Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations
Arrangement comes as AI lab is locked in legal battle with Pentagon over Claude model
Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased “NameTag” face-recognition system for its AI smart glasses over multiple Meta AI app updates in 2026
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta's smart glasses platform.
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says agentic traffic is “growing so fast that bots have now passed human traffic online for the first time”
Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm's latest data.
S&P Dow Jones rejects proposals to expedite S&P 500 eligibility for mega-cap IPOs such as SpaceX's; companies remain ineligible until one year after their IPOs
S&P Dow Jones Indices will keep its existing eligibility requirements for the S&P 500, rejecting proposals …
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's memory with a “more capable and compute-efficient” architecture and a summary page that lets users review and steer what it remembers
Improving memory synthesis in ChatGPT to optimize for freshness, continuity and relevance. — Loading...
In a letter to Utah's Senate President, Kevin O'Leary says he will cut a 40,000-acre data center project in Utah by 19,430 acres, after pressure from lawmakers
A proposed Utah data center that would have been almost three times the size of Manhattan will be drastically scaled back after pressure from lawmakers.
Internal docs from lawsuits by 1,400+ school districts show how social media companies targeted kids: Meta paid “teen ambassadors”, Snap sent school-hour alerts
Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children's attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education.
Supabase, which provides backend tools for building AI apps, raised a $500M Series F led by GIC at a $10B pre-money valuation, up from $5B in October 2025
Vibe coding needs infrastructure. Supabase is trying to provide it. — The startup, which makes back-end tools …
What to expect at WWDC 2026: an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, a slew of new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on reliability and responsiveness, and more
The iPhone maker will attempt its artificial intelligence turnaround on Monday. — Apple Inc. will unveil a new artificial intelligence strategy …
Apple-funded study: the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer AI features saw 4x more billings growth than other apps
Apple shares update on 2025 App Store success — “Developers are the heartbeat of the App Store, and this year's incredible milestone …
In an internal message, Satya Nadella rebuked an internal memo that said Microsoft needs to “make people addicted” to its new AI agent product called Scout
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday rebuked an internal memo that another company executive had written advocating to …
Google now lets big creators and publishers in the US claim and customize dedicated Google Search profiles to aggregate their content from multiple platforms
Big creators and publishers can claim dedicated Search profiles that let them highlight everything they do online.
Sources: US officials discussed the US taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea in 2025; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday
The talks have been with artificial-intelligence leaders such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who pitched the idea
Sources: Brian Chesky is starting a new AI lab and considering a focus on user interaction and design; he will remain Airbnb's CEO and will not be the lab's CEO
Airbnb Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky is starting a new artificial intelligence lab, according to several people familiar …
Sources: US officials have held talks with AI companies about the government acquiring shares; Sam Altman first pitched the concept directly to Trump in 2025
Senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with major artificial intelligence companies about the potential …
Elon Musk petitioned the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter's data use, claiming Twitter no longer exists as X merged with xAI and then SpaceX
Critics hope to keep Elon Musk from escaping a strict data-privacy order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shortly before he took over Twitter.
SpaceX says Starlink now has 12M+ “active customers with high-speed internet” across 160+ countries, territories, and other markets, up from 9M in December 2025
Starlink is connecting more than 12M active customers with high-speed internet across 160+ countries, territories and many other markets. Thank you to all our customers around the world! 🛰️🌎❤️ → https...
University of Cambridge researchers say they have developed the first vaccine with a key component entirely designed by AI and subsequently trialed it in humans
Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes …
Trump signs a national security memorandum seeking to “accelerate the use of AI across intelligence and warfighting domains in line with American values”
The White House said on Friday it would accelerate the development and use of AI for national security applications …
US-traded chipmakers plunged on Friday, after Broadcom missed expectations; Nvidia fell 6.19%, Micron fell 13.25%, AMD fell 10.86%, and Broadcom 7.92%
U.S.-traded chipmakers plunged on Friday, losing over $1 trillion in market value, with deep losses in AI heavy hitters including Nvidia …
Quantinuum closed up 0.63% in its Nasdaq debut on June 4, bringing its market value to $15.7B, after raising $1.68B in an upsized IPO
Anthropic details its progress toward recursive self-improvement, and its implications, and says Claude has authored 80%+ of the code merged into its codebase
Our progress toward recursive self-improvement, and its implications. — For most of AI's history, humans drove every step in its development cycle.
Sources: Meta explores a stock offering to raise tens of billions to fund AI capital expenditures, following Google's record $85B share deal; META drops 5%+
Facebook parent could sell tens of billions of dollars in new stock as it seeks to finance AI infrastructure
Two US House lawmakers unveil bipartisan AI legislation that would override some state AI laws and require top AI developers to implement risk-management plans
The NY State legislature passes a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law
It could become the first ban of its kind in a state. … The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium …
Denver-based Scotch, which makes AI-powered payments tools for liquor retailers, raised a $20M Series A from VMG Partners, following a $10M seed in 2024
Scotch, an AI-native operating system designed specifically for liquor store owners, has secured $20 million in a Series A funding round …
Cloudflare acquires VoidZero, which develops Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+ frameworks, and says the projects will stay open source and community-driven
Unsealed 2020 lawsuit: ex-IBM VP of threat intelligence alleges that IBM and AT&T concealed foreign cyber breaches to maintain eligibility for federal contracts
International Business Machines Corp. and AT&T Inc.'s computer systems were repeatedly breached by foreign hackers …
OpenAI confirms it will comply with President Trump's EO that asks AI companies to allow the US government to assess their models' capabilities before release
OpenAI has confirmed it will comply with Donald Trump's executive order that asks AI companies to allow the federal government …
Sources: SpaceX prepares the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO, seeking to reserve as much as 25% of its $75B float for retail investors
Up to a quarter of the rocket builder's $75bn float will be set aside for individual investors
Sources say xAI used Claude models for distillation and training, including using personal accounts and the intermediary service Blackbox AI after being cut off
SpaceX's AI lab has had a chaotic year so far, churning through leaders and staff before bringing in outside help in an effort to catch up to Anthropic in coding.
Filing: Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920M per month for access to Nvidia chips as part of a cloud-services deal that runs through mid-2029
Alphabet Inc.'s Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for computing power as part of a cloud-services deal that runs through mid-2029, according to a company filing.
Poke, which lets users access AI agents via text message, becomes the first AI agent approved for Apple's Messages for Business platform; Poke launched in March
The largest US banks plan to launch a tokenized deposit network in 2027 to connect traditional payment rails with the infrastructure that digital assets run on
The new network could help banks contend with a wave of new competition from stablecoins and crypto firms
Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, such as Sam Altman, Dylan Field, and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia
Sources say a months-long dispute between the White House and Anthropic is showing signs of easing across the US government as the startup prepares for its IPO
A months-long dispute between Trump administration officials and AI firm Anthropic is showing signs of easing across parts …
Bitcoin falls below $60K, its lowest level since October 2024, amid a record streak of bitcoin ETF outflows following Strategy's bitcoin sale
Bitcoin extended its losses on Friday, dropping to October 2024 lows to cap an already bruising week for crypto investors.
Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk commits to investing $30B in India by 2030, with plans to develop 5GW of new data center capacity in the country
Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk said on Thursday it would invest $30 billion in India by 2030 …
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the agency will review E-Rate, a $3B annual program subsidizing school and library internet access, amid kids' screen time concerns
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing a $3 billion annual program that subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries …
Canada unveils “AI for all”, its AI strategy that it says will help create 250,000 jobs by 2031, with a CA$500M tech fund for investing in homegrown AI startups
Corporate spending management platform Ramp raised $750M at a $44B valuation led by Iconiq, Singapore's GIC, and the OTPP, taking its total funding to $3B
A research team that includes Huawei says it successfully used Huawei's Ascend 910C chips for DeepSeek V4 Pro model's post-training, amid increased US sanctions
While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker plans to temporarily halt tax breaks for data centers from July 1, calling on state lawmakers to create a development framework
Pritzker, who is widely viewed as having 2028 White House aspirations, is tapping into an issue seen as important to voters.
Filing: Reid Hoffman, who has served on Microsoft's board since 2017, will not stand for re-election at the company's 2026 annual meeting
Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder who has served on Microsoft's board since 2017, will not stand for re-election at the company's 2026 annual meeting …
An interview with Naomi Gleit, Meta's head of product who joined the company in 2005, on Mark Zuckerberg's “unfair” reputation, AI agents for business, and more
When Naomi Gleit joined Meta nearly 20 years ago, she was the firm's 29th employee.
Sources: data center developer Switch is in talks to raise billions of dollars from private equity firms, including Brookfield and KKR, at a $50B+ valuation
India-based Innefu Labs, which builds AI-powered software for national defense and enterprise security infrastructure, raised a $30M Series B led by Panthera
Chinese regulator CSRC tightens oversight of the country's ~$3.4T private fund industry; the CSRC says it will encourage tech-focused VC investments and more
China on Friday tightened oversight of the country's 23 trillion yuan ($3.40 trillion) private fund industry, in a bid to reduce financial risks …
Sources: Revolut is looking to run a secondary share sale that would value it at $115B, after receiving a UK bank license and applying for a charter in the US
Revolut Ltd. is looking to run a secondary share sale that would value the digital bank at $115 billion, on the heels of receiving …
SCOTUS sides with the FCC in its clash with wireless carriers, upholding the agency's in-house system for levying fines for regulatory violations
Sources: Apollo and Blackstone finalized a $35B package for Anthropic to lease TPUs; Broadcom is backstopping payments on the debt's largest senior portions
Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. have finalized a $35 billion financing package for Anthropic PBC to expand its AI infrastructure …
Sources: AI coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise funding at a $12B valuation, up from $6.6B in December 2025
The less than two-year old startup crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue earlier this year. The new fundraise would almost double its valuation.
Meta's Oversight Board says Meta's account deactivations lack due process, violations are handed out without clarity, and there's little support for appeals
Allen Control Systems, which makes AI-powered gun turrets for shooting down drones, raised a $200M Series B led by Smash Capital at a $2.2B post-money valuation
Years before he helped launch Disney+, or helped the Mouse buy Marvel and Star Wars, Kevin Mayer studied mechanical engineering …
Coinbase and Better Home & Finance fund the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage that uses bitcoin as collateral, and plan a US-wide rollout in the coming months
Over 20 EU news publishers file a claim seeking €640M+ from Google following an EU decision that lets anyone harmed by Google's ad market abuse seek damages
Small publishers enabled to take on Google for damages via group claim. — More than 20 European news publishers …See also Mediagazer
Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, proposes a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers to ensure “that they are paying their fair share”
Anthropic calls for top AI labs to weigh slowing or temporarily pausing development, suggesting that self-improving AI systems may soon pose societal risks
The $1 trillion startup warns that AI models are nearing capability to improve without human intervention
Robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete short physical tasks in April, raised $400M led by Radical Ventures at a $2B valuation
Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the “Public Wealth Fund” that OpenAI outlined earlier
The U.S. taxpayer as bag holder is undefeated.Forums:r/politics:Trump administration, OpenAI discussing possible government stake in the AI startup
Flourish, which is building Cortex AI, a brain-like synthetic intelligence system that uses less power than LLMs, raised $500M, including $100M from Jeff Bezos
Honeycomb, which offers an AI-powered insurance platform for multi-unit residential properties, raised $40M led by Zeev, bringing its total funding to $95M
Robinhood plans to route some 2026 soccer World Cup bets to Rothera, shifting away from Kalshi as it seeks to diversify its prediction markets providers
President Trump says he is weighing proposals for US government to hold equity stakes in leading AI labs, and will soon discuss the idea with their executives
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