Wolfe Research Keeps Nvidia as Top AI Pick
May 14, 2026: Wolfe Research Keeps Nvidia as Top AI Pick - Wolfe Research has reaffirmed Nvidia as its top artificial intelligence stock pick, citing a strong outlook through 2027. The endorsement signals continued analyst confidence in Nvidia's dominant position in the AI sector as demand for its chips and technology remains robust.
Coty AI Training Program Wins Newsweek Impact Award
May 13, 2026: Coty AI Training Program Wins Newsweek Impact Award - Coty Inc. has won a Newsweek AI Impact Award in the AI Workplace: Best Outcomes, Employee Engagement category for its enterprise AI literacy program, Supercharge with AI. The beauty giant trained 3,500 employees in just 100 days through the initiative. The program successfully doubled AI adoption a...
Altman Testifies Musk Sought OpenAI Control
May 13, 2026: Altman Testifies Musk Sought OpenAI Control - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand in the high-profile trial brought by Elon Musk, who alleges Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman betrayed the company's nonprofit mission for profit. Musk is seeking Altman's removal as CEO and up to $180 billion in damages. OpenAI counters that Musk is mo...
Google Unveils Android 17, AI Features, Googlebooks
May 13, 2026: Google Unveils Android 17, AI Features, Googlebooks - Google announced a wide range of new features at its annual Android event, including Android 17 updates, Android Auto improvements, and expanded Gemini AI capabilities. Key additions include Pause Point for mindful scrolling, 3D navigation in Android Auto, YouTube playback while parked, and new Goog...
TechBlocks, Factory Unite for Enterprise AI Scaling
May 13, 2026: TechBlocks, Factory Unite for Enterprise AI Scaling - TechBlocks and Factory have expanded their multiyear partnership, combining TechBlocks' AI operating model and enterprise delivery expertise with Factory's agent-native software development platform. The collaboration aims to help enterprises scale production-grade AI with greater confidence and sec...
Meta Launches Encrypted Private AI Chat Mode
May 13, 2026: Meta Launches Encrypted Private AI Chat Mode - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced Incognito Chat, claiming it is the first major AI product with no server-side conversation logs. Messages are not saved to chat history, and the feature uses end-to-end encryption. Meta distinguishes its offering from similar incognito modes on rival AI chatbo...
Anthropic Targets Small Businesses With New AI Suite
May 13, 2026: Anthropic Targets Small Businesses With New AI Suite - Anthropic has launched Claude for Small Business, a new suite of AI tools aimed at smaller companies rather than large enterprises. Available through a toggle in Claude Cowork, the platform offers bookkeeping, business insights, ad campaign tools, and integrations with QuickBooks, Canva, DocuSign, H...
NVIDIA, IREN Sign $3.4B AI Infrastructure Mega-Deal
May 13, 2026: NVIDIA, IREN Sign $3.4B AI Infrastructure Mega-Deal - NVIDIA and IREN Limited announced a landmark strategic partnership to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure, anchored by a $3.4 billion five-year managed GPU cloud contract. NVIDIA also received warrants to purchase 30 million IREN shares at $70 each, representing a potential $2.1 billion eq...
Recursive Superintelligence Launches With $650M Funding
May 13, 2026: Recursive Superintelligence Launches With $650M Funding - Recursive Superintelligence Inc. has launched with $650 million in funding, valuing the startup at $4.65 billion. The round was led by Alphabet's GV fund and Greycroft, with participation from Nvidia and AMD's venture arms. The company was founded by former Salesforce Chief Scientist Richard Socher....
Amazon Replaces Rufus With Alexa Shopping Assistant
May 13, 2026: Amazon Replaces Rufus With Alexa Shopping Assistant - Amazon has launched Alexa for Shopping, a personalized AI shopping assistant powered by Alexa+, replacing its previous generative AI tool Rufus. Available now to U.S. customers, it works via voice and touch across mobile, desktop, and Echo Show displays, offering tailored recommendations based on pu...
WhatsApp Launches Incognito Mode for Meta AI
May 13, 2026: WhatsApp Launches Incognito Mode for Meta AI - Meta is rolling out incognito conversations with its Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp and the standalone Meta AI app over the next few months. These chats are processed in a secure environment, not saved, and disappear when the session ends or the app is closed. The feature uses Meta's private processin...
Meta grants rivals free WhatsApp access to appease EU
May 13, 2026: Meta grants rivals free WhatsApp access to appease EU - Meta will allow rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp's business API for one month as it works to resolve EU antitrust concerns. The move follows a series of regulatory clashes after Meta blocked third-party AI providers last October, prompting an EU investigation that found the company breachin...
TSPA Rides AI Infrastructure Stocks to Triple-Digit Gains
May 13, 2026: TSPA Rides AI Infrastructure Stocks to Triple-Digit Gains - The T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research ETF (TSPA) holds five stocks Morningstar flagged as top AI infrastructure performers in 2026, including SanDisk, Intel, Western Digital, Seagate, and Oracle. SanDisk surged 464.5% on NAND flash memory pricing, while Intel rose 197.1% on server processor demand....
Scale AI Partners With DOE on Science Mission
May 13, 2026: Scale AI Partners With DOE on Science Mission - Scale AI has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Energy to support the Genesis Mission, a collaborative AI for science initiative. The partnership signals a broader shift in scientific AI toward data infrastructure, with Scale AI bringing its AI infrastructure and software e...
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI in Business Customers
May 13, 2026: Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI in Business Customers - For the first time, Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI in verified business customers, according to fintech firm Ramp's AI Index. Data from over 50,000 companies shows 34.4% now pay for Anthropic services versus 32.3% for OpenAI. The shift reflects a dramatic 12-month surge for Anthropic, growing from ...
Red Hat, Intel Push CPUs for Cheaper AI Inference
May 13, 2026: Red Hat, Intel Push CPUs for Cheaper AI Inference - As enterprises scale AI beyond pilot projects, Red Hat and Intel are championing a balanced CPU-GPU approach to reduce inference costs. Their collaboration brings full vLLM support for Intel Xeon to Red Hat AI 3.4, targeting scalable, cost-efficient deployments. Many agentic AI tasks like tool call...
Anthropic Reverses Ban on Third-Party AI Agent Use
May 13, 2026: Anthropic Reverses Ban on Third-Party AI Agent Use - Anthropic has reversed its April 2026 policy banning third-party AI agents on Claude subscriptions, announcing a new Agent SDK credits subcategory for paid subscribers. These credits can now be allocated specifically for programmatic uses, including external tools like the open source OpenClaw agent...
Nvidia to Out-Earn Apple and Microsoft Combined
May 13, 2026: Nvidia to Out-Earn Apple and Microsoft Combined - Nvidia could generate over $400 billion in free cash flow over the next two years, surpassing Apple and Microsoft combined, according to Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya. Despite this, Nvidia trades at a roughly 50% discount to Magnificent 7 peers on forward earnings and a 66% discount on enterpri...
Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI in Business AI Adoption
May 13, 2026: Anthropic Overtakes OpenAI in Business AI Adoption - For the first time, more American businesses are paying for Anthropic's Claude than OpenAI's ChatGPT. According to the May 2026 Ramp AI Index, Claude adoption rose to 34.4% while ChatGPT fell to 32.3%. Anthropic has quadrupled its business adoption over the past year, compared to OpenAI's 0.3% growt...
7 Key Lessons From First Wave of Agentic AI
May 12, 2026: 7 Key Lessons From First Wave of Agentic AI - Enterprise AI deployments are stalling not from lack of technology but from missing business context, proprietary data, and strategic grounding. Experts at theCUBE and NYSE Wired's AI Agent Conference identified seven critical lessons, including that data is the true competitive moat, agents need fi...
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