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• Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google's Israel, ICE ties
  AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.

• The US government's Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
  The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government intervention.

• Why do South Koreans love AI so much?
  This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

• Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms
  Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.

• SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
  TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days.

• These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
  Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media.

• Undo secures €31 million to bring runtime context to AI-assisted software engineering
  Cambridge-based Undo, a scale-up focused on AI-powered root cause analysis, today announced the close of a €31 million funding round.

• Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic's most powerful models
  A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export-control restrictions.

• This man with ALS is “the first power user” of a brain implant that lets him speak
  Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years.

• SpaceX's biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised
  SpaceX's IPO underwriters maxed out their share purchases.

• UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16
  The ban would apply to a range of social media platforms.

• Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B
  Salesforce says it wants to improve Agentforce with Fin's technology.

• Sarvam becomes India's newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
  Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.

• Fox to acquire Roku in $22B deal
  Fox says the deal will create the third-largest television company in the United States.

• SpaceX went public – Europe’s SpaceTech founders and investors have thoughts
  SpaceX’s record IPO has raised questions over the sector.

• Amsterdam’s Anterra Capital hits €86 million first close for Fund III as AI reshapes food and agriculture
  Anterra Capital has announced the first close of its Fund III.

• As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities
  NewCore argues the next challenge in enterprise security will be managing AI agents.

• Anterra Capital reaches $100M first close for Fund III to back next-gen food and agritech innovation
  The firm has offices in Amsterdam and Boston.