AI News Archive: May 17, 2026 — Part 1
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- AI tool for radiotherapy can support the global effort to eliminate cervical cancer
AI tool for radiotherapy can support the global effort to eliminate cervical cancer EurekAlert!
- Publicis to buy US data company in $2.2bn deal as it deepens AI marketing push
French advertising group to purchase LiveRamp and enhance its focus on disruptive technology
- GM, Ford, and Stellantis have cut 20,000 white-collar jobs. AI is about to accelerate the trend.
General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have together eliminated more than 20,000 US salaried jobs from their recent employment peaks this decade, a 19% reduction of their combined white-collar workforces, according to public filings and employment data analysed by CNBC. The cuts accelerated this week when GM laid off between 500 and 600 IT workers in […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 89🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/detroit-three-automakers-20000-white-collar-jobs-ai - OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Plus subcription to a whole country
OpenAI has partnered with Malta to provide nationwide access to ChatGPT Plus, marking one of the company’s most ambitious government AI rollouts yet.
Score: 88🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/openai-is-giving-chatgpt-plus-subcription-to-a-whole-country/ - US FTC reportedly launches antitrust probe into Arm following its launch of its own AGI CPU — regulators investigate if chip designer is restricting architecture access to rivals
The U.S. FTC is looking into Arm Holdings to see if it's abusing its market position as a dominant chip designer to gives its new chip manufacturing business an advantage over competitors who build semiconductors based on Arm designs.
- A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung's memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom
A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung's memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom Fortune
Score: 87🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://fortune.com/2026/05/17/labor-strike-samsung-ai-hbm-chips-dividend-revolution-memory/ - Soderbergh used Meta’s AI in his Lennon documentary. Critics hated it. He says that’s the point.
Steven Soderbergh’s “John Lennon: The Last Interview” premiered on Saturday at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Built around a never-before-released two-hour-and-45-minute radio interview that Lennon and Yoko Ono gave to a San Francisco KFRC radio crew from their home in New York’s Dakota Apartments on December 8, 1980, hours before Lennon was shot and killed, […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 85🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/soderbergh-lennon-documentary-ai-meta-cannes - AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency
AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency The Washington Post
Score: 84🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/05/17/citys-ai-license-plate-cameras-led-an-uproar-state-emergency/ - Apple’s New ChatGPT-Like Siri App Will Have Auto-Deleting Chats
Also: A Genmoji upgrade is coming in iOS 27.
- Researchers Claim Anthropic's Mythos Helped Crack macOS Security
Researchers Claim Anthropic's Mythos Helped Crack macOS Security PCMag
Score: 81🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.pcmag.com/news/researchers-claim-anthropics-mythos-helped-crack-macos-security - China ramps up building a national computing power network as AI token demand surges
China is stepping up construction of a “national computing network”, aiming to turn artificial intelligence infrastructure into a public utility as token usage surges and telecoms operators seek new growth engines beyond mobile data and phone bills. The push was highlighted by national broadcaster China Central Television and state-backed Xinhua news agency, which described the network as a “computing version of the state grid”. The reports likened tokens – the basic units of text, code and...
- Japan to craft cyberdefense guidelines in response to Anthropic's Mythos
Japan to craft cyberdefense guidelines in response to Anthropic's Mythos Nikkei Asia
- Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center project hits a major hurdle as the government says it would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power needs
Microsoft and G42 data center plans in Kenya face power capacity constraints as the national grid struggles with electricity demand requirements
- Big risks and rewards in upcoming IPOs at SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic
Wall Street anticipates a wave of massive IPOs, led by SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, each aiming for trillion-dollar valuations. These mega listings, despite geopolitical headwinds, are expected to attract significant capital. Their public market performance will be a crucial test for current private market valuations and future tech offerings.
- Anthropic and OpenAI’s Share of AI Startup Revenues Rises to 89%
Anthropic and OpenAI’s Share of AI Startup Revenues Rises to 89% The Information
Score: 67🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-openais-share-ai-startup-revenues-rises-89 - Cerebras just had the biggest US tech IPO since Snowflake. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are next.
Cerebras Systems closed its first day on the Nasdaq at $311.07, up 68% from its $185 IPO price, giving the wafer-scale chip company a market capitalisation of approximately $95 billion. The offering raised $5.55 billion, making it the largest US tech IPO since Snowflake’s $3.8 billion debut in 2020. CEO Andrew Feldman rang the bell […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/cerebras-ipo-spacex-openai-anthropic-listings - YouTube rolls out likeness detection for all over-18 users to combat AI deepfakes
YouTube rolls out likeness detection for all over-18 users to combat AI deepfakes
- Chinese AI groups pull ahead of US rivals in video generation race
ByteDance and Kuaishou outshine western rivals, lifting AI video quality across advertising and entertainment
- Week Ahead: Nvidia’s moment
Week Ahead: Nvidia’s moment Reuters
Score: 63🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/reuters-morning-bid/week-ahead-nvidias-moment-2026-05-17/ - UN digital envoy warns AI influence is concentrated in a ‘few zip codes,’ calls for global action
The UN's top digital envoy outlined a multi-stakeholder approach to AI governance at Seattle University, warning that computing power and wealth are concentrated in a handful of areas while most of the world lacks the capacity to participate. Read More
- America's power grid can't keep up with AI demand
Grid engineers, utility executives, and regulators describe a system where permitting, supply chains, and queues can't match the speed of data center growth
- Jensen Huang slams 'stupid' analogy comparing GPUs to nuclear weapons — Nvidia CEO says government should allow selling GPUs to 'adversarial countries'
The Nvidia chief said that you cannot compare AI GPUs to nuclear weapons.
- Meeting an AI doctor before a real-life consultation improves cancer patients’ understanding and reduces stress
Meeting an AI doctor before a real-life consultation improves cancer patients’ understanding and reduces stress EurekAlert!
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed during graduation speech about AI
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona.
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-ceo-booed-graduation-speech-ai-rcna345585 - Greg Brockman consolidates OpenAI's product teams to build an "agentic future"
OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, its coding agent Codex, and the developer API into a single product team led by Codex boss Thibault Sottiaux. The goal: a "super app" that also integrates the Atlas browser. Co-founder Greg Brockman officially takes over product strategy. The article Greg Brockman consolidates OpenAI's product teams to build an "agentic future" appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://the-decoder.com/greg-brockman-consolidates-openais-product-teams-to-build-an-agentic-future/ - Who Owns the Future of AI?
Plus, what to look for in a used EV, Anthropic’s AI lead, the Cerebras IPO, the OpenAI lottery tickets and the most AI-proof jobs in tech.
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/who-owns-the-future-of-ai-05610081?mod=rss_Technology - AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why.
AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why. The Boston Globe
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/17/business/massachusetts-artificial-intelligence-startup-deal/ - The Young Are Being Battered by AI as Hiring Shifts to Older Workers
A new survey says CEOs are looking to slash junior roles in the next two years and focus hiring on mid-level positions.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://gizmodo.com/the-young-are-being-battered-by-ai-as-hiring-shifts-to-older-workers-2000759608 - Intel-Apple deal: how AI boom and geopolitics are rewriting tech rules
Apple’s reported preliminary chip deal with Intel reflects a deeper shift in the semiconductor industry, where AI demand, supply-chain resilience and geopolitics are reshaping old alliances.
- Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch warns France against letting Anthropic's Mythos scan military code bases
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch warns of Europe's growing cybersecurity dependency: France's military code bases should not be scanned by US AI models. Modern AI can orchestrate attacks and suggest exploits, including Mistral's own models. Mensch rules out a sale and says Mistral is aiming for an IPO instead. The article Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch warns France against letting Anthropic's Mythos scan military code bases appeared first on The Decoder .
- UK AI investment hits record £8.3bn as London tightens grip on tech boom
Britain’s AI sector pulled in a record £8.3bn of investment last year, as global investors raced to back the country’s next generation of AI firms, with London tightening its grip as Europe’s leading tech hub. New research from Barclays Eagle Labs found funding into UK AI companies surged in 2025 after a sluggish period for [...]
- ChatGPT now wants to connect up to your bank accounts — so what could possibly go wrong?
OpenAI is launching a personal finance experience so you can connect up accounts and ask questions about your money.
- AI backlash becomes a real business risk
If AI were a candidate for political office, it would be losing in a landslide. Why it matters: The AI hype cycle would have you believe the technology is inevitable. But AI backlash is growing, as people worry it will steal their jobs, jack up electricity rates and further enrich the wealthy, all while hurting the environment. State of play: A commencement address went viral this week after Florida real estate executive Gloria Caulfield said "artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution," sparking a chorus of boos from the crowd. The speaker could have avoided the jeers had she checked the latest polls: Only 18% of young people ages 14 to 29 say they feel hopeful about AI, according to a recent Gallup survey. The disdain spans generations and political parties. An Economist/YouGov poll released this week showed over 70% of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly, with 68% of Republicans and 77% of Democrats saying it's moving too fast. Other YouGov polling shows negat
- Gemini app rolling out ‘Extended’ thinking level, new 3rd-party app integrations
Ahead of I/O 2026, Google continues to roll out Gemini app features, with some users now seeing a “Thinking level” option. more…
- How Amazon Went From an AI Also-Ran to a Real Contender
The pieces are coming together for AWS’s AI strategy, thanks to $200 billion in spending, custom chips and savvy deals.
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-amazon-went-from-an-ai-also-ran-to-a-real-contender-ed596336?mod=rss_Technology - This tech job grew 729% in a year amid AI-related layoffs. Salaries now touch ₹1.7 crore
Forward-deployed engineer job postings surged 729% between April 2025 and April 2026, with salaries topping $200,000. Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir and McKinsey are all hiring. Here is what the role involves and why demand is exploding.
- AilsynBio and Dong-E-E-Jiao Sign Project Cooperation Agreement Empowering Traditional Medicine with AI to Open a New Chapter in the Health Industry
AilsynBio and Dong-E-E-Jiao Sign Project Cooperation Agreement Empowering Traditional Medicine with AI to Open a New Chapter in the Health Industry USA Today
- OpenAI Plans Legal Action Against Apple; Because Its Users Didn’t Take to ChatGPT?
The silly season for big tech is truly blooming. While Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI (or is it just xAI?) is suing OpenAI for a host of issues including not being a partner in the AI hype, now it is the turn of Sam Altman to write his own soap opera legal script by taking on Apple […] The post OpenAI Plans Legal Action Against Apple; Because Its Users Didn’t Take to ChatGPT? appeared first on CXOToday.com .
- AI super-apps are remaking China’s internet
Welcome to the agentic era
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.economist.com/business/2026/05/17/ai-super-apps-are-remaking-chinas-internet - Pope Leo launches AI commission
The Vatican said the pontiff was motivated by the increase in usage of AI, “its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole [and] the church’s concern for the dignity of every human being.”
- Oppo open-sources Android AI agent X-OmniClaw that uses your camera, screen, and voice without leaving the phone
Oppo's Multi-X team released X-OmniClaw, an open-source agent that runs directly on Android devices and combines camera, screen, and voice to handle tasks in real apps. Instead of relying on cloud copies of the phone, the system uses local sensors; cloud compute only kicks in for reasoning. Tap paths get cloned as reusable skills, so the agent can jump straight to deeply nested app pages via deeplink next time around. The article Oppo open-sources Android AI agent X-OmniClaw that uses your camera, screen, and voice without leaving the phone appeared first on The Decoder .
- China’s Energy Boom Could Give It the AI Edge
As the United States and China compete for dominance in artificial intelligence, energy is emerging as a critical battleground. Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson warns that while the US still leads in AI technology, electricity shortages could become a major constraint as data center demand surges. Former US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns says China’s enormous investments in transmission, renewables, batteries, and power generation are already reshaping global supply chains, while Hoover Institution senior fellow Elizabeth Economy argues Beijing’s clean-energy strategy is as much about economic and geopolitical power as climate policy. Together, their assessments point to a growing reality: the AI race may depend not just on chips and software, but on generating enough power to sustain the technology. (Source: Bloomberg)
Score: 54🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-05-17/china-s-energy-boom-could-give-it-the-ai-edge-video - Why Young Teens Are Vulnerable to Conversational AI
Are highly empathetic AI chatbots safe for developing minds? A national study reveals that 47.1% of American teens have experienced digital or emotional harm while using conversational AI.
Score: 54🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://neurosciencenews.com/conversational-ai-adolescent-psychology-30706/ - AI Chip Mania Sows Seeds of Its Own Destruction
Investors already factor in cyclicality in the chip industry. The bad news is that they’ve frequently gotten their assessments wrong.
Score: 53🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/ai-chip-mania-sows-seeds-of-its-own-destruction-203b6e3f?mod=rss_Technology - India missed out on AI and now its run as market darling may be over
India missed out on AI and now its run as market darling may be over The Japan Times
Score: 53🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/17/india-missing-out-ai-boom/ - ElliQ is a surprisingly helpful companion robot for older adults
A week before the ElliQ robot arrived, a neurologist told me we need to rebalance my mom's life. Her Parkinson's disease medication had steadily become less effective over the previous month, and with it, she had slowly stopped doing many of the things crucial to managing the disease - exercising, socializing, and engaging in hobbies. […]
Score: 53🌐 MovesMay 17, 2026https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/928806/elliq-intuition-robotics-hands-on - OpenAI Acquires Voice Tech Company; Launches Personal Finance Tools on ChatGPT
The battle for AI supremacy is oscillating between building solutions for individual customers on the one hand and enterprise-led agentic options on the other. Both OpenAI and Anthropic came out with health-related tools recently. Now the ChatGPT maker has launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for US subscribers, barely days after […] The post OpenAI Acquires Voice Tech Company; Launches Personal Finance Tools on ChatGPT appeared first on CXOToday.com .
- EY withdraws report over AI hallucination errors, fake data and citations
EY withdraws report over AI hallucination errors, fake data and citations
- For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis
Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago. Now his firm finds itself at the center of the tech world's action.
- Claude tried to blackmail a CEO
Claude attempted to blackmail a CEO, caught up in 5