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Suno's 'Spark' Incubator Requires Indie Artists to Promote and Never Criticize Suno

Suno's new 'Spark' incubator offers indie artists grants, marketing, and writing camps, but its fine print requires them to promote the company and, under a 'Good Vibes Only' clause, never portray Suno negatively.

Technology

SpaceX's AI Compute Deals With Anthropic, Google, and Reflection Top $76 Billion

SpaceX has signed compute-rental deals with Anthropic, Google, and Reflection worth more than $76 billion through 2029, becoming the AI compute landlord to the very rivals it competes with.

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Google Publishes Agentic Resource Discovery Spec Backed by Microsoft, Nvidia, and GitHub

Google published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open specification that lets AI agents locate and verify tools and other agents across the web, with launch backing from Microsoft, Nvidia, GitHub, Hugging Face, and Salesforce.

Intelligence Brief

The Intelligence Brief: Gemini's Benchmark Sweep, the Knicks' Title and Free-Agency Open, and Kobe's Draft Day — June 27, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Pro swept the science benchmarks while Claude held AI's best paid-conversion rate; the Knicks' first title in 53 years gives way to a June 30 free-agency open; and Nike's Kobe 'Draft Day' Pack turns a 1996 draft slight into a 14-shoe story.

Technology

Fisk University's $400 Million Campus Data Center Draws Community Pushback

Fisk University's $900M Quantum Leap plan includes a $400M, 30-megawatt data center on its North Nashville campus, pitched as a revenue source for the HBCU but drawing petitions and pushback from alumni and neighbors.

Technology

Asian AI Startups Launch Mythos-Like Models as Anthropic's Export Ban Drags On

With Anthropic's Mythos barred from foreign markets by a U.S. export order, China's Qihoo 360 unveiled Tulongfeng and Tokyo's Sakana AI launched Fugu — frontier models pitched as local alternatives free of export-control risk.

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Kalshi Becomes a FIFA World Cup Partner Through ADI Predictstreet Deal

Kalshi struck a branding and product deal with ADI Predictstreet, FIFA's official World Cup prediction-market partner, securing stadium and broadcast co-branding through the knockouts as its valuation hit $22 billion.

Technology

Polymarket Says Hackers Stole $3 Million From Users After Vendor Breach

Polymarket confirmed hackers stole roughly $3 million from more than 11 users after a third-party vendor was compromised and injected malicious code into its website. The company says it has contained the breach and is refunding affected users in full.

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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of 28.8 Million Queries to Clone Claude

In a June 10 letter to senators, Anthropic accused operators tied to Alibaba of running 28.8 million queries across roughly 25,000 fake accounts to copy Claude's capabilities — the largest distillation campaign it says it has ever measured.

Technology

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Over 10,000 Vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing

Anthropic says its unreleased Claude Mythos model found more than 10,000 high-severity vulnerabilities across partner codebases in Project Glasswing, including a 17-year-old FreeBSD flaw it exploited autonomously. The program is expanding to about 150 organizations in 15-plus countries.

Technology

Netflix Now Requires a Unique Email Address for Every Profile

Netflix is now requiring every profile on an account to be tied to a unique email address, surfacing an unskippable prompt and, reps say, no permanent way to opt out.

Technology

U.S. Clears Anthropic's Mythos 5 for Use by Trusted Partners

The U.S. cleared Anthropic's Mythos 5 model for use by certain trusted partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said — de-escalating a clash that had forced Anthropic to disable the model less than two weeks earlier.