AI News Archive: May 12, 2026 — Part 6
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- Copper prices are now at their highest level on record. AI is only part of the story.
Copper refining now has a Strait of Hormuz problem.
- Apple’s latest acquisition further confirms a new priority for the company
Apple values secrecy, so the majority of its acquisitions are never officially revealed by the company. But thanks to the latest European Union update, we now know about a previously undisclosed recent acquisition—and it further confirms a new priority for the company. more…
Score: 42🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/12/apples-latest-acquisition-further-confirms-a-new-priority-for-the-company/ - Greenboard raises $15.5 million to keep compliance from slowing down business in the AI era
Greenboard raises $15.5 million to keep compliance from slowing down business in the AI era Fortune
- Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows
Laserfiche has announced the release of AI agents that can help perform tasks through natural language prompts. Intelligent assistants follow Laserfiche’s integrated security rules and compliance requirements, helping ensure all sensitive data remains protected. Karl Chan, CEO of Laserfiche, said, “The introduction of AI Agents to content management signals a change in how we handle […] The post Laserfiche unveils AI agents for natural language workflows appeared first on AI News .
Score: 42🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/laserfiche-ai-agents-act-autonomously-for-the-platforms-users/ - AI doesn't create bias, it inherits it. How do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?
If artificial intelligence (AI) systems shape decisions that affect people's lives, they should do so fairly. This should be a given considering that potential applications for AI include automated hiring systems, as well as tools used in education, finance and criminal justice.
Score: 42🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-ai-doesnt-bias-inherits-fairness.html - PhaseZero Launches Eight AI Agents for Manufacturers and Distributors - Connecting Sales, Support, and Operations Teams Across Full Commerce Journey
PhaseZero Launches Eight AI Agents for Manufacturers and Distributors - Connecting Sales, Support, and Operations Teams Across Full Commerce Journey USA Today
- This metal just set a new record, boosted by AI data center demand. Citi says it’s time to 'chase the move higher'
Citigroup sees copper rising to $15,000 per metric ton, or approximately 7% above the metal's Tuesday close.
Score: 41🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/this-metal-just-set-a-new-record-boosted-by-ai-data-center-demand.html - SAP Sapphire 2026: The Autonomous Enterprise Is Credible, But It Comes With Concentration Risk
At SAP Sapphire 2026, SAP consolidated eighteen months of M&A, product development, and AI strategy into a single integrated vision it dubbed the “autonomous enterprise.” JPMorganChase CFO Jeremy Barnum confirmed live on stage that the bank is migrating its general ledger to SAP’s latest version. Bayer, Novartis, Takeda, Ericsson, and H&M anchored the production credibility. […]
- Tony Blair’s daughter-in-law to run £500m government AI fund
Tony Blair’s daughter-in-law to run £500m government AI fund The Telegraph
Score: 41🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/12/tony-blair-daughter-in-law-run-500m-government-ai-fund/ - Wall Street’s record-setting run halts as AI stocks slump and oil prices rise
Wall Street’s record-setting run halts as AI stocks slump and oil prices rise AP News
Score: 41🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-oil-trump-iran-china-78b21e631245b782ac8d7d66a9503c08 - Gradiant Delivers HyperSolved, Its AI Data Center Solution, to Leading Global Hyperscalers
End-to-end platform eliminates water as a constraint to data center growth, replacing legacy, fragmented approaches with a fully integrated infrastructure solution.
Score: 41🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.cityam.com/gradiant-delivers-hypersolved-its-ai-data-center-solution-to-leading-global-hyperscalers/ - UN Virtual Worlds Day calls for AI and emerging tech to support better city and community life
UN Virtual Worlds Day calls for AI and emerging tech to support better city and community life EurekAlert!
- AI minister names 44 projects getting federal money to access compute power
AI minister names 44 projects getting federal money to access compute power CBC
- AI agent backup protection for enterprise data
Learn how AI agent backup protection helps reduce risk from autonomous mistakes with immutable backups, disaster recovery, and stronger data resilience.
Score: 41🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.snowflake.com/content/snowflake-site/global/en/blog/ai-agent-backup-protection - Register to watch 'AI companion bots as a public health issue'
Register to watch 'AI companion bots as a public health issue' connect.brookings.edu
- FirstFT: China’s tech giants miss out on AI stock market rally
Also in today’s newsletter: US Treasury secretary meets Japanese PM, and Sam Altman testifies in OpenAI trial
- How AI job losses could finally break Britain’s fragile property market
How AI job losses could finally break Britain’s fragile property market The Telegraph
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/how-an-ai-jobs-bloodbath-could-hit-house-prices/ - Tolemy Bio lands €1.4M to power AI-driven cell biology
Cambridge-based biotechstartup Tolemy Bio has raised €1.4 million in pre-seed funding to advance itsAI-enabled technology for cell biology research and biopharma development. Theround was led by Norrs...
Score: 40💰 MoneyMay 12, 2026https://tech.eu/2026/05/12/tolemy-bio-lands-eur14m-to-power-ai-driven-cell-biology/ - Alibaba, Tencent AI Bets Face ‘Show Me the Profits’ Scrutiny
Chinese investors are heading into the earnings season demanding proof that billions in AI spending by tech giants is paying off.
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/alibaba-tencent-ai-bets-face-show-me-the-profits-scrutiny - The China shock hollowed out factory towns. This professor thinks the AI shock is coming for your urban coffee shop
The China shock hollowed out factory towns. This professor thinks the AI shock is coming for your urban coffee shop Fortune
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/how-ai-layoffs-compare-china-shock-donald-trump-nafta/ - Google data centre’s power challenges
If data centres exit the regular distribution utility, State utilities lose their most profitable customers
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/google-data-centres-power-challenges/article70971022.ece - Anthropic in Talks to Buy Developer Tools Startup Used by OpenAI, Google
Anthropic in Talks to Buy Developer Tools Startup Used by OpenAI, Google The Information
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-talks-buy-developer-tools-startup-used-openai-google - Your Next AI Query May Travel Where the Power Is
Nvidia and its partners will build a fleet of small data centers right next to substations
- Why AI pricing is becoming a policy question
AI costs are increasing for US models. This signals a need for India to develop its own technology infrastructure. Reliance is entering the AI space. India must focus on compute-efficient research and affordable power. This approach will ensure long-term technological independence and avoid future disruptions.
- TAI #204: Are AI Agents Starting A Cybersecurity Arms Race?
Also, Anthropic’s xAI deal, GPT-Realtime-2, ZAYA1–8B and more What happened this week in AI by Louie This week gave us the clearest picture yet of how large a mark AI agents will leave on cybersecurity. Mozilla published the best engineering write-up so far on how Claude Mythos Preview helped harden Firefox. OpenAI launched Daybreak and expanded GPT-5.5-Cyber access for vetted defenders. Google Threat Intelligence Group reported its first high-confidence case of a threat actor using an AI-developed zero-day exploit. Mini Shai-Hulud, a self-spreading npm supply-chain worm, turned trusted release automation into a malware distribution system. AI agents are pushing both attackers and defenders from manual security work to agentic workflows. Attackers can ask agents to profile targets, inspect code, validate proof-of-concepts, tailor phishing lures, and operate across developer infrastructure. Defenders can ask agents to scan codebases, reproduce bugs, validate patches, generate detections
- Riding the AI buck: Rising API, usage-based costs force a rethink
As enterprises rapidly scale AI adoption, soaring API and usage-based costs are forcing companies to rethink spending, introduce guardrails and, in some cases, hire humans instead. Swathi Moorthy weighs in.
- Prophecy: Prediction, Power and the Future of AI: A Conversation with Dr Carissa Véliz
Prophecy: Prediction, Power and the Future of AI: A Conversation with Dr Carissa Véliz University of Oxford
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/prophecy-prediction-power-and-future-ai-conversation-dr-carissa-veliz - AI Makes Advertising Less Transparent and Harder to Justify
AI Makes Advertising Less Transparent and Harder to Justify Gartner
- ‘Your Wi-Fi cable could be a secret microphone': How researchers turned an earthquake detection method into an accidental spy tool using AI
With minimal cable access, commercially available tools and AI, attackers can technically listen in to your conversations via your fiber optic cables.
- DOJ prioritizes fraud detection with data miners
DOJ prioritizes fraud detection with data miners BioXconomy
- Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?
A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you're quite aware of the profit motive, and you can walk away at any time.
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-ai-chatbot-subtly-reshaping-opinions.html - 'Touch dreaming' helps humanoid robots handle five tricky tasks with 90.9% higher success
Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a body structure that resembles that of humans, could soon assist humans with various tasks in household environments, manufacturing sites, hospitals and other settings. While some humanoid robots already perform well on basic manual tasks, they often struggle with more complex tasks or with missions that require them to reliably manipulate objects while moving in the space around them.
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-humanoid-robots-tricky-tasks-higher.html - AI Delivers Faster, Actionable DRC Closure for Complex SoC Designs
Calibre Vision AI helps SoC teams quickly group and analyze DRC violations, speeding debug, convergence, and tapeout predictability. The post AI Delivers Faster, Actionable DRC Closure for Complex SoC Designs appeared first on EE Times .
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.eetimes.com/ai-delivers-faster-actionable-drc-closure-for-complex-soc-designs/ - XMPro Named as a Sample Vendor in Three Categories of the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Agentic AI
XMPro Named as a Sample Vendor in Three Categories of the 2026 Gartner® Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Agentic AI azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
- Inside Geneva: who controls landmines and drones?
On Inside Geneva, we are discussing weapons contamination and the harm it causes. “We have at least one casualty every single day in Afghanistan – someone killed or injured –and it is most likely a child,” says Nick Pond, the Chief of Mine Action Section in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). From old conflicts to new. “Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe and billions of square metres of land are suspected to be contaminated, which means the land can’t be farmed,” says Paul Heslop, from the UN Mine Action, Ukraine. And from old weapons to new. “This is proliferating well beyond Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia are the two leaders in drone technology, but the level of proliferation is scary,” says Sean Moorhouse, technical adviser for mine action, at the UN Development Programme. In response to Russian aggression, the Baltic states are pulling out of the Mine Ban Treaty. “We did not say yes to landmines; we said no to unilateral disarmament constructs,” says ...
- Cannes Film Festival Opens, Grappling With AI And Hollywood
Cannes Film Festival Opens, Grappling With AI And Hollywood Barron's
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.barrons.com/articles/cannes-film-festival-opens-grappling-with-ai-and-hollywood-be2897e5 - Figure 03 vs. 1X Neo: Inside Humanoid Robot Factories video
Competing humanoid robot-makers Figure and 1X revealed new footage from inside their factories this week, showcasing the similarities and differences in their approaches to bringing this technology to life.
- AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before
"Many jobs will remain in the future, but they will be more pressured, more fragmented and less human." The post AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before appeared first on Futurism .
- ‘The Chinese appear so much more optimistic about AI than Americans’
Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://theweek.com/tech/instant-opinion-china-ai-spencer-pratt-hantavirus-lgbtq-kids - AI is unlocking entry-level potential, not replacing it
AI is changing early careers, giving juniors faster access to higher-value work and skills.
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-is-unlocking-entry-level-potential-not-replacing-it - I@FAD: An AI-Powered Automated Feeding System for Sustainable Aquaculture
Aquaculture is the controlled cultivation of aquatic organisms like fish, shellfish, and algae for human consumption. In cultivating aquatic organisms, provision of adequate feed is critical as overfeeding can lead to high cost of operations and possible ...
- CX Daily: How AI Is Mining Worker Data to Reshape the Labor Market
CX Daily: How AI Is Mining Worker Data to Reshape the Labor Market Caixin Global
- The AI paradox: Why massive investments are delivering minimal ROI
By Gajanan Raut For the past 24 months, the C-suite has been locked in a high-stakes AI arms race. Boards have sanctioned multi-million dollar investments in Large Language Models (LLMs), […] The post The AI paradox: Why massive investments are delivering minimal ROI appeared first on Express Computer .
- Create Vercel Firewall rules with natural language
Vercel Firewall now lets you create WAF custom rules using natural language. Describe the behavior you need and the dashboard will generate the rule. Visit the firewall custom rules page to try creating a rate-limiting rule: WAF custom rules let you control traffic to your site by logging, blocking, challenging, rate limiting, or redirecting requests based on conditions like IP address, path, country, user agent, and more. For example, you can: Log all requests to /api/webhook with a missing authorization header Block all requests to /wp-admin Challenge all traffic to /checkout that doesn't come from the US Generate your first rule or learn more in the documentation . Read more
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://vercel.com/changelog/create-vercel-waf-custom-rules-using-natural-language - Ant International Highlights Democratising AI and Strengthening Trust in 2025 Sustainability Report
Ant International Highlights Democratising AI and Strengthening Trust in 2025 Sustainability Report The Straits Times
- UAE ministry using AI to block ads from unlicensed educational centres
UAE ministry using AI to block ads from unlicensed educational centres
Score: 40🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/education/higher-education-ministry-using-ai-monitor-unapproved-false-ads - Tesla’s robotaxi rollout features Texas-sized wait times
Tesla’s robotaxi rollout features Texas-sized wait times Reuters
- Alger CEO: AI Driving ‘Insatiable’ Demand for Memory
Alger CEO and CIO Dan Chung discusses AI investment in an interview with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
Score: 39🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-05-12/alger-ceo-ai-driving-insatiable-demand-for-memory-video - ServiceNow and FedEx Reflect the Great AI Pricing Divide
ServiceNow and FedEx Reflect the Great AI Pricing Divide The Information
Score: 39🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/servicenow-fedex-reflect-great-ai-pricing-divide - AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter
Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer In response to your article ( ‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?, 8 May ), I work freelance for a company that produces memoirs for its customers. I used to interview, then write. Now, I interview, a large language model writes, and I am paid half of my previous fee to edit the result. It takes as long to edit the AI-generated text as it used to take me to write the memoir. There are several reasons for this. Continue reading...
Score: 39🌐 MovesMay 12, 2026https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/12/ai-has-cut-my-pay-as-a-memoir-writer-in-half