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Microsoft unveils Project Solara, an Android‑derived OS built to run AI agents and generate on‑device UIs
Microsoft introduced Project Solara at Build 2026, pitching it as an Android (AOSP)‑based, chip‑to‑cloud platform that treats AI agents as first‑class runtimes rather than traditional apps.
Attackers Exploit Meta AI to Hijack Dozens — by Some Reports Hundreds — of Instagram Accounts
Hackers took control of dozens — by some reports, hundreds — of Instagram accounts over a single weekend by manipulating Meta’s AI assistant, seizing high‑profile pages including the long‑dormant Obama White House
Microsoft launches open-source Agent Control Specification to standardize AI agent policy controls
Microsoft has introduced the Agent Control Specification (ACS), an open-source standard and SDK that gives developers, compliance officers, and security teams a single format to define and enforce policies for AI agents.
AI Data Centers and Electrification Overload U.S. Grid, Forcing Faster Interconnection Workflows
U.S. utilities are facing an unprecedented surge in electricity demand from AI data centers, EVs, factories and broader electrification, and interconnection requests are flooding planning and permitting systems. U.S.
JetBrains releases Mellum2: a 12B MoE model with 128K‑token context and six public checkpoints
JetBrains published Mellum2 weights under the Apache 2.0 license and released six checkpoints covering pretraining, context expansion, instruction — tuning and RL tuning, including distinct Instruct and Thinking
Financial Firms Move to Transformer-Based Transaction Foundation Models to Centralize Intelligence
Banks, payments firms and fintechs are replacing siloed, task-specific models with transformer — based transaction foundation models trained on billions of events.
Max Headroom's 1985 TV Prototype Anticipated Today's Multi‑Billion‑Dollar AI Influencer Industry
Max Headroom was introduced in 1985 by writers George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton as a glitching, prosthetic‑clad synthetic personality for the television series Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future.
Memory OS launches six-layer local persistent memory stack for Hermes Agent
Memory OS, published under an MIT license and announced by developer ClaudioDrews on May 31 — June 1, 2026, delivers a six-layer persistent memory stack that runs locally alongside the Hermes Agent rather than as a
MiniMax launches M3 open-weight model with 1‑million‑token context and native multimodality
MiniMax unveiled M3 on June 1, 2026, an open‑weight large language model that combines a one‑million‑token context window with native multimodal inputs and is available via API today;
NVIDIA launches Cosmos 3, 32‑billion‑parameter Alpamayo 2 Super and open humanoid reference at GTC Taipei
NVIDIA used GTC Taipei to unveil a coordinated push into “physical AI,” announcing three linked offerings designed for robots, autonomous vehicles and video systems: Cosmos 3, a next‑generation multimodal world model;
Quick BI Adds Ticket-Based Embedding to Enforce Per-View Controls for Embedded Reports
Quick BI’s ticket — based enhanced embedding lets enterprises embed interactive BI reports into portals with per-user views and time-or count — limited access, reducing the risks posed by long-lived links and ad-hoc
Vera BlueField-4 STX adds DOCA Vault, Argus and Flow to secure agentic AI storage
At GTC Taipei, NVIDIA introduced three new DOCA microservices for its Vera BlueField-4 STX platform — DOCA Vault, DOCA Argus and DOCA Flow-positioning storage as a primary control point for enterprises deploying agentic
Snowflake publishes May 12–29 industry guidance on AI, compliance and partnerships
Snowflake released a cluster of Industry Solutions posts between May 12 and May 29, 2026, aimed at sector practitioners and decision‑makers.
Anthropic Raises $65 Billion in Series H, Values Company at $965 Billion for development workflows
Anthropic announced on May 28, 2026 that it has raised $65 billion in a Series H financing that places its valuation at $965 billion. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital.
Anthropic bans AI tools in interviews to assess candidates' unaided thinking
Anthropic bars candidates from using AI in interviews unless explicitly permitted, runs applicants through up to five interview rounds and skills tests, and relies on a rigorous "culture interview" that often ends
DuckDB launches Quack HTTP protocol for multi‑user client/server analytics
DuckDB announced Quack, a new HTTP-based client/server protocol that lets multiple DuckDB instances and applications connect to and share a single database over the network, extending DuckDB beyond its traditional
Lindy pivots to message-driven AI assistant for email, meetings and admin
Lindy has pivoted from a no-code agent builder into a message — driven AI personal assistant that executes administrative tasks via iMessage and SMS.
Kiran Shahid's tests find AI content detectors give inconsistent, often incorrect results
Kiran Shahid reported on May 29, 2026 that hours of hands‑on testing revealed major inconsistencies among popular AI content detectors, a finding that undermines their reliability for judging authorship and could have
