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How Ramp engineers use Codex with GPT-5.5 to review code and ship improvements, allowing them to get substantive feedback in minutes instead of hours.

Published May 20, 12:00 AM UTC

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openai.com

AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary Hot

Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action

At Google I/O we released Gemini 3.5, our latest series of models combining frontier intelligence with action.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 2:00 PM UTC Verified Hot

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive “universal” AI interface

Brett Adcock's new AI startup is now valued at $6 billion by its investors.

Published May 21, 2:00 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 21, 1:35 PM UTC Verified Hot

Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers

Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company's Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN.

Published May 21, 1:35 PM UTC

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theverge.com machinebrief.com

Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary Hot

Meet Ask Advisor, your new AI-powered collaborator

Our new cross product AI agent, Ask Advisor, creates a continuous thread of intelligence to help you turn insights into action.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 12:01 AM UTC Primary Hot

Running Guide agent: A step towards running unbounded

Running Guide agent is an AI agent that provides real-time audio navigation and obstacle detection to help BLV athletes run independently.

Published May 20, 12:01 AM UTC

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blog.google

AI developer.nvidia.com May 19, 11:40 PM UTC Primary

NVIDIA-Verified Agent Skills Provide Capability Governance for AI Agents | NVIDIA Technical Blog

Autonomous AI agents are becoming more capable. Open models, Model Context Protocol (MCP)-connected tools, and portable skills are also making agents easier to…

Published May 19, 11:40 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 21, 8:15 PM UTC Verified

All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT.

Published May 21, 8:15 PM UTC

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theverge.com

Chips blogs.nvidia.com May 21, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

NVIDIA GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX: Live Updates on What’s Next in AI

At NVIDIA GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX, the world’s developers, researchers and industry leaders are converging to dive into the latest breakthroughs shaping every industry, covering topics spanning AI factories and scaling infrastructure to agentic and physical AI and more.

Published May 21, 4:00 PM UTC

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AI wired.com May 21, 3:48 PM UTC Verified

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of creation. I’m still creeped out.

Published May 21, 3:48 PM UTC

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wired.com

AI theverge.com May 21, 3:30 PM UTC Verified

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.

Published May 21, 3:30 PM UTC

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theverge.com machinebrief.com

Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

Fuel your next wave of growth on YouTube with Demand Gen

Boost performance with YouTube Demand Gen. Use Gemini AI, Google Maps reach, and new creator tools to turn viewer intent into growth.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

Asset Studio is entering a new era of AI-powered creativity.

We’re introducing new multimodal capabilities into Google Ads’ Asset Studio — your creative destination to create, build and test your assets.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

How we’re helping retailers thrive with new Universal Commerce Protocol features and AI tools on Google

New UCP-powered features and AI tools will create a more intuitive, agentic shopping experience for consumers and retailers.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

A new generation of ads for the AI era of Search

Google is introducing new ad formats built with Gemini in Search and expanding the Direct Offers pilot for shoppers.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Primary

Google Marketing Live 2026

At Google Marketing Live 2026, we announced new AI-powered advertising solutions to help marketers grow across Google and YouTube.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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Models blog.google May 20, 1:30 AM UTC Primary

Accelerating AI impact in Singapore

Today, we’re deepening our AI investments in Singapore through a new partnership.

Published May 20, 1:30 AM UTC

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blog.google

AI openai.com May 20, 12:00 AM UTC Primary

The next phase of OpenAI’s Education for Countries

OpenAI advances Education for Countries, expanding AI adoption in schools with new partnerships, teacher training, and tools to improve global learning outcomes.

Published May 20, 12:00 AM UTC

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openai.com

AI openai.com May 20, 12:00 AM UTC Primary

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.

Published May 20, 12:00 AM UTC

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openai.com

AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

Introducing Gemini Omni

Introducing Gemini Omni, which allows you to create anything from any input and edit naturally using conversational language.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI anthropic.com May 19, 12:00 AM UTC Primary

Widening the conversation on frontier AI

At Anthropic, we want to build AI systems that advance humanity and act for the global good. To do so, we need to engage with those who see the world from a variety of different perspectives.

Published May 19, 12:00 AM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 4:00 AM UTC Verified

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.

Published May 21, 4:00 AM UTC

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AI wired.com May 21, 12:43 AM UTC Verified

SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints alleging that Grok created sexualized images.

Published May 21, 12:43 AM UTC

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wired.com

AI techcrunch.com May 21, 12:28 AM UTC Verified

Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for NVIDIA

The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.

Published May 21, 12:28 AM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 12:21 AM UTC Verified

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter.

Published May 21, 12:21 AM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 10:26 PM UTC Verified

xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over

SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details about his ambitions.

Published May 20, 10:26 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 10:03 PM UTC Verified

NVIDIA posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups

Nvidia announced another record revenue figure after market close on Wednesday, but forecasted that revenue growth would slow in the following quarter.

Published May 20, 10:03 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 9:55 PM UTC Verified

Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more

Elon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.

Published May 20, 9:55 PM UTC

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techcrunch.com

AI wired.com May 20, 9:43 PM UTC Verified

SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers

The long-awaited documents SpaceX filed with US regulators Wednesday included details about a lucrative deal to lend GPUs to a major AI rival.

Published May 20, 9:43 PM UTC

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wired.com

AI techcrunch.com May 20, 9:29 PM UTC Verified

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute

Elon Musk's xAI surprised the AI world when it made a deal to sell compute to Anthropic. Now we know how much it's worth.

Published May 20, 9:29 PM UTC

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techcrunch.com

AI techcrunch.com May 20, 9:23 PM UTC Verified

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.

Published May 20, 9:23 PM UTC

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techcrunch.com

Models huggingface.co May 20, 1:23 PM UTC Primary

CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 · Hugging Face

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Published May 20, 1:23 PM UTC

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x.com

AI blog.google May 19, 1:00 AM UTC Primary

Blackstone will create a new TPU cloud in a joint venture with Google.

Blackstone announced a joint venture with Google to create a new TPU cloud.

Published May 19, 1:00 AM UTC

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blog.google

AI anthropic.com May 19, 12:00 AM UTC Primary

KPMG integrates Claude across its core business and workforce of more than 276,000 in strategic alliance

KPMG—one of the world's largest professional services firms for audit, tax, legal, and advisory services across 138 countries and territories—has announced a global alliance with Anthropic to bring Claude into the heart of its business.

Published May 19, 12:00 AM UTC

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anthropic.com

AI openai.com May 18, 10:00 AM UTC Primary

OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise enterprise environments

OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise environments, helping enterprises deploy AI coding agents securely across data and workflows.

Published May 18, 10:00 AM UTC

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openai.com

AI the-decoder.com May 21, 7:07 PM UTC

Google checks websites for llms.txt in new agentic browsing audit

Google is testing how well websites handle AI agents through a new experimental category called "Agentic Browsing" in its Lighthouse analysis tool. The article Google checks websites for llms.txt in new agentic browsing audit appeared first on The Decoder.

Published May 21, 7:07 PM UTC

Strong signal 4 sources

the-decoder.com machinebrief.com

AI the-decoder.com May 21, 4:11 PM UTC

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.

Published May 21, 4:11 PM UTC

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the-decoder.com machinebrief.com

AI the-decoder.com May 21, 3:20 PM UTC

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.

Published May 21, 3:20 PM UTC

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the-decoder.com machinebrief.com

AI the-decoder.com May 21, 3:15 PM UTC

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.

Published May 21, 3:15 PM UTC

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the-decoder.com machinebrief.com

AI cybersecuritynews.com May 21, 2:45 AM UTC

Claude Code's Network Sandbox Vulnerability Exposes User Credentials and Source Code

Anthropic's Claude Code AI coding assistant harbored a critical network sandbox bypass for over five months, allowing attackers to exfiltrate credentials, source code, and environment variables from developer systems, and the company issued no public advisory for either incident.

Published May 21, 2:45 AM UTC

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x.com

Models venicestats.com May 21, 12:00 AM UTC

Grok Build 0.1 by xAI — Text Generation | VeniceStats

xAI's fast coding model trained specifically for agentic coding, currently in early access. · $1.00 in / $2.00 out per 1M tokens · 256K context

Published May 21, 12:00 AM UTC

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x.com

AI theverge.com May 21, 8:05 PM UTC Verified

Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI

Firefox is getting a drastic visual overhaul with a redesigned Settings section that will make it easier to find and use privacy settings, including the switch for turning off all present and future AI features.

Published May 21, 8:05 PM UTC

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theverge.com

AI techcrunch.com May 21, 7:45 PM UTC Verified

Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes

Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving a share of the revenue.

Published May 21, 7:45 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 7:19 PM UTC Verified

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.

Published May 21, 7:19 PM UTC

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techcrunch.com

AI developer.nvidia.com May 21, 5:32 PM UTC Primary

Unlock Exascale Performance on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 with Slurm Topology-Aware Job Scheduling

As AI models grow in scale and complexity, realizing the full performance of modern accelerated infrastructure depends as much on how workloads are placed as on...

Published May 21, 5:32 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 5:30 PM UTC Verified

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

President Trump delayed signing an executive order that would have required pre-release government security reviews of AI models, citing dissatisfaction with the order's language.

Published May 21, 5:30 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 21, 5:00 PM UTC Verified

The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential

I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was inevitable that someone would build one.

Published May 21, 5:00 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 21, 3:54 PM UTC Verified

Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes

Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs.

Published May 21, 3:54 PM UTC

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theverge.com

AI theverge.com May 21, 3:47 PM UTC Verified

Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you

Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts.

Published May 21, 3:47 PM UTC

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theverge.com

AI developer.nvidia.com May 21, 3:30 PM UTC Primary

Building Token‑Metered AI Services on Telco AI Factories

Telcos around the world are building sovereign AI factories based on the NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) reference architecture, giving governments, enterprises, and...

Published May 21, 3:30 PM UTC

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developer.nvidia.com

AI techcrunch.com May 21, 3:27 PM UTC Verified

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts

Published May 21, 3:27 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 21, 3:27 PM UTC Verified

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year

Published May 21, 3:27 PM UTC

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techcrunch.com

AI openai.com May 19, 8:30 PM UTC Primary

Introducing OpenAI for Singapore

OpenAI for Singapore launches a multi-year AI partnership to expand deployment, build local talent, and support businesses and public services with AI.

Published May 19, 8:30 PM UTC

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openai.com

AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

Pomelli adds new ways to build brand content and design websites.

Pomelli is introducing AI agents that can help you design your brand book and launch a website.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

Building the agentic future: Developer highlights from I/O 2026

We're introducing new tools to take your ideas from a prompt to a production-ready application, including updates to Google Antigravity, an enhanced Gemini API and nativ…

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

I/O 2026

At Google I/O 2026, we shared how we’re making AI more helpful for everyone. See everything we announced.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

New ways to create and get things done in Google Workspace

Announcing new voice capabilities in Gmail, Docs and Keep, a new design tool called Google Pics and updates to AI Inbox.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era

The latest from Google I/O: See how we’re helping you get more done with Gemini.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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AI blog.google May 19, 5:45 PM UTC Primary

Bring any idea to life: Google AI Studio at I/O 2026

We're introducing native Android vibe coding support, Google Workspace integrations, an AI Studio mobile app and more.

Published May 19, 5:45 PM UTC

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blog.google

AI openai.com May 19, 10:45 AM UTC Primary

Advancing content provenance for a safer, more transparent AI ecosystem

OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media.

Published May 19, 10:45 AM UTC

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openai.com

AI blog.google May 19, 7:00 AM UTC Primary

Measuring the impact of AI on teaching and learning

Two new studies in Sierra Leone and Italy demonstrate how Gemini is improving learning outcomes by helping students improve math skills and enabling teachers to create m…

Published May 19, 7:00 AM UTC

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Models deepmind.google May 18, 6:21 PM UTC Primary

Fast-tracking genetic leads to reverse cellular aging

Biologists use Co-Scientist to find novel factors that successfully rejuvenate human cells.

Published May 18, 6:21 PM UTC

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deepmind.google

AI blog.google May 17, 6:00 PM UTC Primary

We’re launching the Google DeepMind Accelerator program in Asia Pacific to tackle environmental risks.

The Asia-Pacific region is a global engine for economic growth, but it's also highly vulnerable to climate change. While green technologies are gaining momentum, a recen…

Published May 17, 6:00 PM UTC

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blog.google

Chips huggingface.co May 19, 12:00 AM UTC Primary

Introducing the Ettin Reranker Family

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Published May 19, 12:00 AM UTC

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huggingface.co

Startups runtimewire.com May 21, 2:15 PM UTC

Hark raises $700M Series A for a stealth bid at a universal AI interface

Brett Adcock's Hark secures $700M at a $6B valuation to ship multimodal models this summer and follow with hardware for a universal AI interface.

Published May 21, 2:15 PM UTC

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runtimewire.com x.com

AI theregister.com May 21, 1:01 PM UTC

Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report

Developer: AI coding agent broke production and generated fictitious post-mortem paperwork after the rollback

Published May 21, 1:01 PM UTC

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theregister.com machinebrief.com

AI cio.com May 21, 2:13 AM UTC

Google to unify AI coding tools under Antigravity

Antigravity 2.0, launched at Google IO on Tuesday, is the second iteration of Google’s agent-first development platform, and comes with a new desktop app, Antigravity CLI, expanded SDK capabilities, and deeper integration with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

Published May 21, 2:13 AM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 8:28 PM UTC Verified

OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time

OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.

Published May 20, 8:28 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 20, 5:50 PM UTC Verified

Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersection of technology and politics.

Published May 20, 5:50 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 5:24 PM UTC Verified

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.

Published May 20, 5:24 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 5:24 PM UTC Verified

OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership, and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.

Published May 20, 5:24 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 20, 4:41 PM UTC Verified

You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI

Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you'll see an option to "reimagine" it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into […]

Published May 20, 4:41 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 20, 4:00 PM UTC Verified

Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads

Google's AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you look for a product in Search, Google's Gemini AI model will surface relevant items and generate a "custom explainer" about why you should purchase a specific one.

Published May 20, 4:00 PM UTC

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AI techcrunch.com May 20, 2:00 PM UTC Verified

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do much of the work. But instead of running directly on a computer, NanoClaw runs sandboxed in a container.

Published May 20, 2:00 PM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 20, 1:00 PM UTC Verified

The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah

Utah may host one of the world's most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backlash.

Published May 20, 1:00 PM UTC

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theverge.com

AI techcrunch.com May 20, 5:45 AM UTC Verified

‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts

Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn't stop at YouTube.

Published May 20, 5:45 AM UTC

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AI theverge.com May 19, 10:16 PM UTC Verified

Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?

Welcome to a "profound moment for humanity," according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who closed out Google I/O's keynote presentation on Tuesday, saying: Google's cutting-edge research and products will help unlock AGI's incredible potential for the benefit of the entire world.

Published May 19, 10:16 PM UTC

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theverge.com

All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI

Ranked AI Signal

Here's how accessibility tools and Gemini are helping students find independence

AdventHealth advances whole-person care with OpenAI

100 Things we announced at I/O 2026

How Ramp engineers accelerate code review with Codex

Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive “universal” AI interface

Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers

Meet Ask Advisor, your new AI-powered collaborator

Running Guide agent: A step towards running unbounded

NVIDIA-Verified Agent Skills Provide Capability Governance for AI Agents | NVIDIA Technical Blog

All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI

NVIDIA GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX: Live Updates on What’s Next in AI

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

Fuel your next wave of growth on YouTube with Demand Gen

Asset Studio is entering a new era of AI-powered creativity.

How we’re helping retailers thrive with new Universal Commerce Protocol features and AI tools on Google

A new generation of ads for the AI era of Search

Google Marketing Live 2026

Accelerating AI impact in Singapore

The next phase of OpenAI’s Education for Countries

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

Introducing Gemini Omni

Widening the conversation on frontier AI

Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering

SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for NVIDIA

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over

NVIDIA posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups

Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more

SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

CohereLabs/command-a-plus-05-2026-w4a4 · Hugging Face

Blackstone will create a new TPU cloud in a joint venture with Google.

KPMG integrates Claude across its core business and workforce of more than 276,000 in strategic alliance

OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise enterprise environments

Google checks websites for llms.txt in new agentic browsing audit

OpenAI shifts the boundary of automated reasoning with a "milestone in AI mathematics" that experts are now unpacking

US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks

Anthropic is about to become the first profitable AI lab

Claude Code's Network Sandbox Vulnerability Exposes User Credentials and Source Code

Grok Build 0.1 by xAI — Text Generation | VeniceStats

Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI

Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Unlock Exascale Performance on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 with Slurm Topology-Aware Job Scheduling

Trump delays AI security executive order: ‘I don’t want to get in the way of that leading’

The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential

Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes

Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you

Building Token‑Metered AI Services on Telco AI Factories

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Introducing OpenAI for Singapore

Pomelli adds new ways to build brand content and design websites.

Building the agentic future: Developer highlights from I/O 2026

I/O 2026

New ways to create and get things done in Google Workspace

I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era

Bring any idea to life: Google AI Studio at I/O 2026

Advancing content provenance for a safer, more transparent AI ecosystem

Measuring the impact of AI on teaching and learning

Fast-tracking genetic leads to reverse cellular aging

We’re launching the Google DeepMind Accelerator program in Asia Pacific to tackle environmental risks.

Introducing the Ettin Reranker Family

Hark raises $700M Series A for a stealth bid at a universal AI interface

Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report

Google to unify AI coding tools under Antigravity

OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time

Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September

You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI

Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah