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June 7, 2026, 1:50 AM
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Kalshi and Polymarket sponsored X posts promoting viral LA mayoral election fraud conspiracy theories; Kalshi says it asked its paid influencers to remove posts  —  THE SCOOP  —  Kalshi on Friday asked some of its paid political influencers to remove X posts that sowed doubt about the integrity …
Tanya Pandey / The Economic Times:
Industry data: India's six largest IT companies grew combined revenue from $95.9B in FY23 to $103.1B in FY26, while headcount remained broadly steady at ~1.9M  —  India's top IT companies are achieving revenue growth with stable employee numbers.  This trend highlights a shift towards automation and improved productivity.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Inside the Trump admin's push to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA regulatory fast track for digital health tech like AI chatbots  —  The administration is laying the groundwork for chatbots that can diagnose illness and prescribe medicine, but physicians say AI can introduce more problems.
CNBC:
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  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the White House are in ongoing talks about a possible government stake in the artificial intelligence company, CNBC confirmed on Friday.
Bloomberg:
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
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 …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to offer users advanced protection from prompt injection attacks by limiting some features  —  The company says most users don't need to use the feature.  —  OpenAI has begun rolling out Lockdown Mode …
Bloomberg:
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

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From Mediagazer

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Rentrak: US summer 2026 box office revenue hit a record $4.76B, beating 2013's record, with each of the four months topping $1B for the first time

Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
France and Korea pledge to invest $1.16B in the global screen industries from 2027 to 2031, as part of the Lumière Summit in France for preservation of cinema

Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
An archive of more than 100 hours of Oasis recordings, amassed by the band's sound engineer, is to be auctioned for up to £1.6M despite objections from the band

Earlier Picks

Akash Girimath / Decrypt:
Privacy token Zcash plunges after the disclosure of a 2022 vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool that could have allowed undetectable ZEC counterfeiting
Reuters:
Trump signs a national security memorandum seeking to “accelerate the use of AI across intelligence and warfighting domains in line with American values”
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