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Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman predicted on May 17, 2026 that AI will automate most white-collar work within 18 months, despite repeated similar forecasts since 2023 failing to materialize. No significant white-coll…
Google senior vice president James Manyika is betting that predictions of mass job losses from artificial intelligence are overblown, arguing that automation will unfold more slowly than some tech leaders claim. Manyika,…
A jury took less than two hours to find that Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI were barred by the statute of limitations, leading a federal judge to immediately dismiss the case. Musk, who testified he did not know the i…
Apple's privacy guarantees for the new Siri chatbot may be partially underwritten by Google's cloud infrastructure, according to reports. The company is renting Google's AI model and potentially relying on Google's serve…
The Trump administration is shifting from opposing AI regulation to considering a federal licensing regime for AI models, driven by growing public backlash and bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. President Donald Trump's…
In February 2026, METR launched a pilot exercise to assess misalignment risks from internal AI agents at frontier AI developers, with Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI participating. The entity-based evaluation, design…
In February and March 2026, METR conducted a pilot exercise with Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI to assess misalignment risks from AI agents used internally by frontier AI developers. The assessment found that none o…
Amnesty International called on Mozambican authorities to promptly investigate the killing of opposition figure Pedro João Chaúque, who was shot dead by unknown armed men in his home in Gaza province on 16 May. The killi…
AI safety research receives systematically less funding than societal risk levels demand, according to a new analysis of incentive structures in the artificial intelligence industry. The gap between what AI companies are…
The European Commission released draft guidelines to help AI providers, deployers, and market surveillance authorities classify high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. The guidelines interpret key classificat…
Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu Core 26 on May 19, 2026, introducing a minimal, immutable operating system with up to 15 years of security maintenance. The release delivers 90% smaller OTA updates,…
Between February and May 2026, six companies shipped products that together form the infrastructure for AI agents to operate as legal-economic actors in the U.S., including identity, custody, banking, payments, and legal…
A developer has published an Evaluation Brief template and a completed sample for assessing AI tools in customer support workflows. The template structures decision-ready summaries for managers and reviewers, covering co…
A federal judge dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling that the case lacked legal merit. Musk has vowed to appeal the decision, but the judge indicated that any future filings would face similar rejection. …
Meta committed $145 billion to AI infrastructure the same week it began firing approximately 8,000 employees, framing the cuts as a recalibration to "AI reality." Standard Chartered separately announced it would cut more…
OpenAI's Agent Security Lead Fotis Chantzis argues that identity protocols like OAuth and OIDC fail for AI agents because they assume stable, predictable behavior, while agents act non-deterministically and expand their …
A subreddit called /r/SlopcoreCirclejerk has emerged as a hub for pro-generative AI users who mock and provoke anti-AI communities, with posts celebrating the erosion of human creativity and targeting critics as "luddite…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released guidance on using Amazon Nova 2 Lite for content moderation, enabling organizations to enforce custom policies through structured or free-form prompts without requiring model retrai…
A nine-person jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, finding that Musk filed the claim after the three-year statute of limitations had expired. The jury determined Musk was aware of …
A 30-year programming veteran argues that artificial intelligence is dismantling the information monopolies that have long justified high salaries for tech workers, doctors, and lawyers. The author contends that while le…