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AI News Digest - 2026-05-13

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Google said it stopped a planned mass cyberattack after its Threat Intelligence Group identified the first known case of an attacker using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day vulnerability, and said state-backed actors from China, North Korea, and Russia were also using AI to find vulnerabilities and disguise malware code.

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Isomorphic Labs raised $2.1 billion in a Series B round led by Thrive Capital to scale its AI drug-discovery platform IsoDDE and advance drug candidates toward clinical trials.

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Google introduced Gemini Intelligence on Android, which automated multi-step tasks, summarized web content, filled forms, and converted spoken thoughts into polished text messages while integrating with Autofill, Chrome, and Gboard.

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Anthropic launched twelve new Claude Cowork plugins for legal work, connecting its Claude chatbot to services including Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel Legal and Harvey and covering contract law, employment law, and litigation use cases.

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Daron Acemoglu published an analysis stating that agentic AI was more likely to augment specific tasks than replace whole jobs, highlighted the growing hiring of economists by AI companies, and emphasized the need for usable AI applications to measure broader economic impact.

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https://the-decoder.com/google-says-it-stopped-a-mass-cyberattack-after-ai-was-used-to-discover-a-zero-day-exploit/

Google says it stopped a mass cyberattack after AI was used to discover a zero-day exploit

Google's Threat Intelligence Group has identified the first known case of an attacker using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day vulnerability. Google says it stopped the planned mass attack. State-backed actors from China, North Korea, and Russia are also using AI to find vulnerabilities and disguise malware code.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/alphabets-isomorphic-labs-raises-2-1-billion-to-scale-ai-drug-discovery-toward-clinical-trials/

Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1 billion to scale AI drug discovery toward clinical trials

Isomorphic Labs, the AI drug research company led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, has closed a $2.1 billion Series B round led by Thrive Capital. The funding will go toward expanding its in-house platform IsoDDE and advancing drug candidates toward clinical trials.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/gemini-intelligence-makes-autofill-chrome-and-gboard-on-android-smarter/

Android gets AI agents that book trips, fill forms, and clean up your texts

With Gemini Intelligence, Google is introducing new AI features for Android that automate multi-step tasks, summarize web content, fill out forms, and turn spoken thoughts into polished text messages.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-expands-legal-ai-offerings-with-new-cowork-plugins/

Anthropic expands legal AI offerings with new Claude Cowork plugins

Anthropic launches twelve new Claude plugins for legal work covering contract law, employment law, and litigation, while connecting the chatbot to services like Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel Legal and Harvey. According to Anthropic's chief legal officer, lawyers use Claude more than almost any other profession.

the-decoder.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/11/1137090/three-things-in-ai-to-watch-according-to-a-nobel-winning-economist/

Three things in AI to watch, according to a Nobel-winning economist

Daron Acemoglu is more cautious than most about predictions of a jobs apocalypse. Here’s what’s worrying him instead.

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