June 8 to June 14, 2026 · 12 stories · the week is still unfolding
The European Commission ordered Meta to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp as an interim measure while investigating antitrust violations. The order follows complaints from three AI developers and will last until June 2029 or the investigation's end. EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said Meta's access fees were unsustainably high.
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Zoho unveiled Nathu La, an in-house server platform built with Intel Xeon 6 processors. It promises 20-30% lower total cost of ownership and 12-18% lower power consumption, reducing AI inference costs. Developed over five years, it strengthens technology sovereignty and cuts foreign licensing dependencies.
OpenAI acquired Ona, formerly Gitpod, to run Codex agents inside customer clouds. Over 5 million people use Codex weekly, up 400 percent since early this year. Ona provides secure, persistent cloud environments where agents keep working after developers close their laptops.
Cathie Wood trimmed her AMD stake while buying Nvidia shares. AMD remains her fifth-largest position despite the stock quadrupling over the past year. The company has locked in two GPU partnerships worth an estimated $100 billion each, and Anthropic is believed to use its next-generation chips.
Microsoft restricted employee access to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 while legal teams review Anthropic's new data retention policy. The policy retains prompts and outputs for 30 days on all platforms, and up to two years if flagged by trust and safety classifiers. Anthropic said the data won't train new models.
SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq at $135 a share, valuing the company at nearly $1.8 trillion. Shares closed at $160.95, a 19% gain. Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire on paper, with his stake worth over $700 billion. Thousands of employees became overnight millionaires.
Meta Platforms is partnering with Reliance Industries to build its first AI data center in India. Reliance will construct a 168-megawatt facility in Jamnagar, which Meta will lease. The project has an option to expand over time.
Xiaomi open-sourced MiMo Code V0.1.0, an AI coding assistant. The tool reportedly beats Claude Code on long tasks. The release marks Xiaomi's entry into the open-source AI coding tool space.
Anthropic disabled customer access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a US government directive on June 12 citing national security concerns. The order suspends access for all foreign nationals, including employees. Other models and Claude are unaffected. The directive is linked to a reported jailbreak method for Fable 5.
President Trump claims a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding will soon be signed, reopening the Strait of Hormuz without tolls and granting Iran sanctions relief based on compliance. The MOU extends the ceasefire for 60 days, including in Lebanon, and sets a framework for addressing Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
Anthropic suspended access to its AI models after the US government blocked foreign nationals from using them. The company halted the models to comply with the new restrictions. The move affects users outside the United States.
Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho will jointly issue a stablecoin by March 2027. The banks will form a council to explore operational frameworks and prepare for issuance. A trust bank will act as trustee. The Financial Services Agency signaled support. The launch targets the end of the financial year.