AI News from June 22, 2026

A new generative AI-powered benchmarking system reveals China's dominance in the autonomous vehicle and robotaxi sector over US competitors.

Mercer's 2026 Global Talent Trends Report reveals 99% of CEOs anticipate AI will result in workforce reductions over the next two years.

Mastercard is building capabilities to let AI agents transact on behalf of users, marking a major step toward autonomous agentic commerce.

Defense AI startup Shield AI secured $2 billion in funding at a $12.7 billion valuation, as military AI investment accelerates in 2026.

Anthropic took its two newest AI models offline after a Trump export control order, igniting broad debate over AI regulation and digital sovereignty.

Google has launched its new Gemini-powered Google Home speaker, bringing advanced conversational AI to the home device lineup.

Adobe's updated Firefly AI studio uses memory of past creations to deliver more consistent and personalized generative AI outputs.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will surpass human intelligence by 2030, with rival AI leaders forecasting it will happen even sooner.

Singer SZA publicly denounced AI-supporting musicians after claiming 238 of her songs appeared in AI training datasets.

The White House is pressuring Anthropic to prevent all jailbreaks of its AI models, but security experts say the demand may be technically unfeasible.