AI News Archive: June 11, 2026 — Part 13
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- OpenAI says China fomenting dissent over tariffs, data centers
OpenAI says China fomenting dissent over tariffs, data centers Nikkei Asia
- SatSure bags $2.6 million grant to build AI-powered Earth observation models
Indian space startup SatSure Analytics received a $2.57 million grant to develop AI models for Earth observation, bolstering the nation's sovereign AI capabilities. This initiative aims to create tailored geospatial intelligence systems, reducing reliance on foreign technology for critical applications like climate management and national security.
- Barcelona-based AI robotics outfit Theker raises $85M
Barcelona-based AI robotics startup Theker has raised what it says is the largest robotics Series A round ever in Europe. The $85 million round in Theker was led by US VC CRV, with other investors inc...
- AI robotics company Theker raises $85 million from investors including LVMH
Theker, an AI robotics firm from Barcelona, has secured $85 million in new funding. This investment was led by CRV and included major players like Samsung and LVMH. Theker develops AI-powered robots for industrial tasks. This funding highlights the growing tech scene in Spain, following Amazon's significant investment in the country for data centers and AI.
- Takeda Designed A Psoriasis Pill Using AI. It Just Walloped Bristol's Sotyktu In A Head-To-Head Test.
Takeda said Thursday its AI-designed psoriasis pill, zasocitinib, easily beat Bristol's Sotyktu in a head-to-head study. The post Takeda Designed A Psoriasis Pill Using AI. It Just Walloped Bristol's Sotyktu In A Head-To-Head Test. appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
- Takeda’s AI-designed pill bests BMS’ Sotyktu in head-to-head psoriasis trial
Takeda eyes an FDA run for its investigational psoriasis pill after the drug elicited total skin clearance in more than 35% of patients at 16 weeks—more than 2.5 times that in controls taking Bristol Myers Squibb’s Sotyktu.
- Anthropic pursues data center leases, seeks financial backing from Google, The Information reports
Anthropic pursues data center leases, seeks financial backing from Google, The Information reports Reuters
- Anthropic pursues data center leases, seeks financial backing from Google
AI firm Anthropic is planning to lease and manage its own data centers. The company is seeking financial backing from Alphabet's Google for lease payments. Anthropic has signed preliminary agreements for over 1 GW of US data center capacity. Google, a backer, may provide a financial guarantee for lease payments.
- OpenAI to acquire Ona to support its AI coding assistant, Codex
Ona's technology will allow OpenAI's coding assistant, Codex, to take on longer-running tasks, OpenAI said.
- OpenAI is buying a cloud startup to supercharge its AI coding tool
Ona's secure cloud environments for AI agents will help Codex handle longer-running tasks, OpenAI said
- OpenAI to buy cloud startup Ona to support artificial intelligence agents
The acquisition, which is yet to be finalized, will see Ona’s team join OpenAI’s Codex initiative
- Startup Gets OpenAI Backing to Overhaul Enterprise AI Automation
The vendor is targeting the fintech sector.
- Coinbase for Agents lets AI assistants trade crypto and move money
Coinbase Global Inc. today launched Coinbase for Agents, a standalone tool that lets artificial intelligence agents trade cryptocurrency, pay for services and operate with financial autonomy directly from assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT. The product is not a feature inside the Coinbase app but a separate account built for agents. Users connect an existing […] The post Coinbase for Agents lets AI assistants trade crypto and move money appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Waymo launches premier subscription tier for $29.99 a month, starting in select cities
Waymo is offering a new subscription tier for power users, starting in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix
- Waymo is launching a $29.99-a-month robotaxi loyalty subscription with cash back and priority rides
The invite-only Waymo Premier program offers frequent riders 10% cash back, priority pickups, and early access to new cities
- Waymo Is Rolling Out a ‘Premier’ Subscription Plan as It Makes a Nationwide Case for Robotaxis
Like robotaxis, the subscription is probably going to need some tweaking before it's ready for primetime.
- Waymo launches $29.99 monthly subscription as robotaxi service shifts to recurring revenue
The program offers priority pickups, ride credits and free cancellations to subscribers in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix.
- Bezos opens up about AI startup Prometheus after $12 billion raise: 'We're not being secretive'
Prometheus is Jeff Bezos' AI startup that launched in November with $6.2 billion in funding. Vik Bajaj is his co-CEO.
- Bezos Bats Down AI Job Loss Fears While Launching New Venture
The new startup Prometheus seeks to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products.
- Jeff Bezos raises $12B for AI that builds things
The billionaire tech founder returns to CEO role, taps JPMorgan and BlackRock to fund an “artificial general engineer.”
- Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus Just Raised $12 Billion to Create an ‘Artificial General Engineer.’ Here’s What That Would Do
Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj are finally talking about their new AI startup, Prometheus.
- Bezos’ AI startup Prometheus raises $12B at $41B valuation, and the CEOs explain what they’re doing
Prometheus, the AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, raised $12 billion in Series B funding at a roughly $41 billion valuation. The co-CEOs discussed the company's plans in their first joint interview. Read More
- Abridge developing healthcare AI foundation model with Nvidia
The model will be built off Nvidia's Nemotron suite and offered exclusively through Abridge's platform.
- Neura Robotics Raises $1.4B for Physical AI
Funding from investors including Nvidia, Amazon and Qualcomm will support the vendor’s development of humanoid robots and physical AI.
- Amazon says its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year
The disclosure, Amazon's first of its kind, comes as data center companies face growing scrutiny over AI's environmental footprint
- Amazon: Our Data Centers Used 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water Last Year
Amazon: Our Data Centers Used 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water Last Year PCMag
- Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year
Just after Seattle enacted a one-year data center moratorium that some of Amazon's own employees pushed for, Amazon shared how much water its data centers use, reportedly for the first time. With concerns about water consumption and energy use a focus of new AI data center construction debates, Amazon says its global data center operations […]
- Amazon says its data centers use 2.5 billion gallons of water
Amazon says its data centers use 2.5 billion gallons of water The Mercury News
- Lawyers Are Getting in Trouble for AI-Generated Filings
A federal judge reprimanded four lawyers, two on each side, in a Mississippi case about fees for a solar development project.
- Anthropic apologises for hidden safeguards in Mythos-based Fable 5 model: ‘Made the wrong tradeoff’
Anthropic admitted it made a wrong trade-off with the release of the Fable 5 model. The company now plans to improve transparency by notifying users when requests are redirected to a less capable model.
- German Court Ruling Against Google Spotlights AI Liability Question
German Court Ruling Against Google Spotlights AI Liability Question The Information
- German court rules on Google AI liability
Search engines are partially protected against liability for their results in most jurisdictions, because they point to outside websites.
- German Court Says Google Can Be Held Accountable for AI Overviews Errors, Company Responds
Google has responded after a German court ruled that the company can be held responsible for inaccurate information generated by AI Overviews. The case involved AI-generated summaries that allegedly linked two publishers to scams and questionable business practices. Google said it is reviewing the decision and stressed that the ruling is not final. The court reportedl...
- Visa Partners with OpenAI to Power the Next Generation of AI Commerce
Visa Partners with OpenAI to Power the Next Generation of AI Commerce The Straits Times
- Who's liable when AI gets it wrong? German court ruling stirs global debate
A German court ruling against Google's AI Overviews reignites a growing global debate over whether AI companies can be held liable for false, harmful, or misleading outputs
- Google is held liable for false information from its AI
A German court has sparked a legal controversy by ruling that Google is responsible for defamatory comments generated by its own AI system. The search giant had argued that it couldn’t be blamed for the false results, but a Munich court has deemed that not to be the case and has ruled in favor of the two unnamed plaintiffs, both publishing companies, who the Google AI Overview inaccurately said engaged in shady business practices. Google is required to remove the comments and ensure that they are not repeated. The case is certainly going to raise some questions globally. Will this mean that other courts are going to rule against AI vendors? Bernhard Buchner , a partner at Lausen Rechtsanwälte, the legal firm that acted for the plaintiffs, said, “I believe it shows that online providers such as Google cannot hide behind the fact that a statement was generated by AI, but rather that they can be held liable for its output. It is an important step towards ensuring that providers of AI systems have to take responsibility for their outputs.” So, does this mean that the decision could be replicated in the US or elsewhere? Alex Shahrestani , managing partner at Austin-based Promise Legal, said, “the short answer is ‘yes’: the Munich ruling travels, because US courts are already making the same move.” He explained that Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act, which has been applied to protect online service providers like social media companies from lawsuits based on their decisions to transmit or take down user-generated content, was built for computer bulletin boards, “not for a model that writes its own answers. Once the AI is the author, the company is the publisher.” This means, he said, “businesses now need named humans at accountability nodes, verification gates before AI output ships, and audit trails that survive discovery, because ‘the model recommended it’ is a legally empty sentence.” Does the decision mean that other AI providers could find themselves in the same position? Buchner believes it’s possible, although, he said, the situation in this case is unusual; it does not involve a classic chatbot scenario, but one where the AI-generated statements are published as an ‘AI overview’ of a search query. “Google’s liability here is based not so much on the fact that it operates the underlying AI, but rather on the publication of its output. However, it seems entirely conceivable to me that this could also be applied generally to inaccurate or defamatory AI,” he pointed out. Nonetheless, said Carolyn Shelby , head of SEO at Yoast, the German ruling should ensure that companies will be more circumspect in how they handle AI in the future, to protect themselves from any legal action. The first thing they should do is to separate low-risk use of AI from major decision-making. “Using AI to summarize meeting notes, brainstorm campaign ideas, or create a first draft of something is very different from using it to make decisions about customers, employees, finance, compliance, health, legal claims, competitive positioning, or public communications,” she noted. She pointed out that the effects of AI use could be devastating for companies. “The consequences could include customer complaints, reputational damage, regulatory attention, legal claims, correction costs, loss of trust, and internal disruption,” she said. “Even when a mistake does not become a lawsuit, the operational cost of correcting bad information can be significant.” However, she noted, things may not change immediately. “Many companies will wait until there is a high-profile court case, regulatory action, or major corporate embarrassment before they take this seriously. That is usually how governance catches up with technology. But the better-run organizations will start treating AI governance as part of normal business risk management now.” And, said Shahrestani, after the Google decision, everything has changed. It will become more important to ensure that employees remain part of the process. This article originally appeared on Computerworld .
- Google is held liable for false information from its AI
A German court has sparked a legal controversy by ruling that Google is responsible for defamatory comments generated by its own AI system. The search giant had argued that it couldn’t be blamed for the false results, but a Munich court has deemed that not to be the case and has ruled in favor of the two unnamed plaintiffs, both publishing companies, who the Google AI Overview inaccurately said engaged in shady business practices. Google is required to remove the comments and ensure that they are not repeated. The case is certainly going to raise some questions globally. Will this mean that other courts are going to rule against AI vendors? Bernhard Buchner , a partner at Lausen Rechtsanwälte, the legal firm that acted for the plaintiffs, said, “I believe it shows that online providers such as Google cannot hide behind the fact that a statement was generated by AI, but rather that they can be held liable for its output. It is an important step towards ensuring that providers of AI systems have to take responsibility for their outputs.” So, does this mean that the decision could be replicated in the US or elsewhere? Alex Shahrestani , managing partner at Austin-based Promise Legal, said, “the short answer is ‘yes’: the Munich ruling travels, because US courts are already making the same move.” He explained that Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act, which has been applied to protect online service providers like social media companies from lawsuits based on their decisions to transmit or take down user-generated content, was built for computer bulletin boards, “not for a model that writes its own answers. Once the AI is the author, the company is the publisher.” This means, he said, “businesses now need named humans at accountability nodes, verification gates before AI output ships, and audit trails that survive discovery, because ‘the model recommended it’ is a legally empty sentence.” Does the decision mean that other AI providers could find themselves in the same position? Buchner believes it’s possible, although, he said, the situation in this case is unusual; it does not involve a classic chatbot scenario, but one where the AI-generated statements are published as an ‘AI overview’ of a search query. “Google’s liability here is based not so much on the fact that it operates the underlying AI, but rather on the publication of its output. However, it seems entirely conceivable to me that this could also be applied generally to inaccurate or defamatory AI,” he pointed out. Nonetheless, said Carolyn Shelby , head of SEO at Yoast, the German ruling should ensure that companies will be more circumspect in how they handle AI in the future, to protect themselves from any legal action. The first thing they should do is to separate low-risk use of AI from major decision-making. “Using AI to summarize meeting notes, brainstorm campaign ideas, or create a first draft of something is very different from using it to make decisions about customers, employees, finance, compliance, health, legal claims, competitive positioning, or public communications,” she noted. She pointed out that the effects of AI use could be devastating for companies. “The consequences could include customer complaints, reputational damage, regulatory attention, legal claims, correction costs, loss of trust, and internal disruption,” she said. “Even when a mistake does not become a lawsuit, the operational cost of correcting bad information can be significant.” However, she noted, things may not change immediately. “Many companies will wait until there is a high-profile court case, regulatory action, or major corporate embarrassment before they take this seriously. That is usually how governance catches up with technology. But the better-run organizations will start treating AI governance as part of normal business risk management now.” And, said Shahrestani, after the Google decision, everything has changed. It will become more important to ensure that employees remain part of the process.
- German ruling holds Google liable for AI Overview results
'AI Overviews can no longer just be helpful summaries. Now, they must be legally defendable outputs,' said Forrester principal analyst Nikhil Lai. Read more: German ruling holds Google liable for AI Overview results
- Microsoft limits employee use of Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns
Fable 5's data retention policy mandates 30 days' storage, or up to two years for flagged content, but Microsoft has concerns.
- Microsoft Restricts Claude Fable 5 Access Amid AI Safety Review
Microsoft reportedly limited internal use of Claude Fable 5 while legal teams review Anthropic’s 30-day data-retention policy. The post Microsoft Restricts Claude Fable 5 Access Amid AI Safety Review appeared first on TechRepublic .
- Another parent has filed a wrongful death suit against OpenAI
Yet another parent is suing OpenAI, claiming its chatbot did not do enough to prevent their child's death by suicide.
- Grieving mother alleges ChatGPT failed to protect daughter in mental health crisis
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in California state court, claims OpenAI failed to adequately address potentially dangerous interactions between the chatbot and 24-year-old Alice Carrier, who died in 2024
- Mother Sues OpenAI, Saying 'Deliberate Design Decisions' Led to Daughter's Death
Kristie Carrier says her daughter, Alice, began using ChatGPT in 2023 for practical questions before opening up to the chatbot about suicidal ideation in 2024.
- Former xAI engineer claims he was fired for raising safety concerns about Grok, told ‘AI will kill us all anyway’
A former xAI engineer has sued Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising safety concerns about the Grok AI chatbot.
- Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT letting AI agents shop, pay for users
It is not OpenAI's first attempt at e-commerce. The company late last year announced Instant Checkout, which allowed ChatGPT to scour the internet for a specific item like a digital personal shopper. But the process was prone to errors and was not widely adopted by merchants due to the fee that OpenAI was charging merchants. The company retired Instant Checkout in March.
- Visa, OpenAI team up to let AI Agents make payments
Visa and OpenAI have partnered to enable AI agents to make payments on users' behalf, integrating Visa's payment infrastructure into OpenAI's products with spending caps, fraud monitoring, and tokenized credentials. The post Visa, OpenAI team up to let AI Agents make payments appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
- Visa enables ChatGPT's AI agents to shop, complete purchases for users
Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its user. It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user's behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa. The payment network's previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single retailer or a small set of enrolled merchants. It is not OpenAI's first attempt at e-commerce. The company late last year announced Instant Checkout, which allowed ChatGPT to scour the internet for a specific item like a digital personal shopper. But the process was prone to errors and was not widely adopted by merchants due to the fee that OpenAI was charging merchants. The company retired Instant Checkout in March. Visa's collaboration is different from OpenAI's previous attempts, as it will allow users to link their Visa cards to ChatGPT to shop and make it ..
- Visa ChatGPT integration enables AI agent retail purchasing
Visa has linked its payment infrastructure to ChatGPT, enabling AI agents to recommend retail products and execute financial transactions. The deployment removes human intervention from the final stages of the retail funnel. Autonomous agents will now process user prompts, evaluate merchant catalogues, and complete the checkout process using Visa’s payment rails at any supporting merchant. […] The post Visa ChatGPT integration enables AI agent retail purchasing appeared first on AI News .
- OpenAI and Visa Partner to Let AI Agents Make Purchases
OpenAI and Visa's AI agent purchasing partnership
- OpenAI teams up with Visa to enable secure payments through AI agents
ChatGPT could soon shop and pay for you thanks to a new OpenAI and Visa deal that brings secure agentic payments to AI experiences.