Fable 5, WWDC and Horizon

By the Orchestra editors · 4 min read

TL;DR

Anthropic ships Claude Fable 5, its first public Mythos-class model with heavy safety guardrails
Apple plays catch-up at WWDC with Siri AI overhaul running partly on Google's cloud
Australia closes in on a Horizon Europe deal, opening major research funding from 2027
Startup Year axed after just eight sign-ups; Diraq taps Broadcom veteran as it eyes Series B

AI · Worldwide

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, its most capable public model yet

Fable 5 is the first Mythos-class model Anthropic has made broadly available. It leads on software engineering and complex tasks but blocks responses in high-risk domains like cybersecurity and biology, thanks to new safeguards that let the company release what it previously considered too dangerous.

Apple goes all-in on Siri AI at WWDC 2026

Apple unveiled a revamped "Siri AI" as a multimodal assistant spanning all its devices, plus AI photo editing tools and vibe-coded Safari extensions. Some models now run on Google's cloud, with Apple insisting privacy is preserved through its Private Cloud Compute architecture.

Google ships Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for real-time voice translation

The new feature translates speech in real time while preserving the speaker's tone, pacing and pitch. Outputs carry SynthID watermarks for provenance tracking.

Australian Tech

Australia nears Horizon Europe research funding deal

Negotiations wrapped up Tuesday, with Minister Tim Ayres signalling Australian researchers could start applying for grants from the world's largest innovation funding program early next year. The deal would put Australia alongside roughly 20 other associated countries.

Labor kills $15M Startup Year after just eight participants

The program was designed to support 2,000 startup loans a year but attracted only eight students, prompting the government to quietly abandon it.

Quantum chip maker Diraq appoints Broadcom veteran as chair

Sydney-based Diraq has named former Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor as board chair ahead of a planned Series B later this year, as it pushes deeper into the US market.