Only 6% of Americans Use Claude, Anthropic Is at War With the Government, and AI Leaders Hit G7
Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of June 18th, 2026. New details on the Anthropic-U.S. government standoff are spilling into the open — a leaked letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned Anthropic against distributing Mythos to foreign persons, internal employee messages obtained by the New York Times show staff calling the situation unfair targeting based on "bad vibes," and the Washington Post reports the list of companies with Mythos access had quietly ballooned to include a South Korean firm with suspected ties to China — all while Dario Amodei and other AI CEOs are…
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