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AI, Power, and Fragility
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AI, Power, and Fragility

29 June 2026
  1. 1
    Regulation

    Vienna to Open Center for Digital Humanism to Institutionalize Human-Centered AI

    Vienna, together with Austrian federal bodies and several universities, will establish the Center for Digital Humanism Vienna (CDH Vienna) to promote democratic, ethical and human-centered approaches to digital technology.

    Vienna to Open Center for Digital Humanism to Institutionalize Human-Centered AI
  2. 2
    Industry

    High memory prices driven by AI push Valve’s new Steam Machine into premium price bracket

    Valve revealed retail prices for the Steam Machine in a Monday update, but high component costs—especially for memory driven up by demand from AI data centers—have pushed the small-PC towards a much higher price than many expected.

    High memory prices driven by AI push Valve’s new Steam Machine into premium price bracket
  3. 3
    Safety

    Mythos / Sol's offensive and defensive cyber capabilities both pose risks

    The cyber defense capabilities developed by Mythos / Sol can be used for both offensive and defensive purposes; if adversaries obtain similar offensive capabilities, this could endanger American companies that do not recognize their hidden vulnerabilities.

    Mythos / Sol's offensive and defensive cyber capabilities both pose risks
  4. 4
    Model launches

    GPT-5.6 is here. I wish we could use it.

    GPT-5.6 is here.

    GPT-5.6 is here. I wish we could use it.
  5. 5
    Business

    Apple Seeks U.S. License to Buy Memory Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier

    Apple has requested a special U.S.

    Apple Seeks U.S. License to Buy Memory Chips from Blacklisted Chinese Supplier
  6. 6
    Tools

    Vercel paid special attention to the observability of AI agents

    The Vercel team made built-in observability for AI agents a priority because such systems consist of non-deterministic AI models and multi-actor, distributed API calls that are prone to errors and…

    Vercel paid special attention to the observability of AI agents
  7. 7
    Research

    ESMFold2 uses transformer embeddings to predict structures of proteins, DNA, RNA and ligands

    ESMFold2, released by Biohub and EvolutionaryScale, is an open-source structure prediction system that treats biological sequences and molecular descriptions like language by using transformer-based embeddings.

    ESMFold2 uses transformer embeddings to predict structures of proteins, DNA, RNA and ligands
  8. 8
    Regulation

    Dani Rodrik on the social risks of leaving technological transition to giant corporations

    Dani Rodrik, Harvard Kennedy School professor of international political economy, warned in Budapest that allowing tech giants to steer technological change would deepen social inequalities and produce worse shocks than past globalization.

    Dani Rodrik on the social risks of leaving technological transition to giant corporations
  9. 9
    Industry

    Google limits Meta's access to Gemini models amid compute shortages

    Google told Meta in March that it could not fully meet the social network's demand for access to its Gemini AI models, and has since applied restrictions that have delayed several Meta internal AI projects.

    Google limits Meta's access to Gemini models amid compute shortages
  10. 10
    Safety

    Anthropic: Claude Mythos 5 restorable for U.S. critical infrastructure, work underway on Fable 5 access

    Since June 12, Anthropic has been cooperating with the U.S.

    Anthropic: Claude Mythos 5 restorable for U.S. critical infrastructure, work underway on Fable 5 access
  11. 11
    Model launches

    OpenAI introduces the GPT‑5.6 Sol model with reinforced safety protections

    OpenAI announced the GPT‑5.6 Sol model, for which they have reinforced real-time protection against high-risk cyber activity and repeated abuse; the system was strengthened with human red teaming and…

    OpenAI introduces the GPT‑5.6 Sol model with reinforced safety protections
  12. 12
    Business

    SoftBank’s Market Value Now Hinges Largely on Its OpenAI Stake

    SoftBank’s Tokyo-listed shares plunged as much as 13% after the New York Times reported OpenAI may delay its IPO to next year.

    SoftBank’s Market Value Now Hinges Largely on Its OpenAI Stake
  13. 13
    Tools

    How we teach coding agents our design guidelines

    The authors of the article present how coding agents can be designed and governed to automatically follow an organization’s design and coding guidelines.

    How we teach coding agents our design guidelines
  14. 14
    Research

    Shared AI Hiring Assessments Remove ‘Clean Slate’ for Jobseekers

    A team from Stanford HAI, Chapman University and Northeastern University released the largest audit to date of algorithmic hiring tools, analysing 3.37 million applicants and 4.19 million applications processed by Pymetrics.

    Shared AI Hiring Assessments Remove ‘Clean Slate’ for Jobseekers
  15. 15
    Regulation

    Swiss watchdog warns AI is amplifying banks' cyber risk

    Marlene Amstad, president of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), warned that artificial intelligence is significantly increasing cyber and national security risks for banks and urged faster adoption of supervisory technologies.

    Swiss watchdog warns AI is amplifying banks' cyber risk