AI News Archive: May 12, 2026 — Part 1
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- South Korea roils market by floating ‘citizen dividend’ from AI gains
South Korea roils market by floating ‘citizen dividend’ from AI gains The Japan Times
Score: 93🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/12/tech/korea-citizen-dividend-ai-gains/ - New AI model predicts how cells choose their fate
New AI model predicts how cells choose their fate imm.ox.ac.uk
Score: 93🤖 ModelsMay 12, 2026https://www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ai-model-predicts-how-cells-choose-their-fate - Google debuts Gemini Intelligence automation features, Googlebook laptop series
Google LLC is upgrading its consumer device portfolio with a set of Android features called Gemini Intelligence and a new laptop series. The company debuted the products today during a virtual event called The Android Show. It also introduced new mobile security capabilities designed to protect users from malicious apps, device theft and attempts to […] The post Google debuts Gemini Intelligence automation features, Googlebook laptop series appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Mira Murati’s Startup Unveils Interaction Models for Real-Time Human-AI Collaboration
Thinking Machines Lab has developed a multi-stream, micro-turn design that allows the model to continuously receive and respond to information in real time.
- Google in talks with SpaceX for Suncatcher orbital data center project
Google in talks with SpaceX for Suncatcher orbital data center project Reuters
Score: 89🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.reuters.com/science/google-spacex-talks-explore-data-centers-orbit-wsj-reports-2026-05-12/ - This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified
This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified Tom's Guide
- Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure
The project was supposed to bring a geothermal-powered data center to the Olkaria region in Kenya's Rift Valley.
- Smart AI gives electric vehicle batteries 23% longer life—without increasing the charging time
Fast charging shortens the life of vehicle batteries, but is necessary on longer journeys with electric vehicles. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now developed a new AI method that adapts fast charging to the health of the battery. Their study shows that battery life can be increased by almost 23% without extending the charging time. All that is required is an update of the vehicle's software.
Score: 85🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-smart-ai-electric-vehicle-batteries.html - Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’
As tech giants dominate the hardware needed to build artificial intelligence, Amp hopes to create an alternative.
- SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries with water-based tech to power AI data centers — targets gigawatt-hour-scale production by 2028
The Japanese company is partnering with two South Korean startups, Cosmos Lab and DeltaX, to produce zinc-halogen batteries.
Score: 81🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/softbank-to-manufacture-its-own-batteries-to-power-ai-data-centers - Google found the first AI-generated zero-day exploit. It stopped the attack before it started.
Google has identified the first zero-day exploit it believes was developed with artificial intelligence. The criminal threat actor that built it planned to use it in a mass exploitation event. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group discovered the vulnerability before it was deployed, worked with the affected vendor to patch it, and disrupted the operation. The […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 79🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/google-ai-zero-day-exploit-cybersecurity-arms-race - Insilico Medicine and Ribo enter strategic collaboration agreement: Leveraging AI platform and automated lab for end-to-end empowerment of RNA interference and oligonucleotide therapeutics development
Insilico Medicine and Ribo enter strategic collaboration agreement: Leveraging AI platform and automated lab for end-to-end empowerment of RNA interference and oligonucleotide therapeutics development EurekAlert!
- “Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says
Teen trusted ChatGPT to help him “safely” experiment with drugs, logs show.
- China’s Kuaishou Plans Spinoff of AI Unit That Could Be Valued at $20 Billion
The Chinese short-video company is in talks with prospective investors—including Tencent, a major shareholder of Kuaishou—to raise around $2 billion for its Kling unit.
- Nscale Gets $790M in Financing for Norway AI Buildout
The capital infusion marks another milestone in the rapid rise of the neocloud startup.
Score: 73💰 MoneyMay 12, 2026https://aibusiness.com/data-centers/nscale-gets-790m-financing-norway-ai-buildout - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends His Leadership, Personal Investing at Trial
The blockbuster court battle centers around Musk’s donations to AI lab when it was a nonprofit and its conversion to a for-profit company.
Score: 73🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-ceo-sam-altman-takes-stand-in-elon-musk-megatrial-19bda33c?mod=rss_Technology - OpenAI to Save $97 Billion Through 2030 in Latest Microsoft Deal
OpenAI to Save $97 Billion Through 2030 in Latest Microsoft Deal The Information
Score: 71💰 MoneyMay 12, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-save-97-billion-2030-latest-microsoft-deal - Cowboy Space raises $275M to build orbital AI data centers
Space technology startup Cowboy Space Corp. today disclosed that it has raised $275 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by NEA, IVP and several other institutional investors along with Cowboy Space founding Chief Executive Baiju Bhatt, who previously co-founded Robinhood Markets Inc. The […] The post Cowboy Space raises $275M to build orbital AI data centers appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 69💰 MoneyMay 12, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/11/cowboy-space-raises-275m-build-orbital-ai-data-centers/ - Standard 90-day vulnerability disclosure policy is likely dead thanks to AI, expert warns that AI can weaponize patches in 30 minutes — LLM-assisted bug-hunting ushers in a new cyberworld order
AI-assisted bug detection has massively accelerated the timeline in which new security vulnerabilities are discovered, and one researcher argues that has killed the standard 90-day disclosure policy.
- Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raised $2.1 billion to push AI-designed drugs toward clinical trials
The Alphabet spinout plans to use the capital to expand its drug pipeline and push candidates toward clinical trials by the end of 2026
Score: 68💰 MoneyMay 12, 2026https://qz.com/isomorphic-labs-series-b-funding-ai-drug-discovery-051226 - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 'proud' of profit-making OpenAI investment
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified in Elon Musk's lawsuit. Musk claims OpenAI betrayed its nonprofit mission. Nadella expressed pride in Microsoft's profitable investment. The trial reveals internal strife among AI leaders. Musk seeks OpenAI's return to nonprofit status. Nadella stated Microsoft's investment helped create a large nonprofit. Internal documents suggest Microsoft's profit motive. Brockman's diary entries are scrutinized.
- Q1 2026 AI funding blows past 2025 total with three deals accounting for 67% of capital
Q1 2026 AI funding blows past 2025 total with three deals accounting for 67% of capital PitchBook
- Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in 'mini Shai Hulud' malware infection — supply-chain campaign spreads across npm and AI developer ecosystems like wildfire
Microsoft says attackers compromised the mistralai PyPI package with malware that executed on import, while researchers link related npm compromises affecting TanStack and Mistral SDKs to the broader “Mini Shai-Hulud” supply-chain campaign.
- The AI space race: US and China bet big on orbital data centers
The AI space race: US and China bet big on orbital data centers Nikkei Asia
- US-China rivalry over AI and chips intensifies ahead of Trump-Xi summit
US-China rivalry over AI and chips intensifies ahead of Trump-Xi summit The Straits Times
- China Seeks A.I. Independence, Weakening Trump’s Leverage
Before this week’s U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/china-semiconductor-ai-deepseek.html - Microsoft ousts its Israel chief following reports that Azure quietly powered military AI targeting in Gaza
Microsoft Israel's top executive is out after an internal investigation into the unit's work with Israel's defense ministry. Reporting over the past years points to what's likely at the center of it all: cloud infrastructure, mass surveillance, and AI-powered target selection in Gaza. The article Microsoft ousts its Israel chief following reports that Azure quietly powered military AI targeting in Gaza appeared first on The Decoder .
- China Sought Access to Anthropic’s Newest A.I. The Answer Was No.
The latest artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and OpenAI are extending the United States’ lead over China and intensifying the rivalry between the countries.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/china-ai-anthropic-openai-mythos-chatgpt.html - Kevin O'Leary Wants to Build a $100 Billion AI Data Center in Utah. Locals Say It Could Drain the Great Salt Lake.
Kevin O'Leary Wants to Build a $100 Billion AI Data Center in Utah. Locals Say It Could Drain the Great Salt Lake. entrepreneur.com
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/kevin-oleary-wants-to-build-a-100-billion-ai-data-center-in-utah - Google killed the Chromebook. Its replacement turns your cursor into an AI agent.
Google killed the Chromebook. It took 15 years, but the company that invented the browser-as-operating-system has concluded that a browser is not enough. At the Android Show on Monday, Google unveiled Googlebook, a new category of premium laptops running Android with Gemini embedded at the operating system level. The devices will ship this autumn […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 64🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/google-killed-the-chromebook-its-replacement-turns-your-cursor-into-an-ai-agent - The Ocean Is Not A Server Rack: Panthalassa, Peter Thiel, And Wave-Powered AI Compute
I have been seeing LinkedIn posts about Panthalassa’s wave-powered AI data-center concept recently, and the reaction they’ve been getting is familiar. Big funding round. AI power bottleneck. Ocean energy. No grid connection. No land constraint. Autonomous machines. A new category. It had all the ingredients of a story built to ... [continued] The post The Ocean Is Not A Server Rack: Panthalassa, Peter Thiel, And Wave-Powered AI Compute appeared first on CleanTechnica .
- ‘AI hallucinations’ in doctors’ notes flagged by Ontario auditor’s report
‘AI hallucinations’ in doctors’ notes flagged by Ontario auditor’s report Toronto Star
- Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026
Google has big plans for Android in 2026, and most of it is AI.
Score: 64🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/google-says-android-is-getting-a-big-ai-overhaul-in-2026/ - Ilya Sutskever makes bombshell revelation on OpenAI-Anthropic merger, claims Sam Altman had ‘pattern of lying’
Ilya Sutskever revealed during the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial that he had considered firing Sam Altman for lying and undermining executives.
- Shield AI expands Hivemind maritime autonomy in Taiwan with Thunder Tiger partnership
TAIPEI (May 13, 2026) – Shield AI, the defense-tech company building the world’s best AI pilots and next-generation aircraft, and Thunder Tiger Corp., one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of unmanned surface and aerial systems, announced today a memorandum of understanding to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software across Thunder Tiger’s unmanned systems portfolio, beginning with […]
Score: 63🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://shield.ai/shield-ai-expands-hivemind-maritime-autonomy-in-taiwan-with-thunder-tiger-partnership/ - OpenAI just acquired the consulting firm it was born alongside. The model company is now the services company.
Tomoro was created in 2023 in alliance with OpenAI. The Edinburgh and London-based firm built AI concierges for Virgin Atlantic, in-game support agents for Supercell, and deployment systems for Fidelity International, Tesco, Red Bull, Mattel, and the NBA. It grew monthly revenue tenfold in 12 months. It pledged 10 million pounds to Scottish AI […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Meet AntAngelMed: A 103B-Parameter Open-Source Medical Language Model Built on a 1/32 Activation-Ratio MoE Architecture
Meet AntAngelMed: A 103B-Parameter Open-Source Medical Language Model Built on a 1/32 Activation-Ratio MoE Architecture MarkTechPost
- CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Trump and Xi face a test over AI control
The stakes for AI security have risen sharply in the runup to the first trip to China by a sitting U.S. president in nearly a decade.
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/trump-and-xi-face-a-test-over-ai-control.html - Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI
Tim Cook and Elon Musk, among other tech CEOS, will accompany the US president on a trip to China Donald Trump is heading to China this week. If his guest list is any clue, he wants to discuss technology with Xi Jinping , though perhaps after the war in Iran. On Monday, news broke that outgoing Apple CEO, Tim Cook, as well as SpaceX and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, would join the US president. Other guests from the tech sphere include Meta’s recently appointed president, Dina Powell McCormick; Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of computer memory maker Micron; Chuck Robbins, CEO of longtime telecom giant Cisco; and Cristiano Amon, CEO of semiconductor maker Qualcomm, according to a White House official. Continue reading...
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/trump-china-ai-big-tech-xi-jinping - OpenAI launches enterprise AI deployment unit, acquires consulting firm Tomoro
The new business will help companies integrate AI into workflows using specialised engineering teams, backed by over $4 billion in initial investment.
- Scaling Abridge for Nurses at the Bedside with OpenAI’s Frontier Models
Abridge uses OpenAI's frontier models to scale nursing solutions
- AI-powered handheld microscope aims to spot cancer earlier
AI-powered handheld microscope aims to spot cancer earlier EurekAlert!
- AI Dividend Proposal Roils Korean Market | Bloomberg Tech 5/12/2026
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss comments by a South Korean policymaker that the country should pay citizens a “dividend” using taxes on AI profits. Plus, the largest US derivatives exchange, CME, is planning to create a futures market for computing power, one of the key drivers of the AI boom. And, the CEO of SAP talks about the company’s push into AI agents across business operations. (Source: Bloomberg)
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-05-12/bloomberg-tech-5-12-2026-video - OpenAI's $4 billion response to Anthropic: New unit for aggressive AI push in corporates
The new firm, called OpenAI Deployment Company, will help the ChatGPT maker embed engineers specializing in frontier AI deployment into organisations.
- OpenAI Daybreak Takes On Mythos To Redefine Security
OpenAI Daybreak and Anthropic's Mythos show the frontier AI race is about to change the cybersecurity industry.
- SK official proposes AI dividend for citizens, spooking investors
A top South Korean official proposed that citizens should share in the profits of the country’s AI chip boom.
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.semafor.com/article/05/12/2026/sk-official-proposes-ai-dividend-for-citizens-spooking-investors - Zelenskiy meets Palantir CEO as Ukraine expands use of AI in war
Zelenskiy meets Palantir CEO as Ukraine expands use of AI in war Reuters
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-meets-palantir-ceo-ukraine-expands-use-ai-war-2026-05-12/ - South Koreans should all get an AI bonus, says presidential adviser
Samsung and SK Hynix stocks dip after policy chief comments
- OpenAI Enters Consulting Arena, and India's IT Stocks are Paying the Price
OpenAI's $4 billion Deployment Company has sent shockwaves through India's technology sector, plunging the Nifty IT index by 3.7%.
- Indian Armed Forces Bet on Sarvam, CoRover.ai to Prepare for AI Warfare
As militaries worldwide race to integrate AI into warfare, India appears to be moving from experimentation toward building its own sovereign military AI ecosystem.
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/indian-armed-forces-bets-on-sarvam-coroverai-to-prepare-for-ai-warfare