AI News Archive: June 22, 2026 — Part 1
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- AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model Powerful AI models capable of devastating new cyber attacks on governments and businesses are mere months away, intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act now”. The surprising public intervention by signals agencies for Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada comes after the Trump administration earlier this month decided to block “foreign nationals” from using a much-hyped AI model built by tech company Anthropic, called Fable. Continue reading...
- Insilico Medicine, SK Biopharmaceuticals strike $2.5B AI drug discovery deal targeting neuroimmune therapies - Fortune
Insilico Medicine, SK Biopharmaceuticals strike $2.5B AI drug discovery deal targeting neuroimmune therapies - Fortune Fortune
Score: 92💰 MoneyJun 22, 2026https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/insilico-sk-biopharmaceuticals-south-korea-ai-drug-discovery-spacex/ - Chevron plans massive Texas AI power plant for Microsoft that would bypass ERCOT
Chevron plans massive Texas AI power plant for Microsoft that would bypass ERCOT Houston Chronicle
Score: 90🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/chevron-microsoft-permian-gas-produced-water-22315265.php - Chevron and Microsoft Strike 20-Year Gas Deal for AI Data Centers
Chevron and Microsoft Strike 20-Year Gas Deal for AI Data Centers Barron's
Score: 90🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.barrons.com/articles/chevron-microsoft-natural-gas-ai-data-centers-131f6028 - Insilico’s AI design engine bags deal with Korean biotech worth possible $2.5B+
Insilico Medicine and SK Biopharmaceuticals will use generative AI to develop novel therapies for unspecified neuroimmune disorders.
Score: 90🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.biospace.com/deals/insilicos-ai-design-engine-bags-deal-with-korean-biotech-worth-possible-2-5b - NVIDIA Announces Halos for Robotics, the Industry’s First Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI
NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA Halos for Robotics, the industry’s first full-stack, comprehensive safety system for robotics and physical AI that unifies AI compute and safety.
- SpaceX signs computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection worth up to $6.3 billion
SpaceX has turned its Colossus data center into a commercial computing power platform, landing recent deals with Anthropic, Google and Cursor.
Score: 90💰 MoneyJun 22, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/spacex-ai-colossus-data-center-reflection.html - 18 children had illnesses so rare doctors were stumped. AI gave them answers
OpenAI’s o3 model can help find answers to the unsolved mysteries in the medical field, according to a new study
Score: 89🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/children-sick-ai-diagnosis-rare-disease-study-b3000531.html - AI tool reveals hidden organ damage caused by high blood pressure
AI tool reveals hidden organ damage caused by high blood pressure Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Score: 89🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-tool-reveals-hidden-organ-damage-caused-by-high-blood-pressure - Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin platform targeting AI, HPC infrastructure
Nvidia has formally launched the Vera Rubin platform, a combination CPU and GPU platform billed as a major step forward in the convergence of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) for scientific research. Announced at the ISC High Performance 2026 conference in Hamburg, the new platform combines Nvidia’s Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs, networking technologies, and software stack into what the company describes as a rack-scale supercomputer. Nvidia is targeting scientific workloads, from climate modeling and computational fluid dynamics to quantum chemistry, energy exploration, and large data center operators. “Nvidia’s roots are firmly planted in scientific computing, and native FP64 precision remains absolutely vital for accurate fluid dynamics, climate modeling, and geoscience,” said Dion Harris , senior director of HPC and AI factory solutions at Nvidia, on a conference call. “We are committed to maintaining that support moving forward. At the heart of the platform is a tightly integrated architecture combining Nvidia Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs linked through NVLink-C2C interconnects, ConnectX-9 SuperNICs, and BlueField-4 DPUs. The systems are built around direct liquid cooling and support up to 144 GPUs in a single rack. Nvidia claims a fully configured Vera Rubin system can deliver more than seven exaflops of AI performance for scientific workloads alongside five petaflops of native double-precision (FP64) computing performance. That would put a Rubin system well ahead of the top supercomputers TOP500 ranking . Updated rankings are due later this week. The Vera Rubin architecture increases memory bandwidth by 2.8 times compared to Blackwell, the previous generation GPU. “We are projecting up to four times performance boosts for memory-bound fluid dynamic applications,” said Harris. “With Rubin, we are ensuring that the fundamental mathematical workloads driving scientific discovery run faster, more efficiently, and with greater precision than ever before.” The new platform is designed to support both traditional HPC simulations and emerging AI-driven scientific applications. Researchers will be able to train foundation models, deploy surrogate models, run simulations and perform real-time data analysis on a single infrastructure. “AI is shifting from a tool that simply answers questions to an autonomous system that executes complex tasks,” said Harris. “Early data shows [agentic AI] increases simulation demand by up to ten times.” Nvidia also announced that several leading research institutions announced plans to build next-generation systems based on the new architecture. The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Germany will deploy Vera Rubin in its upcoming Blue Lion supercomputer, scheduled to enter service in 2027. Blue Lion is a second-generation exascale-class HPE Cray system, and it is expected to deliver approximately 30 times the computing power of LRZ’s current system, supporting research in astrophysics, environmental science and life sciences. In the U.S., the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) will use Vera Rubin technology in Doudna, the next flagship supercomputer for the Department of Energy at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This system is being built by Dell Technologies and will support large-scale HPC simulations, AI training and data-intensive research. Meanwhile, Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Vera Rubin technology for three new supercomputers: Mission, Vision and Veritas. Mission will focus on national security workloads, while Vision will support open scientific research and AI-driven discovery. Veritas is specifically designed to enable agentic AI applications in scientific research, combining Rubin GPUs with standalone Vera CPU partitions. Vera Rubin NVL4-based systems from Dell and Super Micro were also announced at the event ( see related story ).
- AI-supported, locally driven screening strategies enable earlier cancer detection and targeted therapy
AI-supported, locally driven screening strategies enable earlier cancer detection and targeted therapy EurekAlert!
- OpenAI expands Daybreak with Patch the Planet and full GPT-5.5-Cyber release
OpenAI Group PBC today expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program with a new open-source patching initiative called Patch the Planet, an updated Codex Security plugin, a partner program and the full release of its most capable defensive artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5-Cyber. The push marks a shift in how OpenAI talks about AI and security. The company […] The post OpenAI expands Daybreak with Patch the Planet and full GPT-5.5-Cyber release appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 88🤖 ModelsJun 22, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/22/openai-expands-daybreak-patch-planet-full-gpt-5-5-cyber-release/ - The $22.5 Trillion AI Opportunity
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future promise; it’s an economic force actively reshaping industries, workforces, and GDP projections around the world. While AI is expected to lead to major workforce transformation in the next five years, the timeline remains uncertain, as organizations continue to struggle with identifying optimal use cases and measurable business outcomes. […] The post The $22.5 Trillion AI Opportunity appeared first on IDC .
Score: 87🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/the-22-5-trillion-ai-opportunity/ - EU To Criminalise AI Producing Child Sex Abuse Content
EU To Criminalise AI Producing Child Sex Abuse Content Barron's
Score: 87🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.barrons.com/articles/eu-to-criminalise-ai-producing-child-sex-abuse-content-75a979a4 - New AI-powered platform helps researchers find promising cancer therapies faster
New AI-powered platform helps researchers find promising cancer therapies faster EurekAlert!
- SpaceX Strikes $6 Billion Deal With AI Startup for Data-Center Space
Reflection AI will rent capacity from the newly public company to develop open-source models.
- China expo draws Nvidia, Apple, Micron as Beijing guards AI supply chain
China expo draws Nvidia, Apple, Micron as Beijing guards AI supply chain Nikkei Asia
- Dermatology AI 2.0: Paradigm shift to causal reasoning and autonomous care transforms skin health
Dermatology AI 2.0: Paradigm shift to causal reasoning and autonomous care transforms skin health EurekAlert!
- From pixels to prognosis: Imaging redefines liver donor assessment
From pixels to prognosis: Imaging redefines liver donor assessment EurekAlert!
- Nearfield Instruments raises $380M to accelerate AI chipmaking
Nearfield Instruments B.V., which specializes in producing advanced chip manufacturing equipment, revealed today it has gotten a massive $380 million capital injection. The Dutch company’s Series D round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and saw participation from a host of well-known global investors, including Walden Catalyst Ventures, Temasek, Innovation Industries, M&G and […] The post Nearfield Instruments raises $380M to accelerate AI chipmaking appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Cover Story newsletter: America’s AI power grab
How we chose this week’s image
Score: 85🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2026/06/22/cover-story-newsletter-americas-ai-power-grab - One Surgery and Beijing's AI Ambition: From Lab to Technological Singularity
Beijing's AI ecosystem pushes toward becoming the world's AI capital, with robotic surgery, embodied intelligence, and a trillion-yuan AI industry target.
- IBM partners with OpenAI on enterprise security AI
IBM partners with OpenAI on enterprise security AI Reuters
Score: 85🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.reuters.com/technology/ibm-partners-with-openai-enterprise-security-ai-2026-06-22/ - NHTSA investigating alleged Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home
Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.
- SpaceX Readies Its $20 Billion Bond Debut to Fund AI Ambition
SpaceX is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record $75 billion IPO.
- War robots invade Eurosatory 2026 as interest grows in UGVs after use in Ukraine
War robots invade Eurosatory 2026 as interest grows in UGVs after use in Ukraine Breaking Defense
- Feeding data to AI to speed up drug discovery
Developing new medicines can require thousands of chemistry experiments to identify the right recipe for a safe, effective and ideally affordable drug.
- Getty Images Surges 145% After Announcing OpenAI Deal
Shares of stock-photo company Getty Images Holdings Inc. soared as much as 145% on Monday after it announced a licensing deal with OpenAI.
Score: 84💰 MoneyJun 22, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/getty-images-soars-200-in-early-trading-after-openai-deal - Milestone for Europe's Digital Sovereignty: DFKI and Inria Establish French - German Center on AI
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) are taking their existing partnership to the next level: today the two leading research organizations signed an agreement at Vivatech in Paris to establish an open, binational French - German Center on Artificial Intelligence. The formal signing ceremony took place in the presence of Dorothee Bär, German Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space, and Philippe Baptiste, French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Space. The aim of the ambitious project is to establish a powerful European AI player at the intersection of cutting-edge research, industry, and society.
- Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture
Micron is investing in Anthropic's Series H round and getting a multi-year deal to supply memory for Claude's infrastructure. Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown calls memory critical to training and running Claude. Critics say circular deals like this are inflating a bubble. Micron's stock has surged more than tenfold in a single year. The article Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 83🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-and-micron-want-to-co-design-ai-memory-architecture/ - Creative Fabrica Announces Early Access to Alibaba’s Next-Generation HappyHorse 1.1 AI Video Model
Creative Fabrica Announces Early Access to Alibaba’s Next-Generation HappyHorse 1.1 AI Video Model azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
- Getty Images Enters Deal With OpenAI, Raising Questions On Training
The OpenAI deal turns ChatGPT into a storefront for licensed photographs. Its silence on training is what Getty's 600,000 contributors should read first.
Score: 82🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielalinzainescu/2026/06/22/getty-images-enters-deal-with-openai/ - Powering the next wave of AI: Expanding capacity with our new datacenter in Pecos
The post Powering the next wave of AI: Expanding capacity with our new datacenter in Pecos appeared first on Source .
- Trump team delays health funding with new screening process that uses AI to check for words like ‘culture’ and ‘gender’: report
A Democratic senator said the new process is ‘undermining America’s edge in research’ and ‘denying resources and services to communities because of politics’
- HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
Barrister who was given material produced by Garfield AI says advocacy at trial ‘remained fundamentally human’ An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an AI lawyer. A freelance HR consultant, Tamires Camal Taquidir, paid the firm, Garfield AI, about £400 to send a legal letter and then issue court proceedings over an unpaid debt of £7,000. Continue reading...
- AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and is hiring new execs.
- Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators
Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system , a step they said is needed to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers . Energy Secretary Chris Wright had urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act in an effort to help the United States better compete with China for superiority in the fast-growing AI sector. Tech companies and data center developers welcomed the chance to connect faster to the country’s power supply for the biggest energy users ever built in the United States, including some that consume more electricity than a small city. Utilities, states and regional grid operators had worried that the Republican administration’s plan would remove their authority to manage the process, but FERC said the order leaves states in control of retail electric rates, terms and conditions. Clean energy advocates have urged regulators not to undermine state-level efforts to require the use of renewable energies. The commission’s actions come as a backlash grows against data centers over concerns about the massive amounts of energy and water they use and fears about noise and air pollution, water shortages and a loss of open space or farmland. Unanimous vote and affordability FERC members voted unanimously to direct six regional grid operators to ensure that AI data centers and other large power users are “able to connect to the transmission system in a timely and orderly manner.” Laura Swett, an appointee of President Donald Trump who chairs the commission, called the vote “historic” and said it would push the country’s electricity market into the future while respecting states’ rights, protecting reliable electric service and shielding ratepayers from shouldering the costs of connecting big power users to the grid. “I know that Americans across the country are concerned about affordability, and so are we,” Swett said, referring to the five-member commission. As chair, “I am taking extremely seriously the mission that Congress has entrusted us to ensure that rates are reasonable,” she said. The vote comes eight months after Wright asked the independent agency to take more control over ensuring that the vast network of massive computing warehouses needed to power AI are connected quickly to high-voltage transmission lines. Wright hailed the commission’s action, saying it would “remove barriers, accelerate development and ensure America has the affordable, reliable and secure energy needed to power a new era of prosperity.” Data centers would pay the full cost of any grid upgrades needed for their connection, under the commission order. But that order can do little to address the tightening energy supplies that are driving up electricity bills in some areas and raising warnings of blackouts as the construction of data centers outpaces the speed of new power plants coming online to serve them. Robert Montejo, a lawyer who represents data centers, said the most important message from FERC’s action is that AI “has fundamentally changed the electricity landscape. The grid and prior policy were not built for the pace and scale of demand we’re seeing from AI infrastructure, and FERC is signaling that standing still is no longer an option.” The six regional grid operators under the order serve 200 million Americans, or two-thirds of FERC’s jurisdiction. FERC, meanwhile, invited utilities that handle their regional transmission systems to also participate and analysts said the agency could eventually pressure them, too. A search for power Tech giants are scrambling to find enough power for their data centers and report that, in some places, it will take years to connect to the electric grid. The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned electric utilities, said FERC’s order builds on regional and state processes already underway while “supporting flexibility and innovation.” Besides power bottlenecks, the tech industry is running into widespread opposition from communities where residents don’t want to live next to or near a data center. More than 4,000 data centers now operate in the U.S., according to one estimate, with an additional 3,000 planned or under construction. Trump has tried to deflect public concerns about AI, seeing the fast-evolving technology as crucial for the U.S. to attract foreign investment and maintain its economic and military prowess. He signed an executive order this month establishing a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems for up to a month before their public release. In December, FERC took an earlier step to help data center operators get electricity quickly, voting to allow tech companies to effectively plug a data center directly into a power plant and Thursday’s order sought to ensure that option is accessible around the country. Power demands from data centers FERC told grid operators to respond within 30 days on how they will ensure there is adequate power supplies for new and future data centers, and within 60 days on plans to integrate large power users in line with the new guidelines. Swett told reporters after the meeting that she hoped faster connection processes are in effect in “as little time as possible.” She didn’t set an exact timeline. Jeff Dennis, executive director of the Electricity Customer Alliance, said FERC’s order is responsive in particular to big power users and state regulators. Tech giants are confronting unclear rules to connect data centers to high-voltage transmission systems, while states need more clarity on who should bear the cost of regional transmission projects approved at the federal level, he said. Rob Gramlich, a Washington-based energy consultant, said states should quickly develop rules to accommodate large power users and prevent cost shifts to residential and business customers. FERC could assert broader jurisdiction over interconnection issues if states don’t act quickly, he said. Data from the Electric Power Research Institute shows that data centers now account for about 5% of U.S. electricity demand, but could triple by 2035. Tech companies have continued to raise their spending on building and equipping data centers, but there is evidence that construction is lagging and projects are hitting roadblocks, including permitting delays, growing local opposition or bottlenecks around gas turbines, transformers and skilled labor. —Matthew Daly and Marc Levy, Associated Press
- WALLIX and Inria sign a strategic partnership to develop the next generation of sovereign AI in cybersecurity
On the occasion of VivaTech 2026, WALLIX, a leading European player in identity and access cybersecurity, and Inria, the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, announce the signing of a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of trusted artificial intelligence applied to identity and access cybersecurity.
- Oracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles
Oracle Corp. reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in the past 12 months, a wider scale than previously known, including those whose jobs were eliminated by the use of artificial intelligence.
Score: 81🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/oracle-layoffs-fueled-by-ai-reduces-workforce-by-21-000 - ElevenLabs partners with the UK Government to bring voice AI to public services, as it expands London HQ
ElevenLabs signs MoU with UK Gov to deploy voice AI in public services while expanding London headquarters.
- Autonomous navigation of intelligent microrobotic swarms in unknown environments
Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01252-6 An, Luo, Zhang and colleagues present Turbo, a transformer-based reinforcement learning framework that enables simulation-to-real transfer for autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance in physical microrobotic swarms operating in unknown environments.
- OpenAI is betting on a super app as it heads toward an IPO
OpenAI is betting on a super app as it heads toward an IPO Fortune
Score: 80💰 MoneyJun 22, 2026https://fortune.com/2026/06/22/architectural-behind-openais-super-app-says/ - New study shows one in seven people have been victims of sextortion—and AI is making it worse
The Australian eSafety Commissioner recently launched a new campaign to raise awareness of sexual extortion, or "sextortion." Targeted primarily at men, the campaign features AI-generated videos of attractive women attempting to lure men into financial scams.
Score: 80🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-people-victims-sextortion-ai-worse.html - Micron, Anthropic sign AI infrastructure supply agreement
Micron, Anthropic sign AI infrastructure supply agreement Reuters
Score: 80🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://www.reuters.com/business/micron-anthropic-sign-ai-infrastructure-supply-agreement-2026-06-22/ - U.S. Army Selects Anduril to Lead Common Data Baseline to Scale Next Generation Command and Control
U.S. Army Selects Anduril to Lead Common Data Baseline to Scale Next Generation Command and Control
- Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.
Score: 80💰 MoneyJun 22, 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/google-deepmind-bets-75m-on-ais-future-in-hollywood-with-a24-deal/ - Japan seeks AI alliances with France, India to curb US-China dominance
Japan seeks AI alliances with France, India to curb US-China dominance Nikkei Asia
- Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026
Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026 Crunchbase News
Score: 80🌐 MovesJun 22, 2026https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/startup-venture-funding-surges-2026-data/ - Bear Robotics to Acquire Kinisi Robotics, Completing Its End-to-End Physical AI Robotics Platform
Bear Robotics to Acquire Kinisi Robotics, Completing Its End-to-End Physical AI Robotics Platform USA Today
- Three things to watch amid Anthropic’s latest feud with the government
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. For those of you enjoying your summer unaware of Anthropic’s latest feud with the US government, here’s a recap: In April the company said it had built an AI model called Mythos…