AI News — June 29, 2026

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China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
AI | The Verge
China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks, it seems that China has dram
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
AI | The Verge
Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is their new incubator program for independent artists that provides grants, mentorship, and marketing support. To apply, artists need t
Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial
AI | The Verge
Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year's Day in 2025, which became one of the deadliest wildfires in LA history. To make their case, prosecutors turned to location data from his iPhone, security camera footage, and witness testimony. But the
Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.