[6/18 07:00] Amodei urges AI unity at G7 even as US bans Anthropic models / Grant Thornton CFO survey — tech investment up despite record-low confidence

[6/18 11:00] Bell Canada x Cohere sovereign AI infrastructure / LG AI Research x D&D Pharmatech oral peptide drugs

AI News Flash for June 18, 2026 at 11:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Bell Canada x Cohere sovereign AI infrastructure https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-18/bce-teams-with-cohere-on-canada-ai-data-center-to-boost-sovereign-strategy 2. LG AI Research x D&D Pharmatech oral peptide drugs https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/lg-dd-pharmatech-oral-peptide-drugs/ 3. JioHotstar AI x connected TV x commerce, India streaming https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/jiohotstar-ai-connected-tv-commerce-apos-2026-1236784804/ 4. Europe bets industrial AI to salvage manufacturing edge https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-18/ai-for-industries-europe-s-mistral-siemens-schneider-lead-tech-vanguard

[6/18 10:00] Anthropic opens Seoul office / Netherlands Cancer Institute mesothelioma AI ARTIMES

AI News Flash for June 18, 2026 at 10:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Anthropic opens Seoul office https://www.anthropic.com/news/seoul-office-partnerships-korean-ai-ecosystem 2. Netherlands Cancer Institute mesothelioma AI ARTIMES https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-heavyweight-tumor-mesothelioma-patients.html 3. Deloitte London AI Studio with Google Cloud https://www.internationalaccountingbulletin.com/news/deloitte-to-open-london-ai-studio-with-google-cloud-partnership/ 4. Sweden SmartTrap autonomous optical tweezers https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132381

[6/18 09:00] Applied Materials SENZ AI smart eyewear / University of Pennsylvania AI hate speech detection study

AI News Flash for June 18, 2026 at 09:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Applied Materials SENZ AI smart eyewear https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/applied-materials-amat-launches-senz-081851074.html 2. University of Pennsylvania AI hate speech detection study https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/why-do-ai-models-struggle-with-online-hate-speech-detection 3. Japan bank lobby warns of AI-enabled cyberattacks https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/japan-bank-lobby-warns-potential-service-disruptions-due-ai-enabled-cyberattacks-2026-06-18/ 4. Zalando runs AI infrastructure on European tech Hopsworks https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/zalando-europes-largest-online-retailer-080000577.html

[6/18 08:00] DeepSeek Series A funding, founder control / Health leaders urged to curb AI spending

AI News Flash for June 18, 2026 at 08:00 UTC. Topics: 1. DeepSeek Series A funding, founder control https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3357525/how-deepseeks-landmark-funding-secures-liang-wenfengs-grip-chinas-ai-rivalry-heats 2. Health leaders urged to curb AI spending https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/health-leaders-urged-curb-aggressive-ai-spending 3. Humanoid vision, perception layer of physical AI https://omdia.tech.informa.com/blogs/2026/june/humanoid-vision-is-becoming-the-perception-layer-of-physical-ai 4. Tom Holland, creativity safe from AI https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/tom-holland-argues-creativity-safe-072101938.html

[6/18 07:00] Amodei urges AI unity at G7 even as US bans Anthropic models / Grant Thornton CFO survey — tech investment up despite record-low confidence

AI News Flash for June 18, 2026 at 07:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Amodei urges AI unity at G7 even as US bans Anthropic models https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/anthropic-dario-amodei-urged-ai-062300127.html 2. Grant Thornton CFO survey — tech investment up despite record-low confidence https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260617684790/en/Grant-Thornton-survey-CFOs-ramp-up-technology-investment-despite-record-low-economic-confidence 3. OVHcloud to build frontier AI models, Europe's second LLM player https://www.technology.org/2026/06/18/ovhcloud-frontier-ai-models-europe-mistral/ 4. Lighthouse/WIRED expose unreliable AI age estimation for asylum seekers https://www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/how-we-analysed-ai-used-to-guess-asylum-seekers-ages/