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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, designed to handle complex tasks with minimal guidance; the model will be used to power the company's upcoming “super app” — OpenAI is introducing an artificial intelligence model that's intended to be better at completing work without much direction …
More: New York Times, Key Context, Livemint, NVIDIA, Blockchain.News, Implicator.ai, Fast Company, TechRadar, Sources, iClarified, The Asia Business Daily, XDA Developers, OpenAI, and The Deep View
X: @sama, @tszzl, @aidan_mclau, @andonlabs, @openaidevs, @artificialanlys, @scaling01, @openaidevs, @scaling01, @thsottiaux, @openaidevs, @naderlikeladder, @lindsmccallum, @scaling01, @acerfur, @deredleritt3r, @gdb, @openaidevs, @theo, @andonlabs, @levie, @emollick, @alex, @romainhuet, @polynoamial, @deryatr_, @sama, @benbajarin, @agrimsingh, @petergostev, @jonathanross321, @swyx, @firstadopter, @baxate, @skirano, @openaidevs, @reidhoffman, @jasonhiner, and @sama. LinkedIn: Srinivas Narayanan
Forums: r/coding_agents, r/accelerate, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says “GPT-5.5 matches GPT-5.4 per-token latency in real-world serving, while performing at a much higher level of intelligence” — A new class of intelligence for real work — We're releasing GPT-5.5, our smartest and most intuitive to use model yet …
More: TechCrunch, Scale Labs Leaderboards, PiunikaWeb, One Useful Thing, Implicator.ai, Kingy AI, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, How-To Geek, Simon Willison's Weblog, Digital Trends, Decrypt, Tech in Asia, Neowin, TestingCatalog, 9to5Google, Techstrong.ai, The Decoder, and Gizmodo
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/ClaudeAI, r/OpenAI, r/ChatGPT, r/programare, and r/singularity
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to cut 10% of workers, or ~8,000 jobs, on May 20 and won't fill 6,000 open roles, in an effort to offset its AI spending and boost efficiency — Meta Platforms Inc. plans to cut 10% of workers, or roughly 8,000 employees, in an effort to boost efficiency and offset its heavy spending on artificial intelligence.
More: New York Times, Financial Times, NPR, CNBC, CNN, Quartz, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, People Matters, Fortune, Digit, Seoul Economic Daily, TechCrunch, The Indian Express, CBS News, BMI, Wall Street Journal, Implicator.ai, Agence France-Presse, Barron's Online, The Next Web, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, Silicon Valley Business …, Forbes, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, International Business Times, The Hollywood Reporter, UPI, SFist, Newser, SmartCompany, New York Post, Fast Company, Tom's Guide, BBC, Semafor, 9News, Inc.com, Yahoo Finance, and Axios
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LinkedIn: Jaime Casap, Kurt Wagner, and Brandon Busteed
Bluesky: @lukaszolejnik, @jessimckenzi, @attorneynora, @kurtwagner, @mangiotto, @stokel, and @paleofuture
Forums: Hacker News, r/ArtificialInteligence, r/technology, r/bayarea, r/sanfrancisco, r/Layoffs, and Slashdot
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft announces its first voluntary retirement program, for staff whose years of employment and age add up to 70+; source: 7% of US employees are eligible — Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to some U.S. employee, a first for the 51-year-old software giant, as the tech industry grapples …
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LinkedIn: Brody Ford, Max Pashman, CFP, and Richard King
Mastodon: @Viss@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/business, r/SeattleWA, r/microsoft, r/amazonemployees, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at Microsoft's recent wave of executive departures, as it struggles to retain talent and changes its annual rewards and performance programs in response — Leadership reshuffling signals the mounting pressure on Microsoft's AI bet. … It feels like not a week has gone by this year without … | Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek releases its new flagship models V4 Pro and V4 Flash in preview, saying V4 Pro trails the performance of state-of-the-art models by about 3 to 6 months — DeepSeek rolled out preview versions of a new flagship artificial intelligence model a year after upending Silicon Valley … | ABC News: |
The US DOJ arrests a soldier involved in the capture of Nicolás Maduro for allegedly making $400K+ on Polymarket by betting on his removal from office — The bet was allegedly placed by a commando involved in Nicolas Maduro's capture. — Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Alexander Mallin
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on building infrastructure for AI agents, balancing internal needs and the demands of customers like Anthropic, and more — This week's Stratechery Interview is with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. Kurian joined Google to lead the company's cloud division …
More: Google Cloud Blog
| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.58B, vs. $12.42B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; INTC jumps 15%+ after hours — - Intel reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations … Intel reported first-quarter earnings Thursday …
More: Intel, The Economic Times, Fortune, Phoenix Business Journal, Thurrott, Bloomberg, Portland Business Journal, Benzinga, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Constellation Research, GamesBeat, The Straits Times, and Blockonomi
X: @zerohedge, @laurengoode, @jukan05, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @stocksavvyshay, @alifarhat79, @pelositracker, @benbajarin, @jimcramer, @mtslive, @edludlow, @laurengoode, @jimcramer, @geiger_capital, @howardlindzon, @zerohedge, @munster_gene, @jimcramer, @jukan05, @zephyr_z9, @patrickmoorhead, and @economyapp
LinkedIn: Dan Sheehan, MBA, MS and Vince Condarcuri
| Reuters: |
S-1 excerpts: SpaceX warns multiple investigations into sexually abusive AI imagery created with xAI's Grok may hurt the company's global market access — The multiple investigations into xAI's creation and dissemination of sexually abusive imagery may lead the company to lose access to certain markets … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty detail their “return of Xbox” strategy, including daily active players as its “new north star” — Microsoft's new Xbox leader starts to talk strategy for the company's gaming business.
More: Xbox Wire, Pure Xbox, Thurrott, DayOne, ScreenRant, Tech4Gamers, Variety, Push Square, Video Games Chronicle, GeekWire, and Neowin
X: @mweinbach, @pirat_nation, @geoffkeighley, @hollowtide, @g27status, @asha_shar, @steinekin, @tomwarren, @vicious696, @xbox, @destinlegarie, and @interneth0f
Forums: r/pcgaming and r/consoles
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Digit, iPhone in Canada, Pure Xbox, TheGamer, Windows Central, VideoCardz.com, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, and Kotaku
X: @welfare_jbp, @delta1169, @tomwarren, and @pirat_nation
Bluesky: @wario64, @knoebel, and @tomwarren.co.uk
Forums: r/LastStandMedia, r/XboxSeriesXlS, r/technology, r/kindafunny, r/gaming, and r/xbox
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says it has fixed three causes of recent Claude Code quality issues: reduced default reasoning, a caching bug, and a system prompt to reduce verbosity — We traced recent reports of Claude Code quality issues to three separate changes. Here's what happened and what we're changing.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, Implicator.ai, Claude, The Register, XDA Developers, and Business Insider
X: @claudedevs, @firstadopter, @claudedevs, @theo, @claudedevs, @bcherny, and @edzitron. Bluesky: @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News, r/Anthropic, r/ClaudeAI, and r/ClaudeCode
| Reuters: |
Singapore is slowly emerging as a neutral ground for AI companies, offering an alternative place to build without worrying about US or Chinese regulations — Singapore is transforming from East-West gateway to neutral ground for the AI sector, with Chinese startups hoping …
Forums: r/singapore
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI coding firm Cognition is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a $25B valuation, up from $10.2B announced in September 2025 — Cognition AI Inc. is in early talks to raise a new round of funding that would more than double its valuation to $25 billion … | Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat Q2 guidance driven by high demand for analog chips used in AI data centers — Texas Instruments had its best day on Wall Street since 2000 after the chipmaker reported better-than-expected quarterly results …
More: Motley Fool and Bloomberg
| Bloomberg: |
The AI boom has pushed the market cap of Shenzhen-listed Zhongji Innolight, a leading optical communications device maker, close to $146B, a record high — Chinese optical stocks are attracting growing investor interest on expectations that rising demand for optical components critical … | Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
China's top market regulator says it is launching a six-month crackdown on the country's online ad sector, targeting malpractices including the misuse of AI — Market watchdog flags AI abuse and traffic-driven tactics as it launches first campaign to overhaul online advertising| Reuters: |
SAP reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to €9.56B, vs. €9.53B est., non-IFRS operating profit up 17% to €2.87B, cloud revenue up 19% to €5.96B; SAP up 10%+ after hours — Europe's largest software maker SAP (SAPG.DE) on Thursday reported a 17% increase in first-quarter profit … | Connor Stringer / Telegraph: |
Trump threatens to “put a big tariff on the UK” if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies — President tells The Telegraph he will retaliate if Britain continues to ‘target’ major American companies such as Apple, Google and Meta
More: Press Association, Sky News, The Sun Malaysia, GB News, and The Sun
| Sydney Bradley / Business Insider: |
Instagram launches Instants, an app for sharing disappearing photos, in Italy and Spain, after rolling out an Instants feature in its main app in some regions — - Instagram launched a new app in Italy and Spain this week called “Instants.” — A hodgepodge of apps like Snapchat, Locket … | Financial Times: |
Memo: White House says it has info indicating “foreign entities, principally based in China” are engaged in “industrial scale distillation” of American AI tech — Trump official Michael Kratsios says Chinese entities stealing from American labs
More: Ars Technica, CNN, Seoul Economic Daily, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Telegraph, Gizmodo, The Hill, The Next Web, Nextgov/FCW, and South China Morning Post
X: @mkratsios47, @natolambert, @noahpinion, @s_oheigeartaigh, @taoburr, @houseforeigngop, @senmikelee, and @amir. Bluesky: @davidkuszmar.com
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