Daily AI CatchupAI Catchup — Thursday, July 2, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026Anthropic
Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Come Back Online After 18-Day Export Ban
Access resumes Wednesday, closing an 18-day saga that left global users locked out of Anthropic's best models.
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 Debuts as Anthropic's Most Agentic Sonnet Yet
Near-Opus 4.8 capability at $2/$10 per million tokens — introductory pricing runs through August 31.
AnthropicClaude Science Brings 60+ Research Tools Into One AI Workbench
Native 3D protein rendering and genome tracks, with sensitive datasets able to stay on lab machines.
Figure-AiFigure's Humanoid Robot Starts Real BMW Factory Work at 99% Accuracy
Figure 03 moved from lab demo to sustained production duty on a real BMW factory floor.
EtchedNvidia Rival Etched Hits $5B Valuation With $1B in Chip Orders Already Signed
A working inference chip, a full server rack, and $1B in customer contracts — not just a roadmap slide.