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A new Public First poll of 15 countries finds that majorities in 11 nations, including US allies Canada, Britain, and France, believe China leads the US in AI capability. However, trust in Chinese models lags behind, wit…
Anthropic disclosed that the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns linked to SK Telecom's inclusion in an internal acc…
The U.S. Commerce Department invoked national-security export controls to force Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after officials demonstrated a technique to bypass safeguards. Ant…
The European Banking Authority warned in its June 2026 Risk Assessment Report that advances in frontier large language models have significantly increased cyber risks for European banks, characterizing AI as a potential …
Nonprofit Bedford Affordable Housing Foundation bought the 262-unit Almaden Terrace apartment complex in San Jose for $87.7 million, with requirements to keep at least 40% of units affordable for low-income residents. Th…
China's Ministry of Commerce released a plan with 17 measures to boost AI integration into consumer goods and retail, aiming to embed AI in millions of households and shops through robots, smart products, and subsidies.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed zero excitement about leading a public company, but the AI firm has filed confidential paperwork for an IPO amid a wave of tech companies going public. The move aims to raise capital for c…
Le Monde CTO Paul Laleu said the French publisher is figuring out how to maintain subscription partnerships with readers who use AI agents instead of browsers, as AI-driven traffic grows 6.5 times faster than human traff…
The Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC backed by tech workers and labor unions, launched Thursday with $5 million to support AI regulation, countering the $100 million war chest of pro-AI group Leading the Future. The grou…
Anti-data center activists have secured bans in Holyoke, Monterey Park, and Seattle, and a three-year moratorium on tax breaks in Arizona, reflecting growing political power fueled by widespread public opposition. A Gall…
PwC global chairman Mohamed Kande said at VivaTech that companies adopting AI at scale are increasing headcount, not cutting it, and that workers become more valuable with AI use. PwC's 2026 jobs barometer found AI-expos…
KPMG's global risk chief warns that corporate boards are unprepared for the AI era, citing outdated oversight models and uneven AI literacy. A new governance framework with INSEAD outlines five priorities for boards to n…
Generative AI tools have dramatically increased content production but not quality, creating noise and clutter while straining systems of review and trust. The technology's ecological cost is catastrophic amid climate ch…
The University of Manchester warns that AI in higher education will worsen before improving, citing emerging challenges from coding agents and wearable computing to AI model degradation. The institution calls for ongoing…
The United Arab Emirates Cabinet approved a resolution on June 18, 2026, setting a minimum social media age of 15, banning children under 15 from creating or operating personal accounts. Platforms have 12 months to imple…
Reliance Industries announced at its 49th annual general meeting that Reliance Intelligence will commission the first 120 MW of AI compute capacity at a Jamnagar data centre by end 2026, powered entirely by renewable ene…
Anthropic released its Fable generative AI model on June 9th, but the US government classified it as a dangerous munition three days later, prohibiting foreign nationals from accessing it. Unable to differentiate users b…
Apple and Google formalized a partnership in January 2026, with Apple paying approximately $1 billion per year to license Google's 1.2-trillion-parameter Gemini model for the next generation of Siri. The deal raises sign…
VivaTech's 10th edition in Paris drew 200,000 visitors and featured Jeff Bezos advocating for moving heavy industry to space, while Indian PM Modi and French President Macron highlighted AI cooperation. The festival focu…
General Atlantic is in talks to lead a funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, at an $18 billion valuation. The deal faces political risks as Beijing has instructed Chinese AI firms to r…