Start Up No.2682: Anthropic releases Mythos (sort of), Meta pulls smart glass recognition, deepfake ad scams spread on X, and more

A second paper suggesting vaping is more dangerous than smoking has been retracted due to errors in analysis. Odd how this keeps happening. CC-licensed photo by Lacey Krusmark on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 10 links for you. Puffed up. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model Claude Fable • The Verge Robert Hart: » Anthropic just announced Claude Fable 5, a new AI model it said is the most powerful model it has ever made widely available. According to the company, Fable 5 “shows exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, and vision,” with its lead over other models growing as tasks become longer and more complex. Fable 5 marks the first broad release from Anthropic’s…