AI News - June 16, 2025

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We're excited to bring you this week's roundup of the most fascinating AI news, updates, and breakthroughs! Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and explore the incredible world of AI with us.

🔥 Top AI Stories of the Week

1. Yale students raise money for an AI powered social network. [Link]

2. Tennix is an AI powered robotic tennis coach now available. [Link]

3. Scientists in China claim that AI is capable of thinking like humans. [Link]

4. Web site Hugging Face unveils two no low cost robots for household use. [Link]

5. Educational financial aid fraud is growing rapidly due to use of AI. [Link]

6. Toy maker Mattel signs a deal with OpenAI to reinvent its Barbie line of dolls with AI. [Link]

7. Film studios Disney and Universal sue A.I company Midjourney for copyright infringement. [Link]

8. Nvidia will build its first AI cloud for industrial applications in Germany. [Link]

9. Meta has announced a new “world model” called V-JEPA2 to help robotaxis understand physical reality. [Link]

10. Google’s new AI search features are killing traffic to news publishers. [Link]

11. Uber and Wayve announce trials of robotaxis in London. [Link]

12. Starbucks will roll out an AI Agent based on Microsoft Azure and OpenAI called ‘Green Dot Assist’ for its baristas. [Link]

13. The Trump administration is working on its own chatbot called ‘AI.gov’. [Link]

14. The court in the copyright infringement trial between OpenAI and the New York Times orders OpenAI to retain all of its users chat logs. [Link]