This Week in All Things AI - Week 25-2026

This post originally meant to go out on 21st June was delayed because I had taken some personal time off to participate in Ashara Mubaraka [from 16th to 24th June].

This Week in All Things AI covers key developments in models, agents, tools, infrastructure, and policy curated from discussions in the All Things AI Telegram group.

If you follow AI for work, research, investing, or just to understand where the technology is heading, this weekly brief is a concise way to scan the most important launches, risks, and resources in a few focused minutes.

The week of June 14–20, 2026 saw high-profile industry consolidation, with SpaceX acquiring Cursor AI in a $60 billion all-stock deal aimed at accelerating model development on its Colossus supercomputer. Model releases continued to push boundaries, headlined by GLM-5.2—an open-weight model with a 1-million-token context window and competitive pricing. On the talent front, Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture, departed Google for OpenAI, while Microsoft's Satya Nadella outlined a strategy centered on companies owning their own "learning loops" and building "token capital" from internal data. Market concerns also surfaced, including leaked reports questioning OpenAI's financial stability and broader commentary on unsustainable business models across the sector. On the product side, Midjourney announced a healthcare division, CozyBlanket Pro introduced real-time AI topology prediction for 3D modeling, and MLX-LoRA-Studio brought local LoRA fine-tuning to Apple Silicon Macs.

The sections that follow walk through these items day by day, with short context and links so you can dive deeper into the pieces most relevant to your work or interests.

Sunday 14th June 2026

via Sam O who asked the following question

What do you think about what is said in this video ?
Short summary of the video: The AI industry is facing a potential collapse due to unsustainable business models, over-reliance on hype, and financial struggles, which may ultimately lead to a significant downturn in the industry.

Monday 15th June 2026

Satya Nadella Outlines AI's Future for Businesses in Detailed Post

Satya Nadella says companies must own their AI “learning loops” to compound human and token capital. He describes a 'cognitive loop' where human judgment guides AI, emphasizing two key assets: employees' ingenuity and 'token capital' from custom AI developed on private data. He warns against AI labs capturing all value, pushing for a 'frontier ecosystem' that spreads benefits across firms and nations while avoiding industry hollowing. Tech leaders praised the positive vision, though critics pointed to job risks from Microsoft's own layoffs and workflow automation.

Tuesday 16th June 2026

via Alex in response to Sam O's question on 14th June

Ed Zitron just leaked financials of OpenAI 😬 (good read):
https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/?ref=ed-zitrons-wheres-your-ed-at-newsletter

Numbers read almost as badly as the SPCX S1.
If the numbers turn out to be real, this is 30~40% less revenue & >800% higher losses than claimed/hinted at by Sam previously

SpaceX announced it exercised its option to acquire Cursor AI, the leading AI code editor by Anysphere, in an all-stock $60 billion transaction aimed at building the world's most useful AI models.

Wednesday 17th June 2026

GLM-5.2 offers a 1 million token context window, two reasoning modes, and low pricing at $1.40 per million input tokens. It leads as the top open-weight model on Arena.ai's Code Arena: Frontend with a 1,595 Elo score, dominates subcategories like Gaming and Data & Analytics, and ranks #3 on the tough FrontierSWE benchmark. Developers highlight its 11-times cheaper cost over competitors and real-world coding skills.

Thursday 18th June 2026

Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture and Mixture of Experts, announced he is leaving Google to join OpenAI.
Shazeer joined Google in 2000, co-led Gemini after returning from founding Character.AI, which Google acquired for $2.7 billion in 2024.

Friday 19th June 2026

via Kevin Dent
This is WOW
Base mesh creation in under 60 seconds with CozyBlanket Pro's guided AI topology predictor, fully real-time. Currently in development.

Saturday 20th June 2026

via Robby Yung
There's a new app that lets you post-train models on any Mac with enough RAM. You can experiment with most popular finetuning frameworks like LoRA/QLoRA, full fine-tuning, or Quantization-Aware Training (QAT) that Gemma 4 recently used. I find it amazing that after local inference, any user can also create a customized version of Gemma 4 or Qwen3.5/3.6 at home.

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