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Labour MP Jess Asato filed a legal claim against Elon Musk's xAI company alleging its Grok tool was used to generate non-consensual sexualised images of her, including images of her in a bikini and a video depicting assault. The case follows similar action by Ashley St Clair and comes after the UK government threatened action against X in January when Grok produced large quantities of such imagery. X initially restricted the feature to paying users before disabling Grok's ability to edit real people's images entirely.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to give news publishers the ability to opt out of having their content used in AI-powered search summaries like AI Overviews and AI Mode. Publishers will also be able to prevent their content from being used to train AI models, and Google must properly attribute and link to publisher material in summaries. Google has nine months to implement the changes, which will be tested first in the UK before rolling out globally, as publishers seek to protect advertising revenue and reader traffic affected by AI summaries.

Christi Hill, a former Hampshire police constable who left the force in April 2024, has been falsely identified online and on the AI platform Grok as one of the arresting officers in the Henry Nowak murder case, which occurred in December 2025—20 months after her departure. Hill and another officer were wrongly named in bodycam footage circulated on social media and AI platforms, forcing the other officer to leave his home and leading to death threats. The misidentification originated from a photo in a national police bravery award release, and Hampshire constabulary has asked the public to avoid spreading false information while the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigates the police response to the incident.

Mina the Hollower is a game developed by Yacht Club Games for multiple platforms that draws inspiration from Game Boy Color-era adventure games while incorporating modern challenging game design elements. The game centers on a single character ability—a burrow-jump mechanic—that serves as excavation tool, navigation aid, and combat evasive move, which developers have expanded into approximately 20 hours of gameplay featuring varied encounters, puzzles, and environmental uses.

The Department for Education plans to withdraw funding for specialist assistive software under the Disabled Students' Allowance, arguing that widely available free tools now provide equivalent functionality. Disability campaigners and assistive technology advocates have opposed the proposal, contending that specialist tools tailored for individual disabilities offer capabilities that generic free software cannot match, and that cutting funding risks widening achievement gaps and reducing employment prospects for disabled students. A government consultation on the changes closes on 18 June.

Martin Scorsese announced he has invested in and become an adviser to Black Forest Labs, a German AI company, and uses the technology to generate storyboards for filmmaking. Scorsese said the AI tool allows him to communicate his vision to cast and crew more efficiently and described it as 'creatively freeing,' though he stated he is not using AI-generated images in completed films but only in preproduction. The announcement prompted criticism from storyboard and concept artists who accused Scorsese of disrespecting peers and using technology built on artists' work without permission.

Sony revealed a new slate of games at a State of Play live-stream following declining sales of its first-party titles, which dropped from 54.1 million copies in 2018 to 32.1 million in 2025. The announcements included upcoming titles such as a Wolverine game from Insomniac, Silent Hill: Townfall, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and a new God of War game featuring a playable female character. The moves signal Sony's attempt to address concerns about PlayStation's market position relative to competitors like Nintendo and Xbox's expanding game library.

As drones play an expanding role in modern warfare, experts and government officials debate whether artificial intelligence can be programmed with sufficient moral reasoning to make autonomous killing decisions. While some defense officials argue autonomous weapons will be necessary for military competitiveness, academics and international law experts contend that AI systems operate through probabilistic processes fundamentally incompatible with moral decision-making, and that deploying flawed algorithms at scale would amplify errors across theaters of war. The debate reflects disagreement over whether morality can be codified into machines and who would determine which moral framework autonomous weapons systems follow.

OpenAI, once considered AI's leading company, faces pressure to go public as rivals pursue record-setting IPOs, including Anthropic's confidential filing and Alphabet's $80 billion fundraising round. The ChatGPT developer has abandoned strategies to monetize its platform through ads and erotic chatbots and reported losing $1.22 for every dollar spent in the first quarter of 2026, raising questions about whether it can sustain operations despite its $852 billion valuation. Sam Altman has shifted his public messaging on AI's impact, now downplaying job losses rather than discussing massive societal transformation.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority imposed new conduct requirements on Google requiring publishers to opt out of having their content used to train AI models and power search summaries, with mandatory attribution through clear links in AI-generated results. The requirements follow the CMA's designation of Google as having strategic market status in general search services. CMA Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said the requirements are designed to address Google's recent search business changes, and indicated further action would be announced in coming weeks.