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Poppy is an AI app from Second Nature Computing that links calendar, email, messaging, location and third‑party services to surface context‑aware reminders, suggestions and tasks.

Thinking Machines Lab announced a research preview of “interaction models” — a full‑duplex approach that processes input and generates output simultaneously.

Kevin Rose previewed a redesigned Digg on May 8, 2026, relaunching the site as an AI-focused news aggregator that tracks X engagement to surface the most influential voices and trending stories.

Dictation apps such as Wispr are increasingly used in offices, prompting concern about noise, privacy and etiquette and forcing companies to consider changes to layout, sound masking and workplace norms.

Pit, founded by several Voi cofounders including Fredrik Hjelm and led by CEO Adam Jafer, closed a $16 million seed round led by a16z to build an AI-driven platform that generates bespoke software to automate enterprise

Mozilla says Anthropic’s Mythos model dramatically improved vulnerability discovery in Firefox, producing hundreds of fixes and detailed disclosures of long-dormant, high-severity bugs;

DeepSeek is seeking its first venture financing after operating without outside investors; investor interest has lifted its implied valuation from about $20 billion to roughly $45 billion in weeks, and a state investment

A filing posted on Grimes County’s website outlines a multi‑phase proposal by SpaceX and affiliates for a vertically integrated semiconductor and advanced‑computing campus called Terafab, with an initial estimated cost

Shares of Samsung Electronics jumped more than 10% on Wednesday, lifting the company’s market value above $1 trillion after a blockbuster earnings beat and renewed investor focus on AI data‑center chips, particularly

At the ’s Future of Everything conference, Marc Lore introduced Wonder Create, an AI-driven workflow that can generate a complete virtual restaurant — name, branding, imagery, pricing, nutrition

SAP will acquire German AI startup Prior Labs and, pending regulatory clearance, invest €1 billion (about $1.16 billion) over four years to turn it into an AI lab focused on structured, tabular enterprise data.

Altara closed a $7 million seed round to commercialize an AI “intelligence layer” that links technical artifacts across spreadsheets, sensor logs and legacy systems, aiming to shrink weeks of manual failure diagnosis

Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building large — scale AI models in India.

Cartoonist KC Green alleges that AI startup Artisan used his 'This Is Fine' comic in a subway billboard promoting an AI sales assistant without permission.

A Science paper from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess reports that OpenAI’s o1 model produced more accurate initial diagnostic suggestions than two attending emergency physicians across 76 real ER cases

The U.S. Department of Defense has inked new agreements with NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services, along with Reflection AI, to integrate advanced artificial intelligence capabilities into its most secure classified networks (IL6

During a federal court testimony, Elon Musk confirmed that his AI company, xAI, utilized models from OpenAI to train its Grok AI, describing it as a 'general practice' among AI companies.

Salesforce is overhauling its AI product development by directly engaging enterprise clients in frequent, real-time discussions to rapidly adapt its roadmap and launch relevant solutions.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella affirmed the company's strategic intent to fully leverage its revised OpenAI partnership, which grants royalty — free access to advanced AI models until 2032.

Microsoft has announced a significant milestone for its M365 Copilot, reporting over 20 million paid enterprise users and demonstrating robust engagement.

Google is significantly enhancing Google TV with advanced Gemini AI capabilities, introducing generative tools like Nano Banana for image transformation and Veo for video creation, alongside major upgrades to Google Photos and a new YouTube

Defense technology startup Scout AI has secured $100 million in Series A funding, led by Align Ventures and Draper Associates, to accelerate the development of its AI models for military applications.

Shapes, an innovative application integrating AI characters into shared group conversations, has announced $8 million in seed funding.

Google has formalized a new agreement granting the U.S. Department of Defense broad access to its artificial intelligence capabilities for classified networks, a move that follows Anthropic's public refusal to offer similar terms