AI Wont Be Substitute for Human Workers, OpenAI Economist Says
Bloomberg Technology ↗
The rise of artificial intelligence won’t make human workers superfluous, according to OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji.
AI BRIEFING · 2026-06-30
AI Briefing — June 30, 2026
The 10 most important AI stories of June 30, 2026, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Nvidia competitor Etched hits 5B valuation, 1B in sales for AI chip
TechCrunch AI ↗
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.
Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench that uses existing Claude models like Opus 4.8 to integrate 60 scientific databases and specialized toolkits (Rebecca BellanTechCrunch)
TechMeme ↗
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench that uses existing Claude models like Opus 4.8 to integrate 60+ scientific databases and specialized toolkits — Anthropic introduced Claude Science on Tuesday, an AI workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research …
Google Code Confirms Serious Gemini AI Upgrade For Mac Users
Forbes Tech ↗
Google’s new Gemini AI upgrade will let Android users remotely control their Mac workflows.
Schneider to Buy Industrial AI Firm Cognite for 3.1 Billion
Bloomberg Technology ↗
Schneider Electric SE agreed to buy Cognite in a $3.1 billion all-cash deal to expand its industrial data and AI software business.
Heavy corporate AI spenders add staff faster than peers
Financial Times Tech ↗
Study of 22,000 US companies challenges fears that generative AI will trigger broad job losses
The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
TechCrunch AI ↗
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.
X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
TechCrunch AI ↗
X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.
OpenAI engineers reportedly halved the cost of inference — pricing cuts could follow
The Information (via TechMeme) ↗
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: OpenAI engineers earlier this month told some colleagues they had figured out a way to more than halve the cost of inference — We closely track efforts by Anthropic, Google and OpenAI to get access to more server chips to run their models. But we don't talk enough about the work …
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents
TechCrunch AI ↗
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.
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