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US bans differential privacy in Census data
The U.S. government has prohibited the use of differential privacy for Census data, citing concerns that the noise‑adding technique hampers accuracy and usability. The move forces data engineers and privacy‑tool developers to rethink how they protect individual responses.

US government suspends access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence ordered Anthropic to block U.S. access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 13, citing compliance concerns. The shutdown forces developers to replace the models and signals tighter export‑control enforcement.

US gives federal AI evaluator early access to Google, Microsoft, xAI models
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI to evaluate models pre-release. Trump-administration oversight expands. Anthropic's status is unclear.