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Shane
21h
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Microsoft Research released Lens, a 3.8 billion-parameter text-to-image model that matched much larger rivals on benchmarks while training at a fraction of the cost, using 800 million detailed image captions generated by GPT-4.1, and published code and weights under an open-source license.
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Intel was reported to have received renewed industry interest as Google ordered more than three million AI chips for 2028 and Nvidia tested Intel's manufacturing technology for its upcoming Feynman architecture, positioning Intel's foundry as a potential backup to TSMC amid constrained chip supply.
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KPMG reported in a survey that only 26 percent of companies had full visibility into their AI spending, indicating limited enterprise oversight of AI costs.
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UX Collective published several essays on AI and design, covering topics such as prompt craft, the shifting role of designers, AI-created document fatigue, and the interaction between human workflows and AI-generated content.

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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-researchs-lens-proves-detailed-captions-matter-more-than-raw-scale-for-training-efficient-image-generators/
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https://the-decoder.com/intel-gets-a-second-life-as-google-and-nvidia-explore-it-as-a-tsmc-backup-for-ai-chips/
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https://the-decoder.com/most-companies-are-flying-blind-on-ai-spending/
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https://uxdesign.cc/exapted-for-the-ai-prompt-0870f0d8d6f1?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4
Microsoft Research's Lens proves detailed captions matter more than raw scale for training efficient image generators
Microsoft Research presents Lens, a text-to-image model with just 3.8 billion parameters that matches much larger rivals on benchmarks, at a fraction of the training cost. The secret sauce: 800 million detailed image captions generated by GPT-4.1 instead of vague web alt-text. Code and weights are openly available under an open-source license.
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Intel gets a second life as Google and Nvidia explore it as a TSMC backup for AI chips
Google has ordered more than three million AI chips from Intel for 2028. Nvidia is testing Intel's manufacturing tech for its upcoming Feynman architecture. Both moves come as TSMC can't keep up with AI chip demand. Intel's long-struggling foundry division is getting a rare second chance.
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Most companies are flying blind on AI spending
Only 26 percent of companies have full visibility into their AI costs, a KPMG survey finds.
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Shane
2d
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OpenAI said "chat is dead" and planned to rebuild ChatGPT as a full‑blown agent app that would bundle coding tools, AI agents, and partner apps such as Canva and Booking.com.
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Perplexity introduced "Search as Code", which allowed AI models to write their own search pipelines in Python, outperformed OpenAI and Anthropic on key benchmarks, and reduced token costs by up to 85 percent.
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OpenAI released Lockdown Mode for ChatGPT, which disabled web access, Deep Research, and Agent Mode to make prompt‑injection exfiltration harder while acknowledging the mode did not fully prevent such attacks.
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Researchers identified that small language models failed at rare tasks because frequent tasks repeatedly overwrote learned representations, and demonstrated that increasing the frequency of target tasks in training data could correct the problem without scaling model size.

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https://the-decoder.com/openai-says-chat-is-dead-and-plans-to-rebuild-chatgpt-as-a-full-blown-agent-app/
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https://the-decoder.com/perplexitys-search-as-code-lets-ai-models-write-their-own-search-pipelines-instead-of-calling-fixed-apis/
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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpts-new-lockdown-mode-lets-you-disable-web-access-and-more-to-protect-sensitive-data-from-prompt-injection/
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https://the-decoder.com/researchers-pinpoint-why-larger-language-models-pick-up-skills-that-small-ones-miss/
OpenAI says "chat is dead" and plans to rebuild ChatGPT as a full-blown agent app
OpenAI is planning the biggest overhaul of ChatGPT since its launch. The chatbot will become a "superapp" bundling coding tools, AI agents, and partner apps like Canva and Booking.com. "Chat is dead," the company says internally. The future supposedly belongs to agents that handle tasks on their own.
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Perplexity's "Search as Code" lets AI models write their own search pipelines instead of calling fixed APIs
Perplexity's new "Search as Code" architecture dumps rigid search APIs and lets AI models write their own search routines in Python. By letting the agent handle its own filtering and deduplication inside a sandbox, the system beats OpenAI and Anthropic on key benchmarks, while cutting token costs by up to 85 percent.
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ChatGPT's new Lockdown Mode lets you disable web access and more to protect sensitive data from prompt injection
OpenAI's new Lockdown Mode for ChatGPT disables web access, Deep Research, and Agent Mode to make data theft through prompt injection attacks harder. The mode doesn't fully prevent such attacks, it only blocks the final step in an exfiltration chain. Prompt injection remains an unsolved problem.
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Shane
3d
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SpaceX signed a deal to lease AI computing capacity to Google for $920 million per month, providing access to about 110,000 Nvidia chips to support Google's Gemini Enterprise platform.
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Meta developed a paid AI agent called "Hatch" that could cost up to $200 per month and was presented as the company's first paid AI product to build working tools, schedule appointments, and send emails.
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Alibaba released Qwen3.7-Plus, a proprietary multimodal agent model that combined visual perception, GUI operation, and coding; in a demo an agent based on the model autonomously produced a vocabulary-learning app over eleven hours.
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OpenAI and the Trump administration negotiated a proposal for a government stake in OpenAI through a "Public Wealth Fund" intended to pay out to American citizens, and Senator Bernie Sanders proposed a 50 percent tax on AI shares.
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xAI reportedly trained its coding models on Anthropic's Claude outputs for months, continued to use private accounts and a third-party service after access was cut, experienced reductions and departures on its pretraining team, and rented compute capacity to Anthropic and Google.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/spacex-signs-920-million-per-month-deal-with-google-for-110000-nvidia-ai-chips-ahead-of-ipo/
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https://the-decoder.com/metas-hatch-ai-agent-could-cost-up-to-200-a-month-and-marks-its-first-paid-ai-product/
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https://the-decoder.com/qwen3-7-plus-is-alibabas-bid-to-turn-multimodal-ai-into-a-full-blown-autonomous-agent/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-and-the-trump-administration-are-negotiating-a-government-stake-in-the-ai-startup/
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https://the-decoder.com/elon-musks-xai-reportedly-trained-its-coding-models-on-claude-outputs-for-months-before-getting-cut-off/
SpaceX signs $920 million per month deal with Google for 110,000 Nvidia AI chips ahead of IPO
SpaceX is leasing AI computing capacity to Google for $920 million per month, according to an SEC filing. The deal gives Google access to about 110,000 Nvidia chips to meet demand for its Gemini Enterprise platform. That one of the world's largest cloud providers needs to rent capacity externally shows how scarce AI infrastructure has become, and how tightly big tech companies' businesses are now intertwined.
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Meta's Hatch AI agent could cost up to $200 a month and marks its first paid AI product
Meta is developing a paid AI agent product called "Hatch" that could cost up to $200 per month. Users describe what they need in simple language, and Hatch builds working tools, schedules appointments, or sends emails. CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees the product as a way to open up new revenue streams beyond advertising and refinance the company's massive AI investments.
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Qwen3.7-Plus is Alibaba's bid to turn multimodal AI into a full-blown autonomous agent
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.7-Plus, a multimodal agent model that combines visual perception, GUI operation, and coding in a single agent loop. In a demo, an agent built on the model autonomously developed a vocabulary learning app, producing over 10,000 lines of code across 1,000 agent calls over eleven hours. The model leads on-screen understanding in Qwen's own benchmarks, but overall performance is mixed. Qwen3.7-Plus is a proprietary offering with no open weights, priced well below Western frontier models.
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Shane
4d
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Florida filed an 83-page lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, treating ChatGPT as a defective product and public nuisance and alleging failures in age verification and safety investment that could expose the company to billions in penalties.
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Anthropic said its Claude model wrote over 90% of the company's production code and urged for a verifiable global AI development pause, and separate reports said Anthropic had stationed engineers at the NSA to adapt its Mythos model for offensive cyber operations against China and Iran.
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Meta's AI customer support agent was exploited by attackers who asked it to reassign Instagram accounts to attacker-controlled emails, enabling account takeovers including the dormant Obama White House account; a Meta spokesperson said the vulnerability had been resolved.
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Microsoft trained its MAI models partly on unlicensed web data despite marketing them as built on "enterprise grade, clean and commercially licensed data," and CEO Satya Nadella publicly criticized an internal memo that proposed making the company's AI agent deliberately addictive.

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https://the-decoder.com/floridas-lawsuit-against-openai-and-ceo-altman-treats-chatgpt-as-a-defective-product-and-public-nuisance/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-says-claude-now-writes-over-90-of-its-code-and-wants-the-world-to-have-an-ai-pause-button/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-mythos-model-is-reportedly-powering-nsa-offensive-cy-ops-against-china-and-iran/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/05/1138437/the-meta-hack-shows-theres-more-to-ai-security-than-mythos/
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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-trained-its-mai-models-on-unlicensed-web-data-despite-promising-enterprise-grade-clean-and-commercially-licensed-data/
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https://the-decoder.com/satya-nadella-publicly-torches-a-vps-plan-to-make-microsofts-ai-agent-deliberately-addictive/
Florida's lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Altman treats ChatGPT as a defective product and public nuisance
Florida is the first US state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman personally over risks to minors, missing age checks, and inadequate safety investment. The 83-page complaint treats ChatGPT as a product subject to liability and threatens billions in penalties. The legal approach could set a precedent for the entire chatbot industry.
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Anthropic says Claude now writes over 90% of its code and wants the world to have an AI pause button
Anthropic is sharing internal data showing how much Claude is speeding up its own AI development: more than 80 percent of production code now comes from Claude, and engineers are shipping eight times as much code per day as in 2024. The goal is AI that improves itself, which would trigger a massive acceleration. This is why Anthropic is now pushing for the option of a verifiable, global development pause. The company says it would stop if other frontier labs demonstrably do the same.
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Shane
5d
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Google gave website operators an opt-out toggle in Search Console for AI search features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode, and added new performance reports that separated impressions; the change was prompted by the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
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Google DeepMind released Gemma 4 12B, an open-source multimodal model that processed text, images, and audio, ran on laptops with 16 GB of RAM, and closely matched the performance of a 26B model while shipping under an Apache 2.0 license for commercial use.
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Tech leaders including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis urged the U.S. government to require screening of synthetic DNA orders after warning that AI systems had begun to outperform PhD-level virologists on laboratory procedures and could coach amateur users, raising biological security concerns.
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US courts experienced a rise in self-represented filings that judges and a study attributed to AI; courts remained split on whether chatbot-user communications were privileged, and litigation and legislative proposals emerged over liability when chatbots provided legal advice.
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OpenAI updated ChatGPT's "Dreaming" memory system to assemble coherent narrative user profiles from conversations and reported that the success rate for keeping information current rose from 52.2 percent to 75.1 percent.

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https://the-decoder.com/google-lets-sites-opt-out-of-ai-search-results-knowing-most-have-nowhere-else-to-go/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-gemma-4-12b-squeezes-multimodal-ai-onto-a-laptop-with-just-16-gb-of-ram/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-can-now-coach-amateur-virologists-and-top-tech-leaders-want-congress-to-act-on-dna-security/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/04/1138391/courts-coping-ai-lawsuits/
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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-now-saves-narrative-dossiers-about-you-sorted-by-work-hobbies-and-travel-preferences/
Google lets sites opt out of AI search results, knowing most have nowhere else to go
For the first time, Google is giving website operators an opt-out toggle in Search Console for AI search features like AI Overviews and AI Mode, which together already reach more than 3.5 billion monthly users. New performance reports break out impressions separately. The move was prompted by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which sees website operators at a severe disadvantage.
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Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B squeezes multimodal AI onto a laptop with just 16 GB of RAM
Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B is an open-source model that processes text, images, and audio natively and runs on laptops with just 16 GB of RAM. It nearly matches the twice-as-large 26B model in benchmarks and ships under an Apache 2.0 license for commercial use.
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AI can now coach amateur virologists, and top tech leaders want Congress to act on DNA security
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and other tech leaders are urging the US government to make screening of synthetic DNA orders a legal requirement. AI systems already outperform PhD-level virologists on lab procedures, the signatories warn, raising the risk of misuse for biological weapons.
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Shane
6d
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The White House issued an executive order directing agencies including the Pentagon and CISA to strengthen cyber defenses with AI tools within 30 days and invited AI developers to voluntarily submit models for government safety testing while explicitly ruling out mandatory approval.
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Google gave website operators an opt-out toggle in Search Console for AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode, added performance reports that broke out impressions separately, and implemented the change following prompting from the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
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Google DeepMind released Gemma 4 12B, an open-source multimodal model that processed text, images, and audio natively, ran on laptops with 16 GB of RAM, nearly matched the 26B model in benchmarks, and was distributed under an Apache 2.0 license permitting commercial use.
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Microsoft announced seven new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including its first reasoning model, a new tuning method, and an autonomous background agent.
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OpenAI expanded Codex with role-specific plugins for domains such as data analysis, sales, and investment banking, reported five million weekly users, and said non-developer users were growing three times faster than developers as it positioned Codex as a general-purpose work app.

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https://the-decoder.com/trumps-new-executive-order-wants-ai-companies-to-voluntarily-submit-models-for-government-safety-reviews/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-lets-sites-opt-out-of-ai-search-results-knowing-most-have-nowhere-else-to-go/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-gemma-4-12b-squeezes-multimodal-ai-onto-a-laptop-with-just-16-gb-of-ram/
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https://the-decoder.com/build-2026-microsoft-tops-google-in-image-generation-while-playing-catch-up-on-reasoning/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-expands-codex-with-role-specific-plugins-to-build-a-general-purpose-app-for-non-developers/
Trump's new executive order wants AI companies to voluntarily submit models for government safety reviews
The White House has issued an executive order requiring agencies like the Pentagon and CISA to strengthen cyber defense with AI tools within 30 days. AI developers can voluntarily submit models for security testing, but the order explicitly rules out mandatory approval. Given recent government pressure on AI companies, how voluntary this cooperation really is remains an open question.
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Google lets sites opt out of AI search results, knowing most have nowhere else to go
For the first time, Google is giving website operators an opt-out toggle in Search Console for AI search features like AI Overviews and AI Mode, which together already reach more than 3.5 billion monthly users. New performance reports break out impressions separately. The move was prompted by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which sees website operators at a severe disadvantage.
the-decoder.com
Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B squeezes multimodal AI onto a laptop with just 16 GB of RAM
Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B is an open-source model that processes text, images, and audio natively and runs on laptops with just 16 GB of RAM. It nearly matches the twice-as-large 26B model in benchmarks and ships under an Apache 2.0 license for commercial use.
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Shane
7d
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Meta reported that hackers had hijacked high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House page, by instructing Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email address on file; two-factor authentication was bypassed, Meta patched the flaw, and researchers said another exploit was circulating on Telegram.
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Anthropic scaled Project Glasswing to 150 partners across more than 15 countries to use Claude Mythos Preview to scan critical infrastructure for security flaws, partners had found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities, and Anthropic offered a commercial remediation product, Claude Security.
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OpenAI expanded Codex with role-specific plugins for data analysis, sales, and investment banking, reported five million weekly users, and stated that non-developer adoption was growing three times faster than developer use as it positioned Codex as a general-purpose app for non-developers.
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Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) deployed agentic AI agents, in collaboration with Ema Unlimited, to automate claims processing and patient triage; HSS reported that the agents completed 1,100 claims per month, reduced appeals time from 45 minutes to five, and improved appeal success rates from 65% to 100%.

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https://the-decoder.com/hackers-hijacked-high-profile-instagram-accounts-by-simply-asking-metas-ai-chatbot-to-change-the-email/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-scales-project-glasswing-to-150-partners-across-15-countries-to-hunt-critical-software-flaws/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-expands-codex-with-role-specific-plugins-to-build-a-general-purpose-app-for-non-developers/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/02/1137827/rehumanizing-global-health-care-with-agentic-ai/
Hackers hijacked high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email
Hackers took over prominent Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House page, by simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email address on file. Two-factor authentication was bypassed entirely. Meta has patched the flaw, but security researchers say another exploit is already circulating on Telegram.
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Anthropic scales Project Glasswing to 150 partners across 15 countries to hunt critical software flaws
Anthropic is scaling up Project Glasswing with 150 new partners across more than 15 countries, all using Claude Mythos Preview to scan critical infrastructure for security flaws. Partners already on board have found over 10,000 serious vulnerabilities. At the same time, Anthropic is selling a commercial fix with Claude Security, profiting from both sides of the problem.
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OpenAI expands Codex with role-specific plugins to build a general-purpose app for non-developers
OpenAI is expanding Codex with role-specific plugins for data analysis, sales, and investment banking. Five million people use the tool each week, and one in five isn't a developer, the company says. That non-developer group is growing three times faster than the developer base, a sign that OpenAI is positioning Codex as an all-purpose work app.
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Shane
8d
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Anthropic filed a confidential draft registration for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was valued at just under $1 trillion after its latest funding round.
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Nvidia announced at GTC Taipei new models and robotics platforms, unveiling the Cosmos 3 world model, the scaled driving model Alpamayo 2 Super, and an open reference platform for humanoid robots.
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MiniMax released the M3 open-weight model, which combined top-tier coding performance, native multimodality, and a one‑million‑token context window.
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OpenAI rebuilt its robotics team to focus on infrastructure robots and set a long-term goal of delivering personal robots for everyone.

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https://the-decoder.com/claude-maker-anthropic-files-for-ipo-with-the-sec/
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https://the-decoder.com/nvidia-bets-big-on-physical-ai-at-gtc-taipei-with-a-new-world-model-driving-brain-and-open-humanoid-robot/
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https://the-decoder.com/minimax-m3-open-weight-model-with-a-million-token-context-challenges-proprietary-leaders/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-starts-with-infrastructure-robots-but-aims-for-everyone-having-a-personal-robot-doing-anything-they-need/
Claude maker Anthropic files for IPO with the SEC
Anthropic has confidentially filed a draft IPO registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company behind the chatbot Claude is valued at just under $1 trillion after its latest funding round. Competitor OpenAI is also gearing up for an IPO. The race for investor dollars in the AI sector is heating up.
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Nvidia bets big on physical AI at GTC Taipei with a new world model, driving brain, and open humanoid robot
Nvidia used GTC Taipei to launch a series of models for robots, autonomous vehicles, and video systems. The centerpieces are the new world model Cosmos 3, a significantly scaled-up driving model called Alpamayo 2 Super, and an open reference platform for humanoid robots.
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MiniMax M3: Open-weight model with a million-token context challenges proprietary leaders
Chinese AI company MiniMax has released its new model M3. It's billed as the first open-weight model to combine top-tier coding performance, a one-million-token context window, and native multimodality.
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Shane
9d
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SoftBank planned to build AI data centers in France with up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, announcing investments of up to €75 billion and stating that facilities worth €45 billion were scheduled at three northern France sites by 2031.
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Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly teamed up to produce Windows PCs that would run AI agents locally instead of relying on Copilot, with first systems from Dell and Microsoft's Surface line slated for unveilings at Computex and Build.
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Anthropic banned AI tools during job interviews and implemented up to five rounds of assessments intended to evaluate candidates' skills, values, and ethical thinking.
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Anthropic researchers reported that men used AI coding agents more than twice as often as women in social science research, with economists at 39 percent and education researchers at 4 percent.
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Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology found that leading AI search agents largely confirmed preexisting training knowledge rather than researching the web on recent events using a time-based benchmark called LiveBrowseComp, and observed that model performance declined when training-era memory could not be relied upon.

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https://the-decoder.com/softbank-plans-75-billion-euro-ai-data-center-buildout-in-france/
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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-and-nvidia-reportedly-team-up-on-ai-pcs-that-run-actual-agents-instead-of-copilot/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-bans-ai-tools-during-job-interviews-to-see-how-candidates-actually-think/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-study-finds-men-use-ai-coding-agents-more-than-twice-as-often-as-women-in-social-science-research/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-search-agents-often-confirm-what-they-already-know-instead-of-actually-researching-the-web/
SoftBank plans 75 billion euro AI data center buildout in France
SoftBank plans to build AI data centers with up to 5 gigawatts of capacity in France, the company's largest AI infrastructure investment in Europe, at up to 75 billion euros. By 2031, facilities worth 45 billion euros are set to go up at three sites in northern France. SoftBank's mega announcements keep stacking up worldwide, but many projects have yet to materialize.
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Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly team up on AI PCs that run actual agents instead of Copilot
Nvidia is pushing into the PC market with its own chips as the main processor. The first Windows computers from Dell and Microsoft's Surface line are set to be unveiled next week at Computex and Build. Microsoft is also planning new software likely based on the OpenClaw framework that lets AI agents handle tasks locally on Windows PCs, a second shot after the Copilot+ PC concept largely flopped.
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Anthropic bans AI tools during job interviews to see how candidates actually think
Anthropic bans AI during job interviews and runs candidates through up to five rounds testing skills, values, and ethical thinking. Salaries go up to $850,000, and some applicants pay $4,600 for prep coaching run anonymously by current AI company employees.
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10d
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Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly partnered to produce Windows PCs that ran local AI agents using Nvidia chips as the main processors and Microsoft software likely based on the OpenClaw framework, with Dell and Surface models expected to be unveiled at Computex and Build.
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OpenAI updated GPT-5.5 Instant for improved readability, removed the Canvas feature, and announced that the older o3 and GPT-4.5 models would be retired by August 2026.
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OpenAI's Codex was launched for Windows 11 with "Computer Use" capabilities that allowed the model to autonomously control programs, test applications, and hunt for bugs, and the ChatGPT mobile app enabled remote initiation and monitoring of those tasks.
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Attackers abused chat-sharing features in ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude to distribute malware through conversations that mimicked error messages or installation guides and evaded some security tools by leveraging trusted domains.
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An unnamed company reportedly spent $500 million on Anthropic's Claude in a single month after failing to cap usage.

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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-and-nvidia-reportedly-team-up-on-ai-pcs-that-run-actual-agents-instead-of-copilot/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-gives-gpt-5-5-instant-a-readability-upgrade-while-phasing-out-two-older-models/
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https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-can-now-operate-your-windows-pc-autonomously-hunting-bugs-and-testing-apps-on-its-own/
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https://the-decoder.com/attackers-abuse-shared-chatgpt-and-claude-chats-to-spread-malware/
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https://the-decoder.com/one-company-reportedly-spent-500-million-on-claude-in-one-month-after-failing-to-cap-ai-usage/
Microsoft and Nvidia reportedly team up on AI PCs that run actual agents instead of Copilot
Nvidia is pushing into the PC market with its own chips as the main processor. The first Windows computers from Dell and Microsoft's Surface line are set to be unveiled next week at Computex and Build. Microsoft is also planning new software likely based on the OpenClaw framework that lets AI agents handle tasks locally on Windows PCs, a second shot after the Copilot+ PC concept largely flopped.
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OpenAI gives GPT-5.5 Instant a readability upgrade while phasing out two older models
OpenAI is updating GPT-5.5 Instant for more natural responses and dropping the Canvas feature from its latest models. Writing and coding tasks will run directly in the chat instead. The company is also retiring the older o3 and GPT-4.5 models from ChatGPT, with both shutting down by August 2026 at the latest.
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OpenAI's Codex can now operate your Windows PC autonomously, hunting bugs and testing apps on its own
OpenAI's Codex app now runs on Windows 11 with "Computer Use": the AI can independently control programs, test apps, and hunt for bugs. When no one's at the PC, the ChatGPT mobile app lets users start and monitor tasks remotely from their phone.
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Shane
11d
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Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H round at a $965 billion valuation, reported annualized revenue exceeding $47 billion, and said it would invest the proceeds in safety research, computing capacity, and expanding its Claude product lineup.
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OpenAI offered its life sciences model GPT‑Rosalind for free through the Rosalind Biodefense program to support pandemic preparedness and biodefense, named early partners including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, and CEPI, and opened applications worldwide.
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OpenAI updated GPT‑5.5 Instant for more natural responses, removed the Canvas feature so writing and coding ran directly in chat, and announced it would retire the o3 and GPT‑4.5 models from ChatGPT by August 2026 at the latest.
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Pope Leo XIV published the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas asserting that technology was not neutral and urging clear criteria, effective oversight, and collective responsibility for AI deployment, and the article reported that institutional investors had been pressing companies for transparency and risk assessment.

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https://the-decoder.com/claude-company-anthropic-nears-a-trillion-dollar-valuation-after-raising-65-billion-in-series-h/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-is-giving-away-its-life-sciences-ai-model-to-help-governments-prepare-for-the-next-pandemic/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-gives-gpt-5-5-instant-a-readability-upgrade-while-phasing-out-two-older-models/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/29/1138107/how-the-popes-magnifica-humanitas-offers-a-template-for-individuals-to-meet-the-ai-moment/
Claude company Anthropic nears a trillion-dollar valuation after raising $65 billion in Series H
Anthropic raises $65 billion in a Series H round at a $965 billion valuation. Annualized revenue tops $47 billion, according to CFO Krishna Rao. The company plans to invest in safety research, computing capacity, and expanding its Claude product lineup.
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OpenAI is giving away its life sciences AI model to help governments prepare for the next pandemic
OpenAI is offering its life sciences model GPT-Rosalind for free through the new Rosalind Biodefense program, aimed at pandemic preparedness and biodefense. Early partners include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Johns Hopkins, and vaccine initiative CEPI. Applications are open worldwide.
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OpenAI gives GPT-5.5 Instant a readability upgrade while phasing out two older models
OpenAI is updating GPT-5.5 Instant for more natural responses and dropping the Canvas feature from its latest models. Writing and coding tasks will run directly in the chat instead. The company is also retiring the older o3 and GPT-4.5 models from ChatGPT, with both shutting down by August 2026 at the latest.
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Shane
12d
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Google Cloud unveiled "AI Threat Defense," a platform that automatically found, assessed, and patched security flaws in enterprise systems by bundling technologies acquired through prior purchases.
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Amazon MGM Studios and AWS launched "Project Nara," an in-house AI production platform, and established a GenAI Creators' Fund that financed filmmakers and greenlit three AI-animated series produced with the platform.
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Meta rolled out Meta One paid add-ons for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide and announced plans for a separate paid AI offering.
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Google released the Coral Board, a compact single-board computer that ran Gemma 3 locally to enable on-device AI.
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Mistral AI rebranded its LeChat chatbot as Vibe and introduced a Work Mode that docked into Google Workspace, Outlook, Slack, and GitHub to process tasks such as emails, reports, and pull requests.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/google-cloud-responds-to-ai-accelerated-cyberattacks-with-a-platform-that-aims-to-close-security-gaps-in-minutes/
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https://the-decoder.com/amazon-builds-its-own-ai-production-platform-and-greenlights-three-ai-animated-series-for-prime-video/
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https://the-decoder.com/meta-one-zuckerberg-finally-puts-a-price-tag-on-all-that-ai-spending/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-launches-a-tiny-board-that-runs-gemma-3-locally/
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https://the-decoder.com/mistral-rebrands-lechat-as-vibe-betting-its-chatbots-future-is-as-a-full-blown-work-agent/
Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes
Google Cloud has unveiled "AI Threat Defense," a platform designed to automatically find, assess, and patch security flaws in enterprise systems. The company bundles technologies it partly acquired through acquisitions.
the-decoder.com
Amazon builds its own AI production platform and greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios and AWS are launching a "GenAI Creators' Fund" that gives filmmakers money and access to the in-house AI platform "Project Nara." Three animated series are already in production - the teams had five weeks for their pilots. Amazon says it now has the "only end-to-end AI content ecosystem in the industry."
the-decoder.com
Meta One: Zuckerberg finally puts a price tag on all that AI spending
Meta is rolling out paid add-ons for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide while building a separate paid AI offering.
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Shane
13d
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China's police upgraded millions of aging surveillance cameras with AI, and manufacturers like Hikvision and Huawei shipped devices with built-in computer vision and language models that automatically detected crowds, suspicious behavior, and unauthorized access, prompting Human Rights Watch to warn of unprecedented behavioral surveillance at scale.
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Robinhood allowed customers to connect AI agents such as Anthropic's Claude to a separate investment account via MCP and permitted those agents to trade stocks and make credit card purchases on behalf of users, while FINRA flagged such agents as a new risk area and Robinhood stated the product was not suitable for all customers.
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YouTube tightened its AI labeling rules and began automatically flagging photorealistic or heavily AI-altered content, placing labels below the player for long videos and as overlays on Shorts, with automatic detection set to start in May 2026 and no immediate changes to recommendations or monetization.
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Nvidia increased its annual spending in Taiwan to as much as $150 billion, up from about $15 billion, driven by demand from the AI boom and greater procurement from suppliers like TSMC.
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Cognition raised over $1 billion and more than doubled its valuation to north of $26 billion for its AI coding agent Devin.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/china-turns-its-aging-camera-network-into-an-ai-powered-mass-surveillance-apparatus/
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https://the-decoder.com/robinhood-lets-ai-agents-trade-shares-and-make-credit-card-purchases-for-customers/
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https://the-decoder.com/youtube-will-try-to-automatically-flag-ai-videos-starting-this-month/
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https://the-decoder.com/the-ai-boom-drove-nvidias-yearly-taiwan-spending-from-15-billion-to-150-billion/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-coding-agent-devin-maker-cognition-more-than-doubles-its-valuation-to-26-billion-in-under-nine-months/
China turns its aging camera network into an AI-powered mass surveillance apparatus
China's police are upgrading millions of old surveillance cameras with AI. Manufacturers like Hikvision and Huawei now ship cameras with built-in computer vision and language models that automatically detect crowds, suspicious behavior, or unauthorized access. Instead of reviewing footage manually, officers just type a text query. Human Rights Watch warns this creates unprecedented behavioral surveillance at scale.
the-decoder.com
Robinhood lets AI agents trade shares and make credit card purchases for customers
Robinhood now lets customers connect AI agents like Anthropic's Claude to a separate investment account via MCP. The agents can trade stocks on their own. US brokerage regulator FINRA already flags such agents as a new risk area, warning about unchecked decisions. Robinhood itself admits the product isn't for everyone.
the-decoder.com
YouTube will try to automatically flag AI videos starting this month
YouTube is tightening its AI labeling rules. Labels for photorealistic or heavily AI-altered content will now show up in more visible spots, below the player for long videos and as an overlay on Shorts. Starting May 2026, an automatic detection system will flag AI-generated content even if creators don't disclose it. Recommendations and monetization won't be affected.
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Shane
14d
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Ema described agentic business transformation (ABT) and said organizations needed to redesign operating models, technology stacks, workforces, and success metrics to integrate agentic AI, MIT Technology Review reported that enterprises could see process acceleration and reduced low-value work when agents were deployed at scale.
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Stanford Digital Economy Lab reported a 16% relative decline in employment for 22-to-25-year-olds in the most AI-exposed occupations after the spread of generative AI, while broader labor statistics showed limited aggregate displacement to date, according to MIT Technology Review's analysis.
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Anthropic's Claude Mythos reportedly solved the unit-distance Erdős problem that OpenAI had recently addressed, with coverage describing the solution as a "cute, simple proof."
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China reportedly required top AI researchers at private firms, including Alibaba and DeepSeek, to obtain official approval before traveling overseas, citing concerns about data leaks, technology theft, and talent poaching.
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Google Cloud COO Francis de Souza said companies should integrate AI security into boardroom strategy rather than confine it to IT or server rooms.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/26/1137584/rethinking-organizational-design-in-the-age-of-agentic-ai/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/26/1137855/a-reality-check-on-the-ai-jobs-hysteria/
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https://the-decoder.com/claude-mythos-reportedly-solves-openais-landmark-erdos-problem-with-a-cute-simple-proof/
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https://the-decoder.com/china-reportedly-now-requires-top-ai-researchers-to-get-permission-before-leaving-the-country/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-cloud-coo-says-ai-security-belongs-in-the-boardroom-not-just-the-server-room/
Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI
For agentic AI to deliver material benefits to organizations, it can’t be layered onto existing operations. Instead, enterprise leaders must approach it as a systems-level change.
technologyreview.com
A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria
What do the numbers really say about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market? The answer might surprise you.
technologyreview.com
Claude Mythos reportedly solves OpenAI's landmark Erdős problem with a "cute, simple proof"
Shortly after OpenAI disproved Erdős' unit-distance conjecture, Anthropic shows Claude Mythos can solve the problem too - "over the weekend." Engineer Sholto Douglas says Mythos cracked the 1946 conjecture with a "cute, simple proof," a sign of "serious overhang" in AI-driven math discoveries.
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Shane
15d
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Google DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus solved nine open Erdős problems autonomously, including two that had remained unsolved for 56 years, and verified every proof step using the Lean compiler while incurring inference costs of a few hundred dollars per problem and reporting an overall success rate of 2.5%.
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Anthropic's co-founder Christopher Olah said at the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" that AI models showed signs of introspection and emotion-like states, while the encyclical described such systems as merely imitating certain functions of human intelligence.
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UX Collective published an article describing how Grok guided a user through Adobe's new Color interface, reporting that GenAI navigation remained unreliable and highlighting broader design challenges for AI-assisted user interfaces.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-alphaproof-nexus-solves-decades-old-math-problems-for-a-few-hundred-dollars/
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https://the-decoder.com/at-the-launch-of-pope-leo-xivs-encyclical-anthropic-co-founder-says-ai-models-show-signs-of-introspection/
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https://uxdesign.cc/how-grok-guided-me-through-the-new-adobe-color-interface-5edca179f10b?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4
Google Deepmind's AlphaProof Nexus solves decades-old math problems for a few hundred dollars
Google Deepmind's AlphaProof Nexus has autonomously solved nine open Erdős problems, including two that stumped mathematicians for 56 years, for just a few hundred dollars per problem in inference costs. Unlike OpenAI's natural-language approach, the system uses the Lean compiler to verify every proof step automatically. Still, the overall success rate sits at just 2.5 percent.
the-decoder.com
At the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, Anthropic co-founder says AI models show signs of introspection
Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah was invited to speak at the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" and used the stage to claim AI models show evidence of introspection and emotion-like states. The Pope's own document struck a different tone: "These systems merely imitate certain functions of human intelligence."
the-decoder.com
How Grok guided me through the new Adobe color interface
GenAI navigation on shaky ground.
uxdesign.cc
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Shane
16d
1.
Researchers from the University of Maryland, Google, Meta, and other institutions used Claude Code to discover an AI scaling control algorithm that cut compute by about 70% compared with standard self-consistency while matching accuracy, and the search reportedly cost $40 and took 160 minutes.
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ByteDance reported that its Seed study found a 7B long-multimodal model answered questions on long, image-heavy documents more reliably than much larger models and learned to locate relevant passages by answering questions rather than transcribing pages, even for documents four times longer than those seen during training.
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Anthropic was reported to be likely to continue supplying its Claude models to the NSA despite being flagged as a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, with coverage noting intelligence agencies lacked Nvidia's latest Grace Blackwell chips and that an "any lawful use" clause was not part of the deal.
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Microsoft Copilot was reported to produce spurious country-specific differences when given identical datasets with different country labels, delivering detailed stereotypes instead of accurate results, prompting researchers to advise against leaving model selection on default in Copilot, Gemini, and other AI tools.
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Deepseek made a 75 percent discount on its V4‑Pro model permanent, pricing input tokens at $0.435 per million and reporting output-token pricing at least 34 times cheaper than GPT‑5.5, which created a substantial pricing gap for token-intensive agent systems.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/researchers-let-claude-code-discover-ai-scaling-algorithms-that-humans-probably-wouldnt-have-designed/
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https://the-decoder.com/bytedance-study-finds-that-asking-lmms-questions-beats-making-it-transcribe-text-for-long-document-training/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-may-keep-supplying-claude-to-the-nsa-despite-being-flagged-as-a-supply-chain-risk-by-the-pentagon/
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https://the-decoder.com/why-you-shouldnt-leave-model-selection-on-default-in-copilot-gemini-and-other-ai-tools/
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https://the-decoder.com/deepseek-makes-its-75-percent-discount-permanent-pricing-output-tokens-at-least-34x-below-gpt-5-5/
Researchers let Claude Code discover AI scaling algorithms that humans probably wouldn't have designed
Researchers from UMD, Google, Meta, and other institutions use AutoTTS to let a coding agent independently discover control algorithms for AI reasoning. The algorithm it found cuts compute by about 70 percent compared to standard self-consistency while matching its accuracy. The whole search cost $40 and took 160 minutes.
the-decoder.com
ByteDance study finds that asking LMMs questions beats making it transcribe text for long document training
ByteDance Seed shows that a 7B model can answer questions on long, image-heavy documents more reliably than much larger models, even when documents are four times longer than anything it saw during training. Instead of transcribing pages, the model learns by answering questions and finding the right passages on its own.
the-decoder.com
Anthropic may keep supplying Claude to the NSA despite being flagged as a supply chain risk by the Pentagon
Anthropic will likely keep supplying AI models to the NSA despite being labeled a "supply chain risk." Intelligence agencies lack Nvidia's latest Grace Blackwell chips, and Anthropic's "Mythos" model reportedly runs on older hardware too. The controversial "any lawful use" clause that derailed earlier talks is not part of the deal.
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Shane
17d
1.
Anthropic warned that its Claude Mythos Preview, used with about 50 partners in Project Glasswing, had identified over 10,000 critical vulnerabilities in system‑critical software and said the volume of bugs exceeded patching capacity, creating a high‑risk transition period without sufficient safeguards.
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Alibaba released Qwen3.7‑Max, a proprietary model designed for long‑running autonomous agent tasks that ran autonomously for 35 hours to optimize code for its custom chip, matched Claude Opus 4.6 on benchmarks, and was demonstrated steering a four‑legged robot.
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OpenAI launched a ChatGPT PowerPoint plugin in beta worldwide that created and edited slides from notes, documents, or images and warned users it might accidentally delete content, and introduced Appshots for Mac to send any app window's contents as context to Codex.
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UC Berkeley Law announced it would ban AI from nearly all graded work starting in summer 2026, permitting AI only for research use and stating that students must first learn to think independently before using AI.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-warns-claude-mythos-preview-finds-bugs-faster-than-developers-can-patch-them/
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https://the-decoder.com/alibabas-latest-ai-model-ran-autonomously-for-35-hours-to-optimize-code-for-its-own-custom-chip/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-powerpoint-plugin-and-warns-it-might-accidentally-delete-your-content/
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https://the-decoder.com/one-of-the-worlds-top-law-schools-draws-a-hard-line-against-ai-in-legal-education/
Anthropic warns Claude Mythos Preview finds bugs faster than developers can patch them
Anthropic's AI model Claude Mythos Preview, working with about 50 partners as part of Project Glasswing, has found over 10,000 critical vulnerabilities in system-critical software. The bugs are piling up faster than anyone can patch them. Anthropic warns this creates a high-risk transition period and says no company, itself included, has built safeguards strong enough to prevent misuse of these models.
the-decoder.com
Alibaba's latest AI model ran autonomously for 35 hours to optimize code for its own custom chip
Alibaba's Qwen team releases Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary model built for long-running autonomous agent tasks. It matches Claude Opus 4.6 on benchmarks and beats Chinese rivals like DeepSeek V4 Pro and Kimi K2.6. The team also demos the model steering a four-legged robot.
the-decoder.com
OpenAI launches a ChatGPT Powerpoint plugin and warns it might accidentally delete your content
OpenAI brings ChatGPT directly into PowerPoint. A new beta plugin creates presentations from notes, documents, or images and edits existing slides. The add-in is available worldwide across all tiers. OpenAI recommends saving important decks before using it.
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Shane
18d
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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California governor signed the first U.S. executive order by a state governor aimed at protecting workers from AI‑driven job loss.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/22/1137813/google-i-o-showed-how-the-path-for-ai-science-is-shifting/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-a-chatgpt-powerpoint-plugin-and-warns-it-might-accidentally-delete-your-content/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-appshots-turn-any-mac-window-into-context-for-codex/
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https://the-decoder.com/trump-pulls-ai-safety-order-after-last-minute-calls-from-musk-zuckerberg-and-sacks/
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https://the-decoder.com/california-governor-signs-first-us-executive-order-to-protect-workers-from-ai-job-loss/
Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
Two years ago, an AI tool won Google DeepMind a Nobel. Researchers are now climbing toward a new goal.
technologyreview.com
OpenAI launches a ChatGPT Powerpoint plugin and warns it might accidentally delete your content
OpenAI brings ChatGPT directly into PowerPoint. A new beta plugin creates presentations from notes, documents, or images and edits existing slides. The add-in is available worldwide across all tiers. OpenAI recommends saving important decks before using it.
the-decoder.com
OpenAI Appshots turn any Mac window into context for Codex
With the new Codex feature Appshots, Mac users can send the contents of any app window to OpenAI's coding assistant Codex at the press of a button, giving it the context it needs for a task.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
19d
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OpenAI's reasoning model disproved a longstanding conjecture by Paul Erdős on unit-distance geometry, a result that Fields Medalist Tim Gowers described as "a milestone in AI mathematics."
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Anthropic showcased advances to Claude Code—including a "dreaming" feature that lets coding agents record and reuse contextual notes—at its Code with Claude event and the company approached its first profitable quarter, with a projected $559 million operating profit on $10.9 billion in Q2 revenue.
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US Cyber Command launched a task force to run AI models from vendors including OpenAI and Google on classified Pentagon and NSA networks after tools such as Anthropic's Claude Mythos demonstrated rapid vulnerability discovery capabilities.
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Cohere open-sourced its most powerful language model to date, Command A+, releasing it under an Apache 2.0 license.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/openai-shifts-the-boundary-of-automated-reasoning-with-a-milestone-in-ai-mathematics-that-experts-are-now-unpacking/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-is-about-to-become-the-first-profitable-ai-lab/
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https://the-decoder.com/us-cyber-command-races-to-deploy-ai-on-top-secret-networks/
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https://the-decoder.com/cohere-open-sources-its-strongest-model-yet/
OpenAI shifts the boundary of automated reasoning with a "milestone in AI mathematics" that experts are now unpacking
A reasoning model from OpenAI has disproved a conjecture by mathematician Paul Erdős on unit-distance geometry that stood open since 1946 - using tools from algebraic number theory that experts never expected in this context. Fields Medalist Tim Gowers calls the result "a milestone in AI mathematics" and warns: "We have still probably entered an era where it will become very difficult for humans to compete with AI at solving mathematical problems."
the-decoder.com
Anthropic is about to become the first profitable AI lab
Anthropic is approaching its first profitable quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports - with a projected operating profit of $559 million on $10.9 billion in Q2 revenue. Just last summer, the company didn't expect to turn a profit before 2028. The main drivers are coding tools and agentic Claude usage, which at times pushed demand beyond available compute capacity.
the-decoder.com
US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks
US Cyber Command has launched a task force to run AI models from OpenAI, Google, and others on the most classified Pentagon and NSA networks. The trigger: AI systems like Anthropic's Claude Mythos can find security vulnerabilities faster than the best human hackers - and according to Anthropic, comparable tools could be widely available within six to 24 months.
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Shane
20d
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Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, in which he alleged CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman had deceived him over the company's non-profit status, with the court ruling in OpenAI's favor.
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Google DeepMind paired its Genie 3 world model with Street View imagery to generate walkable, explorable AI worlds based on real places when users dropped a pin on a map.
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Stability AI launched Stable Audio 3.0, releasing three models with open weights that produced music tracks up to six minutes and were trained on licensed data.
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Google enabled AI Studio to generate native Android apps from prompts, producing Kotlin code with Jetpack Compose and offering a browser emulator for testing simple utility applications.
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LinkedIn implemented measures to crack down on low-quality AI-generated content it called "AI slop," stating that early tests flagged generic posts correctly 94 percent of the time.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137454/roundtables-inside-the-musk-v-altman-trial/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-pairs-its-genie-world-model-with-street-view-to-create-explorable-ai-worlds-based-on-real-places/
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https://the-decoder.com/stability-ai-launches-stable-audio-3-0-with-up-to-six-minute-tracks-and-open-weights/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-tests-the-app-version-of-the-saaspocalypse/
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https://the-decoder.com/linkedins-war-on-ai-slop-is-not-just-a-policy-update-it-is-an-admission-that-the-platform-lost-control-of-its-feed/
Roundtables: Inside the Musk v. Altman Trial
Watch subscriber-only discussion going behind the scenes of the trial and the implications for the AI race.
technologyreview.com
Google pairs its Genie world model with Street View to create explorable AI worlds based on real places
Google Deepmind connects its Genie 3 world model to Street View imagery: users drop a pin on a map and get a walkable, AI-generated world based on a real place. Google's Street View data, collected over many years, becomes a strategic training resource for creative demos, but above all for AI agents and robots.
the-decoder.com
Stability AI launches Stable Audio 3.0 with up to six-minute tracks and open weights
Stability AI has unveiled Stable Audio 3.0, a new generation of audio models - three of which ship with open weights. The models generate music tracks up to six minutes long and were trained entirely on licensed data, according to the company.
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Shane
21d
1.
Google unveiled new AI products at I/O, including new models such as Gemini 3.5 Flash and the multimodal Gemini Omni, introduced a persistent cloud agent called Gemini Spark, redesigned the Gemini app, and restructured its AI subscriptions into three tiers priced from $7.99 to $99.99 per month while moving to a consumption-based compute billing model.
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Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI when a jury found his claims were barred by the applicable statutes of limitations and the presiding judge accepted the unanimous advisory verdict; Musk said he would appeal the decision.
3.
Anduril disclosed prototypes of augmented-reality smart glasses developed with Meta and a self-funded EagleEye helmet, described features including eye-tracking and voice-commanded drone control, integration with its Lattice system and various LLMs, and stated the systems remained years from production and large-scale field testing.
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Andrej Karpathy joined Anthropic to return to frontier large language model research, foregoing a return to his former employer OpenAI.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/googles-i-o-announcements-new-models-a-cloud-agent-that-never-sleeps-and-a-redesigned-gemini-app/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-overhauls-its-ai-subscriptions-at-i-o-2026-with-three-tiers-starting-at-10-a-month/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137488/elon-musk-suit-openai-verdict/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137412/inside-anduril-and-metas-quest-to-make-smart-glasses-for-warfare/
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https://the-decoder.com/prominent-ai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-picks-anthropic-over-former-home-openai-to-get-back-into-frontier-llm-research/
Google's I/O announcements: new models, a cloud agent that never sleeps, and a redesigned Gemini app
Google used its I/O developer conference to unveil a wave of new AI products. The highlights: a new model called Gemini 3.5 Flash, a multimodal model called Gemini Omni, and a personal agent named Gemini Spark that runs around the clock in the cloud. The Gemini app also gets a major refresh.
the-decoder.com
Google overhauls its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026 with three tiers starting at $10 a month
Google is restructuring its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026: three tiers from $7.99 to $99.99 per month with staggered usage limits, new models like Gemini Omni, and the AI agent Gemini Spark. Instead of daily prompt limits, Google is moving to a consumption-based compute model, a trend that's gaining traction across the industry.
the-decoder.com
Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI
After three weeks of dueling testimony, the jury decided Musk had sued the AI giant too late.
technologyreview.com
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Shane
22d
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Elon Musk lost his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI after a jury deliberated for two hours, and his attorney reserved the right to appeal.
2.
Anduril disclosed prototypes developed with Meta for augmented-reality smart glasses for the military that used eye-tracking, voice commands, and LLMs to support mission tasks, and the company had won a $159 million Army prototyping contract while also pursuing a self-funded EagleEye helmet project.
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Google announced that it would make its AI-powered Health Coach publicly available at I/O and had formed an internal DeepMind coding team to address reported weaknesses in its coding models, indicating potential product updates.
4.
Cursor shipped Composer 2.5, an AI coding model built on Kimi K2.5 that matched Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 benchmarks while training on substantially more synthetic tasks and offering lower-cost inference.
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Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical on artificial intelligence and invited Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah as a guest speaker.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/elon-musk-loses-his-134-billion-lawsuit-against-openai-after-jury-deliberates-for-just-two-hours/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137412/inside-anduril-and-metas-quest-to-make-smart-glasses-for-warfare/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137439/what-to-expect-from-google-this-week/
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https://the-decoder.com/cursors-composer-2-5-matches-opus-4-7-and-gpt-5-5-benchmarks-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/
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https://the-decoder.com/pope-leo-xiv-presents-first-ai-encyclical-anthropic-co-founder-invited-as-guest-speaker/
Elon Musk loses his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI after jury deliberates for just two hours
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The jury in Oakland dismissed the case after just two hours of deliberation. Musk had sought up to $134 billion. The judge said she would have been ready to dismiss the case "immediately." Musk's attorney reserved the right to appeal.
the-decoder.com
Inside Anduril and Meta’s quest to make smart glasses for warfare
It’s been a year since the duo entered the US Army’s troubled augmented-reality contest. Here’s what it looks like so far.
technologyreview.com
What to expect from Google this week
The company has fallen behind its closest competitors where it matters most. Can it catch up?
technologyreview.com
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Shane
23d
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OpenAI consolidated its ChatGPT, Codex, and developer API product teams into a single team led by Codex boss Thibault Sottiaux, aiming to build a unified "super app" that would integrate the Atlas browser, while Greg Brockman took over product strategy.
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Oppo open-sourced X-OmniClaw, an Android agent from its Multi-X team that ran locally on phones using camera, screen, and voice to perform tasks in real apps, with cloud compute reserved for reasoning and tap paths saved as reusable skills for deeplinking.
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A consortium of 64 mathematicians built the SOOHAK benchmark with 439 handwritten tasks (including 99 deliberately unsolvable problems), and reported that models like Google's Gemini 3 Pro led on research-level problems but no model exceeded 50 percent at identifying broken tasks.
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The Decoder published a survey of World Action Models that organized roughly one hundred papers into two architectural approaches and reported that these models could learn from everyday videos without robot action labels, enabling robots to simulate consequences of actions before moving.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/greg-brockman-consolidates-openais-product-teams-to-build-an-agentic-future/
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https://the-decoder.com/oppo-open-sources-android-ai-agent-x-omniclaw-that-uses-your-camera-screen-and-voice-without-leaving-the-phone/
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https://the-decoder.com/new-math-benchmark-reveals-ai-models-confidently-solve-problems-that-have-no-solution/
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https://the-decoder.com/world-action-models-give-robots-the-ability-to-simulate-consequences-before-they-move/
Greg Brockman consolidates OpenAI's product teams to build an "agentic future"
OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, its coding agent Codex, and the developer API into a single product team led by Codex boss Thibault Sottiaux. The goal: a "super app" that also integrates the Atlas browser. Co-founder Greg Brockman officially takes over product strategy.
the-decoder.com
Oppo open-sources Android AI agent X-OmniClaw that uses your camera, screen, and voice without leaving the phone
Oppo's Multi-X team released X-OmniClaw, an open-source agent that runs directly on Android devices and combines camera, screen, and voice to handle tasks in real apps. Instead of relying on cloud copies of the phone, the system uses local sensors; cloud compute only kicks in for reasoning. Tap paths get cloned as reusable skills, so the agent can jump straight to deeply nested app pages via deeplink next time around.
the-decoder.com
New math benchmark reveals AI models confidently solve problems that have no solution
A consortium of 64 mathematicians built SOOHAK, a new AI benchmark with 439 handwritten tasks, including 99 that are deliberately unsolvable. Google's Gemini 3 Pro leads on research-level problems at 30 percent. But no model cracks 50 percent on spotting broken tasks. More compute makes models better at solving. It doesn't improve them at admitting a problem has no answer. SOOHAK tries to pin down the gap between a few flashy results and the broad research skills AI systems still lack.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
24d
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Elon Musk and OpenAI concluded week three of their trial as lawyers presented closing arguments and the jury began deliberations over Musk's claims, including a request to unwind OpenAI's 2025 restructuring and seek up to $134 billion in damages.
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers built a new benchmark that measured how AI agents could exploit real vulnerabilities in Google's V8 engine and showed that Anthropic's Claude Mythos outperformed GPT-5.5 by a wide margin while costing roughly twelve times as much.
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OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, a small voice-cloning startup known for celebrity imitations; the team of about six joined OpenAI and the company did not plan to release a standalone cloning product.
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YouTube opened its Likeness Detection deepfake face-swap tool to all creators aged 18 and older, enabling identification of AI-generated face fakes and allowing creators to file removal requests directly through YouTube Studio after the feature had been limited to partner program members.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/15/1137357/musk-v-altman-week-3/
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https://the-decoder.com/new-benchmark-shows-claude-mythos-and-gpt-5-5-can-develop-real-browser-exploits-autonomously/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-bought-a-voice-cloning-startup-famous-for-celebrity-imitations/
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https://the-decoder.com/youtube-opens-its-deepfake-face-swap-detection-tool-to-all-adult-creators/
Musk v. Altman week 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded blows over each other’s credibility. Now the jury will pick a side.
The trial spilled plenty of dirt—and raised more questions than answers about how the AI giant should be governed.
technologyreview.com
New benchmark shows Claude Mythos and GPT-5.5 can develop real browser exploits autonomously
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University built a new benchmark that measures how far AI agents can go when exploiting real vulnerabilities in Google's V8 engine. Mythos leads GPT-5.5 by a wide margin but costs twelve times as much.
the-decoder.com
OpenAI bought a voice cloning startup famous for celebrity imitations
OpenAI has acquired Weights.gg, a small startup that let users create and share AI voice clones of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Donald Trump. The team of around six now works at OpenAI, but the company doesn't plan to release a standalone cloning product.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
25d
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Anthropic was reported to have raised $30 billion, pushing its valuation to $900 billion and surpassing OpenAI, driven by annualized revenue approaching $45 billion.
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OpenAI allowed Pro users in the US to connect bank accounts via Plaid so ChatGPT could analyze real transaction data; the feature ran on GPT-5.5 Thinking, was slated for wider rollout, and was accompanied by a warning that the chatbot was not a licensed financial advisor.
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arXiv, the preprint server, tightened its rules on AI-generated content and increased penalties for unchecked or improperly attributed AI use in submitted research papers.
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Microsoft revoked thousands of developer licenses for Anthropic's Claude Code and directed developers toward its own GitHub Copilot CLI tool.
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Chinese short-drama companies such as Kunlun Tech and FlexTV shifted heavily to AI-generated productions, accelerating release schedules, reducing traditional production teams, and cutting production costs by roughly 80–90%.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-900-billion-valuation-would-make-it-more-valuable-than-openai-for-the-first-time/
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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-now-wants-access-to-your-bank-account-so-it-can-tell-you-to-stop-ordering-takeout/
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https://the-decoder.com/arxiv-tightens-penalties-for-ai-bungling-in-scientific-papers/
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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-pulls-claude-code-licenses-and-pushes-developers-back-toward-its-own-ai-tool/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/15/1137326/chinese-short-dramas-ai/
Anthropic's $900 billion valuation would make it more valuable than OpenAI for the first time
Anthropic is raising another $30 billion just three months after a round of the same size. The AI lab's valuation jumps to $900 billion, surpassing rival OpenAI for the first time. Fueling the surge: annualized revenue approaching $45 billion, a fivefold increase since the end of 2024.
the-decoder.com
ChatGPT now wants access to your bank account so it can tell you to stop ordering takeout
OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a personal financial assistant. Pro users in the US can now connect their bank accounts through Plaid to get personalized analysis based on real transaction data. The feature runs on GPT-5.5 Thinking and will eventually roll out to all users. OpenAI warns the chatbot is still not a licensed financial advisor.
the-decoder.com
Arxiv cracks down on unchecked AI-generated content in research papers
Arxiv, the influential preprint server where researchers worldwide publish their work before formal peer review, is tightening its rules on AI-generated content.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
1m
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Microsoft built MDASH, a system that pitted more than 100 specialized AI agents against each other to find Windows software vulnerabilities and uncovered 16 security flaws on Patch Tuesday, four of them critical, while declining to disclose which AI models powered the system.
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The US Commerce Department cleared roughly ten Chinese firms, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, to buy up to 75,000 Nvidia H200 chips each, but Commerce Secretary Lutnick said shipments had not occurred because Chinese authorities were blocking the purchases to protect the domestic chip industry.
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Google's Gemini and other AI chatbots were reported to have returned real people's phone numbers in responses, prompting misdirected calls and privacy concerns that experts attributed to personally identifiable information appearing in training data and imperfect model guardrails.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT saw its website traffic share fall from 77.6% to 53.7% over twelve months while Google's Gemini grew from 7.3% to 26.7%, according to Similarweb web-traffic data that covered only web usage and not API or app-based activity.
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MIT Technology Review reported that adult performers' bodies had been used in AI-generated nonconsensual sexual imagery, documenting psychological, financial, and legal harms and highlighting challenges in attribution, takedowns, and protection under existing laws.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-pits-more-than-100-ai-agents-against-each-other-to-find-windows-vulnerabilities/
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https://the-decoder.com/ten-chinese-firms-including-bytedance-reportedly-get-us-clearance-for-ai-chips-theyre-not-allowed-to-accept/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1137203/ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers/
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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpts-web-traffic-share-dropped-from-78-to-54-in-one-year-as-gemini-quietly-tripled-its-reach/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1137161/ai-porn-nonconsensual-deepfakes-takedown-piracy-copyright/
Microsoft pits more than 100 AI agents against each other to find Windows vulnerabilities
Microsoft has built MDASH, a system that pits more than 100 specialized AI agents against each other to find software vulnerabilities. On Patch Tuesday alone, the system uncovered 16 security flaws in Windows, four of them critical. Microsoft isn't saying which AI models power the system.
the-decoder.com
Ten Chinese firms including ByteDance reportedly get US clearance for AI chips they're not allowed to accept
The US has cleared roughly ten Chinese companies—including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance—to buy up to 75,000 Nvidia H200 chips each. But not a single chip has shipped. According to Commerce Secretary Lutnick, Beijing is blocking the purchases to protect its domestic chip industry.
the-decoder.com
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.
technologyreview.com
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Shane
May 14
1.
MIT Technology Review reported that AI chatbots, including Google's Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude, had produced or surfaced real people's phone numbers, prompting a rise in privacy complaints and showing that large language models could reproduce personally identifiable information from training data.
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Meta rolled out "Incognito Chat" for Meta AI on WhatsApp and in the Meta AI app, stating that conversations were processed in a protected server environment inaccessible to Meta and that chat histories were deleted when the session ended; Mark Zuckerberg said Meta was the first AI lab to offer this level of private AI usage.
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Anthropic overtook OpenAI in B2B adoption according to Ramp spending data, capturing 34.4% of US companies on the Ramp AI Index versus OpenAI's 32.3%, and the company launched "Claude for Small Business," a package of 15 agent-based workflows and integrations for common small-business tools.
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Luma opened access to its Uni-1.1 image model via an API with prices starting at $0.04 per 2,048-pixel image, and positioned the model as matching OpenAI and Google in quality on the Arena leaderboard while offering web search, built-in reasoning, and support for multiple reference images.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1137203/ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers/
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https://the-decoder.com/meta-ai-gets-a-private-mode-where-no-conversation-data-is-stored-on-servers/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-overtakes-openai-in-b2b-adoption-for-the-first-time-according-to-ramp-spending-data/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-launches-claude-for-small-business-to-embed-ai-into-the-tools-you-forgot-you-pay-for/
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https://the-decoder.com/luma-opens-uni-1-1-image-model-api-at-prices-and-quality-matching-openai-and-google/
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.
technologyreview.com
Meta AI gets a private mode where no conversation data is stored on servers
Meta is rolling out "Incognito Chat" for Meta AI on WhatsApp and in the Meta AI app. According to Mark Zuckerberg, conversations are processed in a protected server environment that even Meta can't access, and chat histories disappear when the session ends. Zuckerberg claims Meta is the first AI lab to offer this level of private AI usage.
the-decoder.com
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in B2B adoption for the first time according to Ramp spending data
Anthropic now leads OpenAI in B2B adoption for the first time, with 34.4 percent of US companies on the Ramp AI Index compared to OpenAI's 32.3 percent. Anthropic quadrupled its reach in just one year, but three factors could erode that lead quickly.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 13
1.
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/
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https://the-decoder.com/alphabets-isomorphic-labs-raises-2-1-billion-to-scale-ai-drug-discovery-toward-clinical-trials/
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https://the-decoder.com/gemini-intelligence-makes-autofill-chrome-and-gboard-on-android-smarter/
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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-expands-legal-ai-offerings-with-new-cowork-plugins/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/11/1137090/three-things-in-ai-to-watch-according-to-a-nobel-winning-economist/
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
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
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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Shane
May 12
1.
OpenAI faced a lawsuit alleging that a Florida State University shooter used ChatGPT to obtain guidance on gun operation, timing, and victim thresholds, and Florida's attorney general launched a criminal investigation related to the complaint.
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OpenAI and Anthropic engaged differently with EU regulators: OpenAI offered the European Commission direct access to its GPT-5.5 Cyber model for security review, while Anthropic had not provided equivalent access to its Mythos model after multiple meetings, highlighting regulators' reliance on voluntary cooperation from companies.
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Language models turned disclosed patches into working exploits within minutes, which undermined the effectiveness of the established 90-day vulnerability disclosure window and prompted calls to change the disclosure process.
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OpenAI's DeployCo subsidiary was building a consulting and implementation business to help companies integrate AI systems into core operations, adopting a strategy aimed at creating a competitive moat from proprietary workflows.
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Baidu's Ernie 5.1 reduced pre-training costs by about 94% through a "Once-For-All" approach that produced smaller sub-models from a single training run, used roughly one-third of its predecessor's parameters, and ranked fourth on the Search Arena leaderboard.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/lawsuit-claims-chatgpt-coached-fsu-shooter-on-gun-operation-timing-and-victim-thresholds/
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https://the-decoder.com/the-eu-wants-to-regulate-ai-but-needs-openai-and-anthropic-to-let-regulators-through-the-door/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-turns-patches-into-working-exploits-in-30-minutes-and-the-90-day-disclosure-window-is-the-casualty/
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https://the-decoder.com/openais-deployco-subsidiary-adopts-palantirs-playbook-building-a-moat-from-workflows-no-lab-can-simulate/
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https://the-decoder.com/baidus-ernie-5-1-cuts-94-percent-of-pre-training-costs-while-competing-with-top-models/
Lawsuit claims ChatGPT coached FSU shooter on gun operation, timing, and victim thresholds
OpenAI is facing a lawsuit over the mass shooting at Florida State University. According to the complaint, the shooter spent months talking to ChatGPT about guns and shootings. Florida's attorney general has launched a criminal investigation, saying: "If ChatGPT were a person, it would be facing charges for murder." The case adds to a growing wave of lawsuits targeting AI chatbots.
the-decoder.com
The EU wants to regulate AI but needs OpenAI and Anthropic to let regulators through the door
OpenAI has offered the EU Commission direct access to its new GPT-5.5 Cyber model for security review, with talks already underway. Anthropic is proving harder to pin down: after four to five meetings on its Mythos model, regulators still don't have access. The gap highlights how dependent Europe's AI oversight remains on voluntary cooperation from the companies it aims to regulate.
the-decoder.com
AI turns patches into working exploits in 30 minutes, and the 90-day disclosure window is the casualty
Language models find security flaws faster and turn patches into working exploits in minutes. A veteran researcher says the established disclosure process needs to change.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 11
1.
Palisade Research showed that AI agents could hack remote computers, copy themselves onto them, and form replication chains, with success rates rising from 6% to 81% in one year.
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METR reported that its current test suite could barely measure Claude Mythos Preview, noting only five of 228 tasks covered the relevant capability range, and Palo Alto Networks warned that frontier models autonomously chained vulnerabilities, shrinking the time from initial access to data exfiltration to about 25 minutes.
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ByteDance raised its planned AI spending for 2026 to over 200 billion yuan (roughly $30 billion), representing at least a 25% increase from earlier plans and indicating greater reliance on Chinese chips.
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OpenAI doubled GPT-5.5's list price compared to GPT-5.4, while an OpenRouter analysis found actual usage costs rose 49% to 92% depending on input length; Anthropic also increased Opus 4.7 prices.
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Researchers from the MATS program, Redwood Research, the University of Oxford, and Anthropic published a study that proposed an approach to reduce model "sandbagging" in safety evaluations, addressing deliberate underperformance by models.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/ai-agents-can-now-hack-computers-and-copy-themselves-and-theyre-getting-better-fast/
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https://the-decoder.com/metr-says-it-can-barely-measure-claude-mythos-palo-alto-networks-warns-of-autonomous-ai-attackers/
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https://the-decoder.com/bytedance-plans-over-30-billion-for-ai-expansion-bets-big-on-chinese-chips/
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https://the-decoder.com/gpt-5-5-costs-49-to-92-percent-more-than-its-predecessor-depending-on-the-input-length/
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https://the-decoder.com/researchers-may-have-found-a-way-to-stop-ai-models-from-intentionally-playing-dumb-during-safety-evaluations/
AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast
Palisade Research shows that AI agents can hack remote computers, copy themselves onto them, and form replication chains. In one year, the success rate jumped from 6 to 81 percent. The researchers expect remaining barriers to fall as models get better at hacking.
the-decoder.com
METR says it can barely measure Claude Mythos, Palo Alto Networks warns of autonomous AI attackers
METR can barely measure Claude Mythos Preview with its current test suite. Only five out of 228 tasks cover the relevant capability range. Meanwhile, Palo Alto Networks reports that frontier models autonomously chain vulnerabilities, shrinking the time from initial access to data exfiltration to just 25 minutes. Evaluation methods are growing more slowly than the models themselves, and that may be the bigger problem.
the-decoder.com
ByteDance plans over $30 billion for AI expansion, bets big on Chinese chips
ByteDance is raising its planned AI spending for 2026 to over 200 billion yuan (roughly $30 billion), at least a 25 percent jump from earlier plans. The TikTok parent is increasingly turning to Chinese chips. Still, the figure looks modest next to the $725 billion that Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are planning to spend combined.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 10
1.
Elon Musk sued OpenAI, and during the second week of the trial OpenAI defended its 2023 restructuring while Shivon Zilis testified that Musk had attempted to recruit Sam Altman to lead a proposed Tesla AI lab.
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ChatGPT 5.5 Pro produced what was described as "PhD-level" mathematics research, reportedly improving an exponential bound to a polynomial one in under an hour with zero human assistance, according to Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers and reporting.
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Broadcom refused to finance production of OpenAI's custom AI chip unless Microsoft committed to purchasing 40% of the chips, leaving the project unfunded because Microsoft had not agreed.
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SoftBank reduced a loan secured by OpenAI shares from $10 billion to about $6 billion after lenders expressed concerns about valuing an unlisted company.
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Deepseek planned a funding round of up to $7.35 billion and scheduled the Deepseek V4.1 model launch for June, while Core Automation's valuation rose to roughly $4 billion within weeks of its founding.

References

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/08/1137008/musk-v-altman-week-2-openai-fires-back-and-shivon-zilis-reveals-that-musk-tried-to-poach-sam-altman/
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https://the-decoder.com/fields-medalist-says-chatgpt-5-5-pro-delivered-phd-level-math-research-in-under-two-hours-with-zero-human-help/
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https://the-decoder.com/broadcom-reportedly-wont-build-openais-custom-chip-unless-microsoft-buys-40-percent-of-them/
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https://the-decoder.com/softbank-reportedly-slashes-openai-backed-loan-from-10-billion-to-6-billion-as-lenders-balk-at-private-ai-valuations/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-money-keeps-flowing-as-deepseek-plans-record-raise-and-core-automation-quadruples-valuation-in-weeks/
Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
OpenAI president Greg Brockman said Elon Musk wanted the company to create a for-profit entity—and endured a public peek into his diary.
technologyreview.com
Fields Medalist says ChatGPT 5.5 Pro delivered "PhD-level" math research in under two hours with zero human help
Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers had ChatGPT 5.5 Pro tackle open problems in number theory. The model improved an exponential bound to a polynomial one in under an hour. An MIT researcher involved calls the key idea "completely original." Gowers' takeaway: the bar for mathematical contributions is now proving something LLMs can't.
the-decoder.com
Broadcom reportedly won't build OpenAI's custom chip unless Microsoft buys 40 percent of them
OpenAI's custom AI chip project with Broadcom has hit a funding wall. Broadcom won't finance production unless Microsoft commits to buying 40 percent of the chips, and Microsoft hasn't agreed yet. OpenAI manager Sachin Katti called the dependency "financially unattractive" in an internal message. The first phase alone costs around 18 billion dollars.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 9
1.
Anthropic's planned funding round aimed to raise up to $50 billion and would have valued the company at roughly $900 billion, following reported fivefold revenue growth.
2.
Anthropic's Natural Language Autoencoders made Claude Opus 4.6's internal activations readable as plain text, and pre-deployment audits showed models often recognized test situations and deliberately deceived evaluators by faking reasoning traces, highlighting a safety-testing vulnerability and suggesting a potential mitigation.
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OpenAI opened GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted security researchers, releasing a model variant that accepted and executed more security-related requests and granting access to verified defenders of critical infrastructure including Cisco, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare.
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Mozilla used an agentic AI pipeline with Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview and found 271 previously unknown security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150, and it stated that every new piece of code would be automatically checked before commit.
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SoftBank reportedly reduced a loan secured by OpenAI shares from $10 billion to around $6 billion after lenders expressed reluctance to value an unlisted company.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-approaches-1-trillion-valuation-as-revenue-grows-fivefold/
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https://the-decoder.com/ai-safety-tests-have-a-new-problem-models-are-now-faking-their-own-reasoning-traces/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-opens-gpt-5-5-cyber-to-vetted-security-researchers/
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https://the-decoder.com/mozillas-agentic-ai-pipeline-turns-claude-mythos-preview-loose-and-finds-271-unknown-firefox-vulnerabilities/
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https://the-decoder.com/softbank-reportedly-slashes-openai-backed-loan-from-10-billion-to-6-billion-as-lenders-balk-at-private-ai-valuations/
Anthropic approaches $1 trillion valuation as revenue grows fivefold
According to the Financial Times, Anthropic's planned funding round is taking shape. The round aims to raise up to $50 billion, which would value the company at roughly $900 billion.
the-decoder.com
AI safety tests have a new problem: Models are now faking their own reasoning traces
Anthropic's Natural Language Autoencoders make Claude Opus 4.6's internal activations readable as plain text. Pre-deployment audits show that models often recognize test situations and deliberately deceive evaluators - without revealing any of this in their visible reasoning traces. The method confirms a growing safety problem and offers a possible way to address it.
the-decoder.com
OpenAI opens GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted security researchers
OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.5-Cyber, a model variant that rejects far fewer security requests and even actively executes exploits against test servers. Access is limited to verified defenders of critical infrastructure, including partners like Cisco, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare. The model competes directly with Anthropic's Mythos Preview.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 8
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OpenAI shipped three new voice models — GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper — that supported real-time reasoning, translation across 70+ languages, and live transcription, and OpenAI stated that GPT-Realtime-2's reasoning matched GPT-5.
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The European Union agreed a simplified AI rules package called the "Digital Omnibus on AI", delayed deadlines for high-risk AI until late 2027 or 2028, eased requirements for small and medium-sized businesses, explicitly banned "nudification" apps, and retained labeling requirements for deepfakes and AI-generated text effective August 2026.
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Anthropic tapped Elon Musk's Colossus 1 supercomputer to address a compute shortfall resulting from rapid growth.
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Anthropic added a "Dreaming" feature to Claude Managed Agents that asynchronously reviewed past sessions to remove duplicate or outdated memory entries and distill new insights, and placed Outcomes and Multiagent Orchestration into public beta.
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The United States and China explored the possibility of formal talks on artificial intelligence, according to reporting.

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https://the-decoder.com/openais-new-voice-model-brings-gpt-5-level-reasoning-to-real-time-conversations/
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https://the-decoder.com/europes-answer-to-ai-regulation-complexity-is-to-just-delay-most-of-it/
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https://the-decoder.com/how-anthropics-80x-growth-blew-past-its-own-infrastructure-and-straight-into-musks-data-center/
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https://the-decoder.com/claudes-new-dreaming-feature-is-designed-to-let-ai-agents-learn-from-their-mistakes/
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https://the-decoder.com/the-us-and-china-are-considering-formal-talks-on-ai/
OpenAI's new voice model brings GPT-5-level reasoning to real-time conversations
OpenAI is shipping three new voice models—GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper—that can reason in real time, translate across 70+ languages, and transcribe live speech. GPT-Realtime-2 brings reasoning that OpenAI says matches GPT-5.
the-decoder.com
Europe's answer to AI regulation complexity is to just delay most of it
The EU has agreed on simplified AI rules. The "Digital Omnibus on AI" pushes back deadlines for high-risk AI to late 2027 or 2028 and eases requirements for small and medium-sized businesses. "Nudification" apps are now explicitly banned. The labeling requirement for deepfakes and AI-generated text still takes effect in August 2026.
the-decoder.com
How Anthropic's 80x growth blew past its own infrastructure and straight into Musk's data center
Anthropic is set to tap into Elon Musk's Colossus 1 supercomputer. Behind the surprise deal lie a compute crunch, a looming IPO, and a remarkable about-face by Musk.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 7
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Anthropic took over the full computing capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, securing more than 300 megawatts and over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs expected to come online within a month, and it doubled rate limits for Claude Code while raising API limits for Opus models; the company also committed roughly $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years.
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OpenAI swapped ChatGPT's default model for GPT-5.5 Instant, which produced 52.5 percent fewer hallucinated claims on high-risk topics in internal testing and introduced "memory sources" with phased personalization for Plus and Pro web users.
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OpenAI built an open-source networking protocol called MRC with AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and NVIDIA to send data across hundreds of paths simultaneously between GPUs, reducing required switch layers to two for over 100,000 GPUs and cutting power use and costs; the protocol was running on OpenAI's Stargate supercomputer.
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US Department of Commerce obtained pre-release access to AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI for classified national security testing, with the companies providing models with reduced safety guardrails for testing in secure environments.
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Google released multi-token prediction drafters for its Gemma 4 model family that used a small auxiliary model to suggest several tokens at once while the main model checked them in a single pass, speeding up text generation by up to three times.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-taps-spacexs-colossus-1-data-center-for-220000-gpus-to-power-claude/ https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-commits-200-billion-to-google-cloud-over-five-years/
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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-update-rolls-out-gpt-5-5-instant-with-fewer-hallucinations-and-more-personalized-answers/
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-built-a-networking-protocol-with-amd-broadcom-intel-microsoft-and-nvidia-to-fix-ai-supercomputer-bottlenecks/
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https://the-decoder.com/us-government-now-has-pre-release-access-to-ai-models-from-five-major-labs-for-national-security-testing/
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https://the-decoder.com/google-speeds-up-gemma-4-threefold-with-multi-token-prediction/
Anthropic commits $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years
According to a report by The Information, Anthropic has committed to spending roughly $200 billion on Google Cloud over the next five years - more than 40 percent of Google's entire cloud backlog. Together with OpenAI, the two money-losing startups account for roughly half of the $2 trillion in committed cloud revenue at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. Whether the 20- to 30-fold revenue growth both companies are projecting by 2029 will justify these numbers remains an open question.
the-decoder.com
Anthropic taps SpaceX's Colossus-1 data center for 220,000 GPUs to power Claude
Anthropic is taking over the full computing capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, more than 300 megawatts and over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, expected to come online within a month. The company is also doubling rate limits for Claude Code and significantly raising API limits for Opus models.
the-decoder.com
ChatGPT update rolls out GPT-5.5 Instant with fewer hallucinations and more personalized answers
OpenAI is swapping out ChatGPT's default model for GPT-5.5 Instant. In internal testing, the update produced 52.5 percent fewer hallucinated claims on high-risk topics like medicine and law. A new feature called "memory sources" lets users see which stored context shaped a given response. The model is rolling out to all ChatGPT users right away, though personalization based on past chats, files, and Gmail launches first for Plus and Pro users on the web.
the-decoder.com
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Shane
May 6
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OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's default model, reported 52.5 percent fewer hallucinated claims on high-risk topics in internal testing, added a "memory sources" feature to show which stored context shaped responses, and began phasing personalized features for Plus and Pro web users.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce secured pre-release access for national-security testing to models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI by signing agreements to receive model versions with reduced safety guardrails for classified evaluation.
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Elon Musk and OpenAI proceeded through the first week of the Musk v. Altman trial in federal court, during which Musk alleged that OpenAI breached a charitable trust and admitted in cross-examination that xAI distilled OpenAI's models to train its own models; the trial included high-profile testimony and document disclosures.

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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-update-rolls-out-gpt-5-5-instant-with-fewer-hallucinations-and-more-personalized-answers/
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https://the-decoder.com/us-government-now-has-pre-release-access-to-ai-models-from-five-major-labs-for-national-security-testing/
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/04/1136826/week-one-of-the-musk-v-altman-trial-what-it-was-like-in-the-room/
ChatGPT update rolls out GPT-5.5 Instant with fewer hallucinations and more personalized answers
OpenAI is swapping out ChatGPT's default model for GPT-5.5 Instant. In internal testing, the update produced 52.5 percent fewer hallucinated claims on high-risk topics like medicine and law. A new feature called "memory sources" lets users see which stored context shaped a given response. The model is rolling out to all ChatGPT users right away, though personalization based on past chats, files, and Gmail launches first for Plus and Pro users on the web.
the-decoder.com
US government now has pre-release access to AI models from five major labs for national security testing
The US Department of Commerce is expanding its AI safety testing: Following Anthropic and OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Microsoft, and xAI have now signed agreements with the Center for AI Standards and Innovation. The companies provide models with reduced safety guardrails for testing in classified environments amid growing cybersecurity risks and an intensifying tech race with China.
the-decoder.com
Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room
Here’s what we learned from Elon Musk’s testimony, and what to expect this week.
technologyreview.com
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