Catch up quick

@ D.C.

📈 The number of fake X accounts posting about the U.S. presidential election grew tenfold in March and April, researchers found. (Reuters)

🤷🏻‍♂️ A European Union data protection task force hasn't come to any conclusive rulings on whether ChatGPT's data collection processes violate the bloc's privacy law, according to a new preliminary report. (TechCrunch)

🇨🇳 China hawk lawmakers have growing concerns about the potential implications of Microsoft's $1.5 billion investment deal with Emirati AI company G42. (Politico)

@ Industry

🤖 OpenAI has created a new safety and security committee that will evaluate the company's safeguards and consult with several well-known security experts, including former National Security Agency official Rob Joyce and former Department of Justice official John Carlin. (Axios)

💰 xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup, has raised $6 billion, marking one of the largest venture capital funding rounds of all time. (Axios)

@ Hackers and hacks

💊 U.S. pharmaceutical giant Cencora has started notifying people that their personal medical information was stolen during a data breach this year. (TechCrunch)

🏥 Ascension, a health care organization that includes more than 140 hospitals and senior care centers across the U.S., hopes its "patients and clinicians will see progress" this week in its response to a recent ransomware attack. (The Record)