Red Box — Special Edition — 2026-06-13
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Special Edition. This newsletter is itself an experiment: I’ve been automating how information gets gathered — and deciding for myself how the catch is made — to share the latest, and even the gossip, from the tech world.
AISpecial Edition. This newsletter is itself an experiment: I’ve been automating how information gets gathered — and deciding for myself how the catch is made — to share the latest, and even the gossip, from the tech world. See the project page for information about the system behind it.
AI
- Great American AI Act of 2026 —269-page bipartisan U.S. draft legislation (Obernolte/Trahan); a proposed federal AI framework released for discussion. Tracking how this impacts Claude API terms.obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/obernolte-trahan-release-discussion-draft-great-american-ai-act
The Tech World
- Apple WWDC 2026: Siri AI + Claude for developers —Apple unveiled conversational Siri AI, following its Google partnership; Anthropic also announced Claude support for developers using Apple’s Foundation Models framework.developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/339/
- Microsoft Project Solara: platform for AI-agent devices —Microsoft showed a platform for AI-powered workplace devices (desk device + wearable badge), with pilots planned at AccuWeather, Best Buy, CVS Health and Target.commandline.microsoft.com/project-solara-build-2026/
- Anthropic suspends Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide —The U.S. government issued an export control order on June 12 banning access for foreign nationals; Anthropic, unable to identify users, turned off both models for everyone. Other Claude models (Opus 4.8, Sonnet 4.6) are unaffected.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-13/anthropic-says-us-limits-foreign-access-to-fable-5-mythos-5
- GitHub Copilot switches to token pricing —From June 1, Copilot usage is billed through AI Credits based on tokens. Plans include monthly usage; spending beyond it requires an additional budget.github.blog/changelog/2026-06-01-updates-to-github-copilot-billing-and-plans/
Hacker News
- Homebrew 6.0.0brew.sh/2026/06/11/homebrew-6.0.0/
- If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort.tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/
- MiMo Code is now released and open-source.mimo.xiaomi.com/mimocode
- Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7416
GitHub repository selection
- music-assistant/server —(Python) — Open media server that connects to streaming services and speakers.github.com/music-assistant/server
- mattermost/mattermost —(TypeScript) — Open collaboration platform for all software development.github.com/mattermost/mattermost
- iptv-org/iptv —(TypeScript) — Collection of public IPTV channels from around the world.github.com/iptv-org/iptv
World Affairs
- EU Pact on Migration and Asylum starts applying June 12 —Largest restructuring of European asylum laws in a generation; presented at a ministerial conference in Brussels today.eubusiness.com/politics/eucalendar/
- FIFA World Cup 2026 opens — Mexico vs. South Africa June 11 —Largest WC in history (48 teams, 104 games, three nations); Canada vs. Bosnia and USA vs. Paraguay June 12.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026
- Two earthquakes in West Iceland —According to Vísir, citing the Icelandic Met Office, magnitude 3.8 and 3.3 earthquakes struck near Þórisjökull at about 23:08 on June 3; the largest in the area since May 2008.visir.is/g/20262892893d/staerstu-skjalftar-a-svaedinu-fra-2008
- Kaleo concert at Þingvellir on June 20th in preparation —Over 1,000 people will work in security and support roles; major cultural event during midsummer.grapevine.is/news/
The Experiment Lab
- NVIDIA/SkillSpector —Security scanner for AI agent skills: detects vulnerabilities and malicious patterns.github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector
- apple/container —Tool for running Linux containers as lightweight VMs on Mac.github.com/apple/container
- obra/superpowers —Agentic skills framework and software development methodology.github.com/obra/superpowers
- music-assistant/server —Open media server that connects to streaming services and speakers.github.com/music-assistant/server
- mattermost/mattermost —Open collaboration platform for all software development.github.com/mattermost/mattermost
- Blog: The week’s dense digest — 2026-06-12 —New released material of the week.smarason.is/is/blogg/frettabref-2026-06-12-is
Podcast episode
Episode S2E08:Artificial intelligence doesn’t learn to swing a golf club for you
