2026-06-19

Retailers want AI-generated ads exempt from EU transparency rules

Europe’s retailers would like the law to make an exception for them. AI-generated advertising should be carved out of the European Union’s incoming transparency rules, a retail association has argued, according to Reuters, taking aim at provisions that would require companies to label commercial content produced by artificial intelligence before those rules begin to bite […]<br /> This [...]

2026-06-19

At least one UK government department is reportedly done with X

UK attorney general Richard Hermer told his staff his office was quitting X, according to The Guardian and The Observer. [...]

2026-06-19

AI exposes the M&A integration gaps that governance must fix

Nine in ten companies now use AI, but M&A keeps revealing what’s broken underneath. [...]

2026-06-19

5 reasons I'm using Android Auto instead of my car's own infotainment system - and can't go back

Your car's built-in screen may look modern, but Android Auto is still the easier, smarter way to drive. Here's why. [...]

2026-06-19

Claude is becoming more agentic. Amanda Askell is thinking through what that means

The Anthropic researcher is focused on one of AI’s hardest problems: how to make models that are helpful, safe, and responsive to human values as they begin to act on our behalf. [...]

2026-06-19

Gen Z Singles Are Trying to Make ‘Solomaxxing’ Aspirational

For young people, the trend removes the stigma of being unmarried and alone, and recasts it as something to aim for, not avoid. [...]

2026-06-19

Disney is joining the AI-ad arms race, just as audiences turn on ‘slop’

Disney is about to start making your ads with AI. The company is preparing to launch a beta version of a tool that generates television ads using AI, a Disney executive told staff at an internal meeting, according to a recording obtained by Business Insider. The beta is due in July. Scripts, video and music […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-19

GitHub for the factory floor: Copia raises $26M to protect the code that runs industry

Ask an industrial engineer how their plant would recover if a controller’s code got corrupted or encrypted, and the honest answer is often grim: a backup on someone’s laptop, in a folder named “final_backup_2”. Copia Automation wants to replace that with something closer to how software teams work. The New York startup has raised $26mn […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-19

‘Fight fire with fire’: Databricks is buying Panther Labs to challenge Splunk and CrowdStrike with AI

Databricks has a new pitch for the AI age of cyberattacks: fight fire with fire. The $134bn data-and-AI company said it will buy Panther Labs, a cybersecurity startup, as it pushes deeper into a market dominated by Splunk and CrowdStrike. It is Databricks’ third security acquisition, a sign of how seriously it is taking the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]