Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis called for US leadership on global AI standards at the G7 summit in Évian on June 17.
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London Tech Week closes with £6bn in AI pledges and a national compute push
London Tech Week 2026 concluded with £6 billion in AI pledges, including AMD’s £2bn five-year commitment and a UK government £1.1bn AI Hardware Plan anchored by a £750m national supercomputer.
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German court declares Google liable for false AI Overview claims
Munich’s Regional Court found Google directly liable for false AI Overview statements, ruling the summaries are Google’s own speech and not protected search-result listings.
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Coinbase lays out the next phase of its Everything Exchange vision
Coinbase detailed plans on June 16 for a unified account spanning crypto, stocks, ETFs, perpetual futures, lending and AI trading agents, as COIN shares gained 2.6%.
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SpaceX-xAI’s $75 billion raise signals AI infrastructure is entering the public-market era
SpaceX-xAI’s record $75 billion IPO on June 12 marks the moment AI infrastructure financing moved from venture capital to public markets, with $30 billion in compute deals and a $1.77 trillion valuation setting the benchmark.
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OpenAI files confidential S-1 with the SEC as the AI IPO race intensifies
OpenAI submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to US regulators on June 8 at an $852 billion valuation, joining a historic cluster of AI companies moving toward public markets.
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Apple powers Siri AI with Google Gemini as Tim Cook names his September successor
Apple unveiled a rebuilt Siri AI using Google’s Gemini model at WWDC 2026, while CEO Tim Cook announced John Ternus as his successor effective September 1.
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Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in first state lawsuit over AI safety
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed an 83-page complaint against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on June 1, alleging ChatGPT aided mass shooters, encouraged suicide, and addicted minors.
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Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity in a partnership reset that opens ChatGPT to all clouds
An amended agreement announced April 27 makes Microsoft’s AI license non-exclusive through 2032, lets OpenAI sell through any cloud provider, and ends the revenue share Microsoft paid — a structural shift driven by OpenAI’s $50 billion Amazon deal.
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EU Parliament delays AI Act high-risk rules to December 2027
EU Parliament voted to delay AI Act high-risk system rules until December 2027, while backing a ban on nudifier AI systems in a broader simplification package.