BUSINESS NEWS
- Agentic AI systems are doing more and more work. Now humans need to figure out how to verify it all
by Alexei Oreskovic on June 16, 2026 at 12:08 amAt Fortune Brainstorm Tech, industry executives discussed the challenges and techniques for bringing accountability into AI.
- The Southeast Asia 500 has a new engine: Vietnam
by Andrew Staples on June 16, 2026 at 12:00 amThailand and Indonesia have the most companies on the list. But Vietnam is responsible for roughly a quarter of this year's total revenue growth.
- UFC fighters at the White House got paid with Trump family stablecoins—but an ethics expert says a gap in the law allows this
by Camila Grigera Naón on June 15, 2026 at 10:24 pmThe use of USD1 for UFC bonuses exposes how presidential exemptions from key ethics rules blur the line between public duty and private profit.
- The Strait of Hormuz is finally reopening, but energy flows may not get back to normal until next year
by Jason Ma on June 15, 2026 at 9:13 pm“Our working assumption is that ~80% of energy flows will resume by the end of Q3, but a return to ‘normal’ could stretch into 2027.”
- Gavin Newsom accuses Trump of launching political probe into him. The real issue may be his wife’s taxes
by Sophie Austin, Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 15, 2026 at 9:11 pmFederal agents have contacted friends, former employees, and organizations tied to Newsom and his wife.
- Australia’s richest person just bought a SpaceX stake worth more than $1 billion. ‘Elon has done what very few people in history have done’
by Jacqueline Munis on June 15, 2026 at 8:40 pmGina Rinehart, a mining mogul, is backing the rocket maker, citing Musk’s record on space travel and government.
- Top analyst: 71% of SpaceX’s $2 trillion value rests on AI. Grok’s numbers are ‘almost comical’ by comparison
by Mia Osmonbekov on June 15, 2026 at 7:58 pmKeith Snyder at CFRA can’t justify SpaceX’s $2 trillion post-IPO market cap without assuming growth that current Grok adoption data doesn’t support.
- New Mexico is in a historic drought. Oracle and OpenAI designed their newest data center with that in mind
by Catherina Gioino on June 15, 2026 at 6:55 pmNew Mexico lost 209,000 acres of forest to drought and insects last year. Now a data center may pull millions of gallons of water from the same area.
- ‘Fix this code’—the three little words behind the U.S. government decision that shut down Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos AI models
by Jeremy Kahn on June 15, 2026 at 6:35 pmThe Fable jailbreak was trivially easy, an independent security researcher found. But she and other experts say Fable’s value to cyber defenders outweighs its risks. Meanwhile, her own involvement may have antagonized the Trump administration.
- Hundreds of Stanford students walked out of their grad ceremony to protest Google CEO’s commencement speech. It wasn’t all about AI
by Tristan Bove on June 15, 2026 at 4:32 pmSundar Pichai went out of his way to avoid mentioning AI. It wasn’t enough to stop Stanford’s student protesters.