AI News Archive: June 9, 2026 — Part 5
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Google’s AI shift is causing a collective freak-out
Google’s AI shift is causing a collective freak-out The Japan Times
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/09/world/googles-ai-shift/ - OpenAI now says "entirely automating everything is not the future we want"
OpenAI is backing away from fully autonomous AI research by 2028, now talking about a "tandem" between humans and machines. Altman and Pachocki also call for an international body that could slow frontier development if needed. The article OpenAI now says "entirely automating everything is not the future we want" appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://the-decoder.com/openai-says-entirely-automating-everything-is-not-the-future-we-want/ - Energy Insider: World’s First Prefabricated Computing Center Comes Online in China
Energy Insider: World’s First Prefabricated Computing Center Comes Online in China Caixin Global
- Not even the iPhone 17 can run Apple's newest on-device AI models: Check eligibility list
Apple's latest advanced AI features will only be available on newer models including iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone Air. This is because Apple now requires minimum 12GB of RAM for on-device AI models.
- Palantir CEO Pounces On Anthropic Spending Backlash
Palantir CEO Pounces On Anthropic Spending Backlash The Information
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/palantir-ceo-pounces-anthropic-spending-backlash - GM eyes new battery chemistry to grow AI data center, energy storage business
GM is expanding efforts to capitalize on the expected growth of energy storage and data centers and the development of next-generation sodium-ion batteries.
Score: 42🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/gm-batteries-data-centers-energy-storage-business.html - AI stocks resume sell-off and drag Wall Street lower from record highs
Another sell-off for high-flying artificial-intelligence stocks is dragging Wall Street sharply lower on Tuesday. The S&P 500 dropped 1.7% after careening between an early gain of 1% and a loss of 2.3%, sinking further from its all-time high set a week ago. The Nasdaq composite was 2.9% lower, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 408 points, or 0.8%, as of 1 p.m. Eastern time. Indexes swung lower as companies selling computer chips, memory and other building blocks of the AI boom broke from early gains to losses. Micron Technology went from a jump of 4.2% to a drop of 7.6%, for example. That’s a day after it soared 9.9% and two days after it plunged 13.3%. The computer memory company’s stock has already tripled so far this year, raising criticism that it’s gone too far, too fast. Following last week’s industrywide sell-off, the question is whether AI stocks broadly are heading for a long downturn or just needed a shake-out to get rid of excessive optimism. Marvell Technology dropped 13.3%, and Advanced Micro Devices sank 8.7% after both AI winners also erased early-morning gains. Nvidia’s fall of 3.1% was one of the heaviest weights on the S&P 500 because the chip company is Wall Street’s largest company by value and thus its most influential. All the while, several big-name AI companies are racing to list their stocks on a U.S. exchange and sell them at high prices. OpenAI , the maker of ChatGPT, said Monday it was the latest to file confidential paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering. SpaceX’s IPO could happen later this week. The weakness for AI stocks drowned out the benefit Wall Street got from easing oil prices . More stocks in the S&P 500 actually rose than fell, despite the sharp drop for the overall index, as the price for a barrel of Brent crude oil sank 2.7% to $91.66. Oil prices have swung as hopes rise and fade that the United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A reopening would allow oil tankers to resume delivering crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. Oil prices pared their losses, though, after President Donald Trump said Iran was responsible for downing an American military helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz and that the United States “must” respond to the attack. High oil prices caused by the war with Iran have already created a painful acceleration of inflation for U.S. shoppers. They have also pushed bond yields higher worldwide, raising the pressure on stock prices. Treasury yields eased a bit Tuesday with the fade in oil prices. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.54% from 4.56% late Monday. But it’s still well above its 3.97% level from just before the war with Iran. The latest monthly updates on U.S. inflation will arrive later in the week, with one on consumer prices coming Wednesday and one on wholesale prices coming Thursday. Inflation is high enough, and the U.S. job market looks strong enough, that traders on Wall Street largely expect the Federal Reserve will have to raise its main interest rate at least once by the end of this year. Higher interest rates would keep a lid on inflation, but they would also threaten to slow economies and undercut prices for stocks and all kinds of other investments. The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate has already recently climbed to its highest level in nine months, and high costs to borrow money could discourage the building of AI data centers that are fueling the U.S. economy’s growth. On Wall Street, J.M. Smucker jumped 11.2% after reporting a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company behind the Folgers, Hostess, and other brands benefited from higher prices charged for coffee and sweet baked goods. It joined the long list of U.S. companies delivering stronger profit growth than analysts expected, which has helped drive the S&P 500 to record after record this year. Nuvalent soared 39.2% after GSK agreed to buy the biotech company for $10.6 billion. The shares of U.K.-based GSK that trade in New York added 0.9%. In stock markets abroad, indexes dipped in Europe following bigger moves in Asia. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 8.2% and nearly recovered Monday’s plunge of 8.3%. It’s been beholden to the performance of big tech stocks like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. —By Stan Choe, AP business writer AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.
- Businesses Race to Hire Claude Code Specialists As Demand Surges 938%
Businesses Race to Hire Claude Code Specialists As Demand Surges 938% Toronto Star
- GM Doubles Down on Next-Gen Batteries in a Move on AI Data Centers
GM Doubles Down on Next-Gen Batteries in a Move on AI Data Centers The Information
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-electric/gm-doubles-next-gen-batteries-move-ai-data-centers - Data center modernization unlocks AI budget headroom as enterprises fund new AI workloads
As enterprise AI budgets hit their limits earlier each year, the pressure to fund new agentic and inference workloads without expanding total spend is forcing a fundamental rethink of infrastructure and data center modernization. The State of FinOps 2026 Report found that 98% of practitioners now manage AI spend, even as most organizations still overspend […] The post Data center modernization unlocks AI budget headroom as enterprises fund new AI workloads appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 41🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/09/data-center-modernization-unlocks-ai-budget-headroom-finopsx/ - Full Observability for Pinecone: Introducing an Open-Source Monitoring Stack for SaaS and BYOC
Full Observability for Pinecone: Introducing an Open-Source Monitoring Stack for SaaS and BYOC
- AI in life sciences explained: The technology that could reinvent medicine
Three McKinsey experts explain how AI is reshaping life sciences—where it’s creating value today, why so many efforts stall, and what the next decade could mean for patients.
- MiniMax once led Zhipu in Hong Kong’s AI stock race. How the tables have turned
When Chinese artificial intelligence developers Zhipu AI and MiniMax made their debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange in January, investors initially saw one as a better bet than the other. Beijing-based Zhipu closed its first trading day on January 8 with a market capitalisation of HK$57.9 billion (US$7.4 billion). A day later, Shanghai-based MiniMax listed at HK$106.7 billion, almost twice as large. Five months on, however, Zhipu – traded as Knowledge Atlas Technology – has surged ahead. At...
- AI saves clinicians time but most lack training, survey finds
AI saves clinicians time but most lack training, survey finds Reuters
- Hays County revives proposal for pause on data centers, other water-intensive developments
Hays County revives proposal for pause on data centers, other water-intensive developments Austin American-Statesman
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.statesman.com/business/technology/article/hays-county-data-center-pause-water-22295961.php - Google AI Plus drops to $4.99 a month and doubles your storage
Google is cutting its AI Plus subscription price from $7.99 to $4.99 per month and doubling cloud storage from 200GB to 400GB.
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-ai-plus-drops-to-4-99-a-month-and-doubles-your-storage/ - Not-for-profit utilities turn to energy storage as data centers drive cost, reliability concerns
Reliability, power price hedging and avoided infrastructure investment are among the top reasons for the battery push.
- Deep learning for classifying and cognitive profiling of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment
Deep learning for classifying and cognitive profiling of subcortical vascular cognitive impairment EurekAlert!
- Hays County stalls data center moratorium after another Texas county is sued
Hays County stalls data center moratorium after another Texas county is sued Austin American-Statesman
- As SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic plan blockbuster launches, will it make AI giants more accountable?
While all eyes are on whether Elon Musk is about to become the world’s first trillionaire, there may be a hidden upside to AI giants finally facing market scrutiny.
- AI Mode in Google Search will soon let everyone build interactive diagrams for free
Interactive images won't be just for AI Mode Pro and Ultra users anymore.
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.androidauthority.com/google-search-ai-mode-interactive-images-3676002/ - Devs know AI code is riddled with holes, but ship it anyway
Pressure to deploy wins out over security as four in five orgs confess to breaches from vulnerable apps
- Companies aren’t prepared for how AI is accelerating impersonation attacks, report shows
Businesses generally aren’t taking a proactive enough approach to blocking schemes that spoof their leaders’ identities, security firm Outtake said.
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.hrdive.com/news/ai-executive-impersonation-outtake-survey/822343/ - The First Company-Wide AI Ban Just Hit My Inbox. Here’s What It Means
AI buyer’s remorse is starting to creep into the ROI equation.
- The 'SaaSpocalypse' is over, says private equity giant Thoma Bravo. Here's why it sees an AI boom for software
Thoma Bravo founder Orlando Bravo says AI offers an "enormous tailwind" for software companies.
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/orlando-bravo-saaspocalypse-over-ai-software.html - MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data
MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data AP News
Score: 40🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-mit-robots-ed7ea78eb377f82f8c9082604ba67a98 - OpenClaw AI agent found falling for phishing attacks, spills user data
Phishing simulation on an OpenClaw email agent with various configuration profiles showed that it was susceptible to tactics commonly used to compromise human users. [...]
- From Nintendo to Sanrio, Japanese entertainment stocks face AI headwinds
From Nintendo to Sanrio, Japanese entertainment stocks face AI headwinds Nikkei Asia
- Reinventing autonomous driving in the age of generative AI
As AI-native systems take hold, autonomous driving is becoming a race for compute power, software, data, and semiconductors.
- L&T turns to automation and robotics as construction faces manpower challenges
Larsen & Toubro says rising project scale and labour availability challenges make traditional manpower-driven growth difficult, prompting greater use of prefabrication, modular structures and robotic systems
- Meta reskills as AI job fears grow
Launch sites are in places where Meta is building data centers, some of which have faced resistance from local communities.
Score: 39🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.semafor.com/article/06/09/2026/meta-reskills-as-ai-job-fears-grow - AI being used to diversify attacks beyond phishing and email, says UAE cybersecurity chief
AI being used to diversify attacks beyond phishing and email, says UAE cybersecurity chief
- Xpeng loses product lead before Iron robot enters critical phase
Shi Xiaoxin helped define Xpeng’s humanoid robot product system.
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://kr-asia.com/xpeng-loses-product-lead-before-iron-robot-enters-critical-phase - How Premier League clubs plan to use AI chatbot to simulate transfer dealings
How Premier League clubs plan to use AI chatbot to simulate transfer dealings The Telegraph
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/06/09/premier-league-clubs-eye-ai-chatbot-to-predict-transfers/ - Sam Altman said automating everything will be 'unfulfilling' and 'dangerous'
Sam Altman said automating everything will be 'unfulfilling' and 'dangerous' Business Insider
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-openai-automating-everything-unfulfilling-dangerous-2026-6 - AI Stocks Lead Tech Sector Slide. 'Summer Swoon Has Arrived.'
AI stocks and shares of major tech players stumbled Tuesday as an attempt to rebound from a sell-off last week fizzled. The post AI Stocks Lead Tech Sector Slide. 'Summer Swoon Has Arrived.' appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ai-stocks-lead-tech-sector-slide-summer-swoon-has-arrived/ - AI agents to become centre of our digital lives, says Qualcomm CEO
AI agents to become centre of our digital lives, says Qualcomm CEO YourStory.com
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://yourstory.com/ai-story/ai-agents-to-become-centre-of-digital-life-qualcomm-ceo - Same gatekeepers, new tollbooths in the AI content licensing market
Same gatekeepers, new tollbooths in the AI content licensing market Brookings
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.brookings.edu/articles/same-gatekeepers-new-tollbooths-in-the-ai-content-licensing-market/ - The backlash against AI, in 4 charts
As tech companies pour billions into AI , they face a growing risk: it’s incredibly unpopular. The backlash isn’t surprising. Do we really want technology that eliminates jobs , uses huge amounts of energy and water, erodes our ability to think , and poses a wide range of other risks, from making it easier for the government to surveil citizens to encouraging teen suicide ? AI could obviously also be a useful tool—potentially helping develop better drugs and climate solutions, for example—but the haters have a point. And while AI may seem unstoppable, the lack of support means that it’s getting much harder for tech companies to build the new data centers that they desperately want. Americans don’t want to live by data centers In less than a year, opinions about data centers have quickly shifted. In a Heatmap survey last August, 24% of respondents said that they “strongly opposed” a data center being built near where they live. In Heatmap ‘s latest survey in May of more than 4,000 voters, that number had jumped to 55%. In the last nine months, strong opposition more than doubled. In a Gallup poll in May, 71% of Americans said they would be opposed to a new AI data center being built in their area, with nearly half of them strongly opposed. (It’s worth noting that in a same survey, only 53% of respondents said that they would oppose a new nuclear power plant in their area.) It’s hard to untangle how much of the data center opposition is tied specifically to the fact that a project powers AI versus more immediate concerns like electric bills; in the Gallup survey, half of opponents cited impacts on resources such as water and energy, and a smaller fraction mentioned their dislike of AI. But it’s also true that many proposed data centers wouldn’t need to exist if not for AI, and voters know that. The fact that AI creates slop and can seem unnecessary isn’t helping. In Virginia, a hotspot for data centers, support for local projects dropped from 69% in 2023 to 35% this year , and one county recently abandoned plans to build a massive campus with as many as 37 data centers. A city in California recently became the first to ban new data centers . Others across the country have passed temporary moratoriums. In a town in Missouri, four city council members were voted out after they approved a $6 billion data center. For data center developers that were already struggling to source energy and water and get permits, it’s going to continue to get harder to build. AI is less popular than ICE Only 26% of voters view AI positively and 46% view it negatively, according to a national survey of 1,000 voters in March by NBC. With a net favorability of minus 20, AI was less popular than US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or President Trump. (Since that survey, Trump’s low approval ratings have gotten even worse , so it’s possible AI may now have an edge.) Younger voters, age 18-34, gave AI a lower favorability rating of minus 44. How voters feel about political figures and topics, per a recent NBC News poll: https://t.co/4vNHgWK1L0 pic.twitter.com/4LNga331R2 — NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) June 5, 2026 Fifty-seven percent of respondents said that they thought the risks of AI outweighed the benefits. A third of those polled also said that neither political party was doing a good job of with AI policy. Americans are becoming more concerned than excited about AI In a series of Pew surveys that started in 2021, public enthusiasm about AI has been shrinking. In 2021, 37% of Americans said that they were more concerned than excited about the technology. Now, 50% say that they’re more concerned; only 10% are more excited than concerned. Fifty-seven percent say that the societal risks of the technology are high. Around half of respondents in the 2025 survey said that they thought AI would make it harder to think creatively or form meaningful relationships with other people. Voters think AI is moving too fast The majority of Americans, 65%, think that AI is developing too fast , according to a May poll from YouGov and the Economist . (In a poll earlier in the month, that number was slightly higher, at 71%.) That’s true for both Republicans and Democrats, though Democrats are a little more worried. A majority of respondents said it’s unlikely that economic gains from AI will benefit everyone. Around three-quarters were worried—ranging from slightly worried to very worried—about AI’s impact on jobs. It’s obviously not the first technology to face a backlash. In the 15th century, some critics argued that new printing presses would spread misinformation and immorality. In the late 1800s, a journalist warned that the proliferation of new magazines would rot brains so people would be unable to concentrate and would “think like birds, in little broken thoughts.” Some risks might be overblown, but others might not be. Any AI booster will point to the fact that when other technologies threatened jobs, that eventually led to new careers, but it’s possible that the magnitude of changes from AI will be different. (Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned about the job apocalypse , though recently changed his tune .) We’re building gas plants to power data centers when we’re already out of time to cut emissions . Anthropic just argued that AI labs may need to slow down because of the risk that AI could start to improve itself in ways that could harm society. The pace of development may be the biggest challenge. As tech companies race to build more powerful systems, can governments react in time?
- AI is creating a ‘joy paradox’ at work, BCG finds
Although workers say their job satisfaction is up due to artificial intelligence, they also note an increased cognitive load.
- GSA playing catch-up with industry on AI and tech, agency head says
Edward Forst and other agency officials said the government is behind the curve on technology, and asked for private-sector engagement to improve. The post GSA playing catch-up with industry on AI and tech, agency head says appeared first on FedScoop .
- How this Bangkok hospital turns to agentic AI to transform patient services
Bumrungrad International Hospital, one of Asia’s most prominent private healthcare providers, is deploying AI across its contact centre operations as part of a broader push to modernise how it serves patients — and, eventually, how it manages care from admission to discharge. The Bangkok-based hospital, which treats more than a million patients each year, has […] The post How this Bangkok hospital turns to agentic AI to transform patient services appeared first on e27 .
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://e27.co/how-this-bangkok-hospital-turns-to-agentic-ai-to-transform-patient-services-20260609/ - Tiger Data launches PostgreSQL extension designed for AI agents
Tiger Data today introduced a managed PostgreSQL database service designed specifically for AI agents, saying conventional database architectures are poorly suited to a future in which software is increasingly built and operated by autonomous agents. The New York-based company, whose business name is Timescale Inc., said the new Ghost service addresses a growing need for […] The post Tiger Data launches PostgreSQL extension designed for AI agents appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/09/tiger-data-launches-postgresql-extension-designed-ai-agents/ - 'Careful' AI integration needed for Australian mental healthcare: paper
'Careful' AI integration needed for Australian mental healthcare: paper Healthcare IT News
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/anz/careful-ai-integration-needed-australian-mental-healthcare-paper - AI Models Transform Defect Inspection And Review, But Can Fail To Scale
Majority of AI initiatives falter; synthetic data gaining traction due to limited real-world data. The post AI Models Transform Defect Inspection And Review, But Can Fail To Scale appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://semiengineering.com/ai-models-transform-defect-inspection-and-review-but-can-fail-to-scale/ - The Price Enterprises Will Pay for Anthropic Claude Fable 5
While Fable 5 excels in long-term tasks, its complex processes can lead to slower performance. The AI market’s increased focus on reasoning is driving up the cost of these models.
Score: 38🌐 MovesJun 9, 2026https://aibusiness.com/generative-ai/the-price-enterprises-will-pay-anthropic-claude-fable-5 - First Lady Melania Trump Honors America’s Next Generation of Top AI Talent at Historic Presidential AI Challenge Awards Ceremony
“Today is about opening doors,” said First Lady Melania Trump. “When new doors open, passions flow, courage blossoms, and dreams are realized. AI inspires.” Mrs. Trump awarded America’s six student National Champion Teams at the White House today during the first Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge National Champion Awards Ceremony. The First Lady acknowledged the program’s […] The post First Lady Melania Trump Honors America’s Next Generation of Top AI Talent at Historic Presidential AI Challenge Awards Ceremony appeared first on The White House .
- How AI Speeds Up Legal Document Management
AI speeds up legal document management by automating tasks and improving efficiency.
- Entergy CEO pushes back on fears that AI data centers will drive up electricity bills
Entergy CEO Drew Marsh said data centers can be a win for local communities rather than a burden on residents.
- US workers are the world's biggest AI skeptics - and it's not just about job loss
More than half of US desk workers consider themselves AI skeptics, while emerging economies trust AI more, according to recent studies.