Researchers published Sashimi-Bot in npj Robotics, a three-armed robotic system that uses tactile sensing to cut salmon for sashimi. The system achieved 95% accuracy in detecting blade-to-board contac…
The Nairobi International Financial Centre Authority (NIFC) deepened its partnership with CHAINBLX SPC to launch the Prompter Community, a program of hackathons and capacity-building for African AI in…
Amazon's MGM distribution arm has dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished biopic 'Artificial' about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following Amazon's $50 billion strategic partnership with OpenAI announced …
OpenAI and Anthropic have both filed for US IPOs, with OpenAI targeting up to a $1 trillion valuation and a potential listing as early as September, according to Reuters. The combined private-market v…
Amazon MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished biopic 'Artificial' about Sam Altman's November 2023 firing and reinstatement at OpenAI, citing the film would be better served by a differ…
President Donald Trump told Axios he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat, saying the company has 'behaved very responsibly,' and indicated he would consider easing restrictions. Th…
Sony's annual Form 20-F filed with the SEC adds a new section on leveraging AI across its businesses, including PlayStation game development, to automate workflows in software development, quality ass…
Montreal-based surgical AI company Reveal Life Science won first place in the OVHcloud Startup Challenge at VivaTech 2026 in Paris. The company uses Raman spectroscopy to analyze tissue molecular sign…
Researchers published a preprint on ResearchGate detailing a machine-learning model to predict hepatic steatosis severity in nonobese individuals, addressing a screening gap where steatotic liver dise…
NatWest CEO Paul Thwaite said artificial intelligence will take over some existing banking roles, according to remarks reported by The Times on June 19, 2026. Thwaite made the comment at a business su…
Databricks launched CustomerLake on June 16, 2026 at its Data + AI Summit, an agentic Customer Data Platform natively embedded in its lakehouse that eliminates the need to copy customer data into a se…
Researchers at the University of Montreal argue that fluent, emotionally responsive behavior in AI chatbots stems from statistical computation, not subjective awareness, drawing an analogy to the neur…
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a 16-element electronic nose chip that combines gas sensors and machine learning to identify food types, spoilage, and allergens, detecting as little as 0.05 …
ABC News traced Sydney startup Coreflow to OurDream, one of the largest AI pornography sites, and found images that appear to depict people under 16 years old, with experts describing some material as…
Dataland, billed as the world's first museum of AI arts, opens in downtown Los Angeles on June 20, co-founded by media artist Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç, with Google Cloud powering the site. The i…
Norway announced a near-total ban on generative AI tools for primary school pupils aged 6 to 13, effective late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said at a June 19 press conference, citing risk…
Celent announced its 2026 Model Insurer awards, recognizing AmTrust Financial Services for its GenAI-based claims transformation and kWh Analytics for innovation in renewable energy underwriting. The …
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki described GPT-5.6 as a "meaningful improvement" over GPT-5.5, according to reports. An internal release candidate codenamed kindle-alpha briefly appeared on a tes…
Pocketpair, the developer of Palworld, has publicly rejected generative AI in game development, with Head of Publishing John Buckley stating 'Gamers don't want it.' The studio faces legal action from …
Rising AI compute costs are driving enterprises to adopt cheaper Chinese models like DeepSeek, with U.S. developers reporting costs of $10 per hour on Claude versus under $0.50 on DeepSeek. Companies …