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Today's top AI news stories — 2026-06-18: 1. Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Overall, use of AI chatbots has 2. Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when science crashes headlong into self-interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up here today! Got 3. OpenAI's AI chemist advances drug-making reactions OpenAI and Molecule.one demonstrated how GPT-5.4 autonomously improved a challenging medicinal chemistry reaction, showing AI's real-world impact on pharmaceutical research. The breakthrough suggests AI is moving beyond analysis into hands-on scienti Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-06-18.html