# AI News Digest - 2026-06-17

1. Emerald AI reported that its Conductor software had been tested in simulations and trials to reduce data-center power draw during grid stress, maintained acceptable AI performance in those tests, and was slated for deployment in a Virginia hyperscale facility in partnership with Nvidia and Digital Realty.

2. SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup Anysphere (Cursor) in a deal reported at $60 billion two trading days after the startup's IPO, a move that was intended to bolster Elon Musk's xAI efforts and help it compete with OpenAI and Anthropic.

3. Microsoft announced that Copilot Cowork moved to usage-based billing and that the company had considered a fine-tuned version of DeepSeek V4 as a lower-cost model option for the product.

4. A Berlin court ruled that Google's AI-generated Overviews constituted a new search-result format rather than original content and that Google did not exercise decisive influence over the summaries, a decision that contrasted with a separate Munich ruling on Google's liability for false AI responses.

# References

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/16/1138591/data-center-online-quickly-electric-grid-flex/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/16/1138591/data-center-online-quickly-electric-grid-flex/)

[Want to get a data center online quickly? Give it some flex.](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/16/1138591/data-center-online-quickly-electric-grid-flex/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/spacex-bets-60-billion-on-cursor-to-catch-openai-and-anthropic/](https://the-decoder.com/spacex-bets-60-billion-on-cursor-to-catch-openai-and-anthropic/)

[SpaceX bets $60 billion on Cursor to catch OpenAI and Anthropic](https://the-decoder.com/spacex-bets-60-billion-on-cursor-to-catch-openai-and-anthropic/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-copilot-cowork-moves-to-usage-based-billing-and-may-tap-deepseek/](https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-copilot-cowork-moves-to-usage-based-billing-and-may-tap-deepseek/)

[Microsoft's Copilot Cowork moves to usage-based billing and may tap DeepSeek](https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-copilot-cowork-moves-to-usage-based-billing-and-may-tap-deepseek/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/berlin-court-rules-googles-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not-original-content/](https://the-decoder.com/berlin-court-rules-googles-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not-original-content/)

[Berlin court rules Google's AI Overviews are just a new search format, not original content](https://the-decoder.com/berlin-court-rules-googles-ai-overviews-are-just-a-new-search-format-not-original-content/)

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