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AI Deepfakes Alter the Landscape of American Political Campaigns: An explosion of AI deepfakes is reshaping American elections, as this largely unregulated practice challenges the norms of political campaigning. Link

Anthropic Explores Resolution with Trump Administration on AI Model Access: Anthropic's senior leaders met with Trump administration officials to address a White House directive that forced the startup to suspend access to its latest models. Link

Broad Support for AI Regulation Among Americans: A new survey found more than 70% of Americans want stronger AI rules, including the option to interact with a human in healthcare, legal, education, and government settings. Link

States

New York’s Onondaga County Launches $500K Study on AI Data Center Growth: Officials in Onondaga County are funding a new study to help local towns prepare for AI data center development and its infrastructure and regulatory implications. Link

Michigan Senate Democrats Diverge on AI Policy: Democratic Senate candidates in Michigan are split on AI priorities, highlighting broader disagreements over regulation, ethics, and economic development. Link

Iowa Prosecutors Push for AI Child Abuse Image Ban: Iowa county attorneys are urging lawmakers to criminalize AI-generated child abuse images as states confront gaps in existing laws. Link

SoftBank Launches AI-Driven Cybersecurity Product: SoftBank introduced a new cybersecurity product built to counter breaches enabled by artificial intelligence. Link

China's Ambitious Military AI Developments Under Scrutiny: Experts say the full scope of China's military AI capabilities remains unclear despite public displays of autonomous drones, AI-powered naval weapons, and robotic dogs. Link

New SearchLeak Vulnerability Exposed in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise: Researchers identified a three-stage attack chain known as SearchLeak, or CVE-2026-42824, that could enable data theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise. Link

Power Struggle: Tech Giants Push for AI Energy Solutions: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are signaling they will pay whatever it takes to secure electricity for AI, with power supply now emerging as a major bottleneck. Link

SpaceX Acquires Anysphere for $60 Billion to Expand AI Presence: SpaceX said it will buy Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion to deepen its push into enterprise AI. Link

Asian Chip Companies Thrive Amid AI Demand: Rising demand for AI infrastructure is boosting Asian chipmakers that supply essential equipment for large-scale data centers, shifting the balance of tech power. Link

ChatGPT's Market Share Drops Below 50% for the First Time: ChatGPT remains the leading AI assistant with more than 1.1 billion monthly users, but its market share has fallen below 50% as Gemini and Claude gain ground. Link

The AI Layoff Wave: A Wealth Gap Exposed: As tens of thousands of workers are laid off, a small group of AI insiders is capturing outsized wealth, deepening tensions across the industry. Link

AWS Launches 192-Core Graviton5 Processor for Agentic AI Workloads: Amazon Web Services has made its Graviton5 chip generally available through new EC2 instances built for agentic AI tasks like inference, code generation, and orchestration. Link

Google I/O 2026 Introduces AI-Powered Search with Gemini: Google unveiled a Gemini-infused search experience that could reshape discoverability for both brands and consumers. Link

Microsoft Partners with Amazon to Address GitHub's AI Challenges: Microsoft is working with Amazon to relieve infrastructure strain on GitHub as AI-driven demand increases. Link

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