VOL. 2026 · NO. 204 WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2026

The DAILY BRIEF

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Technology

Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good

"I don't think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation," one expert told TechCrunch.
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Treasury threatens sanctions after White House claims Moonshot distilled Anthropic’s Fable

The episode has also intensified a broader debate in Washington over the influx of Chinese open models.
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Science Corporation’s vision-restoring chip wins EU approval

"The thing that the space needs is a company making $100 million a year of revenue," Science Corp. CEO Max Hodak said.
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That's the full World lineup for today — see the lead and columns above.

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After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe

After IBM's stock crashed last week on warnings of poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.
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