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AI in the Hot Seat: Politics, Pink Slips & Phantom Beaches
From Trump’s AI summit cameo to 40,000 telecom layoffs and a beach deepfake that fooled millions—AI’s heating up every corner of our world.
Matty Verse
June 16, 2025
Google ghosts Scale AI after Meta’s megadeal, BT warns of AI-driven layoffs, and Miami’s hackathon goes global—this week’s AI headlines are a whirlwind of data, drones, and debate.
⚙️ WHAT’S NEXT
Trump to Attend AI and Energy Summit in Pittsburgh
U.S. President Donald Trump will share the stage with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech and energy CEOs at Carnegie Mellon on July 15. Bold takeaway: Washington’s AI policy showdown goes prime-time.
Google Plans to Split from Scale AI After Meta Deal
Alphabet’s search giant, Scale AI’s largest customer, is exploring new data-labeling partners after Meta’s $14.8 billion acquisition shook up the startup’s client roster. Bold takeaway: Meta’s move sent ripples through Scale’s customer base.Hugging Face’s Delangue Kicks Off LeRobot Hackathon
Clem Delangue joined Miami AI Hub to launch the 36-hour LeRobot Worldwide Hackathon, with 150+ teams building open-source robot arms in parallel with hubs on six continents. Bold takeaway: Open-source robotics just went truly global.BT Boss Warns AI Will Deepen 40,000 Job Cuts
BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby told the FT that AI could accelerate plans to cut over 40,000 roles and trim £3 billion in costs by 2030. Bold takeaway: Telecom layoffs get an AI turbocharger.
🤖AI IN ACTION
Factory Self-Trainers: AgiBot’s Humanoid Workshop
In Shanghai, AgiBot runs dozens of humanoid robots 17 hours a day folding clothes, making sandwiches, and swinging doors to generate training data—boosting autonomous assembly by 50 %.
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DeepGuard on the Go: Honor’s Magic 7 Pro
Honor’s flagship smartphone flags AI-generated deepfakes in six seconds—entirely on-device—giving users privacy-first protection against misinformation.
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FDA’s AI Rollout
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will fully integrate generative AI across its scientific review centers by June 30—accelerating drug approvals and slashing review times.
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ChipMatch: AMD’s AI Startup Collab
AMD is partnering with AI firms like Cohere and OpenAI to co-design its MI300 series accelerators—yielding up to 20 % gains in compute efficiency.
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🎥 AI REEL
Beach Blitz Fakeout
A video of beachgoers in Goa was miscaptioned as Dover asylum seekers—racking millions of views before Reuters Fact Check exposed the AI-sourced deception.
Quote: “This is Dover,” the narrator claimed—yet it’s Calangute Beach in India.
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🌟 AI OF THE WEEK
Eufy Omni E28
Eufy’s latest Omni E28 combines a robot vacuum, mop, and integrated portable deep cleaner into one AI-powered unit—boasting 20,000 Pa suction, LiDAR-guided navigation, and a self-sanitizing dock. Why it matters: All-in-one floor care just hit peak convenience—no mop buckets or extra gadgets needed.
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📊 INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT
U.S. Caps Huawei’s 2025 AI Chip Output at 200K Units, citing national security risks. reuters.com
BT Group CEO Warns AI Will Deepen 40K+ Job Cuts by 2030 at the British telecom. reuters.com
Data Infrastructure M&A Hits $421 B, accounting for 25 % of global deals as tech giants snatch up data-ops firms. reuters.com
Qualcomm Launches AI R&D Centre in Vietnam to advance generative and agentic AI for smartphones, XR, automotive, and IoT. reuters.com
Mistral Unveils Europe’s First AI Reasoning Model, championing logical AI responses against U.S. and Chinese rivals. reuters.com
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