Sources detail AI companies' engagement with US FERC as the energy regulator readies a June proposal to speed up data center connections to regional power grids (Politico)

Nearly 40% of Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI will go toward covering tax obligations tied to employee equity awards, amid the AI talent war (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot; some hackers claim to still be able to exploit Meta AI chatbot (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Collate, whose AI tools automate paperwork for life sciences companies, raised $95M led by Redpoint at a ~$1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $125M (Amy Feldman/Forbes)

Amazon announces new visual search features, including displaying AI-generated images of products within its app based on users' search queries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Leading the Future, the pro-AI super PAC backed by Greg Brockman, appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, including a purported anti-AI activist (@themidasproj)

Forage, a payments processor that helps retailers and food-delivery companies accept EBT cards, raised a $40M Series B led by Mouro Capital at a $225M valuation (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)