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Wall Street Journal:
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
Bloomberg:
President Trump says he is weighing proposals for the US government to partner with major AI companies, and will soon discuss the idea with their executives  —  President Donald Trump expressed interest in the US government holding equity stakes in leading artificial intelligence developers …
Financial Times:
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
Bloomberg:
Filing: Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920M a 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 Elon Musk's SpaceX $920 million a month for computing power as part of a cloud services deal that runs through mid-2029 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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 …
James Gallagher / BBC:
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 …
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
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 …
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
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.
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Grace Kay / The Information:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
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
Wired:
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.
Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg:
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 …
Financial Times:
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
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
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 …
Bloomberg:
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 …
Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware:
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.
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
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 …

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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

Bloomberg:
Sources: Legendary Entertainment has made a takeover offer for Lionsgate Studios, reviving on-and-off talks after weighing a bid in 2025; LION closed up 14.41%

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

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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
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

Earlier Picks

Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic calls for top AI labs to weigh slowing or temporarily pausing development, suggesting that self-improving AI systems may soon pose societal risks
OpenAI:
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
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / New York Times:
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
Nivedita Balu / Reuters:
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
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