📡 Hourly News Update | 05:00-06:00

1. OpenAI’s new “computer history” feature for ChatGPT on Mac is not encrypted, creating a risk of privacy leakage.

2. Flock Safety raised privacy concerns after its AI license-plate reader network came under scrutiny, and announced adjustments to its privacy and data retention policies.

3. Form Energy, a long-duration energy storage company in the U.S., completed a $750 million Series G round, bringing its commercial order backlog to 80GWh.

4. Trump said he has asked the Pentagon to cut military exercises with South Korea, adding that he has a good relationship with Kim Jong-un and that the exercises are costly.

5. Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones into Russia, causing at least six deaths, in one of the largest airstrikes in scale.

6. Ongoing heavy rains and flooding in Indiana, U.S., have killed at least six people, with the White River reaching its peak level.

7. Cybersecurity startup Corma completed a $60 million seed round, led by Sequoia Capital, to build defensive AI models.

8. U.S. dairy company Rebel Creamery is facing about a $23.8 million loss due to an operational mishap and has filed for bankruptcy protection.