AI News — Thursday, June 18, 2026
32 headlines from 8 outlets, deduped.
Geoengineering still faces major practical challenges
The search for dark matter has been blown wide open
The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive
NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI
AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible
Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable
Can anyone look cool wearing Snap’s $2,000 glasses?
Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
MolmoMotion: Language-guided 3D motion forecasting
How Musicians Can Get Paid for Training AI
The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception
General Motors Is Cutting Its Development Cycles in Half
From the Hugging Face Hub to robot hardware with Strands Agents and LeRobot
GLM-5.2: Built for Long-Horizon Tasks
Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar
Agentic Resource Discovery: Let agents search
Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines
Visual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions
How a Google DeepMind Spin-off Hunts Hidden Drug Targets
Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.
Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure
Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.
Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews