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Yesterday in AI | June 26, 2026
The $500M Cure for the Common Cold and the 28-Million-Prompt Corporate Espionage Campaign
Government defense projects and corporate legal systems are facing immediate machine disruption. This episode covers the National Nuclear Security Administration's Aires Tide project, an 11-foot nuclear test vehicle designed entirely by AI that ran 15 times cheaper and 7 times faster than traditional engineering methods.
We explore Google's new native computer use feature for Gemini 3.5 Flash, bringing desktop automation to a budget price point. We also detail Garfield AI’s historic contested trial victory in a UK county court, Anthropic's shocking letter alleging Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts to drain Claude's core logic, a new federal bill forcing developers to report internal safety failures within 7 days, and a surprise $500 million joint venture between OpenAI and Anthropic to eliminate the common cold.
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