Today’s AI Pulse - AI Lawsuits, Robot Deliveries & Hollywood’s Digital Afterlife (6 June, 2025)
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Welcome to Times Algebra Daily — your sharpest lens on the evolving tech and AI frontier. Today, Amazon tests humanoid robots for doorstep deliveries, while Reddit takes Anthropic to court over AI data scraping. X (formerly Twitter) joins the resistance, banning AI training on its posts. Meanwhile, AI enters military briefings, Hollywood scripts, and even your kitchen (hello, ChefGPT). OpenAI defends against data demands, while new threats and malware lurk under fake résumés. With billion-dollar bets, VR breakthroughs, and calls to rethink programming itself — one thing’s clear: AI isn’t just the future. It’s right now. Let’s decode the day.
Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
Dan Milmo/ The Guardian
Amazon is literally stepping up its delivery game. Humanoid robots are apparently being tested by the corporation to deliver things to your door.
Reddit sues Anthropic over AI data scraping
Ryan Daws/ AI News
Anthropic is being sued by Reddit in retaliation for allegedly utilising user postings to train AI without consent. Data battles are intensifying.
X’s new policy prevents companies from using posts to ‘fine-tune or train’ AI models
Emma Roth/ The Verge
Boundaries are imposed by X (previously Twitter): a new rule prohibits businesses from utilising its content to train AI, indicating a change in the conflict over data ownership.
Anthropic launches new Claude service for military and intelligence use
Hayden Field/ The Verge
Claude goes undercover—Anthropic introduces a customised AI platform designed for intelligence and national defence organisations.
How we’re responding to The New York Times’ data demands in order to protect user privacy
Open AI
Amid growing legal difficulties, OpenAI is resisting data scrutiny, defending its AI operations and vowing to protect user privacy.
OpenAI Report: 10 AI Threat Campaigns Revealed Including Windows-Based Malware, Fake Resumes
Michael Kurko/ TechRepublic
OpenAI reveals a network of risks driven by AI, ranging from nation-sponsored manipulation efforts to viruses masquerading as resumes.
Making virtual reality more accessible
Science Daily
A much-needed reality check is being given to VR. In order to make immersive technology more accessible to all users, new tools are being developed.
$10B Amazon AI & Cloud Expansion in North Carolina Includes Thousands of Jobs
Aminu Abdullahi/ TechRepublic
With thousands of jobs and data centres in tow, Amazon's $10 billion wager on AI and cloud in North Carolina has the potential to completely transform the area.
The Trump-Musk Fallout + A DOGE Coder Speaks + ChefGPT
New York Times
This week's tech drama includes a DOGE insider disclosing secrets, Trump and Musk splitting up, and AI receiving its own chef hat.
Death is not the end! From the new robot Walt Disney to Mountainhead, movies are fuelled by immortality
Stuart Heritage/ The Guardian
Hollywood's most recent obsession, with artificial intelligence at its core, is cheating death, as evidenced by robotic Walt Disney and digital legacies.
We’re Back to Square One: Why AI is Forcing Us to Reinvent Programming Languages (Again)
MKWriteshere/ Towards AI
The quick development of AI is defying convention. The basic languages that drive the digital world might need to be rewritten by developers.
How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War
Adam Satariano/ New York Times
As the global IT supply chain is disrupted by U.S.-China tensions, ASML is caught in the crossfire and has to balance a geopolitical tightrope.
How to Build ChatGPT Assistants That Think Before They Answer
Nate Sowder/ Towards AI
No more blurting AI. Discover how to create ChatGPT assistants that think, react, and reason more precisely than a person.
Not Everything Needs Automation: 5 Practical AI Agents That Deliver Enterprise Value
Weiwei Hu/ Towards AI
Break through the hoopla around AI. These five real-world agents are demonstrating that the secret to ROI is careful automation rather than complete takeover.
Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video
Nilay Patel/ The Verge
AI is prepared for a closer look. The CEO of Runway exhorts Hollywood to embrace AI and stop being afraid of it in order to unleash next-generation storytelling.