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Axios:
Sources say Anthropic struggles to speak the Trump administration's language; a White House official says Anthropic “screwed us” as it didn't “honor” a cyber EO  —  Anthropic has once again found itself in the Trump administration's crosshairs over an inability to communicate effectively, sources tell Axios.
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Anthropic's origin story is rooted in OpenAI not taking safety seriously enough, so only Anthropic can control AI and everyone else, including the US government
Financial Times:
Source: Anthropic was given 90 minutes to comply and wasn't provided with detailed concerns before the Commerce Department imposed export controls on its models
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Letter: US cybersecurity leaders urge the White House to lift the ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5, arguing the move hurts defenders more than attackers
Financial Times:
Sources: audited financial figures show OpenAI spending hit $34B in 2025, including $19B on research and development and nearly $6B on sales and marketing  —  Audited figures reveal mounting costs from model development, infrastructure and rapid expansion
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure  —  The studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
SpaceX's stock closed up 19.6% on June 15, its first full day of trading; Musk said it “might be able to reach” ~$1T in revenue in 2030, up from $18.7B in 2025  —  SpaceX shares climbed 20% on Monday, the first full day of trading following a record-breaking debut last week on the Nasdaq.
CNBC:
SpaceX's IPO raised a total of $85.7B as underwriters exercised their overallotment of shares; the additional money is bigger than almost all tech IPOs to date
Brian Thomas / OpenRouter Blog:
OpenRouter debuts Fusion, a tool that prompts multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can “reach and surpass Fable-level performance on deep research tasks”  —  We've found that synthesizing the results of multiple models can significantly outperform what individual models are capable of.
Yasutaka Tamura / Bloomberg:
Taxi-hailing app Go's shares grew 21% in its Tokyo debut, after it raised ~$553M in Japan's largest IPO in 2026, giving the company a market value of ~$1.16B  —  Taxi-hailing app provider Go Inc.'s shares advanced 10% in its trading debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday …
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Andrew Jack / Financial Times:
Study: Mistral and other open-source AI models are among the weakest at filtering Russian disinformation; Mistral's top model ranks 47 out of 60 tested models  —  Open-source generative models are worse at removing false news than others, according to Estonian researchers
Reuters:
India blocks Telegram until June 22 citing its use by organized “cheating rackets” to “defraud candidates” taking a national medical entrance examination  —  India has blocked the Telegram messaging app until June 22, saying the platform has been used to “defraud candidates” …
Wired:
Memo: CTO Andrew Bosworth said Meta did “an atrocious job” sharing Applied AI's vision, promising employees better communication, career growth, and more perks  —  In an internal memo seen by WIRED, Bosworth promised employees more stability, better communication …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge dismisses xAI's lawsuit alleging OpenAI stole trade secrets, saying xAI failed to show that OpenAI induced a former xAI engineer to divulge Grok info  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI that accused rival Sam Altman's OpenAI …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Meta debuts new AI features, including an “AI Mode” that uses Meta AI to search for answers pulled from public posts across Facebook, including Groups and Reels  —  As Meta tries to catch up in the AI race and boost engagement with its AI bot, the company announced Monday …

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ closed an investigation of Paramount's bid for WBD before career staffers who were concerned about the acquisition had an opportunity to object

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix expands its iHeartMedia partnership to stream video episodes of podcasts from Martha Stewart and others; the episodes will no longer be on YouTube

Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Substack hires former Roku exec Dan Robbins as its first head of brand sponsorships, and launches Creator Kits for publishers interested in brand collaborations

More News

Business Insider:
A profile of Cursor, including its hiring process and testy relationship with Anthropic, which told Cursor that Claude Code was a research effort, per a source
A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
Google says a Chinese-linked hacking group targeted US and Canadian academic, medical, and military research institutions from September 2023 to November 2025
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
A US judge rejects Meta's bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Strike 3, which owns porn production companies, that alleges Meta torrented its videos for AI training
Reuters:
Canadian payments company Nuvei agrees to acquire NY-based cross-border payments company Payoneer for ~$2.75B in cash; the deal is expected to close in mid-2027

Earlier Picks

Assiatou Hann / CNBC:
Electronic Arts launches EA Advertising, which lets brands integrate directly into gameplay through dynamic, real-time placements, including stadium signage
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Salesforce agrees to acquire AI customer service platform Fin, formerly known as Intercom, for ~$3.6B, in a deal expected to close in Q4 of its 2027 fiscal year
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Fox says it obtained a $12B loan for the ~$22B Roku deal; existing Fox shareholders are expected to own ~73% of the combined company and Roku shareholders ~27%
Bloomberg:
Nvidia sold $25B of high-grade bonds, after an initial target of ~$20B, in its first corporate bond sale since 2021; source: investor demand hit as much as $85B
Reuters:
Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s in an “Australia-plus model” to “give kids their childhood back”, set to take effect in spring 2027
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