The day in AI and tech
Saturday 20 June 2026
12 events from 9 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence10 events
- Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- OpenRouter's Fusion Promises Claude Fable-Level AI for Cheap—Right as Fable 5 Goes Dark — Decrypt (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)Read on Decrypt (opens in a new tab)
- Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- AI is making crypto security cheaper, faster and harder to ignore — CoinDesk (opens CoinDesk's report in a new tab)Read on CoinDesk (opens in a new tab)
- Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy — The Guardian (opens The Guardian's report in a new tab)Read on The Guardian (opens in a new tab)
- Odd Lots: How Substack Creators Are Thinking About AI (Podcast) — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Your youngest employees may be your most valuable AI teachers — Fast Company (opens Fast Company's report in a new tab)Read on Fast Company (opens in a new tab)
- ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ Breakout Stars Get Real About Navigating Industry Expectations and AI: ‘We Are So Hungry for Something New’ — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
Robotics & Autonomy1 event
Cybersecurity1 event
Events are grouped automatically, by matching the publishers' headlines and times; no person reviews the grouping. An event reported by several outlets has its own page listing who reported what and when.