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May 18, 2026, 9:40 AM
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Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
Eric Schmidt faced loud boos during his University of Arizona commencement speech while discussing “rational” fears over the impact of AI and automation on jobs  —  - Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave the University of Arizona's commencement address this year.
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but duplicate bug reports have made the security list “almost entirely unmanageable”  —  Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating ‘unnecessary pain and pointless work’
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung's shares jumped as much as 6.7% after the company resumed talks with its union and a court partially granted an injunction against illegal union actions  —  Samsung Electronics Co.'s shares climbed more than 6% after its union signaled a willingness to negotiate and a local court granted …
James Hunt / The Block:
Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an average price of $80,985 between May 11 and May 17, taking its holding to 843,738 BTC, or 4% of total supply  —  Quick Take  — Strategy has purchased another 24,869 BTC for approximately $2.01 billion at an average price of $80,985 per bitcoin …
Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg:
Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped  —  Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz …
John Markoff / New York Times:
Security researcher Peter G. Neumann, who criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward computer security and digital privacy, died on May 17 at the age of 93  —  For decades, he criticized the industry's lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy.  And he developed solutions.
Alessandra Ram / Wired:
How the AI industry's intense pressure to keep up and its financial rewards are creating “walls of resentment” between Silicon Valley workers and their spouses  —  Are you married to a man who's obsessed with AI?  I'm so, so sorry.  —  If i had to listen to another minute …
Theo Baker / New York Times:
A college senior at Stanford describes how AI has changed classes: cheating using AI “has become omnipresent” with students “fudging just about everything”  —  At Stanford University, where I am a senior, tech chief executives are something like rock stars.
Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic agrees to brief the Financial Stability Board on global financial system vulnerabilities found by Mythos, after a request by the FSB's Chair  —  US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US authorities in recent months have issued multiple information requests to Kalshi and Polymarket, many tied to wagers on events in Iran and Venezuela  —  Regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket over wagers tied to political events and military operations
Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg:
The Vatican says Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah will join Pope Leo on May 25 to launch the pope's first encyclical, setting out his views on the AI age  —  Pope Leo XIV's launch of his first encyclical focusing on artificial intelligence next week will feature an unexpected guest: Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic.
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
How Amazon, which took a measured tone on AI, went from an AI also-ran to a real contender, thanks to $200B in spending, a bet on custom chips, and savvy deals  —  The pieces are coming together for AWS's AI strategy, thanks to $200 billion in spending, custom chips and savvy deals
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech, raised $300M at a ~$4B valuation, up from $3.1B after raising $153M in August 2025  —  Decart's valuation hits nearly $4 billion as investors pour capital into startups making AI computing more efficient
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Sources: internal competition among Google staff and researchers for TPUs intensified as it prioritizes cloud customers and flagship AI products over research  —  In the race to build the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence, Alphabet Inc.'s Google has an enviable position …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A judge approves Paramount's settlement with 12 state AGs who tried to block its WBD deal, and Paramount tentatively sets October 6 to close the acquisition

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch is stepping down after 7.5 years to become the CEO and chairman of Mattel; lead independent director Mike Perlis will be interim CEO

Los Angeles Times:
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