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AI SECURITY CAMERAS OFFER DETAIL—AND WILD ERRORS

Security camera companies are deploying AI to provide detailed descriptions of surveillance footage, but the technology frequently misidentifies objects with significant consequences. Brake lights trigger fire alerts and humans register as bears.

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Security camera companies are embracing AI to give customers detailed descriptions of surveillance footage that are often spot on but can also be wildly wrong (Scott Calvert/Wall Street Journal)

Scott Calvert / Wall Street Journal: Security camera companies are embracing AI to give customers detailed descriptions…

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Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.02B, above $1.01B est., GTV up 13% YoY to $10.3B, and orders up 10% YoY to 91.2M, as users focus on affordability (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)

Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal: Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.02B, above $1.01B est., GTV up 1…

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Sources: the US and China are considering recurring talks on the security risks posed by AI models, with Scott Bessent leading the American side (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal)

Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US and China are considering recurring talks on the security risks pose…

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FanDuel CEO Amy Howe departs after five years, succeeded by President Christian Genetski, as parent company Flutter reports MAUs fell 3% YoY to 14.4M in Q1 2026 (Christopher Kuo/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Kuo / Wall Street Journal: FanDuel CEO Amy Howe departs after five years, succeeded by President Christian G…

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Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire US-based PathAI, which makes AI diagnostic tools, for up to $1.05B, with $750M upfront, closing in H2 2026 (Adrià Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal: Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire US-based PathAI, which makes A…

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Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competition from local brands; Samsung's TV and appliance unit lost ~$138M in 2025 (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)

Kwanwoo Jun / Wall Street Journal: Samsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competiti…

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Sources: Ramp told investors it is raising $750M co-led by Iconiq Capital and GIC at a valuation of $40B+ before the investment, up from $32B in November 2025 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Ramp told investors it is raising $750M co-led by Iconiq Capital and GIC at a…

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Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some administration officials fearful that the change represents a reversal of its hands-off AI policy (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: White House unease over Mythos has left some administration officials fearful that the cha…

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OpenAI president Greg Brockman's journal has emerged as a star witness in the Musk v. Altman trial; Brockman says he stopped writing about OpenAI in it in 2023 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI president Greg Brockman's journal has emerged as a star witness in the Musk v. A…

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A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to revenue projections and has chosen to raise less money than is available (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to r…

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Execs at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16x since its AI platform's 2023 debut, often decry other AI as slop, as competition from frontier AI labs stiffens (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: Execs at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16x since its AI platform's 2023 debut,…

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Inside Consensus Conference, one of the biggest crypto conferences, which had a decidedly corporate sheen in 2026 amid Wall Street's embrace of digital assets (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)

Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: Inside Consensus Conference, one of the biggest crypto conferences, which had a de…

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Most of the tech on display at this year's Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-equipped, driven by the Trump administration's focus on US border security (Elizabeth Findell/Wall Street Journal)

Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal: Most of the tech on display at this year's Border Security Expo was autonomous…

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Sources: OpenAI facilitated a $6.6B secondary share sale in October 2025 for 600+ current and ex-employees; over 75 people cashed out the maximum cap of $30M (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Sources: OpenAI facilitated a $6.6B secondary share sale in October 2025 for 600+ curr…

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Musk v. Altman: profiles of US judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an Obama-nominated blunt and efficient operator, and Elon Musk's and OpenAI's attorneys (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)

Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: Musk v. Altman: profiles of US judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, an Obama-nominated bl…

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AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to ~8.3M in April, from a high of 20M+ in January; Recon Analytics says Grok paid adoption in the US remains nearly flat YoY in Q2 (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: AppMagic: Grok downloads fell to ~8.3M in April, from a high of 20M+ in January; Re…

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The US House Oversight Committee launches a probe into potential conflicts in Sam Altman's personal investments; letter: several GOP AGs call for an SEC review (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: The US House Oversight Committee launches a probe into potential conflicts in Sam Altman's personal…

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PayPal agrees to forgo ~$30M in transaction fees to end a DOJ probe into allegations that the company adopted unlawful preferences for minority-owned businesses (Sadie Gurman/Wall Street Journal)

Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal: PayPal agrees to forgo ~$30M in transaction fees to end a DOJ probe into allegations…

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Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put orbital data centers in space (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google exp…

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Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating (Douglas Belkin/Wall Street Journal)

Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal: Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this…

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