In a Financial Times op-ed following June's G7 summit, OpenAI's Sam Altman called for an international referee modeled on the Cold War-era IAEA, arguing that elected officials, not AI labs, must write the rules governing advanced systems. Altman cited aviation and banking oversight as further proof that global standard-setting works. Separately, OpenAI reportedly floated handing the U.S. government a 5% equity stake and urged rival labs to contribute to a dividend fund redistributing AI-generated wealth.

SOURCE: FINANCIAL TIMES

Doosan Robotics launched PalletizHD+, a system that uses AI to plan how boxes get stacked and how the robot moves. It handles up to 11 boxes a minute, and staff set up new jobs from one screen without any technical training.

SRC: ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION NEWS

Ghostly Labs launched Phantom Realty Engine, an AI named Sarah that runs a brokerage's website and customer database as one system. In its first rollout it re-engaged nearly half of a dead lead list and nearly tripled organic website traffic.

SRC: NEWSFILE

Ecorobotix brought its ARA595 sprayer to the U.S., using AI to spray only the spots that need it instead of blanketing a field. It covers 10 acres an hour and recognizes more than 40 types of weeds.

SRC: FARMS.COM

Microsoft launched a new business built to get big companies actually using its AI tools rather than just buying them. Early clients include the London Stock Exchange Group, Unilever and Accenture, matching similar moves by Amazon, OpenAI and Anthropic.

SRC: TECHCRUNCH

Harvard Medical School built a tool called COMPASS that reads a tumor's genetic activity to forecast whether a patient will benefit from immunotherapy drugs that work for only 10-40% of people. It was tested across 16 patient groups and shows the reasoning behind each call.

SRC: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

AIsa raised $6.5 million, co-led by Alibaba and Tribe Capital, to run a network that lets AI agents find and pay for the tools and data they need without human sign-ups or subscriptions. Users and transactions on the platform grew more than 150-fold from February to June.

SRC: YAHOO FINANCE

Glance and Samsung built an AI shopping experience into Samsung smart TVs made since 2020. The AI watches what you watch to suggest products, and you browse fashion and lifestyle items using just the remote and your voice.

SRC: FORBES

Klaviyo launched Composer, an AI that runs marketing campaigns, and linked it to its customer-service AI so both draw on the same live customer data. Support conversations now shape future campaigns, and campaign results sharpen future service.

SRC: YAHOO FINANCE