AI News Archive: May 5, 2026 — Part 13
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- Meta faces new AI training lawsuit from publishers and authors
Meta faces new AI training lawsuit from publishers and authors USA Today
- Gemini for Home voice assistant gets Gemini 3.1 upgrade
Google today announced a series of May / Spring 2026 updates for the Home app. Besides Nest Cam and automation improvements , the Gemini for Home voice assistant is getting an “intelligence upgrade” with Gemini 3.1. more…
- Apple settles lawsuit over late Siri AI features for $250 million
Apple settles lawsuit over late Siri AI features for $250 million Reuters
- OpenAI projects $50 billion spending on computing power this year, Brockman says
OpenAI projects $50 billion spending on computing power this year, Brockman says Reuters
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- Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement
- Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally authorized’ Meta’s copyright infringement, publishers allege
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.
- US trade gap widens as AI spending boosts imports
The US trade deficit grew slightly less than expected in March, government data showed today, as spending linked to the artificial intelligence buildout boosted imports.
- Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege
Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege San Francisco Chronicle
- AI power users are pulling away from everyone else, Microsoft says
Artificial intelligence is helping knowledge workers do things that weren’t previously possible, according to a new report from Microsoft . In the company’s 2026 Work Trend Index report, which includes results from a survey of 20,000 knowledge workers who use AI at work, 66% of the AI users surveyed say that AI allows them to spend more time on high-value work, and 58% reveal that they’re producing work they couldn’t have produced just one year ago. That number rises to 80% among a category of AI power users Microsoft dubs “frontier professionals.” “Instead of just automating away what people used to do, and that’s an efficiency gain, what we’re seeing is much more exciting,” says Katy George, corporate vice president of workforce transformation at Microsoft. “What we’re calling ‘capability add.’” Examples range from new uses of AI to find and address software security vulnerabilities , to salespeople being able to quickly get up to speed before a customer meeting to an extent previous
- Mark Zuckerberg and Meta sued by authors claiming he approved AI training with their books
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta sued by authors claiming he approved AI training with their books
- WSO2 launches Agent Manager to help enterprises tame AI agent sprawl
Open-source technology provider WS02 LLC today announced the launch of WSO2 Agent Manager, an open control plane for artificial intelligence agents that gives enterprises a unified way to identify, govern, secure and scale agents across environments. The new offering helps organizations move from AI experimentation to production by addressing a critical gap: bringing visibility, control and accountability […] The post WSO2 launches Agent Manager to help enterprises tame AI agent sprawl appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Bridging the cybersecurity gap: How AI turns operational strain into business resilience
Bridging the cybersecurity gap: How AI turns operational strain into business resilience Gulf News
- Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training
Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training The Straits Times
- ‘Panthalassa has opened the ocean frontier’: Thiel-backed startup secures $140 million to deploy floating AI data centers
‘Panthalassa has opened the ocean frontier’: Thiel-backed startup secures $140 million to deploy floating AI data centers IT Pro
- How AI could open up cybersecurity to a wider workforce
By shifting the focus from memorizing arcane tools to overall strategy, AI will make the practice of cybersecurity more inclusive and more effective.
- ChatGPT's new default model is more factual and better at personalization
OpenAI is deploying GPT-5.5 Instant to all users starting today.
- The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge
Restricted access to powerful defensive AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos leaves some companies, central banks, and nations more vulnerable than others.
- Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training
Hachette, Macmillan and others allege that Meta pirated millions of works from textbooks to novels for Llama model Five major publishers sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to train its artificial intelligence models. Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill, as well as author Scott Turow, alleged in the proposed class-action complaint that Meta pirated millions of their works and used them without permission to train its Llama large language models to respond to human prompts. Continue reading...
- OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has "significant improvements in factuality across the board." The company claims that, based on "internal evaluations," GPT-5.5 Instant produced "52.5% fewer hallucinated claims" than its […]
- ChatGPT Is Smarter, More Accurate, and Less Obsessed With Emojis After Upgrade
ChatGPT's default model has been updated to GPT-5.5 Instant , a model that brings accuracy improvements with fewer hallucinations, especially in areas like medicine, law, and finance, according to OpenAI. GPT-5.5 Instant is more capable at tasks like analyzing images, answering STEM questions, and choosing when to use web search to provide a better answer. Responses can also be personalized because GPT-5.5 Instant can better draw context from past chats, files, and Gmail, but this is currently limited to paid subscribers. OpenAI says that responses are "tighter and more to-the-point without losing substance" and without eliminating ChatGPT's personality. It will provide the same information, but without unnecessary formatting, emojis, and follow-up questions. All ChatGPT models are being updated with memory sources, which will show users the past chats, files, and other context that ChatGPT used to generate a response. GPT-5.5 Instant is rolling out today to all ChatGPT users, and it i
- ChatGPT’s default model is now more direct, more clear, and less wrong about things
GPT-5.5 Instant cuts hallucinations and long-winded replies.
- ChatGPT’s new default model is half as likely to mislead you on medical and financial questions
OpenAI has replaced GPT-5.3 Instant with GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT's default model, promising 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims on medical, legal, and financial questions.
- US to assess new AI models before their release
The US government on Tuesday announced in a policy shift that it will have access to tech giants' new AI models to evaluate them before they are released.
- Major publishers sued Meta for pirating millions of books to train its AI
Five major publishing houses and novelist Scott Turow allege Meta used pirated books and journal articles without permission to build its Llama AI models
- Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features
The company also updated Gemini for Home for those in an early access program.
- ChatGPT's Latest Model Will Supposedly Give Less Annoying Answers
OpenAI says GPT-5.5 Instant will cut down on "gratuitous emojis."
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- White House weighs pre-release reviews for high-risk AI models
The Trump administration is in early discussions about whether advanced AI models should be vetted before public release, according to reporting from the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal, and Axios . The conversations center on systems capable of facilitating cyberattacks, particularly models that could help users identify and exploit software vulnerabilities. Officials are considering several options, including formal pre-release review processes and government-led testing for higher-risk systems. No proposal has been finalized, and no timeline has been set. What has changed The discussions mark a shift in tone, if not yet in policy. On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump’s first day back in office during his second term, he revoked Biden’s Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Three days later, he issued his own order , “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” signaling a significant shift
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- White House considers vetting AI models before they are released
White House considers vetting AI models before they are released
- Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training
Major publishers sue Meta for copyright infringement over AI training Reuters
- Best price alert: The Eufy E25 robot vacuum and mop just dipped to a record-low at Amazon
The Eufy E25 robot vacuum and mop is on sale at Amazon for $599.98, down from the list price of $1,299.99. That's a 54% discount.
- How I Learned To Trust AI as a Physical Therapist
How I Learned To Trust AI as a Physical Therapist MedCity News
- Trump might get the government involved in reviewing new AI models before releases
The White House is weighing an executive order that would create a working group of tech executives and officials to examine oversight procedures
- AI data centers head for the ocean
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- AI-driven FinBursa looks to be Gulf's matchmaker of start-ups and capital
AI-driven FinBursa looks to be Gulf's matchmaker of start-ups and capital The National
- I built a startup and failed—AI might have changed that
In 2012, I co-founded a startup building medical devices for chronic pain management. We gave it everything. And then we failed. When I look back now, the problem was that we were supposed to be lean — but we were drowning in work that had nothing to do with our actual mission. Admin. Coordination. Documentation. […] The post I built a startup and failed—AI might have changed that appeared first on e27 .
- Explained: Why Dubai targets future with Agentic AI shift
Explained: Why Dubai targets future with Agentic AI shift Gulf News
- Anthropic unveils AI agents to field financial services tasks
Anthropic unveils AI agents to field financial services tasks The Mercury News
- Italy’s Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has denounced the circulation of a deepfake photo of her posing in bed, wearing lingerie.
- Italy’s Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack
Italy’s Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack Toronto Star
- Coinbase to slash 14 per cent of workforce amid AI impact and market volatility
Crypto exchange Coinbase is planning to cut 14 per cent of its workforce just two days head of its next earnings report, citing a need to manage costs amid ongoing market volatility and advances in AI. Chief executive Brian Armstrong said on Tuesday that AI was speeding up certain processes meaning fewer employees were required [...]
- FIS strikes deal with AI giant Anthropic to usher in 'a new era in banking'
Jacksonville-based FIS is partnering with Anthropic, the artificial intelligence giant behind Claude, to develop banking agents that can act independently rather than just assist, with financial crimes detection serving as the proving ground for broader applications.
- OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year
If the numbers are large enough, perhaps we won't question the math An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50 billion on computing power before the end of the year.…
- iOS 27 could let users pick an AI model of their choice for text and image tasks
For the first time since Apple Intelligence launched, iPhone users may soon decide which AI does their heavy lifting, whether that's drafting emails, editing photos, or powering Siri.
- Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home pleads not guilty to attempted murder
Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home pleads not guilty to attempted murder
- Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home pleads not guilty to attempted murder
Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home pleads not guilty to attempted murder Boston Herald
- Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team - where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox - to the Xbox […]
- Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home pleads not guilty to attempted murder
Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home pleads not guilty to attempted murder Houston Chronicle