Anthropic is releasing a general-use Mythos-class AI model with better capabilities than anything it's published before, Axios' Madison Mills and Sam Sabin report.

• The company once deemed this new class of model so disruptive that existing safeguards were insufficient, and it restricted access to just a handful of trusted organizations.
• Now it's releasing a public version less than three months later.

🤖 The new Fable 5 model is better at knowledge work, software engineering, scientific research and more — outscoring competing models from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, Anthropic says.

• It includes safeguards to prevent coders from using it to hack infrastructure or ask about sensitive biological capabilities.

👾 Dianne Penn, Anthropic's head of product management, research and labs, says the company ran Fable 5 through internal and external testing to ensure safety.

• Penn added that Anthropic is being "deliberately more conservative" at launch.
• Some legitimate scientific or security work could be routed to the company's older, less-capable models — at least for now.

🤑 Fable 5 costs twice as much as Anthropic's Opus models.

• That makes it the company's most expensive offering yet, at a time when some users and companies are facing ballooning AI budgets.
• Anthropic argues that the more powerful model translates to a lower cost per task.

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NASA today revealed the roster for Artemis III, the next mission in the agency's quest to return humans to the Moon's surface, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

• Artemis III, set for next year, will involve key tests of one or both lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin, in Earth orbit.

🧑‍🚀 The crew:

• Mission specialist and first-time astronaut Andre Douglas.
• Mission specialist and record-setting astronaut U.S. Army Col. Frank Rubio.
• Pilot Luca Parmitano, an Italian Air Force colonel and onetime ISS commander.
• Commander Randy Bresnik, a longtime NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel.

💺 NASA astronaut Bob Hines is on backup duty, training alongside the main quartet in case he's needed.

• The all-male crew is a departure from Artemis II, when Christina Koch became the first woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit.

🧐 Reality check: Neither SpaceX nor Blue Origin's landers are ready yet, and the mission date could slip.

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1. 🎤 President Trump's comment that he doesn't "care" about the midterms has been misinterpreted, National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said at an Axios AM Live event today. "He cares deeply about what people are going through," Hudson told Axios' Kate Santaliz. Go deeper.
2. 📉 Another sharp sell-off hit tech stocks today, with some AI-related shares posting double-digit losses shortly after noon ET. Go deeper.
3. 🛻 Just over 1 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators are being recalled over a potential fire hazard. Owners are advised to "park away from structures or other vehicles" until the problem is fixed. See the notice.
4. 🚁 Walmart and drone delivery partner Wing are expanding airborne shipping to several U.S. metros, including Philadelphia, San Francisco and Phoenix. Go deeper.

Bank of America is rolling out "Fan Bands" in the 11 U.S. World Cup host cities.

• 140 collectible beads are on offer, from FIFA and team-themed designs to those representing host cities.
• There's a slice of pizza for NYC, a flamingo for Miami, a rocket for Houston.

🏟️ Fans can get the bands and beads at matches, fan festivals and watch parties.

• Trading could be popular, too — like pins at Disney theme parks.

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