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Another reason not to use Claude: you'll be putting money into Elon Musk's pocket. #ai #ElonMusk www.theverge.com/science/9352...

Using a new Gemini AI model, Google is overhauling its search box dimensions to answer longer queries, adding a video-generation tool and simplifying online shopping www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b... #google #gemini

"research librarians...wasting up to 15% of their work hours responding to requests for nonexistent records that ChatGPT or Google Gemini alluded to" via @cyrilpedia.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Gemini got a flashy redesign, a faster flagship model, and powerful new multimedia tools at Google I/O. After spending time with the latest updates, I found a mix of genuinely exciting ideas and familiar AI growing pains.

Who will write the operating system for the AI age? That’s the question at the heart of the new “2028” scenarios paper from Anthropic. 1/7

Anthropic’s “2028: Two Scenarios for Global AI Leadership”: www.anthropic.com/research/202...

⚠️ Malwarebytes breach alert flags chatgpt.com but no direct breach is publicly confirmed

A Malwarebytes Digital Footprint warning cited a May 1, 2026 exposure.

#ransomNews #databreach #openai

The smartest thing that Anthropic is doing is focusing on tech instead of artists/writers. Instead of trying to replace people who see their creations as an extension of their identity, speak to transhumanists who love tech on principle and hate the grunt work aspect of their jobs.

a director sent me a gemini comparison of my recommendation to them to say it's wrong and gemini is completely wrong

i'm so exhausted of people using AI for advice that's not in their own field

Note: the White House postpones a planned ceremony this afternoon for Trump to sign a new EO on AI and cybersecurity; major tech CEOs were invited to attend (Ashley Gold/Axios)

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Spotify Labs launches Studio, a NotebookLM-like desktop app to generate private, AI-powered podcasts, in research preview across 20+ markets (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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anthropic authors settlement drama continues! great reporting from @ashleybelanger.bsky.social arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Anthropic exploring Microsoft Maia servers for Claude inference, per The Information. Early talks unconfirmed. Would expand existing $30B Azure commitment. Maia 200 built on TSMC 3nm for https://www.implicator.ai/anthropic-weighs-microsoft-maia-chip-deal-as-claude-demand-grows/

In The Words & Money newsletter, @authorsalliance.bsky.social's @davehansen.bsky.social details the state of play of the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic settlement and highlights the June 2025 ruling that affirmed training AI on copyrighted material is fair use. Check it out:

Did you know that nearly 75% of EFF's funding goes directly to powering lawyers, activists, and technologists who ensure you can have private conversations online? We're dedicated to making sure your money goes towards the fights you want it to. eff.org/spring

Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

“There’s a reason why sciencewashing is so prevalent today. A few buzzwords or bold statements lend an air of high-tech legitimacy that erases nuance.” www.theverge.com/column/93502...

The industry sees AI as its long-awaited business model, but all we’re getting are better notifications and higher bills.

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We are cooked.

“Who has shipped a pull request in the last week that was completely written by Claude?”

Half raise hand.

“Who has shipped a pull request that was completely written by Claude where they did not read the code at all?”

Most hands stay up.

www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/21/1...

Anthropic flipped the CNBC Disruptor 50 rankings. OpenAI put ads in ChatGPT. Gartner says AI layoffs aren't paying off. Plus a new automation tool and a prompt technique worth stealing.
open.substack.com/pub/theaivau...

www.businessinsider.com/openai-jobs-...

Google DeepMind is revolutionizing the mouse pointer! Say goodbye to traditional prompting and hello to a context-aware AI partner. Experience seamless collaboration in Chrome and beyond. The future of intuitive interaction is here! #AI #Innovation #DeepMind

https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/

Here's how accessibility tools and Gemini are helping students find independence https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/chromebooks/face-control/

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

OpenAI's reasoning model has disproved a 78-year-old mathematical conjecture by Paul Erdős using algebraic number theory techniques that surprised experts.…

Via The Decoder

The next phase of OpenAI’s Education for Countries | OpenAI News

There are times that sites hit by a manual action, and deindexed, were still showing up in AIOs or AI Mode for a few days. There was a lag for some reason. Well, I was checking a site that just got nuked and they are NOT showing in AIOs or AI Mode at all. So I think Google addressed that...

CapCut and Gemini Partnership Could Change How Creators Edit Videos Forever
www.androbranch.in/post/capcut-...
#Capcut #Gemini #AndroBranch #AIVideo #AIEditing

CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa argues cheap Chinese AI could derail OpenAI and Anthropic’s expected $800B+ IPO valuations as cost gap widens

www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/c...

“Workers typically lack the ability to meaningfully refuse surveillance.”

AI DATA CENTER DISASTER

City of Framingham (via Facebook): The City of Framingham's Planning Board will meet TONIGHT, May 21 at 7 p.m. in the Blumer room in the Memorial Building. On the agenda is Amendments to the City of Framingham Zoning Ordinances . The suggested changes are as follows:… [Link] #Framingham

📰 #Finance

"Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Nvidia’s blowout earnings fail to supercharge the AI trade, as investors eye the next wave of mega IPOs from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic. Plus, Jamie Dimon’s AI hiring shift:…"

The state of the AI race

Hackaday: Why the Smart Home Bubble Popped
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/why-the-smart-home-bubble-popped/
#linux #opensource #tech

$MSFT | Anthropic, Microsoft In Talks For AI Chip Deal After $5 Billion Investment - CNBC

Keeping it Real: He might have won the trial, but man did he get exposed as a pretty terrible individual.

#sme #business #technology #openAI #Bloomberg

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Article on Google AI overviews featuring recent research with @haofeixu.bsky.social and @umariqbal.bsky.social tracking Google AI overviews.

OpenBSD 7.9 is out. The security-focused OS continues its tradition of rigorous code audits and defensive defaults—essential reading for infrastructure teams prioritizing secure systems.

https://www.openbsd.org/79.html

#opensource #Linux

Google's AI features just got more confusing – Google's many new AI features span multiple interfaces. Discreet features took the place of overall upgrades to Gemini. Multiple single-function touchpoints could get confusing. Both appear only on mobile, at l... https://tinyurl.com/yqmxbebx #AIFeature

What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they try to guess your age or take your ID for age verification? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

At #OSSummit NA, Sean Dague, Chief Services Architect at IBM Quantum, shared how that early experiment quickly drew 20,000+ users and ultimately led to Qiskit, the open-source quantum toolkit now powering 5,000+ research papers and 7,000+ projects. https://bit.ly/4uj1Gql

We're like one more "new AI feature" from people demanding Linux in everything

The move is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to intervene in the market, offering grants to companies in strategic sectors (such as semiconductors and critical minerals) in exchange for equity stakes.

An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry ← the “planar unit distance problem” formulated by #Erdös

openai.com/index/model-...

How do we know that Gemini (or any other LLM) "admitting" wasn't also fabrication? Where there is no certainty, there is no certainty.

Found in "Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report",
www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/0...