Poached Nobel Laureates, Secret OpenAI Models, and the Five Eyes AI Cyber Alert

The $500M Cure for the Common Cold and the 28-Million-Prompt Corporate Espionage Campaign

Yesterday in AI  |  June 26, 2026 The $500M Cure for the Common Cold and the 28-Million-Prompt Corporate Espionage Campaign  Government defense projects and corporate legal systems are facing immediate machine disruption. This episode covers the National Nuclear Security Administration's Aires Tide project, an 11-foot nuclear test vehicle designed entirely by AI that ran 15 times cheaper and 7 times faster than traditional engineering methods.  We explore Google's new native computer use feature for Gemini 3.5 Flash, bringing desktop automation to a budget price point. We also detail Garfield AI’s historic contested trial victory in a UK county court, Anthropic's shocking letter alleging Alibaba used 25,000 fake accounts to drain Claude's core logic, a new federal bill forcing developers to report internal safety failures within 7 days, and a surprise $500 million joint venture between OpenAI and Anthropic to eliminate the common cold. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!

OpenAI’s New Silicon, Oracle’s 21,000 Job Cuts, and Getty’s 145% Stock Surge

Yesterday in AI  |  June 25, 2026 OpenAI’s New Silicon, Oracle’s 21,000 Job Cuts, and Getty’s 145% Stock Surge The infrastructure behind frontier AI is changing forever as tech giants move toward vertical integration. Today's episode breaks down OpenAI's surprise announcement of its first custom inference chip, Jalapeño, built with Broadcom to challenge Nvidia's dominance and slash scaling costs ahead of its upcoming IPO.   Plus, we unpack the historic corporate disclosure inside Oracle's SEC filing, where the tech giant openly attributed 21,000 eliminated jobs directly to AI deployment. We explore Getty Images’ massive legal surrender and lucrative partnership with OpenAI, a Chinese medical model that just beat OpenAI on its own benchmark test, Sam Altman’s new Hollywood co-production deal with director Luca Guadagnino, and the financial milestone behind Agility Robotics’ $2.5 billion public market debut. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!

The Classified NSA Hack, A Wallet-Busting $6.3B Deal, and Google's Hollywood Bet

Yesterday in AI  |  Jun 24, 2026 The Classified NSA Hack, A Wallet-Busting $6.3B Deal, and Google's Hollywood Bet The terrifying reality behind the US government's sudden recall of Anthropic's flagship models has finally been exposed, revealing a classified cyber-breach that changed everything overnight. Today's episode breaks down how Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model cracked the NSA's networks, and the hyper-aggressive move OpenAI just made to dominate the defensive narrative by launching "Patch the Planet" to secure open-source software.   Plus, we analyze Japan's brilliant new architectural workaround as Sakana AI drops Fugu, an orchestration layer built specifically to insulate enterprise buyers from regulatory shutdowns. We unpack SpaceX's massive $6.3 billion pivot into a commercial supercomputing marketplace with Reflection AI, explore Mark Zuckerberg’s unbranded $299 smart glasses out of Meta's Superintelligence Labs, and dive into the monumental $75 million check Google DeepMind just cut to Hollywood's most respected indie film studio, A24. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!

Poached Nobel Laureates, Secret OpenAI Models, and the Five Eyes AI Cyber Alert

Yesterday in AI  |  June 23, 2026 Poached Nobel Laureates, Secret OpenAI Models, and the Five Eyes AI Cyber Alert The battle for elite AI talent and algorithmic dominance just reached a staggering new peak. Today's episode breaks down the massive shockwave running through Google DeepMind as Nobel Prize-winning chemist John Jumper walks out the door to join Anthropic, compounding a brutal week of high-profile departures.   Plus, we unpack the unprecedented joint public warning from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, putting a concrete timeline of mere months on AI-accelerated offensive cyber threats. We explore the quiet corporate shift as US executives deploy open-weight Chinese models like GLM-5.2 to smash design benchmarks, dive into the leaked demos of OpenAI’s unannounced GPT-5.6 Pro model crushing 3D design tasks in the wild, examine Nvidia's new standardized safety certification architecture for physical humanoid robotics, and close on a deeply moving look at how OpenAI's o3 model is compressing rare childhood disease diagnostic timelines from seven years down to weeks. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!

The Catastrophic Math of $200 AI Subscriptions and DeepMind’s 4 Paths to Superintelligence

Yesterday in AI  |  June 16, 2026 The Catastrophic Math of $200 AI Subscriptions and DeepMind’s 4 Paths to Superintelligence The economic reality of both AI crime and AI commerce is hitting a massive turning point. Today's episode breaks down Google's historic federal lawsuit against "Outsider Enterprise," a Chinese cybercrime ring that weaponized Gemini to launch millions of attacks, exposing the terrifying ease with which AI eliminates the friction of global fraud.   Plus, we expose the quietly catastrophic math threatening the flat-rate AI subscription model. New data reveals that full utilization of a $200/month ChatGPT Pro account can cost OpenAI up to $14,000 in raw compute tokens, leaving model providers dependent on users *not* using what they pay for. We also dive into OpenRouter's benchmark-shattering "Fusion" beta, examine Google DeepMind's explicit 60-page project plan to reach machine superintelligence, and break down CISA’s frantic new 3-day emergency patching directive for federal networks. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2606006/fan_mail/new] Feedback? Email mike@yesterdayinai.news or connect on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky. If you like the show, please take a minute to rate and review it so others can find it!