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- How to Apply Claude Code to Non-technical Tasks
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
Learn how to apply coding agents to all tasks on your computerContinue reading on Towards AI »
- Cline Releases Cline SDK: An Open-Source Agent Runtime Now Powering Its CLI and Kanban, With IDE Extensions Being Migrated
MarkTechPost · 2026-05-14
Cline has extracted its internal agent harness into an open-source TypeScript SDK called @cline/sdk, the same runtime now powering its CLI and Kanban
- Musk, Altman Make Final Pitches to Jury in Battle Over OpenAI
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
A jury will soon cast a vote and a judge will ultimately decide the outcome of a high-stakes showdown between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI
- This Single Prompt Turns Any AI Chatbot Into a Technical Interview Coach
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
The free, zero-setup way to practice technical AI interviews with instant feedbackContinue reading on Towards AI »
- Top 20 AdaBoost Interview Questions & Answers (Part 2 of 2)
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
Data Scientist & Machine Learning Interview PreparationContinue reading on Towards AI »
- Peer-to-Peer AI: The Case for Decentralized Agent Networks
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
The Towards AI article advocates for decentralized networks of AI agents, proposing a shift away from monolithic, centralized models.
- Engineering AI for International Math Olympiad: Architecting Reasoning Systems — Part 1
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
How can we build AI systems that can think like a Math Olympiad Expert?
- Andy Jassy Is Rewriting Amazon's Playbook for the AI Age
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Andy Jassy is pouring billions into AI as Amazon faces its biggest challenge yet. Brad Stone and Matt Day have more in the latest issue of Businessweek (
- OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.
- Musk’s xAI Unveils First Coding Agent in Bid to Rival Anthropic
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Elon Musk’s xAI is rolling out its first artificial intelligence coding agent, called Grok Build, in an attempt to catch up to Anthropic PBC’s Claude on streamlining software
- I Tested 50 AI Tools and Spent $3,000 — Only 7 Survived My 90-Day Cut
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
A recent evaluation of 50 AI tools, costing $3,000 and spanning 90 days, identified only seven that met specific performance criteria.
- Central Themes of the Current Market with Michelle Weaver
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Morgan Stanley’s US Thematic Research Head Michelle Weaver discusses the central themes in the market, with AI implementation and quantification at the center of it all.
- Figma Sees Strong Sales Growth, Touts New AI Monetization
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Figma Inc. gave an outlook for revenue in the current period that topped analysts’ estimates, touting early traction from charging users directly for AI features.
- OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
The Verge · 2026-05-14
OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone.
- Applied Materials’ Sales Forecast Gets Boost From AI Demand
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Applied Materials Inc., the largest US supplier of semiconductor equipment, gave sales and profit forecasts that far exceeded analysts’ estimates
- OpenAI brings its Codex coding app to mobile
Engadget · 2026-05-14
The integration allows you to keep tabs on your coding projects on the go.
- What happens when AI starts building itself?
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.
- Netflix wants to use generative AI to make animated shorts
Engadget · 2026-05-14
Netflix is exploring the use of generative AI to produce animated short films, aiming to accelerate content creation and potentially reduce costs.
- Cerebras CEO Is Worth $3.2 Billion After Year’s Largest IPO
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur Andrew Feldman, who literally grew up on the campus of Stanford University
- Reranking for RAG: Cross-Encoders, LLM Rerankers, and Latency Tradeoffs
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
How to choose the right second-stage ranking layer for RAG when retrieval is good enough to find the answer but not good enough to…
- Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
The Verge · 2026-05-14
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool daily.
- Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.
- AI Buildout Drives 76% Power Bill Jump on Largest US Grid
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Power prices on the largest electric grid in the US jumped 76% in the first quarter due to rampant demand from data centers
- Agentic AI Vs AI Agents — What Are the Key Differences?
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
The distinction between "agentic AI" and "AI agents" lies in their operational paradigm, with the former referring to a system's inherent ability to act autonomously and set its
- OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options.
- Granite Embedding Multilingual R2: Open Apache 2.0 Multilingual Embeddings with 32K Context — Best Sub-100M Retrieval Quality
Hugging Face Blog · 2026-05-14
Hugging Face has released Granite Embedding Multilingual R2, an open-source, Apache 2.0 licensed embedding model supporting 32,000 tokens and demonstrating top-tier retrieval
- Oura Has Been Doing AI For Years, CEO Says
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Oura CEO Tom Hale discusses the disruptive impact of AI-enabled health prediction - from short-term to long-term health outcomes - and how to get the scientific community on board.
- Americans would rather live next to a nuclear plant than an AI data center, Gallup poll finds
The Decoder · 2026-05-14
According to a new Gallup poll, 71 percent of Americans oppose building AI data centers near their homes, far more than the 53 percent who object to a nearby nuclear power plant.
- Digital arson spree by ‘AI Bonnie and Clyde’ raises fears over autonomous tech
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-14
Emergence AI’s experiment with AI agents shows extent to which programming shapes their behaviour is still unclear AI agents started behaving more like Bonnie and Clyde than lines
- AI Chipmaker Cerebras Systems Surges 81% in Trading Debut
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Cerebras Systems Inc. shares jumped 81% in its trading debut on the Nasdaq, after the artificial intelligence chipmaker and data center firm raised $5.55 billion in the year’s
- Anthropic's Mythos is evolving faster than expected, reports AI safety agency
ZDNet · 2026-05-14
Only a month after its initial release, Anthropic's storied Mythos model is breaking new testing boundaries.
- Your doctor’s AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit finds
Ars Technica · 2026-05-14
Made-up therapy referrals, incorrect prescriptions among the common mistakes.
- Apple-OpenAI Partnership Frays, Setting Up a Possible Legal Battle
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Apple Inc.’s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has reportedly become strained, with the AI startup preparing possible legal action after failing to see the expected benefits
- The ChatGPT desktop app for Mac just got hit with a security breach
Engadget · 2026-05-14
OpenAI found no evidence that user data was accessed.
- AI Chipmaker Cerebras Raises $5.55 Billion in Year’s Biggest IPO
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Cerebras raised $5.55 billion in its US initial public offering, as the AI chipmaker seizes on the surging demand for semiconductors. This is the largest IPO of the year so far.
- Cisco Soars on Forecast Boost, AI-Focused Job Cuts
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Cisco Systems Inc. jumped by the most in more than 14 years after the company delivered a better-than-anticipated sales forecast and announced plans to cut thousands of jobs
- Apple-OpenAI Alliance Frays, Setting Up Possible Legal Fight
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Apple Inc.’s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter
- I'm no Copilot fan, but these 6 new AI skills turned Edge into my favorite mobile browser
ZDNet · 2026-05-14
With Edge's mobile app, you can now request summaries of multiple tabs, turn pages into podcasts, and tap into your browsing history and past chats.
- Check-pointing and Time-travel with Langgraph
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
Why Your AI Needs a Memory and a Time MachineContinue reading on Towards AI »
- LAI #127: The Infrastructure Layer of AI Is Becoming the Product
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
The infrastructure powering AI development, from specialized chips to cloud computing frameworks, is increasingly being offered as a standalone product.
- Graphene “Tattoos” for Plants Could Form Neural Networks
IEEE Spectrum · 2026-05-14
A hydrated leaf is a healthy leaf. That’s true for the leaves of crop plants in a farmer’s field, and for the leaves of trees in an area vulnerable to forest fires.But the
- UK antitrust regulator is officially investigating Microsoft Office
Engadget · 2026-05-14
It's examining whether or not the bundling of Word, Excel, Teams and Copilot is uncompetitive.
- AI Investment Drives Market Resilience Despite Headwinds
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Stephanie Aliaga, JPMorgan Asset Management Global Market Strategist, discusses the dominant influence of AI-related capital expenditures on the current market dynamics.
- Microsoft pits more than 100 AI agents against each other to find Windows vulnerabilities
The Decoder · 2026-05-14
Microsoft has built MDASH, a system that pits more than 100 specialized AI agents against each other to find software vulnerabilities.
- Claude AI recovers an 11 yrs old BTC wallet holding 400k USD
Hacker News · 2026-05-14
Claude AI successfully decrypted an 11-year-old Bitcoin wallet backup, recovering approximately $400,000 USD.
- Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.
- AI Chipmaker Cerebras Surges 81% After Year’s Biggest IPO
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Cerebras Systems Inc. shares jumped 81% in its trading debut, after the artificial intelligence chipmaker and data center firm raised $5.55 billion in the year’s largest initial
- Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards
The Verge · 2026-05-14
Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey.
- The Counterintuitive Networking Decisions Behind OpenAI’s 131,000-GPU Training Fabric
Towards Data Science · 2026-05-14
A critical analysis of MRC's three counterintuitive design decisions, the networking mathematics that make them work
- How AI Aims to Fix Healthcare Access
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
Rezilient CEO Dr. Danish Nagda says the healthcare system is at a tipping point. He joins Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about how hybrid “cloud clinics,” employer-driven care
- Ten Chinese firms including ByteDance reportedly get US clearance for AI chips they're not allowed to accept
The Decoder · 2026-05-14
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.
- How to Use Claude Design
Towards AI · 2026-05-14
A practical walkthrough for turning prompts, assets, and codebases into polished prototypes and handoff-ready outputs.
- Promptimus: Improving already good LLM prompts with zero manual engineering
Amazon Science · 2026-05-14
By focusing on specific failure and suggesting targeted solutions, a new automated prompt-engineering framework improves prompt performance without compromising existing
- Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.
- Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’
TechCrunch · 2026-05-14
This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.
- I Let CodeSpeak Take Over My Repository
Towards Data Science · 2026-05-14
What happened when I migrated a 10K+ line project into an AI-native workflow
- Alibaba's Qwen-Image-2.0 doubles compression and cuts generation steps from 40 to 4
The Decoder · 2026-05-14
Alibaba's technical report on Qwen-Image-2.0 breaks down how the image model compresses images twice as aggressively as most competitors
- Presentation: Accelerating LLM-Driven Developer Productivity at Zoox
InfoQ · 2026-05-14
Amit Navindgi discusses the systematic shift at Zoox from fragmented documentation to an AI-driven ecosystem. He explains how they buil
- Establishing AI and data sovereignty in the age of autonomous systems
MIT Technology Review · 2026-05-14
When generative AI first moved from research labs into real-world business applications, enterprises made a tacit bargain: “Capability now
- Newsom’s California Budget Bolstered by Extra Cash from AI Boom
Bloomberg · 2026-05-14
California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised budget that shows no deficit for this year and next, as the state draws another boost from the technology and