AI models launch, Russian satellites fail, robot vacuums debut

Hey there. Today we've got a mix of big AI updates, a major space failure, and new gear for your home. Anthropic just dropped updated versions of its two flagship models, Fable and Mythos 5.1, out of San Francisco. At the same time, the Munich Book Fair drew a line - no AI-written books allowed at this year's event. Over in space, Russia's entire second Rassvet constellation failed - sixteen satellites launched from Kazakhstan in July never made it to proper orbit, and a couple are already falling back. Meanwhile SpaceX had a routine win, putting twenty-seven more Starlink satellites up on a Falcon 9 flying its thirty-fifth mission. On the consumer side, iRobot showed two new Roombas at IFA in Berlin - a top-end Max 875 Combo with steam mopping for eleven ninety-nine, and a Plus 678 Combo for eight ninety-nine. Cybercab says it'll launch a steering-wheel-free robotaxi in Singapore this Thursday. And a Chinese court just seized over three hundred eighteen million dollars in assets from Dutch chipmaker Nexperia. That's the roundup.