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A CVE was issued for an SQLite vulnerability that doesn't exist, exposing how LLM hallucinations are entering the security infrastructure. Alibaba's Qwen3.8 raised the bar for open-weight coding models, while Dwarkesh Patel argued H100 compute could become 15x more expensive once AI reaches human-engineer capability. BioNTech named a new CEO after a six-month vacancy, and the FTC sued Hims & Hers over patient data privacy violations.

The US government issued an export control directive suspending all access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals, a move that rattled the AI industry and prompted Tyler Cowen to note the equilibrium was hard to solve for. Separately, Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kappoor published a detailed argument that software engineers won't be replaced by AI, citing task fragmentation and the compounding cost of errors. The FDA approved Sanofi's teplizumab for children with stage 3 type 1 diabetes after it cleared a dispute between career staff and political appointees. Noah Smith asked whether Chinese corporate debt could zombify the economy, while Patrick Boyle examined how SpaceX humiliated Wall Street by retaining founder control across 25x more fundraising than typical startups.