{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"UpNext AI","title":"DuckDuckGo’s No-AI Search Push, Alphabet’s $80 Billion AI Buildout, and Bias in Multimodal AI Judges | UpNext AI – June 2, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e6d5595d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":356,"description":"Today on UpNext AI: DuckDuckGo leans into demand for AI-free search, Alphabet moves to raise $80 billion for AI infrastructure, and a new paper examines how multimodal AI judges can get distracted by the wrong cues.Covered in this episode:- DuckDuckGo launches Chrome and Firefox extensions to make its no-AI search experience easier to set as default, as TechCrunch reports traffic to that experience is rising.- Alphabet says it plans to raise $80 billion to fund AI infrastructure and global compute, with demand reportedly exceeding available supply.- Researchers propose a way to reduce perceptual judgment bias in multimodal LLM-as-a-judge systems when images and text conflict.- GlobalData says autonomous AI agents are exposing the limits of traditional GUI-driven software workflows.- Google details how it used Gemini and other AI tools to help produce Google I/O 2026.- Nvidia used GTC Taipei to introduce new physical-AI offerings for robots, autonomous vehicles, and video systems.- Reporting highlighted by Simon Willison says attackers were able to use Meta’s AI support flow in an Instagram account takeover scenario.Sources:- https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/duckduckgo-makes-its-no-ai-search-engine-easier-to-access-as-its-traffic-booms/- https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/alphabet-plans-to-raise-80-billion-to-pay-for-ai-buildout/- https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02578v1- https://fudzilla.com/116615-2- https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/io-2026-google-ai/- https://the-decoder.com/nvidia-bets-big-on-physical-ai-at-gtc-taipei-with-a-new-world-model-driving-brain-and-open-humanoid-robot/- https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/1/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai/#atom-everything","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/U8MjYsqEAUXr8sykSIjiubn3kUnZpkcAAqCjELTLubA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YWE0/MDRlYTJkZTY4ZDhk/N2YzZjZmYzg0ZmQ2/Mzg1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}