← Back to PeopleJournalistBen Smitheditor-in-chief at SemaforLinkedIn@semaforbenBen Smith is a journalist who has worked at Politico, BuzzFeed News, and Semafor.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAmazon1Anthropic1Cursor1DeepSeek1Federal Reserve1Google DeepMind1Meta1OpenAI1Palantir1SK Telecom1SpaceX1U.S. Department of Commerce1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageU.S. government lifted block on Claude Mythos 5SemaforcautiousJun 28, 2026“Co-byline author of article on US government lifting block on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5.”