China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity

The Verge • June 2026

China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks

Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine

The Verge • June 2026

Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is their new incubator program for independent artists that provides grants, mentorship, and marketing sup

Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

Ars Technica • June 2026

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments

Ars Technica • June 2026

Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.

How long-term dietary cholesterol can slow down its own clearance by liver cells

Nature News • June 2026

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01899-6Cholesterol carried by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) drives heart disease and is cleared by liver cells expressing the receptor LDLR. A cell-signalling mechanism has been discovere

AI tool spots antibiotics that fight drug-resistant gonorrhoea

Nature News • June 2026

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01987-7The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae has evolved resistance to most antibiotics used to treat it, but a machine-learning screen reveals potential therapies.