WEEKLY DIGEST
Week in AI: Jun 15 — Jun 19, 2026
The top stories from our coverage this week.
@Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks at 80.04% accuracy, outperforming OpenAI and Anthropic.
the-decoder.com/google-researchs-gemini-sql2-tops-t…
@PegasusTech and @CYBERDYNE launch a $60M fund for startups in robotics, physical AI, and healthcare automation.
therobotreport.com/pegasus-tech-ventures-launches-6…
@Amazon @Nvidia @AMD back Odyssey ML with $310M to build 3D world models, now valued at $1.45B.
the-decoder.com/amazon-nvidia-and-amd-bet-310-milli…
@Microsoft and @Nvidia partner on AI PCs running agents next week at Computex and Build
theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161529/microsoft-nvidia-ai…
@AnthropicAI's Constitutional AI approach relies on RLAIF, but its welfare metrics remain undefined.
lesswrong.com/posts/gNtHHCh363xSGJyz3/anthropic-is-…
Microsoft Research's Mirage video model stores scene information in latent space, drastically reducing compute time for persistent spatial memory.
the-decoder.com/microsoft-researchs-mirage-gives-vi…
Microsoft researcher builds a working neural network using goats in Age of Empires II to critique AI science.
the-decoder.com/microsoft-researcher-builds-a-worki…
@OpenAI releases LifeSciBench, a 750-task benchmark grading AI models on real life-science research with expert-written rubrics.
marktechpost.com/2026/06/17/openai-releases-lifesci…
Compliance Theatre, Act 29.
Annex III requires third-party certification.
the-decoder.com/spacex-bets-60-billion-on-cursor-to…
@Niantic's Pokémon Go AR data trained spatial AI models now being used with US defense contractor software for drone navigation. the-decoder.com/pokemon-go-data-helped-train-ai-now…