I just caused an automated system which is dumb to apologize-in-advance to an automated system which is smart. (~ "The system which generates this file can't do string manipulation. You can, though, so to succeed you will want to… Sorry about extra work.") Programming in 2026.
INNOVATION
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Ren Ito of G7 Yomiuri article on Japan’s importance in AI
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The co-founder of Sakana AI, Ren Ito, who participated in the G7 summit of heads of state, contributed an article to the Yomiuri Shimbun. In a context where the international environment around AI is undergoing major changes, he emphasizes the importance for Japan to continue
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OpenAI trains models with RL to reinforce beneficial traits across 12 domains
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We trained models with reinforcement learning on realistic conversations to reinforce beneficial traits like truthfulness, humility under uncertainty, openness to correction, fairness, and concern for human welfare, across 12 domains, including health, science, and education.
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Atomic Mail Launches AI Agent Email API
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Atomic Mail has launched its API-first email, built for AI agents, in which inboxes belong to the agents themselves.
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 18 juin 2026
> Atomic Mail operates through MCPs and Agent Skills.
> The agent registers its own account and sends, receives, and replies without a person in the loop.… https://t.co/7aBbbpcW8e pic.twitter.com/w9L7qhIHb3Atomic Mail has launched its API-first email service, designed for AI agents, where inboxes belong to the agents themselves. > Atomic Mail operates via MCP and Agent Skills. > The agent registers its own account and sends, receives, and
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Lawmakers warn airlines of AI pricing targeting personal pain points
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1/ Airlines are moving fares to AI that prices by demand, your device, and your location in real time. One carrier planned to set 20% of fares this way, in what lawmakers called pricing aimed at your personal "pain point." It denies using personal data. The rest are following.
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Disney and Adobe collaborate on AI training
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OpenAI cancelled its $1B Disney deal back in March, but the House of Mouse is still making AI moves.
— The Rundown AI (@TheRundownAI) 18 juin 2026
Earlier this week, Disney Imagineering announced a collaboration with @Adobe to train AI on its own art (Mickey, Frozen, Cars) to speed up theme-park design.
Today: Business… pic.twitter.com/wl4jC01rJAOpenAI canceled its $1 billion deal with Disney last March, but the House of Mouse continues to make AI advancements. Earlier this week, Disney Imagineering announced a collaboration with @Adobe to train AI on its own artwork.
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zAI promises an open source Mythos model before 2027
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The founder of zAI, the company that published GLM-5.2, says that a Mythos-class model will be released before the first quarter of 2027. Or, in other words: He believes that open source will not remain seven months behind Frontier Labs, but will catch up.
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Stanford Wins 2026 Databricks Cup
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Stanford University is the 2026 Databricks Grounded Reasoning Cup champion! The inaugural Grounded Reasoning Cup at #DataAISummit 2026 is in the books, with Stanford taking 1st, UMass Amherst earning 2nd, and Yale University securing 3rd after six high-intensity rounds.
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Codex creates OSS grant from app screenshot and logs
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Codex continues to blow my mind everyday! Had to make an ad hoc Codex for OSS grant today, and all I did was send codex an app shot and "can you take care of this?" Codex went and looked through my slack DMs/ chats and chronicle logs to find an API @jxnlco
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Musk: Anthropic’s useful intelligence beats benchmarks, shows in revenue
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On benchmarks, yes, but as measured by true usefulness even Q1 would be very impressive. Anthropic has rightly focused on maximizing useful intelligence, which does not show up in benchmarks, but definitely shows up in revenue.