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Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to buy AI chips from UK-based Fractile when they launch in 2027, as it seeks deals to gain more leverage with suppliers (www.theinformation.com)
2026-5-3 AI

Ripple Labs investor and exec Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5M to help Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-2 AI

Avoca, whose AI agents let physical services businesses handle inbound calls and dispatch, raised $125M+ across seed, Series A, and Series B at a $1B valuation (fortune.com)
2026-5-2 AI

Medical AI moving faster than safety checks (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-2 AI

Landmark test of clinical reasoning finds AI outperformed physicians, raising bar for more serious testing (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-2 AI

AI Agent Designed To Speed Up Company's Coding Wipes Entire Database In 9 Seconds (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 Database AI

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issues new rules saying acting and writing must be performed by humans and not AI to be eligible for Oscars (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-2 AI

Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, But Not Anthropic (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 AI Pentagon

How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others (www.wired.com)
2026-5-2 China AI

“Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-2 AI Spotify

Pushing back on AI job loss fears, AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, a figure in line with recent years (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-2 Amazon AI

The US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand publish guidance on orgs' use of agentic AI systems, saying many give AI more access than can be safely monitored (cyberscoop.com)
2026-5-2 Australia AI New Zealand Canada

Some retail traders are training AI agents to buy and sell assets on their behalf, as exchanges like Polymarket and Bybit roll out agent-friendly interfaces (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-2 Retail AI Asset

The gender gap in AI use may be a matter of visibility more than usage, as data suggests women face more judgment for using AI and are less likely to admit it (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-2 AI

Meta acquires a startup Assured Robot Intelligence to bolster its robotics team, which is working on humanoid hardware and the underlying AI that powers it (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-2 Startup AI Robot Intelligence

Spotify Adds 'Verified' Badges To Distinguish Human Artists From AI (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 AI Spotify

Automotive Agent Protocol - open A2A profile that lets AI agents talk to car dealerships (github.com)
2026-5-2 AI

The US Navy awards Domino Data Lab a contract worth up to $100M for AI software that teaches underwater drones to identify new mines in the Strait of Hormuz (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-2 AI Drone

Amazon launches “Join the chat”, an AI-powered feature that allows users to ask questions about products and receive conversational audio responses in real time (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-1 Amazon AI

Tim Cook says that the Mac Studio and the Mac mini, used for AI and agentic tools, “may take several months to reach supply demand balance” (www.macrumors.com)
2026-5-1 AI Tim Cook

Sources: the US DOD strikes agreements with Nvidia, Microsoft, Reflection AI, and AWS to use their AI tools on classified military networks for “lawful” use (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-1 Microsoft AI Nvidia

Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615M in stock and cash (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-1 AI

This $49 AI tool helps you go from idea to written book, fast (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-1 AI

China's EV makers are competing on in-car AI features; ByteDance says its Doubao AI is used in 7M+ cars across 145 models, including from Mercedes, Audi, and VW (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-1 China AI

Shadow AI Is Everywhere. Here's How to Find and Secure It. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-1 AI

Agentic AI is spreading fast. Here's how to find and secure it. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-1 AI

Sources: Huawei expects AI chip revenue to hit ~$12B in 2026, up 60% from $7.5B in 2025, as orders for its Ascend 950PR chip surge and Nvidia stalls in China (www.ft.com)
2026-5-1 China AI Nvidia

The persistent notion that AI disruption could create a permanent underclass signals how much collateral damage AI companies might tolerate in pursuit of AGI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-1 AI

In Real-World Test, an AI Model Did Better Than ER Doctors At Diagnosing Patients (science.slashdot.org)
2026-5-1 AI

Sources: Meta HR chief Janelle Gale told employees she can't rule out further layoffs; Zuckerberg said AI automation is not the driving factor behind them (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-1 AI Layoffs Zuckerberg

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