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June 4, 2026, 7:55 AM
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Ted Chiang / The Atlantic:
A look at AI consciousness debates; LLM conversations are cleverly disguised examples of sentence continuation, but that doesn't deny how impressive LLMs can be  —  Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google releases Gemma 4 12B, an 11.95B-parameter unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory  —  While many AI open source model providers are pursuing larger and more powerful models, Google is still giving attention to the smaller, more local side of the market.
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares for $135 each, which would value it at almost $1.77T, eclipsing Aramco's $29.4B IPO in 2019  —  SpaceX is seeking to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering that would be the biggest of all time, as Elon Musk's rocket …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has repeatedly delayed Muse Spark API's release from April due to bugs and infrastructure needs; Meta now says it plans to release the API in July  —  The shifting timeline is a setback for Meta's ability to monetize its massive investments in building frontier AI models
Bloomberg:
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  —  Ramp, a corporate spending management platform, has raised $750 million in a new funding round at a $44 billion valuation …
Emily Mullin / Wired:
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons  —  Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons.
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA  —  OpenAI's new proposal comes as its CEO Sam Altman descends on Washington for a series of Wednesday meetings with White House officials …
Bloomberg:
In an SITC report, UK lawmakers call on the government to end a £330M NHS deal with Palantir and disclose more details of a military contract with the company  —  British members of parliament are calling on the government to end a major deal with Palantir Technologies Inc. and disclose …
Steven Levy / Wired:
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  —  With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.
Reuters:
Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $22.19B, below $22.27B est., and forecasts Q3 semiconductor revenue from AI below est.; AVGO drops 12%+ pre-market  —  Broadcom (AVGO.O) missed Wall Street expectations for second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as increased competition …
Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says the company won't be able to fulfill demand led by US customers even as more capacity comes online in the US over the next few years  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s global chip supply will fall short of AI-fueled demand for years to come …
Sarah White / Financial Times:
France secured €110B+ of proposed AI and data center investments this week, amounting to ~10 GW of new computing capacity, equivalent to ~10 nuclear reactors  —  Investors warn approvals and local opposition could slow France's massive data centre build-out
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards  —  Can the AI company hold on to its ethical founding principles as it strides to market with its most powerful and unnerving tool yet?
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.39B, above $1.36B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue of ~$1.44B, above $1.43B est.; CRWD drops 9%+ pre-market  —  CrowdStrike narrowly beat Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter estimates after the bell on Wednesday, but shares slid 10% following the report.
Daniel Nishball / SemiAnalysis:
A deep dive into the case for data centers in space, as SpaceX prepares to go public: Elon Musk's claims, the wider debate, power supply issues, costs, and more  —  Space DC Total Cost of Ownership Explained.  Unpacking constraints from Terrestrial DCs and Chip Production.
The Hacker News:
Security company Calif says it used Codex to discover HTTP/2 Bomb, a remote DoS exploit affecting web servers like Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Microsoft IIS  —  Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote denial-of-service exploit that affects major web servers, including NGINX …
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Revolut co-founder and CTO Vlad Yatsenko plans to step down in July, replaced by executive Donato Lucia; Yatsenko joined as Revolut's first employee  —  Revolut Ltd.'s chief technology officer, Vlad Yatsenko, and Chief Executive Officer Nik Storonsky's early partner, is stepping down from his position at the digital bank in July.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit claim that peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes of getting their posts scraped and used by AI chatbots  —  Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple says users in Texas must confirm they are 18 years or older or obtain parental consent to create an Apple Account starting June 4, after a court ruling  —  Apple today said App Store rules in Texas are changing due to the enforcement of SB 2420, a law that adds age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers.
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Meta says Australia's proposed tax on domestic revenue for tech giants that don't sign news licensing deals violates the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement  —  Meta (META.O) accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with the U.S. by proposing a new tax on certain tech giants …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Lila Sciences, which uses AI tools to speed up the rate of scientific discovery, is in talks to raise a $2B Series B at an expected valuation of ~$8.5B  —  Artificial intelligence research startup Lila Sciences Inc. is in talks to raise about $2 billion at an expected valuation …
Stephanie Findlay / Financial Times:
SpaceX wins a property tax exemption for its planned $55B Terafab chip facility in Texas, despite Texans threatening legal action, amid local opposition to AI  —  Elon Musk's Terafab plant sparks fierce opposition and threat of legal action from residents of Texas county

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Steven McIntosh / BBC:
The BBC says it will close BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels in spring 2027, making them online-only, and Radio 4 Extra, with shows moving to BBC Sounds

Tanya Fedak / Variety:
Streaming guide JustWatch launches its JustWatch TV streaming service in 11 markets, with 30 content partners and free, rental, and ad-free subscription options

Alan Livsey / Financial Times:
Specialist lenders are using AdSense data to assess YouTubers and fund them in exchange for a share of future earnings, as mainstream banks shy away

More News

Bloomberg:
CoinGecko: Hyperliquid-linked HYPE token is up ~180% YTD, lifting its market value above $16B and pushing it into the top 10 digital assets by market cap
Mike Masnick / Liberalism.org:
Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to “despotification”; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals
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Earlier Picks

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
The US and other Five Eyes nations warn that China is flooding online job platforms with fake profiles and offers targeting government and military personnel
Cory Weinberg / The Information:
Nearly 40% of Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI will go toward covering tax obligations tied to employee equity awards, amid the AI talent war
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon announces new visual search features, including displaying AI-generated images of products within its app based on users' search queries
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta introduces Meta Business Agent, an AI agent that lets businesses on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger answer customer questions, close sales, and more
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