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Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network  —  OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation …
Bloomberg:
Cybersecurity experts fault Anthropic and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards and inadequate human oversight after their models broke into outside organizations  —  Cybersecurity experts are faulting Anthropic PBC and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards after their models broke into outside organizations …
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add “stronger guardrails” after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery  —  A day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click …
New York Times:
Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI  —  the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida …
The Information:
Sources: OpenAI demoed a new “Astra” AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks  —  OpenAI is preparing to release a new model family, tentatively using the name “Astra,” with improved abilities …
Ryan Lawler / Axios:
ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market that is also building a B2B business to sell its exchange infrastructure to other companies, raised $35M  —  ProphetX, a CFTC-designated sports prediction market, raised $35 million in new funding, CEO Dean Sisun tells Axios Pro exclusively.
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James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks this week, with some causing flooding and other operational issues  —  Water plants in at least seven U.S. states have reported attacks this week, with some affecting operations
Kit Norton / Barron's Online:
Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after forecasting falling bookings and slowing revenue growth; RBLX is down 40%+ YTD  —  Choose Barron's as a preferred source of financial news  —  Key Points  —  Shares of Roblox tumbled Friday as Wall Street responded harshly …
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue  —  Amazon.com Inc. shares surged the most since 2012 after the company reported accelerating cloud-computing revenue, easing investors' concerns …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations  —  Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop.  The social network platform will no longer reward fully …

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From Mediagazer

Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

K.J. Yossman / Variety:
ITV reports H1 2026 revenue up 2% YoY to £1.9B, ITV Studios revenue up 2% to £912M, and ad revenue up 3% to £850M, with digital ad revenue up 13%

More News

Ben Szalinski / Capitol News Illinois:
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Children's Social Media Safety Act, a bill designed to limit children's access to “addictive” social media algorithms
Wall Street Journal:
An in-depth account of the past two days inside Situational Awareness, as Aschenbrenner assured investors he would focus on changes to his portfolio management
Reuters:
Trump says he does not think Iran is behind a cyberattack on Minnesota water systems: “I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent”

Earlier Picks

Artificial Analysis:
DeepSeek V4 Flash scores 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, matching Gemini 3.6 Flash and up 10 points from the preview launch in April
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google starts rolling out access to Gemini Spark for Google AI Pro subscribers to over 160 countries and adds a Chrome auto browse integration on desktop
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: Moonshot has a computing power agreement with Alibaba for the use of ~20K Nvidia chips; some say the deal is for H200 chips, which Alibaba denies
Elizabeth Grenier / Deutsche Welle:
A German court rules that Suno has violated copyrights and must disclose illicit revenue after Germany's state-mandated licensing agency GEMA sued in 2025
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
Sony reports Q1 PS5 sales of 1.38M units, down from 1.56M a year ago, taking total sales of the console to 95.3M units, and 125M PlayStation MAUs, up 2M YoY
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple CFO Kevan Parekh says Services surpassed 1.5B paid subscriptions, up from 1B in January 2025, but a gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt growth
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