bausch + Lomb daily contact lenses was under $10, and the fade I get every two weeks at a local barber costs less than $6. What surprised me most, though, wasn't just how much less expensive Bangkok was — it was how much kinder it felt. Even in the brutal heat, people are patient. And despite occasionally seeing an entire family — including an infant and the family dog — balanced on a single motorcycle like a daredevil circus act, the city somehow feels gentler than New York ever did. Guerra and James' mom, while celebrating her birthday in Koh Samui in 2014. Provided by Erasmo Guerra Looking back and moving forward With each passing day, New York feels a little farther away. When my visa expires, we'll probably move back. For now, I'm not thinking that far ahead. I'm focused on the life we've built here and the emotional and mental reset it has provided. James's one regret is that his mother, Pikun — named after a Thai flower — never got to stay in the Bangkok apartment we bought in part for her. On our first trip back to Thailand after she died, we took a taxi from the airport to our new home. As we drove through the city, I spotted a storefront with the words "Pikun Silver" above the entrance. We live near Bangkok's gem and jewelry district. Seeing her name at that moment felt like a sign that she was with us, welcoming us home. Read the original article on Business Insider
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft is planning to announce job cuts soon. The cuts are expected to affect thousands of roles, including sales and consulting positions. Microsoft is reining in costs as it ramps up spending on AI. Microsoft is planning to announce job cuts soon as the tech giant continues efforts to control costs, according to people familiar with the situation. The cuts are expected to impact thousands of roles, including sales and consulting, in addition to jobs at the Xbox gaming division, the people said. This round is expected to be smaller than similar layoffs last year. This time, the cuts are projected to be less than 2.5% of the company's 220,000-person workforce, the people added. They asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters. The company is planning to announce the layoffs next week, although the exact timing could change. Some affected employees will be offered new roles immediately, one of the people said. In previous years, Microsoft has sometimes cut jobs around the start of its new fiscal year on July 1. Last year, the company eliminated 6,000 roles in May and an additional 9,000 employees, or about 4% of the company's workforce, in July. The plans underscore Microsoft's moves to rein in costs as it ramps up spending on AI. The company has also been under pressure from Wall Street over concerns that AI could replace software services, including, in theory, some Microsoft offerings. The stock has slumped about 19% in the past month, its worst month since the dot-com era. Microsoft earlier this year announced a voluntary retirement program offering buyouts to employees level 67 and below in the US who had 70 or more years of age and service. About 7% of Microsoft's 125,000 US workforce, or nearly 9,000 employees, was eligible. About one-third of eligible employees took the buyout, in line with expectations, one of the people said. That allowed Microsoft to cut a lower percentage of its workforce compared to last year, this person added. Sales employees with commission-based compensation were excluded from this retirement buyout offer, according to an internal document viewed by Business Insider. Xbox layoffs have been expected since new gaming CEO Asha Sharma sent a memo to employees calling for a "reset" of the business. Have a tip? Contact this reporter via email at astewart@businessinsider.com or Signal at +1-425-344-8242. Use a personal email address and a nonwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely. Read the original article on Business Insider
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<p><strong><a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/flash-lite/">Nano Banana 2 Lite</a></strong></p> Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (<code>gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image</code> <a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation">in their API</a>), this is the "fastest and cheapest Gemini image model, engineered for velocity and scale".</p> <p>I <a href="https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image">used AI studio</a> to run this prompt:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio</code></p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="Densely illustrated "Where's Waldo"-style cartoon of a woodland festival filled with anthropomorphic animals (bears, foxes, badgers, rabbits, squirrels, owls) under a banner reading "FOREE'S FESTIVAL" and another reading "FOREST FIVAL," with bunting flags strung between trees, a Ferris wheel on the right, market stalls including one labeled "ACORN FAIR," signs reading "BANDSTAND," "HAM RADIO MEET" (appearing twice), and a stage where a bear plays guitar, a raccoon uses a ham radio, a badger plays drums, an owl looks on, and a fox plays trumpet, with crowds of animals wandering forest paths between trees and mountains in the background." src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/nano-banana-2-lite-raccoon.jpg" /></p> <p>I like that one better than <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/21/gpt-image-2/#nano-banana-2-and-pro">the results I got from the other Nano Banana models</a> when I tried this back in April. It spelled Forest Festival wrong in two different ways though. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735444">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</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/gemini">gemini</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/text-to-image">text-to-image</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm-release">llm-release</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/nano-banana">nano-banana</a></p>
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At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and researchers on Tuesday, Anthropic announced Claude Science, a major new product intended to support scientific research in the same way that Claude Code supports software engineering. Like Claude Code, Claude Science can autonomously carry out meaningful work when given concise, high-level instructions, and it has access…
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<p><strong><a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/whats-new-sonnet-5">What's new in Claude Sonnet 5</a></strong></p> Claude Sonnet 5 came out <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5">this morning</a>. I always head straight for the "what's new" developer docs because they tend to have more actionable information than the official announcement post.</p> <p>Anthropic say of Sonnet 5 that "its performance is close to that of Opus 4.8, but at lower prices". The <a href="https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/9e6a1044980d8c4ed85669faf9c2a8342e2e9f1e/Claude%20Sonnet%205%20System%20Card.pdf">system card</a> helps explain how they were able to release the model without being blocked by the US government:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sonnet 5 is significantly less capable at cyber tasks than Mythos 5: its safeguards are thus similar to those we apply to Opus 4.7 and Opus 4.8 (models that are more capable than Sonnet 5 but much less capable than Mythos 5).</p> </blockquote> <p>Of note from the "what's new" API changes:</p> <ul> <li>Sampling parameters <code>temperature</code>, <code>top_p</code>, <code>top_k</code> are no longer supported.</li> <li>It has a 1 million token context window and 128,000 maximum output tokens.</li> <li>It features "the same set of tools and platform features as Claude Sonnet 4.6"</li> <li>Adaptive thinking is on by default, unless you specify <code>"thinking": {type: "disabled"}</code>.</li> <li>The pricing is the same as Sonnet 4.6: $3/million input, $15/million input, with an introductory discount to $2/$10 until 31st August. But...</li> <li>The model has a new tokenizer, where "The same input text produces approximately 30% more tokens than on Claude Sonnet 4.6." - effectively a 30% price increase.</li> </ul> <p>I used my <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/claude-token-counter">Claude Token Counter</a> tool to try out the new tokenizer. Here are my results for several larger documents:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Document</th> <th>Sonnet 4.6</th> <th>Opus 4.7</th> <th>Sonnet 5</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/simonw/udhr-markdown/blob/main/declarations/eng.md">Universal Declaration of Human Rights (English)</a></td> <td><b>2,356</b></td> <td><b>3,347</b><br>1.42x</td> <td><b>3,341</b><br>1.42x</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/simonw/udhr-markdown/blob/main/declarations/spa.md">Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Spanish)</a></td> <td><b>3,572</b></td> <td><b>4,753</b><br>1.33x</td> <td><b>4,747</b><br>1.33x</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/simonw/udhr-markdown/blob/main/declarations/cmn_hans.md">Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Chinese, Mandarin Simplified)</a></td> <td><b>3,334</b></td> <td><b>3,366</b><br>1.01x</td> <td><b>3,360</b><br>1.01x</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/blob/79117b9d110d72f46dab5fe2cda412ff4789ab55/sqlite_utils/db.py">sqlite_utils/db.py</a> (4,279 lines of Python)</td> <td><b>44,014</b></td> <td><b>56,118</b><br>1.28x</td> <td><b>56,113</b><br>1.27x</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>So the new token is roughly 1.4x times more expensive for English, 1.33x for Spanish, 1.28x for Python code and effectively the same cost for Simplified Mandarin.</p> <p>Here's <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/a89e756b621a31e8ffc210e3428efa77">the pelican</a>. It's nothing to write home about. Sonnet 5 thinks it looks like a goose.</p> <p><img alt="Illustration of a white goose riding a bicycle, with one wing extended forward to grip the handlebar, set against a plain white background with a brown ground line." src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/sonnet-5-pelican.png" /> <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48736605">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <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/anthropic">anthropic</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/claude">claude</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm-pricing">llm-pricing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycle">pelican-riding-a-bicycle</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm-release">llm-release</a></p>
A judge blocked President Donald Trump's rule to limit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images A federal judge blocked Trump's plans to limit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The ruling comes just hours before it was set to take effect. With the rule blocked, all public service employers will maintain access to the program. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's plan to narrow eligibility for a major student-loan forgiveness program, ruling that the Education Department could not use the program to impose political preferences that Congress never wrote into law. On Tuesday, US District Judge Myong Joun blocked the Education Department's final rule limiting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which forgives student debt for government and nonprofit workers after 10 years of qualifying payments. The rule had been set to take effect on July 1. It followed an executive order Trump signed last year directing the education secretary to "redefine" what counts as public service and exclude employers from PSLF if their work did not align with the administration's view of public service work, such as providing gender-affirming care. Joun wrote in the ruling that the department's rule was "unlawful" and that the administration could not use PSLF to pressure borrowers or employers to conform to policy goals that had not been enacted by Congress. "It may not leverage the PSLF program to compel Plaintiffs to conform their conduct to policy preferences that have not been enacted into law," Joun wrote. "Administrations change with elections; criminal laws do not." The Education Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on the ruling. Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at advocacy group Protect Borrowers — which filed the lawsuit alongside Democracy Forward — said in a statement that "this was a simple but powerful case with serious implications for working people across the country." "With today's decision, teachers, social workers, immigration attorneys, and government employees can continue their important work without fear that the federal government will punish them for their service," Berkman-Breen said. Have a story to share about student loans? Contact this reporter at asheffey@businessinsider.com, or fill out this form. Read the original article on Business Insider
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