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June 7, 2026, 9:51 PM

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Heekyong Yang / Reuters:
Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet rising global demand for AI services and physical AI  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday that South Korean internet conglomerate Naver (035420.KS) would use its technology …
Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech:
Memory chip vendors say CXMT's DDR5 prices match Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, and it has a supply advantage in client markets as it is not prioritizing HBM  —  CXMT's DDR5 memory is apparently not as cheap to procure as reports claim, falling in the same range as DRAM from other manufacturers.
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products  —  $850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time  —  Also: What to expect at WWDC 2026.  —  A top secret meeting finally got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously.
Wall Street Journal:
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing  —  Only 26% of companies say they have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, according to a new survey
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Tim De Chant / TechCrunch:
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 round  —  Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion.
Mike Butcher / Pathfounders:
UK-based Creator Fund closes a $56M fund to back European PhD founders, reaching them in universities before they're pulled into academia, Big Tech, or US labs  —  Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company.
Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast:
Q&A with Google DeepMind's Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas and Epoch AI's Phil Trammell on what remains scarce after AGI, redistributing AI wealth, and more  —  “One robot now turns into many robots next year, but the number of ballerinas is the same.”  —  Economics of AGI episode w Alex Imas and Phil Trammell.
Leo Schwartz / The Information:
White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan says he will leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution  —  Sriram Krishnan, a top AI policy advisor in the Trump administration, plans to leave his position at the end of June …

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