The day in AI and tech
Sunday 28 June 2026
19 events from 10 outlets. Each line is one event: the headline, then who reported it. Days are UTC.
Artificial Intelligence15 events
- China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- U.K. Ratings Body Used AI for First Time to Classify HBO Max’s Entire Library — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Madonna Says Using AI Is the ‘Opposite of Making Art’ — Variety (opens Variety's report in a new tab)Read on Variety (opens in a new tab)
- HP Inc. launches Frontier strategic partnership with OpenAI — OpenAI (opens OpenAI's report in a new tab)
- Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial — The Verge (opens The Verge's report in a new tab)Read on The Verge (opens in a new tab)
- AI Chatbots Let People Keep Dead Loved Ones Alive. Should They? — Rolling Stone (opens Rolling Stone's report in a new tab)Read on Rolling Stone (opens in a new tab)
- Google Says AI Visibility Hinges On Content People Actually Want To Read via @sejournal, @martinibuster — Search Engine Journal (opens Search Engine Journal's report in a new tab)
- Robots, not chatbots, will realise AI’s potential — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- There Are Three Types of AI Users — The Atlantic (opens The Atlantic's report in a new tab)Read on The Atlantic (opens in a new tab)
- AI ‘exuberance’ risks ending in lengthy investment bust, BIS warns — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
- AI Bust Risks Ripple Effects From Growth to Credit, BIS Says — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- OpenAI Hires Uber’s Prabhjeet Singh to Lead India Operations — Bloomberg (opens Bloomberg's report in a new tab)Read on Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
- Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Computing & Chips1 event
Robotics & Autonomy2 events
- TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD — TechCrunch (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)Read on TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
- Chinese tech hub’s shift into robotaxis leaves drivers by the wayside — Financial Times (opens Financial Times's report in a new tab)Read on Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
Blockchain Tech1 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.