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Many companies have begun to design their own AI models using open-source alternatives and say they are managing to reduce AI costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

It added that the breach is believed to have begun as early as June through a server based abroad.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman have only begun to wage their Nov. 3 runoff campaigns, but they’re already trading sharp jabs about each other and their records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“In spite of all that, we’ve begun to make progress. Look here at our neighborhood.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu