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Midjourney pivots into medical hardware & AWS considers selling Trainium chips - Tech News (Jun 19, 2026)
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- Jun 19, 2026
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Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Prezi: Create AI presentations fast - https://try.prezi.com/automated_daily - Consensus: AI for Research. Get a free month - https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily - Discover the Future of AI Audio with ElevenLabs - https://try.elevenlabs.io/tad Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: Midjourney pivots into medical hardware - Midjourney, known for generative images, is reportedly jumping into health tech with a full-body ultrasound concept and spa-style rollout—raising big questions about regulation, validation, and credibility. AWS considers selling Trainium chips - Amazon Web Services is in early talks about selling its Trainium AI chips outside AWS, a potential shift that would pit Amazon more directly against Nvidia while spotlighting manufacturing constraints. AI talent war heats up - A major AI figure, Noam Shazeer, is leaving Google for OpenAI, intensifying the competition for elite researchers and signaling how strategic talent has become in the model race. Sanders proposes public AI ownership - Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a plan for a public stake in large AI companies via stock-based taxation and a sovereign wealth fund, aiming to spread AI-driven gains and influence governance. Metered pricing reshapes AI spending - AI labs are moving from flat subscriptions to usage-based pricing, pushing businesses to track ROI, cap spending, and rethink which models and providers they rely on. AI agents increase workplace fatigue - As AI agents take on more tasks, new surveys and anecdotes suggest many workers feel more drained—stuck supervising bots, context-switching constantly, and facing an always-on work culture. Bots read the…