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49% reported using chatbots in 2026, up from 33% in 2024, 24% reported using chatbots daily, and 44% reported using ChatGPT (Pew Research Center)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: After ringing the bell A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin,…

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Frontier, a group including Stripe, Google, Salesforce and newly joined Anthropic, commits $915 million to purchase carbon removal credits, on top of the $1 billion already pledged (Yusuf Khan/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: After ringing the bell A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin,…

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Snap stock closed down 8.14% on Wednesday, after the company launched Specs AR glasses on Tuesday at $2,195; SNAP is down about 41% year to date (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: After ringing the bell A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin,…

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Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape AI rules and standards during a closed-door meeting at the G7 summit on Wednesday (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: After ringing the bell A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin,…

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A look at the chaos inside Anthropic after Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were deactivated with less than 90 minutes’ notice, as some staffers wonder if Trump is bullying them (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: “Hard Fork” Live Part 2: Dylan Field Stands Out in the Age of AI The future…

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OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon told staff the company had “firmly” told the US government that building AI “requires top talent from around the world” (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: “Hard Fork” Live Part 2: Dylan Field Stands Out in the Age of AI The future…

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Global model startup Odyssey has raised $310 million from Amazon and others at a valuation of $1.45 billion and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: A Hollywood Manager Explains the New Rules of Show Biz Media and technology don’t…

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Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

The information: Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several…

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Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 17, 2026

Policy: Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill…

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Anthropic is pausing its planned move to token-based billing for the Claude Agent SDK that it planned to implement on June 15, saying "Nothing changes for now" (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 16, 2026

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: Anthropic is suspending its planned move to token-based billing for the Claude Agent SDK that…

Rubio courts Tajikistan as Washington hunts for antimony – The Diplomat

UAE, Russia and the next phase of India’s defense export – The Diplomat

What SpaceX’s IPO tells us about Sino-US competition

US Congress should ask itself what happened in Karakalpakstan – The Diplomat

Why foreign companies are reassessing their portfolio in China – The Diplomat

Automakers report mixed U.S. sales results as hybrids drive market

US auto industry faces uncertainty without USMCA extension

Lamborghini unveils its new Urus performance hybrid SUV after abandoning electric vehicles

American Airlines opens take-out lounge at New York’s JFK

Nike (NKE) Q4 2026 Results

Trump fears no one will show up for his July 4 speech

Trump hands election to Democrats by holding midterm convention

Mike Johnson groans in defeat after SCOTUS overturns Trump on citizenship rights

House Democrats to force vote to cut Trump’s arms fund

Supreme Court condemns Republicans in midterms with ruling on mail-in voting

Higharc, which uses AI to help homebuilders with design and construction, raised a $95 million Series C round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to more than $170 million (Lauren Ohnesorge/Triangle Business Journal)

Alex Karp calls U.S. reliance on AI labs for military technology ‘crazy,’ discusses AI costs for businesses and touts Palantir’s Nvidia Nemotron deal for U.S. agencies (Ty Roush/Forbes)

Venice AI, which provides access to more than 200 AI models while allowing users to maintain their privacy, raised a $65 million Series A led by Dragonfly at a valuation of $1 billion (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)

Oxmiq, which aims to combine GPUs, CPUs and a tensor engine into a single block of IP that it can license, has raised $35 million led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Fudomo (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

How the rapid rise of AI capabilities in the United States and China is driving both a transformation in the use of AI in the workplace and sudden shifts in policy and markets (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

Browsing: Technology

49% reported using chatbots in 2026, up from 33% in 2024, 24% reported using chatbots daily, and 44% reported using ChatGPT (Pew Research Center)

Frontier, a group including Stripe, Google, Salesforce and newly joined Anthropic, commits $915 million to purchase carbon removal credits, on top of the $1 billion already pledged (Yusuf Khan/Wall Street Journal)

Snap stock closed down 8.14% on Wednesday, after the company launched Specs AR glasses on Tuesday at $2,195; SNAP is down about 41% year to date (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)

Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape AI rules and standards during a closed-door meeting at the G7 summit on Wednesday (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

A look at the chaos inside Anthropic after Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were deactivated with less than 90 minutes’ notice, as some staffers wonder if Trump is bullying them (New York Times)

OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon told staff the company had “firmly” told the US government that building AI “requires top talent from around the world” (The Information)

Global model startup Odyssey has raised $310 million from Amazon and others at a valuation of $1.45 billion and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips (Financial Times)

Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion (The Information)

Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (Politico)

Anthropic is pausing its planned move to token-based billing for the Claude Agent SDK that it planned to implement on June 15, saying "Nothing changes for now" (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)