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subtl daily briefing
Good morning, founders and tech leaders. The AI world is grappling with a security bombshell as Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model can autonomously discover software vulnerabilities for just $50 — potentially collapsing the economics of cybersecurity overnight. Meanwhile, OpenAI launched a new $100 ChatGPT Pro tier as the AI arms race intensifies across pricing and capabilities.
In today's briefing
- 1.AI Security Crisis Emerges
- 2.ChatGPT Pro Tier Launches
- 3.DeFi Under AI Threat
- 4.Quantum Computing Timeline Accelerates
- ⚡Quick hits on other news
Latest Developments
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Everything else in the news today
Morgan Stanley launched MSBT, the first bank-issued spot Bitcoin ETF with $34M first-day volume→
Meta revealed Muse Spark, its first new AI model since acquiring Scale AI's team for $14B→
Google News now prominently displays Polymarket betting pages alongside traditional news articles→
Tesla is developing a compact SUV priced lower than Model 3, measuring 14 feet with Shanghai production planned→
Amazon claims Trainium 3 chip demand is nearly sold out while planning $200B capex spend in 2026→
Netflix solved massive Apache Druid query redundancy using interval-aware caching→
Amazon S3 Files enables mounting S3 buckets as file systems with ~1ms latency for EC2 and Lambda→
Alibaba claimed ownership of the viral Happy Horse AI video model that topped text-to-video leaderboards→
BYD and KFC partnered to install 9-minute EV chargers at drive-thru locations in China→
Disney plans to cut 1,000 jobs under new CEO Josh D'Amaro as part of cost-cutting initiative→
Iran is charging ships $2 million to transit the Strait of Hormuz, keeping oil prices elevated→
Joanna Ericta built The Assist newsletter to 300k subscribers with quiz-based monetization hitting 100% ROI in 7 days→
Volkswagen is abandoning EV production in the US to focus on gasoline models→
SpaceX posted $5B loss on $18.5B revenue after spending $13B on xAI chips and data centers→