Archive: 2026-05-13

Stories from 2026-05-13

1. Blackstone REIT Raises $1.75 Billion in IPO to Buy Data Centers

   Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

   Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. raised $1.75 billion in a US initial public offering, as investors’ appetite for artificial intelligence infrastructure shows no sign

2. AI Bond Binge Overwhelms Wall Street, Pushing Alphabet Overseas

   Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

   Bankers were still putting the final touches on Alphabet Inc.’s blockbuster $17 billion of bond sales when word started to spread Monday morning on Wall Street: the company is

3. China’s Hot, Unprofitable AI Stocks Are Hard to Short Until July

   Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

   Short sellers eying China’s hottest AI firms have found the going hard with so little of their shares publicly traded.

4. Can AI Become Conscious?

   Towards AI · 2026-05-13

   The debate surrounding AI consciousness has been reignited by recent philosophical and technical discussions, particularly concerning the emergent properties of large language

5. Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs

   The Verge · 2026-05-13

   Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs.

6. Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents

   TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

   Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic

7. Enterprise AI Governance in 2026: Why the Tools Employees Use Are Ahead of the Policies That Cover Them

   MarkTechPost · 2026-05-13

   63% of organizations have no AI governance policy. Shadow AI is already running inside your stack — here is the data.

8. Apple may open up the App Store to agentic AI

   Engadget · 2026-05-13

   But doing so could threaten its bottom line.

9. Why the US Must Engage China on AI Safety Before It’s ‘Game Over’

   Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

   Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations says Chinese AI is closing the gap—and that means Washington can’t afford to ignore safety talks.

10. Anthropic Eyeing Over $900 Billion Valuation | Bloomberg Tech 5/13/2026

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss what to expect from the highly anticipated meeting between President Trump and China's Xi Jinping

11. Cisco Soars on Sales Forecast, AI-Focused Restructuring Plan

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Cisco Systems Inc. gained as much as 19% in late trading after the company delivered a better-than-anticipated sales forecast and announced plans to cut thousands of jobs

12. AI Chipmaker Cerebras Raises $5.55 Billion in Year’s Biggest IPO

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Cerebras Systems Inc. raised $5.55 billion in its US initial public offering, as the artificial intelligence chipmaker seizes on the surging demand for semiconductors.

13. TPG Says OpenAI Venture a Traditional Move for Firm

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    OpenAI may be a marquee corporate name but working with the tech giant is business as usual for TPG Inc.

14. Musk’s xAI Races to Get Wall Street Firms to Use Grok Chatbot

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Elon Musk’s xAI has recruited multiple Wall Street firms with ties to the billionaire’s business empire to test its Grok chatbot, according to people familiar with the matter

15. AI In Focus As Top CEOs Head To China For Trade Summit

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    US business leaders including Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook and Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk on Trump’s first overseas trip since waging war in the Middle East

16. Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.

17. Hackers Are Already Using AI to Beef Up Their Attacks, Hide Their Activity

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Security personnel are catching attackers in new ways, too.

18. Anthropic in Talks to Raise $30 Billion at a $900 Billion Valuation

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter

19. What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

    WIRED · 2026-05-13

    Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

20. OpenAI endorses the Kids Online Safety Act

    Engadget · 2026-05-13

    The bill appears to be gaining new momentum.

21. AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers

    MIT Technology Review · 2026-05-13

    People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.

22. I Built the Same B2B Document Extractor Twice: Rules vs. LLM

    Towards Data Science · 2026-05-13

    A practical comparison between rule-based PDF extraction using pytesseract and an LLM-based approach with Ollama and LLaMA 3, based on a realistic B2B order scenario.

23. Companies are 'Testing & Trying' with AI Costs: Trujillo

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    David Trujillo, partner at TPG, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." OpenAI this week unveiled a new consulting and services business

24. Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in B2B adoption for the first time according to Ramp spending data

    The Decoder · 2026-05-13

    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.

25. Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

    WIRED · 2026-05-13

    In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights.

26. Meta AI gets a private mode where no conversation data is stored on servers

    The Decoder · 2026-05-13

    Meta is rolling out "Incognito Chat" for Meta AI on WhatsApp and in the Meta AI app.

27. Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar

    Ars Technica · 2026-05-13

    "Very painful": Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI.

28. Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program

    Engadget · 2026-05-13

    Last month, it said it would use employees' mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI models.

29. Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business to embed AI into the tools you forgot you pay for

    The Decoder · 2026-05-13

    Anthropic is launching "Claude for Small Business," a package of 15 agent-based workflows and integrations for tools like QuickBooks, PayPal, and HubSpot.

30. Honeywell CEO Discusses Company's Dealmaking, Spinoffs

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Global events like the Iran conflict and the rise of artificial intelligence are creating increased demand for Honeywell International Inc.

31. Microsoft Spent Over $100 Billion on OpenAI Partnership

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Microsoft Corp. has spent more than $100 billion on its partnership with OpenAI, a sum that underscores the significance of the software maker’s role in the AI company’s growth.

32. OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court

    WIRED · 2026-05-13

    In Musk v. Altman, the company claimed a remarkable trophy was physical proof of Elon Musk’s concerning behavior.

33. Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat

    The Verge · 2026-05-13

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers." Messages in Incognito Chat

34. MARA Strikes Data Center Deals in AI Pivot

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    MARA continues to shift its focus from Bitcoin mining to the unprecedented energy demand needed to fuel AI.

35. Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”

    Ars Technica · 2026-05-13

    But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.

36. Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.

37. AI Startup Fractile Raises $220 Million for Chip Production

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Fractile, a UK startup designing chips to handle artificial intelligence workloads, has raised $220 million to help produce its first processors.

38. Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    For founders and investors, Anthropic's new offering signals that the AI platform wars are expanding downmarket and that the next major battleground for user acquisition isn't the

39. Luma opens Uni-1.1 image model API at prices and quality matching OpenAI and Google

    The Decoder · 2026-05-13

    Luma is making its Uni-1.1 image model available via API, with prices starting at $0.04 per image at 2,048-pixel resolution.

40. One in seven in UK prefer consulting AI chatbots to seeing doctor, study finds

    The Guardian AI · 2026-05-13

    Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical advice One in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead

41. Arm, SoftBank Tried to Buy Cerebras in 11th Hour

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Arm Holdings Plc and majority owner SoftBank Group Corp. made an approach to acquire Cerebras Systems Inc., the AI computing firm

42. Bank of Canada Sees AI as Possible Productivity Salve

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    The Bank of Canada struck an optimistic tone on the economic impact of artificial intelligence, arguing that widespread adoption of the technology will boost the country’s ailing

43. Mistral Developing New AI Model for Banks Lacking Mythos Access

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in discussions with European banks about deploying its answer to Anthropic PBC’s Mythos

44. MCP vs Tool Use vs Function Calling: LLM Integration Guide

    Towards AI · 2026-05-13

    Three different terms, three different architectures, one underlying problem: how do you connect a large language model to the rest of the…

45. Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

    The Guardian AI · 2026-05-13

    Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security A court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company

46. Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    Alexa for Shopping offers a voice- and touch-enabled shopping experience across mobile, desktop, and Echo Show smart displays.

47. Microsoft’s LinkedIn Is Cutting Jobs in Latest Industry Cull

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn is cutting workers in the tech industry’s latest move to reduce headcount in the AI age.

48. Schwab Will Use AI To Serve Less-Affluent Customers

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Charles Schwab Corp. is planning to use artificial intelligence to extend benefits usually reserved for wealthy clients to the less affluent.

49. WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

50. Can AI Chatbots Reason Like Doctors?

    IEEE Spectrum · 2026-05-13

    One of the earliest stated goals for computing in medicine was to aid in clinical reasoning: the decision-making steps required to reach a diagnosis and form a treatment plan.

51. WhatsApp users can soon have private conversations with Meta AI

    Engadget · 2026-05-13

    No one other than you will be able to read messages exchanged via Incognito Chat with Meta AI.

52. Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.

53. Red Hat Desktop vs. Fedora Hummingbird: Which AI development Linux path is right for you?

    ZDNet · 2026-05-13

    Red Hat Desktop is for secure, production-style AI development, while Fedora Hummingbird is for AI agent experimentation.

54. What’s the Best Way to Brainwash an LLM?

    Towards Data Science · 2026-05-13

    I spent a weekend trying to convince a language model it was C-3PO. Here's what actually worked.

55. China's AI suppliers can't keep up as critical component shortages hit production

    The Decoder · 2026-05-13

    China's AI hardware suppliers can't keep up with surging demand because critical components are scarce and production capacity is lacking, Bloomberg reports.

56. Physical AI Conference Comes to San Jose as Robotics & Autonomous AI Go Mainstream

    AI News · 2026-05-13

    The Physical AI Conference shaping the future of robotics, autonomous systems and real-world AI deployment lands in Silicon Valley this May, bringing together the engineers

57. Alexa is moving into Amazon․com

    The Verge · 2026-05-13

    Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company's shopping experience.

58. Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

    TechCrunch · 2026-05-13

    Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

59. Amazon Puts Alexa Inside the Shopping Search Bar in AI Push

    Bloomberg · 2026-05-13

    Artificial intelligence algorithms are coming to some of the most valuable real estate in retail: the Amazon.com Inc. search bar.

60. Amazon made a version of Alexa just for shopping

    Engadget · 2026-05-13

    Alexa for Shopping is an 'agentic AI assistant' for Amazon purchases