The suspension, which takes effect July 1, halts the movement of individuals, vehicles and cargo through the designated rail crossings.
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions that forced Anthropic to shut off public access to its Mythos and Fable models. After weeks of talks, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Anthropic "has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the U.S. government on protocols and standards and releases for Mythos, Fable and future models; and to inform the US government of any malicious activity." Access is set to begin returning July 1. TechCrunch reports: Anthropic had already publicly pledged to do much of this voluntarily, months before the export rule existed. That's part of why cybersecurity experts were skeptical of the restrictions in the first place. To them, the ban looked less like a security fix and more like leverage, a way for the Trump administration to punish Anthropic for its executives' public criticism of how the government, and the president's political opponents, might use the technology.
Mythos was originally made available to a select group of organizations beginning in April to allay concerns about its ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in software, while a version called Fable was released to the public in June with additional security guardrails. However, with Asian AI companies beginning to release their own AI models approaching Mythos-level capabilities -- among them Fugu and Tulonfeng -- the US government was under pressure to ease its restrictions on Anthropic to ensure that American AI could compete globally.
Last week, Lutnick cleared Mythos to be released to select customers approved by the White House. OpenAI's latest models were also released to a group of organizations approved by the Trump team, instead of the public. The Trump administration's erratic approach to AI policymaking has left companies across the industry with little clarity about what will govern future model releases. An executive order issued in June that signaled a desire to review models ahead of release was criticized by influential analysts like Dean W. Ball, who recently started a policy position at OpenAI.
Mythos was originally made available to a select group of organizations beginning in April to allay concerns about its ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in software, while a version called Fable was released to the public in June with additional security guardrails. However, with Asian AI companies beginning to release their own AI models approaching Mythos-level capabilities -- among them Fugu and Tulonfeng -- the US government was under pressure to ease its restrictions on Anthropic to ensure that American AI could compete globally.
Last week, Lutnick cleared Mythos to be released to select customers approved by the White House. OpenAI's latest models were also released to a group of organizations approved by the Trump team, instead of the public. The Trump administration's erratic approach to AI policymaking has left companies across the industry with little clarity about what will govern future model releases. An executive order issued in June that signaled a desire to review models ahead of release was criticized by influential analysts like Dean W. Ball, who recently started a policy position at OpenAI.
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Ireland’s tasks at helm of bloc include helping navigate talks on fresh Russia sanctions, and Ukraine and Moldova accession
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy is expected to land in Dublin shortly before the formal ceremony this afternoon, and will meet with top Irish officials for bilateral talks afterwards.
For Ireland, supporting Ukraine would be “an important priority for us during our term”, PM Martin said in a statement quoted by the Irish Times, adding that the leaders would also discuss how to increase pressure on Russia.
“Some [member states] who want to spend more, some who want to spend less, quite a significant number who want to protect the common agricultural policy, cohesion funding, and then new areas like competitiveness funding and research, additional money for research funding, which actually is the key to new products and new ideas of the future.”
Continue reading...AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Door de rechter aangestelde bestuurders van kunstmestproducent OCI stemmen in met een omstreden overname door het Egyptische bouwbedrijf Orascom, mits grootaandeelhouder Nassef Sawiris ook een bod in contanten doet. Het advies is een nieuwe wending in de strijd tussen minderheidsaandeelhouders van OCI en Sawiris, een van de rijkste personen van Egypte.
De familie Sawiris heeft het grootste deel van OCI en Orascom in handen. Minderheidsaandeelhouders, waaronder de Vereniging van Effectenbezitters (VEB), kwamen in verzet tegen de fusie bij de ondernemingskamer. Ze waren ontevreden dat ze amper inspraak hadden, vonden de deal in aandelen ongunstig en zagen geen voordelen in de fusie.
De ondernemingskamer blokkeerde de overname begin dit jaar en benoemde twee onafhankelijke bestuurders, die moesten nagaan of de deal de belangen van minderheidsaandeelhouders te erg zou schaden. Die bestuurders vinden nu dat een stemming onder aandeelhouders over de fusie van OCI en Orascom door mag gaan, mits er ook een bod in contanten op OCI door Sawiris' bedrijf NNS is gedaan.
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De 39-jarige Clen V., die wordt verdacht van het doden van zijn partner in Amsterdam-Zuid, beroept zich op zijn zwijgrecht. De officier van justitie roept de verdachte op te gaan verklaren. Dat deed ze woensdag tijdens de eerste openbare zitting in de rechtbank in Amsterdam.
Het slachtoffer, een 40-jarige medewerkster van ABN AMRO, werd op 26 maart dood gevonden in een woning aan de Koninginneweg. De politie maakte op 8 april bekend dat de vrouw waarschijnlijk slachtoffer is van een misdrijf. Die dag werd haar partner V. aangehouden.
De doodsoorzaak is ondanks grootschalig onderzoek nog onbekend, meldde de officier op de eerste inleidende zitting. Dat komt omdat het slachtoffer is gevonden in een bad met de kraan nog open. Het water was 54 graden. Vermoedelijk is de vrouw al in de avond van 25 maart overleden. Het hete badwater bemoeilijkte het onderzoek van de forensisch patholoog.
Het Openbaar Ministerie wil dat de verdachte wordt geobserveerd in het Pieter Baan Centrum.
Restaurant kiosks are hazardous places, and not only on the side of the screen where patrons jab greasy fingers. On the other side of the glass, things can also go wrong when Windows starts working against the kiosk software. Spotted in a Portuguese restaurant chain by eagle-eyed Register reader Mário, the screen shows Windows 10 - though it could possibly be Windows 8.x - turning its nose up at a kiosk application. Either way, the sight of it would be enough to put even the most cast-iron sysadmin off their lunch.. In this instance, the WinRestKioskWPF.exe file is apparently lacking a digital signature to verify its publisher. It has therefore failed the Windows 10 sniff test, and a warning is on display. The problem is that this is a kiosk, so rather than being able to select and enjoy a Portuguese specialty (most likely something with a fried egg on it – if you know, you know), the hungry customer is presented with a baffling dialog. They could press Run (assuming the touchscreen passes input through to the desktop), or they could do the sideways shuffle of shame to a working kiosk. The software appears to be part of the WinRest suite of Point of Sale software. According [warning: this is an HTTP URL] to the company's website, its tools are "ultra-secure and affordable." The suffix, WPF, indicates it is a version written with the Windows Form replacement, the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). WPF is an interesting choice for a modern application. It is, after all, very much Windows-only (yes, it was one of the inspirations for Avalonia), but since this kiosk is running Windows, it's not a terrible choice. Unless, of course, WPF means something different in this instance. We Prefer Frying? It's a possibility. And perhaps also why a clean-living installation of Windows 10 has rejected the application. ®
