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The first government suspension of an AI model (Fable 5 and Mythos 5), the largest IPO in history (SpaceX, $75B), a Gemini-powered Siri with Claude on the iPhone, Alphabet's $84.75B raise and a Google research exodus to Anthropic. June 2026 moved AI from technology toward the state and the capital markets.

At Build, Microsoft shows its own MAI models and reduces its reliance on OpenAI. The White House signs a new AI order, and Congress unveils the Great American AI Act with a three-year preemption of state laws. Anthropic files a confidential S-1, NVIDIA reveals the RTX Spark platform for Windows PCs, and Sysdig documents the first attack of its kind it has observed, run by an autonomous LLM agent.

Anthropic closes a $65B Series H at a $965B valuation, valued above OpenAI. The same day, Claude Opus 4.8 launches with Dynamic Workflows. Pope Leo XIV unveils the first AI encyclical alongside an Anthropic co-founder. Mistral bets on industry.

Google I/O 2026 shows Gemini 3.5 Flash, the multimodal Gemini Omni and the Gemini Spark agent, and adds a new $100 AI Ultra tier. An OpenAI model reportedly disproves an 80-year-old Erdős conjecture. Meta trained AI on the staff it is now firing (8,000). Trump pulls his AI safety order.

Google's Android Show I/O Edition unveils Gemini Intelligence and Googlebooks. Google blocks the first AI-generated zero-day exploit. Uber deploys $10B+ into Waymo alternatives. Anthropic at a $30B annualised revenue run rate. OpenAI Deployment Company launches with $4B+.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Apple reported earnings; combined 2026 CapEx tracking ~$720B. China blocks Meta's Manus acquisition. OpenAI reportedly missed growth targets. Pentagon signs deals with 8 AI firms — Anthropic kept off the list.

Anthropic in 30 days locks Mythos, ships Opus 4.7, secures up to $65B and 10 GW from Google and Amazon, kept out of part of the Pentagon contracts. OpenAI returns with GPT-5.5. Four Chinese frontiers in 14 days. Big Tech 2026 CapEx tracking ~$705–735B.

OpenAI's GPT-5.5 reclaims the top of the leaderboards. Google commits up to $40B and 5 GW of compute to Anthropic. DeepSeek V4 cuts frontier inference cost 6x. Tesla Q1 beats but raises CapEx; Cybercab enters production.

Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.7 and publicly concedes it trails the locked-down Mythos. OpenAI counters with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted defenders. NVIDIA open-sources its first quantum AI models. Microsoft builds its own OpenClaw.

OpenAI proposes robot tax and 4-day work weeks. Anthropic restricts Mythos to 40 partners over cyber risks. Intel joins Musk's Terafab chip megaproject. Meta debuts Muse Spark. Zhipu open-sources GLM-5.1.