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Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testified about tense negotiations with Musk in 2017, saying "he knows rockets, he knows electric cars" but "does not know AI" (Bloomberg)
Subquadratic launches with a $29M seed and debuts SubQ, an LLM that uses a subquadratic sparse attention architecture to achieve a 12M-token context window (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
Blitzy, which says its platform autonomously completes months of software development, raised $200M at a $1.4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $232M+ (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sources: Apple plans to let users choose from multiple third-party AI models to perform tasks like generating and editing text and images in iOS 27 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant produces 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims "on high-stakes prompts covering areas like medicine, law, and finance" (Megan Morrone/Axios)
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 Instant, which it says is smarter, with more accurate and personalized responses, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant as ChatGPT's default model (OpenAI)
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI, alleging that one of its characters posed as a psychiatrist, as the state seeks to prevent chatbots from impersonating doctors (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls the group's leadership, including bringing over executives from Microsoft's CoreAI engineering unit where she worked before (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Sao Paulo-based Enter, which uses AI to handle litigation for companies like Airbnb, raised $100M led by Founders Fund at a $1.2B valuation (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
Aylo says it will restore Pornhub access in the UK, but only for users who have verified their age via iOS 26.4's device-level age verification system (Liv McMahon/BBC)
Intel's stock jumps 12%+ and hits a new all-time high on a report that Apple has had early-stage talks with Intel to produce chips for Apple's devices in the US (Lola Murti/CNBC)
Anthropic unveils 10 new AI agents for the financial sector, including for drafting pitch decks, reviewing financial statements, and escalating compliance cases (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
The FTC will ban data broker Kochava and its subsidiary CDS from selling Americans' location data as part of a settlement over charges brought in 2022 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
ElevenLabs raised $550M+ in its Series D, up from a previously announced $500M, adding BlackRock, Nvidia, and others as investors; its ARR passed $500M in Q1 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)

Wired

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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
Murena /e/OS Tablet Review: Privacy for a Price
The iPhone That Never Was
9 Best Portable Power Stations (2026): Power Capacity, Portability, Camping, and More
Best Gifts for Mom (2026): E-Readers, Digital Wall Calendar, Smart Bird Feeders
The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
The Best Food Gifts to Buy Online, as Tested by Our Tastebuds (2026)
The Best Sustainable Surf Gear (2026): Patagonia, Billabong, Outerknown
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Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
What the Spirit Airlines Implosion Means for Your Vacation
What to Know About Sony’s $7.85 Million PlayStation Settlement
7 Best Smart Locks (2026) for Front Doors, Side Doors, and Even Garages
Best Mother’s Day Deals on Mom-Approved Gifts (2026)
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
Exclusive: Metalenz Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID Invisible
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect
What I Packed to Run 80 Miles Across the Italian Apennine Mountains
A Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now She’s Running for Congress
Can Listening to ‘Subliminals’ Make You Beautiful? Plenty of Women Believe It
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Science Has Found Even More Ways Coffee Is Good for You
Dating Is a Rich Person’s Game Now
Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age
The Best Star Wars Gifts for Everyone, From Padawans to Jedi Masters (2026)
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Engadget

Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI over chatbots that pretend to be licensed doctors
The next Call of Duty is not coming to PS4 (or presumably Xbox One)
Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features
The Steam Controller sold out super quickly and Valve is working on a restock
ChatGPT's new default model is more factual and better at personalization
Book publishers accuse Meta and Mark Zuckerberg of copyright infringement
Alexa+ is now available on a bunch of Bose speakers
Chrome on Android will now let you share your approximate location
Google will livestream The Android Show: I/O Edition on May 12
Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in 'AI-native' restructuring
Game Pass additions for May include Subnautica 2 and Forza Horizon 6
The creator of Citizen Sleeper 2 is making two new games
Horizon Hunters Gathering is holding another playtest on May 22
Meta is using AI bone structure analysis to detect and remove underaged users
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight balances fan service with an Arkham-style open world
Form launches a cheaper version of its smart swimming goggles
Google, Microsoft and xAI agree to provide US government with early AI model access
Samsung Galaxy A37 review: A solid deal even in this economy
Bose's new Lifestyle home audio lineup includes a speaker, soundbar and subwoofer
Google's Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the DeepMind team to unionize

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