AI News for June 26, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Trump administration to approve GPT-5.6 access customer by customer: OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 only in limited preview to a small set of enterprise customers, complying with a Trump administration request to stagger the rollout over security concerns.
[NEWS] Anthropic tells Congress Alibaba ran 28.8M-exchange Claude cloning campaign: Anthropic told US senators that Alibaba's Qwen lab generated 28.8 million exchanges through nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April 22 and June 5, targeting Claude's agentic reasoning, software engineering, and long-horizon task capabilities.
[NEWS] Micron actual Q2: 346% revenue surge to $41.5B, 84.9% margins, $50B next-quarter guidance: Micron reported quarterly revenue of $41.5B, up 346% year-over-year, with gross margins of 84.9% and EPS of $25.11, each beating Wall Street consensus by wide margins.
[NEWS] Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel confirmed leaving Google's Gemini for Anthropic: Bloomberg named the two departing Google Gemini researchers as Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel.
[NEWS] Apple raises Mac and iPad prices up to 25%, blaming AI memory crunch: Apple lifted Mac prices by as much as 20% and iPad prices up to 25%, with some models costing $300 more, citing an unprecedented shortage of memory and storage chips.
[NEWS] OpenAI leans toward delaying IPO to 2027, SoftBank drops 13%: OpenAI is leaning toward holding off on an IPO until 2027, according to people involved in its deliberations.
[NEWS] Apple skips high-end M6 chips to jump to AI-focused M7 line: Apple will not release Pro and Max versions of its upcoming M6 chip, shipping only the base M6 before pivoting to an M7 generation built around AI.
[OPINION] Ford rehires veteran engineers after AI alone failed to fix quality: Ford hired, promoted, or brought back about 350 experienced technical specialists to fix vehicle-quality problems, admitting AI and automation were not enough on their own.
[NEWS] ON Semiconductor strikes $7B Synaptics deal for physical AI: ON Semiconductor agreed to acquire Synaptics for $7 billion in a push into physical AI, the application of AI to robotics, sensors, and edge devices.
[NEWS] Pentagon revises doctrine to let AI help set military targets: The Pentagon revised its doctrine on how the US military selects battlefield targets, opening the way for AI to play a broader role in wartime targeting decisions.

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