# AI News Digest - 2026-05-23

1. Google announced a shift toward agentic scientific AI at its I/O keynote, released the Gemini for Science package encompassing systems such as AI Co‑Scientist and AlphaEvolve, and signaled internal realignment by assigning researchers, including AlphaFold co‑creator John Jumper, to AI coding efforts.

2. OpenAI launched a beta ChatGPT PowerPoint plugin that created and edited presentations from notes, documents, or images, made the add‑in available worldwide across all tiers, and warned users that it might accidentally delete content, recommending saving important decks before use.

3. OpenAI released Appshots, a Codex feature that allowed Mac users to send the contents of any application window to the Codex coding assistant to provide context for coding tasks.

4. Donald Trump pulled a proposed federal executive order on AI safety at the last minute after calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and David Sacks; the order would have created a voluntary review system for frontier models with a 90‑day window before release.

5. California governor signed the first U.S. executive order by a state governor aimed at protecting workers from AI‑driven job loss.

# References

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/22/1137813/google-i-o-showed-how-the-path-for-ai-science-is-shifting/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/22/1137813/google-i-o-showed-how-the-path-for-ai-science-is-shifting/)

[Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/22/1137813/google-i-o-showed-how-the-path-for-ai-science-is-shifting/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-powerpoint-plugin-and-warns-it-might-accidentally-delete-your-content/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-powerpoint-plugin-and-warns-it-might-accidentally-delete-your-content/)

[OpenAI launches a ChatGPT Powerpoint plugin and warns it might accidentally delete your content](https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-powerpoint-plugin-and-warns-it-might-accidentally-delete-your-content/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-appshots-turn-any-mac-window-into-context-for-codex/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-appshots-turn-any-mac-window-into-context-for-codex/)

[OpenAI Appshots turn any Mac window into context for Codex](https://the-decoder.com/openai-appshots-turn-any-mac-window-into-context-for-codex/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/trump-pulls-ai-safety-order-after-last-minute-calls-from-musk-zuckerberg-and-sacks/](https://the-decoder.com/trump-pulls-ai-safety-order-after-last-minute-calls-from-musk-zuckerberg-and-sacks/)

[Trump pulls AI safety order after last-minute calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks](https://the-decoder.com/trump-pulls-ai-safety-order-after-last-minute-calls-from-musk-zuckerberg-and-sacks/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/california-governor-signs-first-us-executive-order-to-protect-workers-from-ai-job-loss/](https://the-decoder.com/california-governor-signs-first-us-executive-order-to-protect-workers-from-ai-job-loss/)

[California governor signs first US executive order to protect workers from AI job loss](https://the-decoder.com/california-governor-signs-first-us-executive-order-to-protect-workers-from-ai-job-loss/)

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