AI News Archive: May 7, 2026 — Part 23
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- EU agrees to delay AI Act rules
EU agrees to delay AI Act rules Computing UK
- AI ‘nudification’ tools set to be banned within EU
It is envisaged this will take place before early August, and would apply to images, video, and audio.
- European Union strikes deal to ban sexualised AI deepfakes
European Union strikes deal to ban sexualised AI deepfakes
- EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules
EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules The Straits Times
- EU agrees to simplify AI rules to boost innovation and ban ‘nudification' apps to protect citizens
The European Commission welcomes the political agreement on simpler AI rules to boost innovation and ban 'nudification' apps.
- EU agrees to simpler AI rules and complete ‘nudification’ ban
Businesses and citizens want to ‘feel safe’, says EU tech sovereignty VP. Read more: EU agrees to simpler AI rules and complete ‘nudification’ ban
- EU kicks AI Act's strictest regs down the road
A year and a half delay, machinery exempt, and sandboxes delayed to smooth transition.
- EU lawmakers strike provisional deal to soften AI Act
European Union member states and the European Parliament agreed early Thursday to push back the toughest deadlines under the bloc’s AI Act , giving enterprises more time to prepare for high-risk compliance. Under the provisional deal between negotiators for the European Parliament and European Council, high-risk AI systems will face new deadlines of Dec. 2, 2027 for stand-alone systems and Aug. 2, 2028 for AI used in products covered by EU sectoral safety rules, a European Parliament statement said. The original deadline was Aug. 2, 2026. The deal still needs formal adoption by both Parliament and Council before it can enter into law. The co-legislators intend to complete that step before Aug. 2. Until they do, the original deadline applies as drafted. “Today’s agreement on the AI Act significantly supports our companies by reducing recurring administrative costs,” Marilena Raouna, Cyprus’s deputy minister for European affairs, said in a statement from the Council , which is composed o
- EU reaches tentative deal on simpler AI rules, plans ban on 'nudifier' apps
In a provisional deal, the European Union has agreed on a ban on the use of AI for creating pornographic deepfakes and sexualized imagery. It has also agreed on amending certain rules within the EU's AI Act.
- EU clinches deal to roll back AI restrictions
Deal marks first significant delay of digital rules amid pressure from the U.S.
- 'Companies should not be regulated twice': EU reaches tentative deal to simplify AI rules
EU states and the Parliament reached an agreement to simplify the AI laws for businesses. Here’s a look at what has changed.
- EU waters down landmark AI regulation amid industry pressure
Overnight, EU lawmakers agreed to water down their AI legislation that was world-leading when it launched in 2024.
- Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
Apple's rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are "actively using" prototypes that are in the design validation test stage, which is one step before the production validation test stage. The AirPods' cameras "aren't designed" to snap photos or […]
- AirPods Pro With AI Cameras Reach 'Advanced' Testing Stage
Apple's upcoming camera-equipped AirPods Pro are nearing completion and have reached an "advanced" testing stage, reports Bloomberg . The design is almost finalized, as is the feature set, and early mass production could begin soon. The AirPods Pro will have built-in cameras that will feed visual information about the wearer's surroundings to Siri . While there will be a longer stem for the camera in each AirPod, the device will otherwise look similar to the AirPods Pro 3 . The cameras in the AirPods will not be able to take photos or videos, and will solely be used for AI purposes. A small LED light will illuminate when the AirPods are sending visual information to Siri. Apple wants users to be able to look at an item and ask Siri questions about it, working similarly to image uploads in chatbot apps. The cameras could also offer reminders based on visual information, and give more detailed turn-by-turn directions by viewing what's around the wearer. The Camera app in iOS 27 is al
- Apple’s next AirPods could give Siri eyes, and they’re already being tested
AirPods with cameras sound wild, but they might be exactly what Siri needs to stop feeling stuck in the past.
- Cloudflare to lay off more than 1,000 workers in effort to 'architect our company for the agentic AI era'
The company said the move is not about cost cuts,but about being a high growth company in the AI era.
- Cloudflare to cut 20% of staff in a big bet on AI. Investors aren’t sold.
Cloudflare to cut 20% of staff in a big bet on AI. Investors aren’t sold.
- Cloudflare beats on earnings, but 20% AI-driven layoffs and weak guidance send shares down
Shares in Cloudflare Inc. plunged more than 16% in late trading today after the content delivery network and security company beat fiscal 2026 first-quarter estimates but issued second-quarter revenue guidance that fell short of expectations. It also announced plans to cut about 20% of its workforce in a restructuring tied to what it called an […] The post Cloudflare beats on earnings, but 20% AI-driven layoffs and weak guidance send shares down appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs or 20% of workforce in 'AI-first' restructuring
Cloudflare cuts 1,100 jobs or 20% of workforce in 'AI-first' restructuring The Straits Times
- Cloudflare cuts 1100 jobs, cites 600% increase in AI use in 3 months
Firm needs to be "intentional in how we architect our company for the agentic AI era" say executives
- Cloudlare Cites AI in Cutting a Fifth of Its Workforce
Cloudlare Cites AI in Cutting a Fifth of Its Workforce The Information
- Cloudflare cuts workforce by 20% in 'AI-first' restructuring
Cloudflare cuts workforce by 20% in 'AI-first' restructuring Reuters
- Cloudflare to Cut One-Fifth of Workers in Move to AI-First Model
Cloudflare Inc. plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally as it accelerates its shift to an agentic AI-first operating model.
- IREN Stock Rallies On Nvidia Partnership For AI Deployments
Bitcoin miner IREN continues its shift to AI infrastructure with a new strategic partnership with Nvidia. IREN stock rallies. The post IREN Stock Rallies On Nvidia Partnership For AI Deployments appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
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- Nvidia to invest up to $2.1 billion in IREN as part of AI data center deal
Nvidia to invest up to $2.1 billion in IREN as part of AI data center deal Reuters
- Nvidia to Invest Up to $2.1 Billion in Data Center Firm IREN
Nvidia Corp. is investing as much as $2.1 billion in the data center developer IREN Ltd. as part of a broader partnership between the two companies aimed at accelerating the construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
- CoreWeave shares plunge. Revenue doubles but AI costs are rising.
Shares of CoreWeave fell 9% in after-hours trading as investors considered shrinking margins and lower-than-expected revenue guidance
- CoreWeave signals higher capex as component costs rise, shares fall
CoreWeave signals higher capex as component costs rise, shares fall Reuters
- Worries About AI’s Risks to Humanity Loom Over the Trial Pitting Musk Against OpenAI’s Leaders
Musk said that he could have founded OpenAI as a for-profit company, just like the other companies he started or took over. “I deliberately chose this,” he said, “for the public good.” The post Worries About AI’s Risks to Humanity Loom Over the Trial Pitting Musk Against OpenAI’s Leaders appeared first on SecurityWeek .
- Worries about AI’s risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI’s leaders
Worries about AI’s risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI’s leaders Boston Herald
- Worries about AI's risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI's leaders
Worries about AI's risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI's leaders Austin American-Statesman
- Worries about AI's risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI
Questions about the dangers of artificial intelligence have been looming over the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
- Minimizing Modality Gap from the Input Side: Your Speech LLM Can Be a Prosody-Aware Text LLM
Speech large language models (SLMs) are typically built from text large language model (TLM) checkpoints, yet they still suffer from a substantial modality gap. Prior work has mainly attempted to reduce this gap from the output side by making speech generation more text-like, but the gap remains. We...
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- eXplaining to Learn (eX2L): Regularization Using Contrastive Visual Explanation Pairs for Distribution Shifts
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