6.13.26 | US government halts Fable 5 and Mythos 5, open source AI must prevail, CRISPR targets "undruggable" cancers

Hacker News Highlights · Jun 13, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 13, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

(02:00) - Open source AI must win

(03:19) - CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers

(04:26) - Electric motors with no rare earths

(05:52) - Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware

(07:20) - How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

(08:44) - There is a…