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10 moments that defined AI’s turbulent first half of 2026

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By Darryl Taft Verified
| The New Stack Verified
Halfway through 2026, artificial intelligence has been at the center of every major story inside the world of software development and in just about every major story outside of it. Last month, the Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline worldwide — only to lift the ban 18 days later. It wasn’t Anthropic’s only government clash; earlier in the year, the Pentagon fought the company over its refusal to give the military unrestricted model access.
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Base44 bets a narrow model beats frontier AI for vibe coding

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By Darryl Taft Verified
| The New Stack Verified
Base44 bets a narrow model beats frontier AI for vibe coding Base44, an AI-powered app-building platform, has launched its first proprietary AI model, dubbed Base One. It is a fine-tuned open-source LLM trained specifically for vibe coding web applications. The company is claiming it as an industry first: the first app-creation platform to launch its own model. The claim carries an asterisk, though.
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Okta is the first to bring AI agent governance inside FedRAMP boundaries

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By Darryl Taft Verified
| The New Stack Verified
Okta has made its AI agent governance platform generally available for FedRAMP- and HIPAA-regulated environments, becoming what it claims is the first independent identity platform to extend AI agent lifecycle management inside the compliance boundaries federal agencies and healthcare organizations already trust. The product, Okta for AI Agents – Core, elevates AI agents to first-class identities managed alongside human and machine workforces.
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