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Sonnet 5 Drops, China’s $4,900 Robot, Fusion’s First Plant Gets Licensed | MOONSHOTS

4 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Anthropic released Sonnet 5 as a temporary model while its flagship Fable 5 remains offline after a US government pull. Helion Energy's Orion fusion plant got Washington state regulatory approval, marking the first licensed fusion facility. The hosts suggest we're at the midpoint of AI's recursive self-improvement era.

It's pretty clear that Sonnet 5 now is a way to kind of fill this gap until Fable 5 is back out. A kind of mediocre capability at a high price point, but people will still need to buy it.
Anthropic's flagship model, Fable 5, has been offline for 15 days because the US government pulled it. Now Axios reports it may be back within days.
Historians will look back and say this period in time marked the period towards the middle or the endgame of recursive self-improvement.
Helion cleared the required Washington state regulatory approvals for its Orion fusion power plant. It looks like fusion is finally here.
If you were watching the right metric or the right figure of merit over the long term, you could predict when this is going to happen and it's imminent.
All right, mates, let's jump into data centers and space. And for that, we're pleased to bring a friend on. Thanks so much for having me. It's a huge honor. I've been a longtime fan.