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June 5 1200 UTC Brief
In international news
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea for a two-day summit with Kim Jong Un, part of Beijing’s effort to show a united front against the West and keep some leverage over a neighbor that has been drifting closer to Russia. Xi’s trip next week comes as Pyongyang leans harder on Moscow, even while still needing Beijing’s backing on the world stage.
Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed direct peace talks with Vladimir Putin, saying any negotiation has to start from the current front line and cannot require Ukraine to surrender territory. The timing is notable, with Ukraine striking deeper into Russian-held areas, Russia’s offensive losing momentum, and European leaders also trying to open a direct channel to Moscow.
In tech and cybersecurity
Anthropic is calling for a global slowdown in AI development, warning that its models are getting close to the point where they could help design their own successors. The company says Claude now writes about 80 percent of Anthropic’s code, can suggest research directions, and solve open-ended problems, which is impressive in the way a very fast escalator is impressive right before someone has to put a handrail on it.
In a separate security story, the extortion group ShinyHunters has leaked roughly 234 gigabytes of data it says was stolen from DentaQuest, the dental benefits administrator. The company says the breach affects about 2.6 million people.
In the U.K.
A former University of Surrey student, Almunthir Daqamah, has been charged with attempted murder after a staff member was shot with a crossbow on campus. Police say the victim is in stable condition in hospital, and the charges also include weapons and drugs offences.
And in a separate case, Nerys Lloyd has lost her bid to reduce the 10 years and six months prison sentence she received for gross negligence manslaughter after a paddleboard outing that led to four deaths.
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