France is accelerating a government-wide shift away from US technology platforms, replacing tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Office with French and open-source alternatives. The push,…
SpaceX told investors in a Wednesday IPO filing that xAI’s Grok “Spicy” and “Unhinged” modes could trigger regulatory scrutiny, reputational harm, and explicit/deceptive outputs. The company set aside $530M for litigation and said it’s under U.S. and other-country investigation over alleged sexualized imagery of minors.
An SEC filing says Anthropic will pay SpaceX $1.25B per month (~$15B yearly) for GPU access to Colossus and Colossus II in Tennessee and Mississippi, after reduced fees for May–June 2026. The deal runs through May 2029 as SpaceX targets ~$75B at a $1.75T valuation in its IPO S-1.
As of May 19, 2026, US tech platforms are legally required to provide a way for people to report and request removal of nonconsensual intimate images and videos (NCII) under the Take It Down Act, a…
Google’s Flow (May 2026) adds self-avatar video generation: scan a QR code, recite a number string, rotate your head for angles, then insert the avatar into scenes with adjustable backgrounds and clothing. Omni Flash replaces Veo to improve character consistency, and every video includes a SynthID watermark; avatars are limited to the user.
Meta will cut ~8,000 jobs (~10% of its ~80,000 staff) on Wed, May 21, 2026, sending termination notices at 4 a.m. local time in Singapore, London and San Francisco. Ahead of the cuts, employees rushed to use an annual $2,000 health-and-wellness benefit and a $200 triennial audio credit, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg said layoffs and moving 7,000 workers to AI roles will free capital for AI data centers.
Google’s May 20, 2026 I/O keynote pushed AI agents deep into Search: an “intelligent search box” rolls out immediately, using agents to answer contextually and generate images plus short video clips in results. Also released: Gemini 3.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash (in Search and the Gemini app), Generative UI “this summer,” Daily Brief, and Ask YouTube, plus previews of Android-powered smart glasses.
