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May 7, 2026: SpaceX plans a $119B 'Terafab', Anthropic targets Wall Street agents, and the Pentagon signs a $500M deal with Scale AI.
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- How to Build and Deploy AI Agents on Google Cloud: A Complete Guide to Agents CLI
Towards AI · 2026-05-07
Google just eliminated the hardest part of shipping AI agents. Here’s exactly how to use it — step by step.
- Anthropic Launched a Design Tool That Reads Your Codebase and Builds Your Brand Into Every…
Towards AI · 2026-05-07
Anthropic has introduced "Claude," a new AI assistant designed to integrate a company's brand identity and coding standards directly into software development workflows.
- OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields
- LightSeek Foundation Releases TokenSpeed, an Open-Source LLM Inference Engine Targeting TensorRT-LLM-Level Performance for Agentic Workloads
MarkTechPost · 2026-05-07
Inference efficiency has quietly become one of the most consequential bottlenecks in AI deployment.
- OpenAI debuts a Codex plugin for Chrome
Engadget · 2026-05-07
The new feature could turn Codex into more than a coding aid.
- SoftBank Rally Hinges on OpenAI Growth Easing Balance Sheet Fear
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
SoftBank Group Corp.’s stock rally faces a test against reality next week, with investors clamoring for assurance that the company’s multibillion-dollar bet on an increasingly
- Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber
OpenAI Blog · 2026-05-07
OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber, helping verified defenders accelerate vulnerability research and protect critical infrastructure.
- Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
WIRED · 2026-05-07
Today on Uncanny Valley, we’re diving into recent reports that the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would establish some sort of federal oversight over
- Meta's AI agent plans reportedly include an OpenClaw competitor that can shop on Instagram
Engadget · 2026-05-07
Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to make AI agents more accessible.
- Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.
- Why Private Credit Is Facing Its Biggest Test Yet
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
The private credit boom may be stalling. Bloomberg Originals shows how AI is exposing hidden risks that are scaring off some investors
- The AI Revival of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
Microsoft’s vast power demands are bringing together two transformative—and risky—technologies.
- Cloudflare to Cut One-Fifth of Workers in Move to AI-First Model
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
Cloudflare Inc. plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally as it accelerates its shift to an agentic AI-first operating model.
- Nvidia to Invest Up to $2.1 Billion in Data Center Firm IREN
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
Nvidia Corp. is investing as much as $2.1 billion in the data center developer IREN Ltd.
- CoreWeave Posts Sales Surge, Wider Loss After Spending Boom
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
AI data center operator CoreWeave Inc. posted higher sales than anticipated last quarter, but also a wider loss
- Dorsey’s Block Raises Forecasts After AI-Driven Job Cuts
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
Block Inc. offered a sunnier outlook for profits and growth on Thursday after orchestrating a severe round of job cuts related to artificial intelligence that executives said were
- How to Disable Google's Gemini in Chrome
WIRED · 2026-05-07
Chrome users were caught off guard by a 4-GB Google AI model baked into Chrome, sparking privacy concerns. The good news: You can easily uninstall it. The bad?
- OpenAI introduces new ‘Trusted Contact’ safeguard for cases of possible self-harm
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
The company is expanding its efforts to protect ChatGPT users in cases where conversations may turn to self-harm.
- Arm Warns of Phone Market Weakness | Bloomberg Tech 5/7/2026
Bloomberg · 2026-05-07
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde speaks with Arm CEO Rene Haas about sluggishness in the smartphone industry and growing demand from AI data centers.
- Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
The Verge · 2026-05-07
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry's biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT maker.
- Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI - Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee
- Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
Perplexity's Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone.
- SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas
The Verge · 2026-05-07
Elon Musk's plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly.
- Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
TechCrunch · 2026-05-07
Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity
- Powering the Next American Century: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NVIDIA’s Ian Buck on the Genesis Mission
NVIDIA AI Blog · 2026-05-07
AI will help build the energy it needs. That’s the case U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NVIDIA Vice President of Hyperscale and High-Performance Computing Ian Buck made
- Perplexity opens up its Personal Computer AI assistant to all Mac users
Engadget · 2026-05-07
It's no longer locked a Max subscription.
- Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
Ars Technica · 2026-05-07
The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.
- OpenAI's new voice model brings GPT-5-level reasoning to real-time conversations
The Decoder · 2026-05-07
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
- Context Engineering: The Technical Blueprint for Production-Grade AI Agents
Towards AI · 2026-05-07
The Engineer’s Guide to Building Autonomous Systems That Actually WorkContinue reading on Towards AI »
- ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns
The Verge · 2026-05-07
OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns.