May 20, 2026 May 20, 2026Anthropic pays xAI $1.25 billion monthly for compute access in massive AI infrastructure dealThe 300-megawatt deal could generate over $40 billion for xAI through 2029, highlighting the enormous costs of AI development
May 20, 2026 May 20, 2026Figma builds its own AI assistant that can design alongside you on the canvasThe collaborative design platform is betting that AI agents working directly within design workflows will give it an edge over competitors like Canva and Adobe
May 20, 2026 May 20, 2026Stable Audio 3.0 brings full-length music generation to mobile devices with open-weight modelsStability AI's new model family enables six-minute song creation on consumer hardware, targeting the AI music generation community
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026OpenAI opens first international lab in Singapore with $235 million investmentThe AI giant will hire 200 people over the next few years as Singapore positions itself as a regional tech hub
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Microsoft AI chief predicts automation of most office jobs within 18 monthsMustafa Suleyman warns accounting, legal, marketing and project management roles face full automation, but real-world evidence shows mixed results
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026OpenAI adds invisible watermarks and metadata signals to combat AI image fraudNew detection tools aim to help users identify artificially generated images as deepfakes become harder to spot
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google unveils intelligent eyewear with Gemini AI coming this fallAudio glasses from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker promise hands-free help through voice commands and AI integration
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google launches Gemini for Science to accelerate scientific research with AINew experimental tools help researchers generate hypotheses, run computational experiments, and analyze scientific literature at unprecedented speed
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google introduces Gemini Omni Flash, an AI model that creates video from any inputThe new multimodal AI can generate and edit videos through natural conversation, combining text, images, audio and video inputs
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google’s Gemini app becomes more agentic with 24/7 AI assistant featuresNew Gemini Spark agent works in the background while Daily Brief provides personalized morning updates for 900 million users worldwide
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google launches AI search agents and rebuilt search box in biggest upgrade since 1999AI Mode hits 1 billion monthly users as Google transforms search with intelligent agents and custom coding capabilities
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Google unveils Gemini 3.5 Flash with frontier AI capabilities for complex agent workflowsNew AI model combines flagship intelligence with exceptional speed, designed for autonomous task execution and real-world problem solving
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training teamThe renowned AI researcher will lead efforts to use Claude for accelerating model training research
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Apple adds artificial intelligence to accessibility features ahead of Google I/OVoiceOver gets smarter image recognition while Vision Pro users can control wheelchairs with eye tracking
May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026Siri is becoming a standalone app in iOS 27, new report claimsApple's assistant will finally get its own dedicated app with ChatGPT-like conversation features