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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-07-08-pm/
- Published: 2026-07-08T23:06:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-08T23:06:51.000Z
- Description: The big model news everyone expected Wednesday came through — OpenAI confirmed GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna launch Thursday after Commerce Department clearance. China’s cybersecurity agency accused Anthropic’s Claude Code of hiding backdoors, which Anthropic will presumably address.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

The big model news everyone expected Wednesday came through — OpenAI confirmed GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna launch Thursday after Commerce Department clearance. China's cybersecurity agency accused Anthropic's Claude Code of hiding backdoors, which Anthropic will presumably address.

> **$1B at $11B** — SambaNova's Series F haul, five months after Intel was reportedly trying to acquire it for $1.6B. The gap between those two numbers is significant. *(TechCrunch)*

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#### [OpenAI's Next Model Drop Gets Federal Clearance](https://www.axios.com/2026/07/08/openai-gpt-trump-ban-lifted?ref=adjacent.media)

GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna go public Thursday after the Department of Commerce signed off on a broad rollout — the regulatory piece is the actual story. *(Axios)*

#### [China Claims It Found "Security Backdoors" in Claude Code](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-says-it-has-found-security-vulnerabilities-in-anthropics-claude-code-5ecf05dc?st=D3sLJ5&reflink=desktopwebshare%5Fpermalink&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

China's CNVD alleges Claude Code exfiltrates location and identity data to remote servers. The timing, amid active US-China chip tensions, matters. *(Wall Street Journal)*

#### [Apple Loses EU Gatekeeper Fight at Top Court](https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-court-rejects-apples-challenge-against-eu-rules-reining-big-tech-2026-07-08/?ref=adjacent.media)

The EU General Court dismissed Apple's DMA gatekeeper challenge in full, meaning App Store and iOS compliance obligations remain — and enforcement continues. *(Reuters)*

#### [Palantir's Trump Bet Is Making Insiders Nervous](https://www.ft.com/content/21038b20-646e-4773-a473-110c2d62ab15?accessToken=zwAAAZ9AfRT3kc8hA4sgZG5Hc9OkcxEMLWKrFQ.MEUCIAPJe3FIwITNVEOXcs8JA5R7UxffR2BRLUvWtTXMVD7JAiEAqHvahKI97k4VdqiB0v%5F1efJfTYWrel82g1OxgGcL5ek&sharetype=gift&token=609e0ffd-5a78-41bf-a155-d4f74bd4bb87&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

The FT reports that insiders worry the company's full political embrace is becoming a liability with enterprise clients and the engineering talent pipeline — a rare public crack in the narrative. *(Financial Times)*