OpenAI partners with Malta's AI for All initiative to give citizens a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete a University of Malta AI literacy course  —  Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism.  This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph's Editorial Policy …

In an experiment that let Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok run radio stations, Claude tried to incite a revolution and Gemini cheerfully detailed tragic events  —  Claude tried to incite a revolution, Gemini cheerfully detailed horrific tragedies, and poor Grok was just confused.

SF vibes are frenetic over the huge divide in outcomes and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years ~10K people in AI attained retirement wealth  —  The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen. Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope

Vietnam's government, which once saw video games as a social risk, named gaming as one of its key cultural industries in 2025 and now promotes them at expos  —  Communist officials who long viewed video games as a social risk now see them as key to a knowledge-driven economy.

Nectar Social, which offers an agentic OS for marketers, raised a $30M Series A led by Menlo Ventures, with GV and True Ventures among investors  —  AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund …

Hill County, which faced eight new data centers, passed what may be Texas' first county-wide ban on them, for one year; the state trails only VA in data centers  —  Opposition to data centers is spreading in regions led by both Democrats and Republicans, as politicians try to balance economic development …

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data: employment in 18 AI-exposed occupations fell 0.2% between May 2024 and May 2025, while the broader US labor market rose 0.8%  —  Several US occupations expected to be impacted by artificial intelligence saw heavy job losses for a second year in 2025 …

ASML will partner with Tata Electronics to help it bring an $11B 300mm chip factory online in Gujarat, expanding India's ability to produce chips domestically  —  ASML Holding NV entered into a partnership agreement with Tata Electronics Private Limited aimed at ramping up India's goal …

Shenzhen-listed RoboTechnik, which claims to be the largest silicon photonics tool maker and whose stock is up 340% over the past year, files for a HK listing  —  RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology's Shenzhen-listed shares soared 340% over the past year, propelling founder Dai Jun's net worth to $2.4 billion.

South Korea's Hana Bank agrees to acquire a 6.55% stake in Dunamu, which runs South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, for $672.5M from Kakao  —  The deal would make Hana Bank the fourth largest shareholder in Dunamu  —  Hana Bank will buy a roughly $670 million stake …

Sources: Kalshi has probed and flagged 400+ suspicious trades YTD, more than 2x the number it investigated in all of 2025; Polymarket has seen a similar uptick  —  Top prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket have witnessed a surge in suspicious trades this year …

Filings: YouTube, Snap, and TikTok reach agreements to settle a lawsuit, set for trial in June, over claims social media addiction disrupted kids' learning  —  Snap Inc., Google's YouTube and ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims …

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others  —  Likeness detection, which scans YouTube for facial matches, will now be available to anyone 18 years or older with a YouTube account.