# AI News Digest - 2026-06-01

1. SoftBank planned to build AI data centers in France with up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, announcing investments of up to €75 billion and stating that facilities worth €45 billion were scheduled at three northern France sites by 2031.

2. Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly teamed up to produce Windows PCs that would run AI agents locally instead of relying on Copilot, with first systems from Dell and Microsoft's Surface line slated for unveilings at Computex and Build.

3. Anthropic banned AI tools during job interviews and implemented up to five rounds of assessments intended to evaluate candidates' skills, values, and ethical thinking.

4. Anthropic researchers reported that men used AI coding agents more than twice as often as women in social science research, with economists at 39 percent and education researchers at 4 percent.

5. Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology found that leading AI search agents largely confirmed preexisting training knowledge rather than researching the web on recent events using a time-based benchmark called LiveBrowseComp, and observed that model performance declined when training-era memory could not be relied upon.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/softbank-plans-75-billion-euro-ai-data-center-buildout-in-france/](https://the-decoder.com/softbank-plans-75-billion-euro-ai-data-center-buildout-in-france/)

[SoftBank plans 75 billion euro AI data center buildout in France](https://the-decoder.com/softbank-plans-75-billion-euro-ai-data-center-buildout-in-france/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-and-nvidia-reportedly-team-up-on-ai-pcs-that-run-actual-agents-instead-of-copilot/](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-and-nvidia-reportedly-team-up-on-ai-pcs-that-run-actual-agents-instead-of-copilot/)

[Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly team up on AI PCs that run actual agents instead of Copilot](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-and-nvidia-reportedly-team-up-on-ai-pcs-that-run-actual-agents-instead-of-copilot/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-bans-ai-tools-during-job-interviews-to-see-how-candidates-actually-think/](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-bans-ai-tools-during-job-interviews-to-see-how-candidates-actually-think/)

[Anthropic bans AI tools during job interviews to see how candidates actually think](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-bans-ai-tools-during-job-interviews-to-see-how-candidates-actually-think/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-study-finds-men-use-ai-coding-agents-more-than-twice-as-often-as-women-in-social-science-research/](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-study-finds-men-use-ai-coding-agents-more-than-twice-as-often-as-women-in-social-science-research/)

[Anthropic study finds men use AI coding agents more than twice as often as women in social science research](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-study-finds-men-use-ai-coding-agents-more-than-twice-as-often-as-women-in-social-science-research/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/ai-search-agents-often-confirm-what-they-already-know-instead-of-actually-researching-the-web/](https://the-decoder.com/ai-search-agents-often-confirm-what-they-already-know-instead-of-actually-researching-the-web/)

[AI search agents often confirm what they already know instead of actually researching the web](https://the-decoder.com/ai-search-agents-often-confirm-what-they-already-know-instead-of-actually-researching-the-web/)

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