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Top AI labs urge Congress | 🧪 New catalyst turns waste heat | Microsoft and Google take | 🤖 Anthropic calls for a globally | One chip generates, steers | 🧬 Israel strikes military sites

Jun '26 – Yesterday in three minutes: the four biggest AI labs jointly warned Congress that AI is lowering the barrier to engineering pathogens, a cheaper route to clean hydrogen emerged from the.

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Joint industry letter2 min read

Top AI labs urge Congress to mandate synthetic-DNA screening

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Microsoft AI warned that AI is eroding the technical barriers to weaponizing biology, and asked Congress to require screening at synthetic-DNA providers.

AI & BiosecurityRead source

ScienceDaily2 min read

New catalyst turns waste heat into clean hydrogen

A University of Birmingham perovskite catalyst splits water into hydrogen at far lower temperatures, letting factories, steel and cement plants, and renewables convert waste heat into fuel.

Clean EnergyRead source

CNBC2 min read

Microsoft and Google take on Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding models

The coding-agent race intensified this month, with Google''s Gemini 3.5 Pro, Anthropic''s Claude Mythos 1 and xAI''s long-delayed Grok 5 all arriving.

AI ModelsRead source

Anthropic2 min read

Anthropic calls for a globally coordinated pause on frontier AI

Days after confidentially filing for an IPO, Anthropic argued the pace of self-improving AI now warrants international coordination.

AI GovernanceRead source

ScienceDaily2 min read

One chip generates, steers and reads light for ultra-fast computing

A single photonic device handles light-based information end to end — a step toward faster, far more energy-efficient computers.

Photonic ComputingRead source

World News2 min read

Israel strikes military sites in Iran — first time since the April 7 ceasefire

The Israeli Air Force hit targets in western and central Iran, with explosions reported near Isfahan, Tabriz and Tehran; Netanyahu said Israel agreed to halt the strikes at President Trump''s request.

Global signalRead source

World News2 min read

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southern Philippines kills at least 32

The offshore quake near Maasim, Sarangani injured more than 200 and sent a three-foot tsunami toward nearby coasts, with shaking felt across Mindanao, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Global signalRead source

World News2 min read

DR Congo''s Ebola outbreak is spreading at an unprecedented pace

Africa CDC warned the outbreak is expanding faster than previous ones, raising the risk of regional spread.

Global signalRead source

World News2 min read

Peru''s presidential election goes to the wire

Early results showed leftist Roberto Sanchez at about 50.14% against U.S.-backed Keiko Fujimori on 49.8% — within recount range.

Global signalRead source

04 — Internet: For You

What’s buzzing online right now

X · Hacker News · Tech press

OpenClaw blasts past 210k stars — a local-first personal AI assistant wiring models into 50+ apps (WhatsApp, Slack, iMessage)

Peter Steinberger

Four AI labs sign a joint letter asking Congress to mandate synthetic-DNA screening

@OpenAI

Boston Dynamics + Google DeepMind put Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 into the Spot robot dog

Google DeepMind

Perplexity ships Bumblebee, a read-only supply-chain scanner for dependencies, MCP servers and editor extensions

Hacker News

A Claude Code skill encoding Karpathy''s LLM-coding rules rockets to 156k stars

Trending

r/singularity dissects Anthropic''s "When AI builds itself" essay and its call for a global pause

r/singularity

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Top AI labs urge Congress | 🧪 New catalyst turns waste heat | Microsoft and Google take | 🤖 Anthropic calls for a globally | One chip generates, steers | 🧬 Israel strikes military sites

Selected articles, synthesized in order

Top AI labs urge Congress to mandate synthetic-DNA screening

New catalyst turns waste heat into clean hydrogen

Microsoft and Google take on Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding models

Anthropic calls for a globally coordinated pause on frontier AI

One chip generates, steers and reads light for ultra-fast computing

Israel strikes military sites in Iran — first time since the April 7 ceasefire

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southern Philippines kills at least 32

DR Congo''s Ebola outbreak is spreading at an unprecedented pace

Peru''s presidential election goes to the wire

What’s buzzing online right now

Recent briefings you may have missed

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