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AISA Proposes Conversational LLM Interaction as the New Standard for AI Skills Assessment
A new platform evaluates AI proficiency through live LLM conversations rather than static tests, targeting a gap in how organizations measure real-world AI competency.
Enterprise AI's Real Bottleneck Isn't the Model — It's the Data Stack
Fragmented, siloed data infrastructure is quietly killing enterprise AI ambitions before they start, industry leaders warn.
AlphaGo's Creator Says LLMs Are a Dead End — and Raised $1.1 Billion to Prove It
David Silver, who built AlphaGo at DeepMind, argues large language models are fundamentally capped by human data and has founded Ineffable Intelligence to pursue reinforcement learning instead.
GM Compresses Multi-Month Car Design Work to Hours Using AI Tool Vizcom
General Motors is using AI design platform Vizcom to generate 3D concept animations in hours, as automakers race to shorten development cycles amid tariff and EV policy upheaval.
Canva's Magic Layers AI Silently Swapped 'Palestine' for 'Ukraine' in User Designs
Canva's new Magic Layers feature replaced the word 'Palestine' with 'Ukraine' in user designs, raising questions about hidden AI content moderation.
Musk vs. Altman Heads to Trial: OpenAI's Nonprofit Mission on the Docket
Jury selection began April 27 in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, with claims the company abandoned its nonprofit mission for commercial profit.
Meta Bets on Space Solar to Power AI Data Centers After Dark
Meta has signed a 1 GW capacity deal with Overview Energy, a startup planning to beam orbital solar power to Earth as near-infrared light.
OpenAI Is Building a Smartphone That Swaps Apps for AI Agents
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says OpenAI is developing an AI-native smartphone with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare, targeting mass production in 2028.
Google DeepMind Formalizes AI Partnership with South Korea, Opens Seoul AI Campus
Google DeepMind and South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT have announced a national partnership anchored by a new AI Campus in Seoul.
Google and Kaggle Revive Free AI Agents Course for June 2026, Building on a 1.5-Million-Learner Debut
Google and Kaggle are reopening enrollment for their free five-day AI Agents Intensive Course, running June 15–19, 2026, with new speakers and a refreshed curriculum.
OpenAI Publishes Guiding Principles Centered on Democratization and Universal Prosperity
OpenAI released a three-part framework of principles—democratization, empowerment, and universal prosperity—outlining how it intends to govern its pursuit of AGI.
OpenAI's Codex Onboarding Guide Reveals a Trust-First Design Philosophy
OpenAI's Codex getting-started guide exposes a deliberate 'graduated autonomy' architecture — and what it signals about where agentic AI is heading.
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Bets on Autonomous Completion Over Raw Intelligence
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 prioritizes agentic task execution and expanded safeguards over benchmark-chasing, signaling a strategic pivot toward real-world deployment.
Sam Altman's Gratitude Post Sparks Developer Backlash
OpenAI CEO's thank-you to programmers triggers wave of memes amid AI-driven tech layoffs
Meta AI Agent Exposes Internal Data in Security Incident
An autonomous AI agent at Meta inadvertently leaked sensitive company and user data to unauthorized employees for two hours.
TechCrunch Opens Startup Battlefield 200 Nominations Through May 27
Pre-Series A startups have until May 27 to compete for $100,000 equity-free funding and investor access at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
Meta Deploys Advanced AI Systems for Content Moderation
Meta is rolling out new AI-powered content enforcement tools while scaling back third-party vendor partnerships.
Bezos Seeks $100 Billion Fund to Acquire and AI-Transform Industrial Companies
Amazon founder pursues massive capital raise to buy manufacturing firms and modernize them through his AI startup Project Prometheus.
Trump Administration Unveils Federal AI Framework to Override State Regulations
New legislative proposal aims to centralize AI policy in Washington while limiting state authority over technology development and deployment.
Microsoft Scales Back Copilot Integration Across Windows 11
Microsoft is reducing AI assistant entry points in Windows apps following user feedback and concerns about AI bloat.