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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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Reuters:
Huawei says its Ascend supernode based on the Ascend 950 AI chips will fully support DeepSeek V4, as DeepSeek launches a preview of its V4 model
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
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 …
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 …
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.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as “Xbox needs to be our identity”
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.
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
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

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico amend their lawsuit against the White House, alleging it has kept all three off press pool duty since Sept. 18 despite an injunction

Reuters:
Sources: Bloomberg, Susquehanna, and Jump Trading signed up for Truth Social's real-time feed of top accounts, including Trump's posts, paying $60K to $100K

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Versant, owner of MS NOW and CNBC, is launching four new FAST channels, including Snapped, Botched, and CNBC Ambition, bringing its portfolio to 13 outlets

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