President Trump signed a narrowed AI executive order on Tuesday, asking developers to voluntarily hand the government an early look at their most powerful models — with an explicit promise of no licensing. We walk through what the order actually does, why it shrank after industry pushback, and why the most revealing fact about it is that Anthropic was already running the arrangement it describes.Also: Anthropic extends Claude Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries, including NATO and the EU's cybersecurity agency, a day after filing for an IPO. Microsoft and Mayo Clinic build a clinical model on patient data while DeepMind ships an AI hypothesis engine. Kenneth Rogoff on who gets left outside the AI supply chain. And Europe reaches for a search engine to find its sovereignty.The executive order text (White House)Trump signs narrower AI oversight order after industry objections (TechCrunch)Ryan Fedasiuk's read on the orderAnthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15 countries (TechCrunch)Kenneth Rogoff on who's left outside the AI supply chain (The Guardian)Google DeepMind unveils Co-ScientistMicrosoft–Mayo Clinic and the day's medicine news (Techmeme)Europe's gigafactory plan and SoftBank's France build-out (Techmeme)European Parliament's Qwant default switch (Techmeme)
