Google reportedly limited Meta’s use of Gemini AI due to capacity issues, Ford re-hires some veteran engineers to correct quality issues caused by AI, and Sony will remove 551 Studio Canal purchased films and shows from customer libraries.
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The Financial Times reports Google has limited Meta’s use of Gemini AI due to a lack of capacity. Sources say Google informed Meta in March it would be unable to provide the requested capacity, disrupting some of Meta’s internal AI projects. Meta has since requested staff increase their efficiency with AI tokens and, earlier in June, Google signed a $920million/month leasing deal for computing capacity from SpaceX. Google and Meta declined to comment.
Source: The Financial Times
The Wall Street Journal reports China’s Zhipu AI, Z.ai, released its open-weight GLM-5.2, claiming researchers found it can match Mythos in bug-finding and other cybersecurity environments. Researchers note Z.ai is not as strong as Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s models in other task types. Z.ai is available to download and run on local hardware.
Source: The Wall Street Journal and The Verge
Australia’s government proposed an update to the social media ban. The new legislation, if passed, would double the penalty for a systemic breach, from A$49.5m to A$99m (approximately $68m USD). The eSafety Commissioner would also receive new powers, enabling the commission to compel internal material from companies in breach, such as company board minutes and internal emails. Previously, researchers found over 85% of under-16s continue using restricted social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube. In a statement the Australian Prime Minister said “There are still too many children on social media”.
Source: Australian Broadcast Company and The Next Web
Bloomberg reports Ford executives hired 350 veteran engineers, some formerly employed by Ford, to reverse a decline in quality caused by AI and other automated systems. Ford’s vice president of vehicle hardware engineering Charles Poon said “Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product.” Ford CEO Jim Farley said the veteran engineers contributed to a lowering of warranty and recall costs.
Source: Bloomberg and TechCrunch
Netflix confirmed to Ars Technica the platform now requires every user profile within an account to be tied to unique email address. Netflix stated “This sign-in update is a permanent change that started rolling out on June 15, 2026.” Accounts for children are not included in the unique email address requirement. Ars Technica reporter Scharon Harding shared their father, as soon as the email was provided so he could login a again, began receiving marketing emails and had to opt-out.
Source: Ars Technica
In 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill to force the normalization of volume levels between shows and advertisements on streaming platforms. The Motion Picture Association had opposed the bill, claiming ads may have different volumes due to various encoding pipelines. In a 2025 statement Democratic Sen. Tom Umberg said “If they can find a way to boost the volume, they can find a way to not boost the volume.” A federal law already prohibited TV broadcasters from playing commercials louder than the main content being presented; this California bill now applies this standard to streaming platforms beginning July 1st.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Sony sent a notice to PlayStation users that purchased movies through the platform reading: “you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, [and] it will be removed from your video library.” The full list of 551 films and TV series is available on the PlayStation site for affected regions, including the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Kotaku contacted Sony to ask if there will be any type of compensation for the removal, but received no response at this time.
Source: Kotaku
This week NASA is launching a rescue mission for the Swift Observatory — which studies gamma-ray bursts — planning to boost Swift to a higher orbit after intense solar activity caused it to sink. NASA contracted Katalyst Space Technologies to create a 3-armed craft to return Swift to a proper orbit. If the $30 million operation is successful, it’s possible a rescue mission for the Hubble Space Telescope — launched in 1990 and losing altitude to atmospheric drag — could be next.
Source: AP News
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