June 18, 2026 News
OpenAI Recruits Noam Shazeer and Dean Ball to Bolster Technical and Policy Leadership
OpenAI has hired prominent AI researcher Noam Shazeer and former White House policy official Dean Ball as it prepares for an IPO. Shazeer brings massive technical expertise as a co-inventor of the Transformer architectur...
US Government Orders Fast-Track Energy Grid Access for AI Data Centers
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered major grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests from data centers to support rapid AI expansion. This directive addresses severe grid backlogs that threate...
General Intuition Secures $300M to Accelerate Embodied AI and World Model Training
General Intuition, an AI startup training embodied agents using a massive dataset of gameplay videos, is negotiating a $300 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation. Backed by high-profile investors like Jeff Bezo...
Grassroots Tech Workers Launch PAC to Combat Big Tech AI Lobbying
A grassroots coalition of tech workers has launched the Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC dedicated to supporting AI regulation and countering massive industry lobbying. The group aims to raise $15 million to fund politic...