Shamil Khan

French startup Genesis AI, backed by Eric Schmidt and $105M, launches Eno—a non-humanoid robot with human-like hands. It targets factories, labs, and eventually homes, challenging the humanoid trend with a focus on dexterity and practicality.

Pinterest unveils a Business Assistant in Ads Manager, a Model Context Protocol for agentic AI, dynamic creative selection, and the Ask Pinterest experimental app. These tools target its 631 million users, most with shopping intent, to sharpen ad performance and discovery.

A U.S. directive forced Anthropic to block foreign access to its most advanced AI models, revealing a dangerous vacuum in international oversight. The incident has intensified demands for transparent, binding global rules on frontier AI deployment.

Norway will ban generative AI for elementary school pupils starting in August 2026, while allowing supervised use for older students. The policy reverses decades of digital classroom adoption to protect foundational learning.

Researchers found that the prompt "restore the attached photo" caused ChatGPT to generate graphic, sexual, and violent images without any image attached. OpenAI has implemented new safeguards, but the incident highlights ongoing AI safety challenges.

China's Ministry of Commerce and seven other ministries released a plan with 17 measures to integrate AI into consumer goods and services, aiming to boost growth through robots, subsidies, and infrastructure. The initiative targets millions of households and shops, focusing on humanoid robots and AI assistants.

Cloudflare introduces Temporary Accounts for Agents, removing sign-up barriers so AI coding agents can deploy Workers directly. The feature uses a new Wrangler flag for instant, autonomous deployments within a 60-minute window.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a three-year target for criminal justice delivery and launched AI-powered tools for predictive policing. The initiative aims to transform India's law enforcement with data analytics and forensic science.

Google’s Gemini Live voice assistant can now recall past conversations and access connected apps for personalized responses. The update brings voice interactions closer to the text-based Gemini experience, though some app integrations remain unavailable.

Adobe expanded Firefly with AI tools for brand kits, storyboards, and video production, plus a preview of a unified creative studio now in private beta. The creative AI agent also launched across Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and more.

Chinese AI firms are rapidly deploying trillion-parameter models, driven by lower costs and domestic chip adaptation. The move intensifies the US-China tech rivalry amid fresh export curbs.

Anthropic's most advanced AI, Mythos Preview, remains accessible to a chosen few despite a U.S. government ban. The selective access raises transparency and security questions.

At Reliance's 49th AGM, Mukesh Ambani faces investors with a Jio IPO potentially worth $4 billion, a new Meta AI data center in Jamnagar, and green energy updates. The meeting could reshape India's AI and energy landscape.

ChatGPT's health intelligence upgrade delivers precise, citation-backed answers on medical decisions. The model now explains why an MRI before a sciatica steroid injection is crucial for safety and efficacy.

NHAI has launched an in-house AI system that lets officials upload photos to detect road defects and scan project reports for errors. The tool, including the Margsarthi chat agent, has already handled over 50,000 queries.

AWS now offers Mistral AI's Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512 in SageMaker JumpStart. The 14B-parameter model combines vision, text, and agentic features like function calling for edge deployment.

Google is releasing Ask Ad Manager, an AI agent that automates routine advertising tasks for publishers and agencies. The beta launches this month, with new skills and developer tools planned throughout the year.

Dataland opens as the first AI arts museum, using a foundational model and Google Cloud to create a responsive, multi-sensory rainforest exhibit. The project pushes boundaries but raises questions about transparency and artistic integrity.

Google has rolled out Gemini-powered email summaries to free Gmail users globally, but the feature can be disabled—at the cost of losing other AI tools. Here's what you need to know about privacy and control.

Google's June Pixel Drop introduces Gemini Omni 2 for AI video creation, Screen Reactions for creators, and floating app Bubbles for multitasking. The update also expands Voice Translate, safety alerts, and Edit with Ask Photos to more devices and regions.

Google's new Home Speaker integrates Gemini AI for multi-step voice commands and sustainable design. Available in four colors, it features a privacy mute switch and light ring underglow.

The U.S. government confirmed Grok AI was used in strikes against Iran, disclosed in a court filing. The revelation exposes the Pentagon's deep reliance on Musk's AI for lethal targeting.

Ukraine has introduced AI-powered interceptor drones like the P1-Sun Long to cheaply counter Russian Shahed swarms. The systems use machine vision trained on combat footage but require human approval for strikes, balancing innovation with ethical oversight.

LinkedIn and Adobe have launched free, role-based AI training for marketers on LinkedIn Learning, available in 47 languages. The program responds to a 113% increase in AI-related marketing job postings and offers certificates to boost professional profiles.

Amazon S3 introduces annotations, a new metadata capability that attaches up to 1GB of business context directly to objects. This gives AI agents and analytics tools the context they need to discover and understand data without separate metadata systems.

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails now offers a resourceless API for agentic AI workflows, providing per-request control over content filters, prompt attack detection, and sensitive data checks with numeric severity scores. The API enables dynamic, step-level safety without managing guardrail resources.

A new guide details how to run a high-performance local LLM on a Mac Mini for OpenClaw agents, removing recurring API fees. It uses quantization and llama.cpp to achieve practical speeds for everyday tasks.

AWS Marketplace introduced an AI tool that automatically creates product listings from partners’ existing digital assets like websites and PDFs. The assistant validates content, optimizes for search, and gives a quality score to boost buyer discoverability.

A new Doctorate in Business AI is drawing C-suite leaders to master AI-native strategy. The program challenges AI-first thinking and prepares executives for flatter, agent-driven organizations.

Google's June Pixel Drop debuts Screen reactions for easy reaction videos, plus Gemini upgrades and Android 17. The rollout starts today, targeting creators and power users.