AI Watchly Shivon Zilis testified in the Musk v. Altman trial that she coordinated Musk's involvement across Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI starting in 2017, while also being the mother of four of his children. Her dual role and close relationship with Musk—described as beginning with a "romantic" encounter—highlights how personal and professional ties became entangled in OpenAI's governance and its split from Musk.
Anthropic has expanded Claude Code usage limits following a new commercial deal with SpaceX, continuing a trend of enterprise partnerships that includes previous agreements with Microsoft and Amazon. The company is expanding access to Claude's coding capabilities to drive adoption among enterprise customers.
Barry Diller publicly backed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman but cautioned that as artificial general intelligence approaches, trust in any individual leader becomes less important than robust safeguards and governance structures to manage the technology's unpredictable impact.
TSMC is increasing investments in wind power to meet surging energy demands from AI chip manufacturing as Taiwan faces an energy crunch. The move reflects the semiconductor industry's need for reliable renewable energy sources to sustain high-volume production of computing chips powering AI systems.
Snap and Perplexity have ended their $400 million partnership deal that would have integrated Perplexity's AI search engine into Snapchat, originally announced in November. The companies described the termination as "amicable," suggesting a mutual decision to part ways.
xAI's strategic focus may be shifting toward infrastructure and data center development rather than purely AI model training, suggesting a business model pivot toward cloud infrastructure services.
Google shut down Project Mariner on May 4, 2026, discontinuing its experimental web task automation feature that could perform up to 10 tasks at a time. The company said its underlying technology has been integrated into other Google products, including Gemini Agent.
Trump acknowledged the importance of AI safety testing after reports about Mythos AI's capabilities raised concerns, reversing his earlier dismissal of Biden-era safety protocols. The shift suggests growing political recognition that AI testing standards may be necessary even among deregulation-focused leaders.
White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks faced political fallout after the New York Times reported the Trump administration was considering pre-release government review of AI models, marking a reversal of the administration's previous deregulation stance. The article details Sacks' struggle to navigate competing interests between tech industry deregulation and White House policy pressures.
vLLM released version 1.0, emphasizing a correctness-first approach to reinforcement learning in its architecture. The update prioritizes accurate model outputs before applying RL-based corrections, representing a significant reliability improvement for the inference framework.
Greg Brockman publicly shared details of cutthroat negotiations between Elon Musk and OpenAI's founders regarding Musk's departure from the company. The account reveals internal dynamics at one of AI's most consequential organizations during a pivotal moment in its history.
OpenAI's former CTO Mira Murati testified in the Musk v. Altman trial that CEO Sam Altman lied about safety review requirements for a new AI model, claiming he falsely stated the legal department had cleared it to skip the company's deployment safety board. The deposition underscores internal disputes over AI safety governance at OpenAI and allegations of misleading conduct by Altman.
SpaceX is planning to invest up to $119 billion on a massive semiconductor manufacturing facility called "Terafab" in Texas to build next-generation chips and advanced computing systems in-house. The project would be a vertically integrated facility enabling SpaceX to reduce dependence on external chip suppliers for its Starship and Starlink operations.
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab that gained prominence in early 2025 for developing language models at a fraction of the compute and cost of U.S. competitors, is valued at approximately $45B in its first investment round. The company's efficiency breakthrough has challenged assumptions about the computational requirements for competitive large language model development.
Google DeepMind has partnered with EVE Online to test AI models in the massively multiplayer game environment. The collaboration comes alongside CCP Games' $120M recapitalization to achieve independence and rebrand as Fenris Creations.
Anthropic has announced higher usage limits for Claude and a compute partnership with SpaceX. The deal aims to expand Claude's capacity and access to computational resources, enabling faster scaling of the AI model.
Anthropic has added a "dreams" feature to Claude Managed Agents, allowing extended reasoning and planning capabilities beyond standard responses. Additionally, Pro and Max users of Claude Code will see their 5-hour monthly usage limits doubled, improving access to extended coding sessions.
Google updated its AI-powered search results to surface quotes directly from Reddit and other web forums for niche queries. The integration aims to provide more diverse perspective and community-driven answers, though it carries risks of surfacing low-quality or misleading information.
Genesis AI, backed by Khosla Ventures with a $105 million seed round, unveiled GENE-26.5, its foundational AI model for robotics, alongside a demo of robotic hands executing complex tasks. The move marks the startup's expansion from model development into full-stack robotics deployment.
Google released Gemma 4 with a token prediction technique that delivers up to 3x faster inference speed without sacrificing output quality. The optimization predicts multiple future tokens in parallel, enabling significantly faster text generation while maintaining the model's accuracy.
Google updated its AI Search feature to include summaries quoting Reddit and other firsthand sources like social media forums, allowing users to discover human perspectives alongside search results. The change reflects growing user demand for authentic advice and real experiences rather than SEO-optimized content.
MIT Technology Review's newsletter covers developments in seafloor submersibles for deep-sea science and mining, as well as military applications of chatbots. The piece highlights how inexpensive submersible technology could accelerate oceanic research while raising questions about dual-use implications.
Ryan Roslansky, who leads Microsoft Office and LinkedIn, is expanding his role to oversee Teams as part of a leadership reshuffle following Rajesh Jha's retirement. The reorganization creates a new Work Experiences Group, consolidating Microsoft's productivity and communication tools under unified leadership.
Google Chrome is automatically downloading a 4GB weights.bin file containing Gemini Nano, an on-device AI model, to users' system folders when certain AI features are enabled. The model powers Chrome's built-in AI tools including scam detection, writing assistance, and autofill—but users weren't explicitly informed about the large storage footprint.
Telus, a Canadian telecom company, is using AI technology to alter call-center agents' accents in real-time to match regional customer preferences or reduce accent-related biases. The deployment raises questions about the ethical implications of modifying workers' voices and accents without their consent.
The Open ASR Leaderboard has introduced a "Benchmaxxer Repellant" mechanism to counter gaming of benchmarks through overfitting and optimization for specific test sets rather than genuine performance improvements. The change aims to maintain the integrity of the leaderboard as a meaningful evaluation tool by penalizing models that optimize narrowly for benchmark metrics.
Uber has integrated OpenAI's technology to power AI assistants and voice features that optimize driver earnings and improve the rider booking experience. The implementation leverages OpenAI's capabilities to enhance Uber's real-time marketplace operations globally.
Singular Bank launched Singularity, an internal AI assistant powered by ChatGPT and Codex, that helps bankers save 60–90 minutes daily on meeting prep, portfolio analysis, and follow-up tasks.
OpenAI released B2B Signals research documenting how leading enterprises are scaling AI adoption through Codex-powered agentic workflows to build competitive advantage. The research provides insights into enterprise strategies for deepening AI integration and realizing durable value from agentic systems.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026, a program featuring 26 student innovators building applications and research projects with ChatGPT. The initiative highlights how students are leveraging AI to drive impact across learning, creativity, and real-world problem-solving.