June 06, 2026

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Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant: Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system. Read More

Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access: Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts. Read More

Anthropic files to go public: Anthropic, now an AI powerhouse that has landed top-tier enterprise customers, was once considered an underdog in the emerging world of large language models. Read More

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This Week's Must-Reads

Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute: In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products. Read More

Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully: In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist. Read More

Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names: A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating. Read More

Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches: IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s — a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering it up. Read More

Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic's Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI's returns: Anthropic has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company announced that annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, up dramatically from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025. That trajectory faces a real test, though. Read More

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The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs: "The whole conversation shifted from tokenmaxxing and 'go fast' to 'we need guardrails, how do we control this?'" Read More

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