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OpenAI:
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño, an LLM-optimized inference chip developed from design to manufacturing tape-out in nine months, aided by OpenAI's models  —  Loading...  - Early testing shows that the first-generation accelerator will deliver performance per watt substantially better than current state-of-the-art
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Qualcomm says it will acquire Modular, which builds a chip software platform and has a proprietary coding language, in a nearly $4B deal set to close in H2 2026  —  Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Rockstar says GTA VI will cost $79.99, or $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition; preorders start at midnight local time on June 25, ahead of the November 19 launch  —  The game is set to launch on November 19th. The game is set to launch on November 19th. … That gets you the standard edition of the game …
Tom Phillips / IGN:
Rockstar says physical copies of GTA VI will contain a download code, not a disc, and be available starting November 12, when players can begin pre-loading
Lorelei Smillie / Bloomberg:
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit says AI helped it link two separate hacking tools, Amadey and StealC, and file a single civil lawsuit to help take them down  —  Investigators used new tools to defeat old malware technology.  —  Microsoft Corp. deployed artificial intelligence to link …
Bloomberg:
Filing: SK Hynix is seeking to raise ~$29.4B in a US listing, expects trading to start on July 10, and intends to use the funds to build additional capacity  —  Memory Chip Frenzy Sends SK Hynix, Micron Into $1 Trillion Club  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 8.94% Playback Rate
Reuters:
Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the EU after its MiCA license application in Greece failed ahead of the June 30 deadline  —  Crypto platform Binance intends to stay in the European Union and will make a fresh push for permission to operate there …
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on “basic Python errors” and data cherry-picking  —  Nature paper argues researchers cherry-picked data.  Redmond insists its work is sound
New York Times:
Sources: the NSA was red-teaming with Mythos 5 before losing access amid the Anthropic dispute; the tests showed Mythos can identify flaws in classified systems  —  A recent episode underscored the Trump administration's increasing reliance on advanced A.I. systems for cybersecurity even as it battles a leading U.S. developer.
Kevin Schaul / Washington Post:
An analysis of GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.3, Gab's Arya, and other AI models: most chatbots frequently provide left-leaning responses to political prompts  —  Excerpts from each chatbot's responses to political questions  —  Left-leaning argument  —  Right-leaning  —  ChatGPT  —  Gemini
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Qualcomm unveils Dragonfly C1000, a new data center CPU built for agentic AI, and says Meta will use the chip when production starts in 2028  —  Qualcomm shares jumped in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker said non-handset revenue in fiscal 2029 will be $40 billion, up from a prior forecast of $22 billion.
Mateo Quiros / The Keyword:
Google says computer use is now a built-in tool supported in Gemini 3.5 Flash, available via the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform  —  Computer use is now a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash to build agents that can interact across platforms.  —  Computer use is now a built …
Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:
Seltz, which is building a web search engine that can be used by AI agents, raised a $12.5M seed led by Speedinvest and B Capital  —  The rise of AI has rekindled the long-dormant search wars.  Chatbots and AI agents need to surface timely, relevant information about news and all kinds of products and services.
Financial Times:
Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise a funding round at a ~$40B valuation that may close as soon as Q3; Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation in May  —  Rapidly growing company is increasingly challenging established derivatives and betting rivals  —  Kalshi is in talks to raise funds …
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Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg:
Sources: in a letter to US officials, Anthropic accused Alibaba of adversarial distillation, accessing Claude 28.8M times from April to June via ~25K accounts  —  Anthropic PBC accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” …
Geoff Weiss / Business Insider:
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M+ registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M+  —  As AI-generated content storms the internet, productivity company Superhuman is acquiring GPTZero, an AI detection startup cofounded by Edward Tian and Alex Cui in 2023.
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
Ornn, which plans to launch a marketplace for GPU capacity designed to function like an exchange to trade oil contracts, raised a $33M seed led by a16z  —  Ornn raised $33 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz as the marketplace startup seeks to build a venue where the power …
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
AI creative tools startup Krea, which has raised $83M and claims it has 30M+ users, releases the open weights for its Krea 2 image models under a custom license  —  While many enterprises have already begun integrating AI-generated images, visuals, graphics and videos into their production workflows …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
An interview with Bob Iger on stepping down as Disney's CEO, his legacy, new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Chapek, Apple, Disney+, acquiring Pixar, AI tools, and more  —  For two decades, Hollywood's most indispensable executive has been synonymous with Disney.  Can he really tear himself away?
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Humanoid robot maker Agility plans to go public via a merger with Michael Klein's SPAC, in a deal valuing Agility at ~$2.5B, listing under ticker symbol AGLT  —  Agility's humanoid robot, Digit, is used by companies including Amazon  —  Agility Robotics, a startup that makes humanlike robots used …

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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is set to approve Paramount's $111B WBD takeover provided the company accepts certain remedies, the details of which are still being worked out

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Source: iHeartMedia has begun a new round of layoffs affecting dozens of workers in its local radio broadcasting units as part of a broader restructuring

The Guardian:
How the DOJ used leftist zines published by anti-ICE protesters as evidence to convict them of terrorism charges tied to a 2025 protest at a Texas ICE facility

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Moneycontrol:
Sources: India drives 50%+ of WhatsApp's global revenue, or $1B+ annually, largely via business messaging, which likely helped Kunal Shah get WhatsApp's top job

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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate who argued for AI safeguards, lost to Micah Lasher in the Democratic primary that had millions in AI PAC spending
Britney Nguyen / MarketWatch:
Micron and Sandisk led a tech selloff on June 23, falling 13%+ each; Western Digital fell 8%, Marvell 9%, Seagate 5%, Qualcomm 8%, and Applied Materials 8%
New York Times:
Sources: the Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its AI models for voluntary review; Meta is the only major US AI developer without an agreement
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