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Stories covered on 2026-05-12
- China’s AI Suppliers Can’t Keep Up as Component Shortages Bite
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
China’s artificial intelligence hardware suppliers have a problem: keeping up with insatiable demand for their products.
- Alger CEO: AI Driving ‘Insatiable’ Demand for Memory
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Alger CEO and CIO Dan Chung discusses AI investment in an interview with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (
- Metis TechBio Shares Jump 185% as Hot HK Debuts Extend Run
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Shares of Metis TechBio Co, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to deliver and formulate drugs, surged as much as 185% in their Hong Kong debut on Wednesday
- The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
Ars Technica · 2026-05-12
The plan aims to speed up AI compute deployment while compensating residents.
- CME to Create Futures Market for AI Computing Power
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Bloomberg reporters Silla Brush and Katherine Doherty break down how US derivatives exchange CME Group index provider Silicon Data are teaming up to create a futures market for the
- Build a Hybrid-Memory Autonomous Agent with Modular Architecture and Tool Dispatch Using OpenAI
MarkTechPost · 2026-05-12
In this tutorial, we begin by exploring the architecture behind a hybrid-memory autonomous agent.
- Anthropic In Talks to Raise $30 Billion at $900 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter
- Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads
The Verge · 2026-05-12
Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a conversation on the platform.
- AI Dividend Proposal Roils Korean Market | Bloomberg Tech 5/12/2026
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss by a South Korean policymaker that the country should pay citizens a “dividend” using taxes on AI profits.
- Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
TechCrunch · 2026-05-12
Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.
- Florida students boo graduation speaker who called AI ‘next Industrial Revolution’
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-12
Real estate executive got an unexpected earful when she spoke of ‘living in a time of profound change’ Though college graduations usually consist of a speaker giving advice to
- Neutralizing the Gigascale Problem: How to Solve the Physical Power Paradox of Extreme AI Training Loads
IEEE Spectrum · 2026-05-12
This sponsored article is brought to you by Ampace.As AI workloads grow to gigascale levels, the global data center industry has hit a hidden physical wall.
- Sam Altman defends OpenAI in courtroom showdown with Elon Musk
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-12
The OpenAI chief rejects claims he deceived Elon Musk as high-stakes AI trial nears its end <a href="
- Film industry cannot fight rise of artificial intelligence, says Demi Moore
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-12
US actor urges her peers to work with the technology, but stresses it can never replace ‘true art’ created by humans Demi Moore has said her peers cannot resist the rise of
- Android gets AI agents that book trips, fill forms, and clean up your texts
The Decoder · 2026-05-12
With Gemini Intelligence, Google is introducing new AI features for Android that automate multi-step tasks, summarize web content, fill out forms
- From Prompt to Product: Building an App with Claude Code, an Agentic AI
Towards AI · 2026-05-12
Claude Code, Anthropic's code-generating AI, has been leveraged to autonomously build and deploy a functional application
- Anthropic expands legal AI offerings with new Claude Cowork plugins
The Decoder · 2026-05-12
Anthropic launches twelve new Claude plugins for legal work covering contract law, employment law, and litigation
- Google says it stopped a mass cyberattack after AI was used to discover a zero-day exploit
The Decoder · 2026-05-12
Google's Threat Intelligence Group has identified the first known case of an attacker using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day vulnerability.
- SAP Unveils Automation Suite Amid Software Market Doubts
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
SAP has unveiled its new "Autonomous Enterprise" platform at this year's SAP Sapphire conference, expanding its push into AI agents across business operations.
- Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone
The Verge · 2026-05-12
It is, once again, Gemini season. Google is announcing a host of new Gemini features during its pre-I/O Android showcase, many of which aim to help use your phone for you.
- Threads users are pissed they can't block Meta's new AI chatbot
Engadget · 2026-05-12
It's the top trending topic on the platform.
- Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
TechCrunch · 2026-05-12
Altman said that Musk's focus on controlling the initial for-profit gave him pause because OpenAI was dedicated to keeping advanced AI out of the hands of a single person
- Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1 billion to scale AI drug discovery toward clinical trials
The Decoder · 2026-05-12
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.
- Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
TechCrunch · 2026-05-12
"Any sale or transfer of Anthropic stock, or any interest in Anthropic stock, offered by these firms is void and will not be recognized on our books and records," the company's
- Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
The Verge · 2026-05-12
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup.
- Altman Testifies About ‘Hair-Raising’ AI Safety Chat With Musk
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
OpenAI’s Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk’s insistence that he have complete control over a proposed for-profit subsidiary of OpenAI back
- Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
TechCrunch · 2026-05-12
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
- Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
TechCrunch · 2026-05-12
Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
- Google announces raft of free upgrades for Android phones
The Guardian AI · 2026-05-12
Tech firm to expand AI capabilities of high-end devices with Gemini Intelligence and says new range of laptops on the way Google has announced a range of features coming to Android
- Anthropic Expands Push Into Legal Industry With New AI Tools
Bloomberg · 2026-05-12
Anthropic PBC is taking steps to help legal professionals carry out more tasks using its Claude chatbot, months after the startup helped spark a steep selloff in software stocks by