AI News Archive: May 18, 2026 — Part 12
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- One in five Brits believe job losses from AI could trigger civil unrest, poll says
The findings suggest people feel “more fear than excitement” as they see the advances in AI, a researcher has said
- OpenAI is giving everyone in this country free access to ChatGPT Plus for a year
All Maltese citizens can get ChatGPT Plus for free for a year, OpenAI says.
- Salesforce invests $300M in Anthropic tokens to automate coding tasks
Salesforce invests $300M in Anthropic tokens to automate coding tasks YourStory.com
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says the company will spend $300 million on Anthropic this year
Benioff said AI coding agents have unlocked efficiency gains that were previously out of reach, and hinted at new coding tools inside Slack
- Humanoid Robots and Robot Pets Are No Longer Welcome on Southwest Flights
Concerns over lithium-ion batteries — not the bots' personalities — keeps them off Southwest flights.
- Anthropic acquires Stainless
Anthropic acquires Stainless
- Anthropic Buys Developer Tools Startup Stainless
Anthropic Buys Developer Tools Startup Stainless The Information
- OpenClaw's creator used $1.3 million worth of AI tokens in a month and people are freaking out
OpenClaw's creator used $1.3 million worth of AI tokens in a month and people are freaking out Business Insider
- Publicis buys LiveRamp to build agentic AI capabilities on proprietary data
Data was nice, but high-value, proprietary data you can use to train AI agents is even better. The post Publicis buys LiveRamp to build agentic AI capabilities on proprietary data appeared first on MarTech .
- Publicis bets $2.2 Billion on LiveRamp as advertising giants race to build AI-powered data networks
In the escalating battle to dominate the artificial intelligence era of advertising and marketing, Publicis Groupe said on Monday that it would acquire LiveRamp in a deal valued at roughly $2.2 billion, a move that significantly expands the French advertising giant’s ambitions in data infrastructure and AI-driven business services.The all-cash acquisition, priced at $38.50 a share, represents a nearly 30 percent premium to LiveRamp’s closing stock price before the announcement. Publicis said the transaction would deepen its investments in artificial intelligence, identity resolution and data collaboration technologies — areas increasingly viewed as critical to the next generation of digital advertising and enterprise automation.The deal also signals how major advertising holding companies are repositioning themselves beyond traditional media buying into broader technology and data ecosystems designed to power AI agents and automated decision-making systems for clients.Publicis executiv
- France’s Publicis bags LiveRamp for $2.2bn in agentic push
Publicis acquired Irish-founded e-commerce analytics business Profitero for €200m in 2022. Read more: France’s Publicis bags LiveRamp for $2.2bn in agentic push
- China's Xpeng begins mass production of robotaxis in Guangzhou
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng has started mass production of its first robotaxi. The company aims for fully driverless operations by early 2027. This move accelerates Xpeng's focus on driverless vehicles and robotics. Pilot robotaxi operations are planned for the second half of this year. Xpeng expects to produce hundreds to thousands of these robotaxis in the coming months.
- OpenAI says ChatGPT is not a lawyer, asks to dismiss case
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it gave unauthorised legal advice, arguing that its generative artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT is not a lawyer and does not practice law.
- Anthropic to brief global financial watchdog on cyber flaws exposed by Mythos
US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
- Anthropic to brief global financial regulators on cyber flaws found by Claude Mythos
Anthropic will brief leading finance ministries and central banks on vulnerabilities in the global financial system's cyber defenses that its new AI model Claude Mythos Preview has uncovered. The article Anthropic to brief global financial regulators on cyber flaws found by Claude Mythos appeared first on The Decoder .
- Anthropic will brief world's most powerful financial watchdog on Mythos AI cyber dangers: Report
Anthropic has agreed to brief the Financial Stability Board on cyber vulnerabilities exposed by its Mythos AI model, after Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey requested the meeting
- Anthropic to brief global financial watchdog on cyber flaws exposed by Mythos
US tech group will discuss capabilities of its new AI model with members of the Financial Stability Board
- Anthropic to share Mythos cyber flaw findings with global finance watchdog
Startup has declined to release Claude Mythos AI model publicly amid fears it could be used by hackers Business live – latest updates Anthropic is to brief the global finance watchdog on the implications of its Claude Mythos AI model, whose potential threat to cyber defences has alarmed experts. The US startup will discuss Mythos with the Financial Stability Board (FSB), which is chaired by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey. Continue reading...
- Anthropic Lets Mythos Users Share Cyber Threats With Others
How to restrict access while still allowing users to share threat information is a major challenge facing AI companies.
- Anthropic to let partners share Mythos cybersecurity findings with others
Anthropic to let partners share Mythos cybersecurity findings with others Reuters
- Anthropic to brief global financial watchdog on cyber flaws exposed by Mythos, FT reports
Anthropic to brief global financial watchdog on cyber flaws exposed by Mythos, FT reports Reuters
- Global centres in India slow hiring as AI reshapes work, ANSR CEO says
Global capability centres in India are slowing hiring. Companies are cautious about global uncertainties and the rise of artificial intelligence. This cautiousness leads to reduced hiring plans. New entrants will drive growth with flexible workforces. Companies are experimenting with smaller teams. This approach allows for scaling up as needed.
- NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US
NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US Boston Herald
- NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US
NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US East Bay Times
- NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US
NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US The Mercury News
- NextEra to acquire Dominion Energy for $67 billion in deal driven by data center demand
The combined company will serve 10 million utility customers across Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas.
- Dominion Energy agrees to $67B sale to NextEra in deal driven by data center demand
The combined company will serve 10 million utility customers across Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas.
- NextEra to Buy Dominion Energy for $67 Billion. AI Data Centers Need a Lot of Electricity.
NextEra to Buy Dominion Energy for $67 Billion. AI Data Centers Need a Lot of Electricity. Barron's
- NextEra-Dominion Merger Creates a New Utility Giant for the AI Age
NextEra-Dominion Merger Creates a New Utility Giant for the AI Age Barron's
- NextEra bets $66.8B on AI power boom with Dominion Energy acquisition
NextEra Energy announced a $66.8 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy, expanding its reach into Northern Virginia’s booming AI data-center market.
- NextEra seeks Dominion to create massive power company as AI drives energy demand
NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion.
- NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US
NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US AP News
- NextEra, Dominion want to create a massive power company as AI drives energy demand in the US
NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion, creating a massive power company as the energy needs of artificial intelligence drive demand higher in the U.S. It is one of the biggest proposed mergers so far this year and would create the world’s biggest regulated electric utility business by market capitalization, the companies said on Monday.
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25 Boston Herald
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical The Mercury News
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic's co-founder Christopher Olah are set to launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25
- Pope Leo XIV to launch his first encylical, a document on artificial intelligence, with Anthropic's co-founder
The presence of Anthropic's Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope's position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration.
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25 AP News
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25
Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic's co-founder Christopher Olah are set to launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25.
- The Pope Is Hooking Up With a Co-Founder of Anthropic for Collab on AI
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- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25 Toronto Star
- Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text on May 25
Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text on May 25 The Straits Times
- Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text
Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text The Japan Times
- Pope Leo XIV presents first AI encyclical, Anthropic co-founder invited as guest speaker
Pope Leo XIV will present his first encyclical on artificial intelligence on May 25. Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah has been invited as a guest speaker. The article Pope Leo XIV presents first AI encyclical, Anthropic co-founder invited as guest speaker appeared first on The Decoder .
- Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiffs AI encyclical on May 25
Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
- Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text on May 25
Pope Leo to address rise of AI in first major text on May 25 Reuters
- As chip industry chases AI, US national labs look to newcomers for supercomputers
America's nuclear weapons program faces a computing crunch. High-precision simulations for nuclear weapons are becoming difficult to power. This is because major chip makers are focusing on artificial intelligence. Sandia National Laboratories is now testing chips from new companies like NextSilicon. This ensures the nation's security mission can continue uninterrupted.
- Dell Adds 1,000 Clients for AI Gear, Targets Corporate Users
Dell Technologies Inc. said it added 1,000 customers for a key AI product line in the past quarter as the company tries to capture business from traditional large businesses taking on new artificial intelligence workloads.
- Dell Scales Up the AI Supply Chain to Meet Demand
Dell Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talk about how they work together on Dell's AI Factory which uses servers with Nvidia chips, software and services. They speak to Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow at the Dell World conference in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Nvidia's Huang Sees China Becoming a More Open Market
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks about the trip he took to China with President Donald Trump and other American business leaders. Huang says he didn't talk to the Chinese directly about selling them H200 chips. Huang and Michael Dell speak to Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow at the Dell World conference in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)