Google Home Gemini Upgrade Handles Complex Commands
May 05, 2026: Google Home Gemini Upgrade Handles Complex Commands - Google has updated Gemini for Home to version 3.1, enabling users to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple commands in a single request. The upgrade improves the assistant's ability to interpret and act on user requests. The update also enhances Gemini's handling of recurring...
Brockman Defends $30B Stake in OpenAI Trial
May 05, 2026: Brockman Defends $30B Stake in OpenAI Trial - OpenAI President Greg Brockman testified in a landmark trial that his stake in the company is worth nearly $30 billion, a figure Elon Musk's lawsuit cites as proof OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission for profit. Brockman defended the fortune, saying compensation was secondary to the mission and c...
Dyna Software Unveils AI Tool for ServiceNow Configuration
May 05, 2026: Dyna Software Unveils AI Tool for ServiceNow Configuration - Dyna Software has launched Platform Copilot, an agentic AI tool it claims is the first to autonomously configure, design and build on the ServiceNow platform. The tool integrates with a customer's development instance, applies natural language-prompted changes, and validates them before execution, p...
Etsy Launches Native ChatGPT App for Shopping
May 05, 2026: Etsy Launches Native ChatGPT App for Shopping - Etsy has launched a native app within ChatGPT, letting users search its 100 million-plus listings using natural language prompts. By tagging @Etsy in a chat, shoppers can describe what they need conversationally and browse relevant results, clicking through to Etsy to purchase. The move follows a f...
IBM Launches AI Operating Model for Enterprises
May 05, 2026: IBM Launches AI Operating Model for Enterprises - IBM used its Think 2026 conference to unveil a broad enterprise AI expansion centered on a new AI operating model, positioning it as the next step beyond early experimentation. CEO Arvind Krishna framed the shift as operational transformation, built around a four-part architecture of agents, data, a...
OpenAI Rushes AI Agent Phone for 2027
May 05, 2026: OpenAI Rushes AI Agent Phone for 2027 - OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its first AI agent phone, with mass production targeted as early as the first half of 2027, according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The accelerated timeline may be driven by a desire to support a year-end IPO narrative, Kuo suggested. The de...
Soderbergh Uses Meta AI in Lennon Documentary
May 05, 2026: Soderbergh Uses Meta AI in Lennon Documentary - Steven Soderbergh has revealed that 10 percent of his upcoming documentary John Lennon: The Last Interview features AI-generated video footage, created in collaboration with Meta. The film centers on Lennon's final interview, promoting his Double Fantasy album with Yoko Ono, and uses AI to visualize...
ChatGPT's New Model Hallucinates 52% Less
May 05, 2026: ChatGPT's New Model Hallucinates 52% Less - OpenAI claims its new default ChatGPT model, GPT-5.5 Instant, significantly reduces hallucinations. The company says internal evaluations show the model produces 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims than its predecessor. Hallucinations, where AI models generate false or fabricated information, have been...
One Command Turns Any Repo Into AI Backdoor
May 05, 2026: One Command Turns Any Repo Into AI Backdoor - Researchers at the University of Hong Kong launched CLI-Anything in March, a tool that generates structured command line interfaces allowing AI coding agents to operate any open-source repository with a single command. It has amassed over 30,000 GitHub stars and supports major platforms including Cl...
IBM Think: AI-First, Hybrid, Quantum Now Engineering
May 05, 2026: IBM Think: AI-First, Hybrid, Quantum Now Engineering - IBM CEO Arvind Krishna used his Think 2026 keynote to argue that AI is shifting from a technology initiative to a core business model, warning that the gap between AI leaders and laggards is widening fast. He framed the moment as a day zero opportunity, urging enterprises to move beyond pilots into ...
OpenAI Gifts 8,000 Developers 10x Codex Access
May 05, 2026: OpenAI Gifts 8,000 Developers 10x Codex Access - OpenAI is rewarding over 8,000 developers who applied for its sold-out GPT-5.5 party with a surprise consolation prize: a tenfold increase in Codex rate limits on personal ChatGPT accounts, valid through June 5. The boost applies to all applicants regardless of whether they were accepted, waitliste...
DeepMind Workers Unionize Over Military AI Contracts
May 05, 2026: DeepMind Workers Unionize Over Military AI Contracts - Google DeepMind staff at its London headquarters have voted to unionize, with 98 percent of CWU members supporting the move. Employees are demanding the company stop its AI technology from being used by Israel and the US military, with one worker stating the work is "helping make genocide cheaper, f...
ElevenLabs Adds BlackRock, Celebrities in $500M Round
May 05, 2026: ElevenLabs Adds BlackRock, Celebrities in $500M Round - Voice AI company ElevenLabs has revealed new investors in its $500 million Series D, including institutions BlackRock, Wellington, and D.E. Shaw; enterprises Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, and Deutsche Telekom; and celebrities Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, and Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. The compa...
ServiceNow Launches Unified AI Governance Control Tower
May 05, 2026: ServiceNow Launches Unified AI Governance Control Tower - ServiceNow unveiled a major expansion of its AI platform, centering on its AI Control Tower, a governance hub for monitoring, managing and securing AI models and agentic workflows. The updates address enterprise concerns that AI deployments are proliferating faster than organizations can govern them...
DeepMind Unionizes, Alexa+ Leads AI Race
May 05, 2026: DeepMind Unionizes, Alexa+ Leads AI Race - Google DeepMind workers in the UK have voted to unionize, seeking recognition of two unions as joint representatives. A key driver was concern over reports of Google nearing a deal with the US Department of Defense. Amazon's Alexa+ has received strong praise, with reviewers calling the GenAI-powere...
AI to Make Half of Business Decisions by 2030
May 05, 2026: AI to Make Half of Business Decisions by 2030 - A new IBM poll reveals that CEOs expect artificial intelligence to autonomously handle 48% of operational decisions by 2030. The shift is anticipated primarily in areas governed by clear, established rules and procedures. The findings highlight growing executive confidence in AI's role in business ...
ChatGPT Shows Memory Sources, But Not All
May 05, 2026: ChatGPT Shows Memory Sources, But Not All - OpenAI has updated ChatGPT's default model to GPT-5.5 Instant, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant. The new model promises improved dependability, accuracy, and intelligence, alongside a new memory transparency feature rolling out across all platform models. The feature lets users see which saved memories or...
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Instant Becomes New ChatGPT Default
May 05, 2026: OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Instant Becomes New ChatGPT Default - OpenAI has launched GPT-5.5 Instant as the new default ChatGPT model, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant. The update reduces hallucinations in law, medicine, and finance, improves math and multimodal reasoning benchmarks, and introduces personalized context management by referencing past conversations, files...
Nvidia, AMD invest in $100M AI tooling startup
May 05, 2026: Nvidia, AMD invest in $100M AI tooling startup - RadixArk, an AI developer tools startup, has raised $100 million in a seed round led by Accel and Spark Capital, with backing from Nvidia, AMD, Databricks, and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. The funding values the company at $400 million. RadixArk builds commercial tools around two open-source projects: Mi...
iOS 27 Lets Users Choose Their Own AI Model
May 05, 2026: iOS 27 Lets Users Choose Their Own AI Model - Apple plans to let iPhone users select from multiple third-party AI models in iOS 27, according to Bloomberg. The feature, internally called Extensions, will allow AI from installed apps to power Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground, and more. Google and Anthropic models are already being tested, w...
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