AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 20:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Notion shutting down Notion Mail, going all-in on AI agents

https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/notion-shutting-down-its-ai-powered-email-client-including-mac-and-ios-apps/

2. Netris raises $15M Series A led by a16z for AI neocloud network automation

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/netris-raises-15m-series-a-from-a16z-to-help-ai-neoclouds-go-live-faster/

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 19:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Anthropic's Claude winning paid consumers

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/anthropics-claude-is-winning-over-paid-consumers-a-market-owned-by-chatgpt/

2. Runpod raises $100M Series A

https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/runpod-raises-100m-build-leading-cloud-platform-ai-developers/

3. TrueFoundry acquires Seldon AI

https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/truefoundry-acquires-mlops-pioneer-seldon-ai-accelerate-enterprise-agentic-ai/

4. Army finds AI ill-suited for tactical planning

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/army-air-assault-brigade-found-ai-tools-ill-suited-to-tactical-planning/

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 18:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. China GLM-5.2 open-source model accelerates AI hacking threat / Five Eyes warning

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/china-glm-52-open-source-hackers

2. Immunai partners with Boehringer Ingelheim on drug-discovery AI

https://firstwordpharma.com/story/7648440

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 17:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Adobe acquires Topaz Labs

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/adobe-acquires-ai-image-video-company-topaz-labs-1236790499/

2. Meta hires Virtue AI founders

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/25/meta-hires-virtue-ai-founders-security

3. General Intuition raises $320M

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/general-intuitions-2-3b-bet-that-video-games-can-train-ai-agents-for-the-real-world/

4. Unconventional AI / Naveen Rao Un0 1,000x power cut

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/databricks-former-ai-chief-thinks-he-can-cut-ais-power-bill-by-1000x/

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Apple raises Mac and iPad prices amid the AI boom

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/technology/apple-prices-macbooks-ipads.html

2. California launches first-in-nation AI workforce impact tracker

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/25/california-becomes-the-first-state-to-launch-a-tool-to-monitor-and-track-artificial-intelligences-impacts-on-the-workforce/

3. 3M unveils Expanded Beam Optical fiber breakthrough for AI buildout

https://news.3m.com/3Ms-fiber-optic-breakthrough-is-helping-power-AIs-massive-buildout

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 14:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. BMW Figure 03 Physical AI production Spartanburg

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0458778EN/bmw-group-advances-the-use-of-physical-ai-in-production-with-figure-03-project-in-spartanburg

2. Salesforce Help Agent launch

https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/salesforce-launches-help-agent-simplify-ai-customer-service-deployment/

3. Nemetschek/ALLPLAN architecture & planning AI survey

https://www.nemetschek.com/en/news-media/ai-has-arrived-everyday-planning-survey-architecture-and-planning-experts-shows-rapidly

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 13:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Aidoc FDA Breakthrough Device Designation - First Read

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aidoc-receives-fda-breakthrough-device-designation-for-ai-that-drafts-radiology-reports-302809910.html

2. BreachRx Rex Platform - agentic AI incident command center

https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/25/breachrx-launches-rex-platform-coordinate-ai-era-incident-response/

3. Buildots Intelligence Lab - construction's first AI research hub

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/buildots-launches-intelligence-lab-constructions-first-ai-powered-research-hub-302810700.html

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Hasbro Peppa Pig child actors AI voice clause

https://deadline.com/2026/06/peppa-pig-hasbro-child-actors-ai-backlash-1236967142/

2. BlackBerry QNX physical AI embedded software

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/blackberry-sees-new-ai-opportunities-as-embedded-software-business-accelerates-5fccded6

3. Anthropic hires Orange AI chief amid Europe push

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/anthropic-hires-oranges-ai-chief-amid-europe-push-2026-06-25/

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 11:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. IBM unveils world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, nanostack

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-ai-chip-nano-89a8e5e4

2. Amazon lifts India investment to $48 billion including AI and cloud

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/25/amazon-investment-billion-ai-india.html

AI News Flash for June 25, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. $500M bipartisan AI workforce retraining effort

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/business/economy/ai-work-force-training-job-losses.html

2. Microsoft "Behind The Chat" teen AI safety resources

https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/2026/06/25/microsoft-launches-behind-the-chat-resources-to-help-teens-build-safer-ai-habits/

3. Protiviti survey — CEOs vs CIOs split on AI impact

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ceos-and-cios-differ-sharply-on-ai-business-impact-and-transformation-success-protiviti-survey-finds-302810184.html