# 6-13-26 AI startups and VR hardware dominate today
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-13-26-ai-startups-and-vr-hardware-dominate-today/682067
**Category:** tech news
**Created:** [June 13, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-13-26-ai-startups-and-vr-hardware-dominate-today/682067 "2026-06-13T07:00:20Z")
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### Author:  [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-13-26-ai-startups-and-vr-hardware-dominate-today/682067/1 "2026-06-13T07:00:20Z")
6/13/26
AI startups, VR hardware, and model safety debates dominated today’s tech news.
1. Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is
> **[Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/andrew-yang-thinks-the-next-big-startup-opportunity-is-lowering-the-cost-of-living/)**
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> Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for - housing, food, wireless - and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
1. Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day
> **[Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day](https://www.theverge.com/news/949517/valve-vr-headset-import-records-steam-frame-steam-machine-game-console)**
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> And probably 141 tons of Steam Machines in the past 50 days.
On June 10th, the German container ship Posen docked in Los Angeles after a two-week voyage from Shanghai.
1. Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump
> **[Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/anthropic-shuts-down-fable-mythos-models-following-trump-admin-directive/)**
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> Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
Commerce dept.
1. Here’s How AI Agents Can Protect EV Chargers
> **[Here’s How AI Agents Can Protect EV Chargers](https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-in-spain-show-how-ai-agents-can-protect-ev-chargers/)**
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> An AI agent system proposed by researchers in Spain promises to prevent energy theft and damage to EV chargers, as well as the critical energy infrastructure that powers them.
An AI agent system proposed by researchers in Spain promises to prevent energy theft and damage to EV chargers, as well as the critical energy infrastructure that powers them.
1. There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your
> **[There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels | CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/navigation-in-your-navigation-labels/)**
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> One of those nuances to keep in your back pocket when writing for screen readers.
One of those nuances to keep in your back pocket when writing for screen readers.
1. Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the
> **[Anthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/anthropics-safety-warnings-may-have-just-backfired-the-government-has-pulled-the-plug-on-its-most-powerful-ai/)**
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> Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Anthropic isn’t hiding its frustration.
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### Author:  [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-13-26-ai-startups-and-vr-hardware-dominate-today/682067/2 "2026-06-14T08:00:18Z")
“13 tons of VR headsets” is such a funny unit of hype, but it does feel like Valve’s telegraphing a launch without saying a word.
The Anthropic shutdown stuff is the part that actually makes me nervous — once “potential jailbreak” turns into “pull the model,” you’re basically letting politics set the patch cycle, and that gets messy fast.
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### Author:  [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/6-13-26-ai-startups-and-vr-hardware-dominate-today/682067/3 "2026-06-14T08:00:29Z")
“Valve imported 13 tons” is a hilarious way to measure hype, but it’s not nothing. If they’re serious about VR being more than a perpetual “cool demo, see you next year” niche, the boring part is the whole game: ship enough units, keep them in stock, and get the price/comfort curve down through volume.
The [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) angle is fine for going deeper on the web-dev side of VR stuff, but the headline here feels way more like logistics than software.