AI News Archive: May 21, 2026 — Part 16
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- OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem. The company behind ChatGPT said it had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem. Continue reading...
- OpenAI’s AI Solves 80-Year-Old Geometry Puzzle, Mathematicians Verify Proof
OpenAI’s AI Solves 80-Year-Old Geometry Puzzle, Mathematicians Verify Proof YourStory.com
- OpenAI Model Solves 80-Year-Old Geometry Problem
The proof was independently checked by external mathematicians, while a companion paper explaining the argument and its implications was also released.
- OpenAI claims AI breakthrough, says its model solved 80-year-old math problem
OpenAI claims AI breakthrough, says its model solved 80-year-old math problem
- OpenAI cracks an 80-year math belief
PLUS: Audit Claude’s context of your work in 15 minutes
- OpenAI Model Disproves 80-Year-Old Math Conjecture for Real This Time
OpenAI model disproves 80-year-old math conjecture
- Deep neural operator for free boundary problems
Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01233-9 Long et al. introduce a neural operator method to solve free boundary problems with high precision. The framework shows promise for real-time predictions in clinical applications, particularly in simulating tumour growth.
- Innovaccer Buys CaduceusHealth To Expand AI-Led Revenue Cycle Management
Healthtech unicorn Innovaccer has acquired the assets of US-based revenue cycle management (RCM) services provider CaduceusHealth, marking its fifth acquisition…
- Khan blocks Met Police AI deal with Palantir
Khan blocks Met Police AI deal with Palantir The Telegraph
- Why Sadiq Khan blocked multi-million pound Palantir deal with Met Police
Why Sadiq Khan blocked multi-million pound Palantir deal with Met Police
- Samsung strike on hold as workers push for AI bonus
The walkout, which was due to start on Thursday, has been suspended while union members vote on a tentative deal.
- Manchester Imperagen raises €5.8 million Seed to scale AI and quantum-powered enzyme engineering
Imperagen, a Manchester-based BioTech company using AI and quantum physics to engineer better enzymes faster, has closed €5.7 million (£5 million) in Seed funding to accelerate R&D, expand its wet lab capabilities, and build out its go-to-market function over the next 18 months. The round was led by PXN Ventures with participation from Imperagen’s existing […] The post Manchester Imperagen raises €5.8 million Seed to scale AI and quantum-powered enzyme engineering appeared first on EU-Startups .
- Paris’ Pivot pockets €34.4 million to power enterprise procurement with agentic AI
Pivot, a Paris-based startup building an AI operating system for procurement, today announced it has raised €34.4 million ($40 million) in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to €60.2 million ($70 million). The oversubscribed round was led by Forestay Capital and Notion Capital, with participation from Greyhound and procurement industry veterans, […] The post Paris’ Pivot pockets €34.4 million to power enterprise procurement with agentic AI appeared first on EU-Startups .
- Pivot pulls in $40M to push agentic AI deeper into enterprise procurement
Artificial-intelligence-powered procurement platform startup Pivot Technologies SAS revealed today that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its agentic AI capabilities and push deeper into enterprise markets. Founded in 2023, Pivot pitches its software as an “AI operating system” for procurement, covering sourcing, approvals, purchasing, invoicing, payments, budgets, expenses and reporting in […] The post Pivot pulls in $40M to push agentic AI deeper into enterprise procurement appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Shastra VC Launches $100 Mn Fund to Back Deeptech Startups
Bengaluru-based VC firm Shastra VC has launched its third fund with a corpus of $100 Mn (about ₹963 Cr) to…
- Shastra VC launches $100 Mn fund for deeptech and AI startups
Venture capital firm Shastra VC has launched a $100 million fund focused on early-stage startups in deeptech, artificial intelligence, climate tech, spacetech, defence, and renewable sciences. Previously known as Veda VC, the firm plans to invest between $500,000 and $3 million in IP-led startups. Fund III will continue to back deeptech startups, with a sharper focus on space and defence, artificial intelligence, and renewable sciences, while also increasing its ability to support companies beyond initial investments. Shastra VC is led by Vasant Rao, Avijeet Alagathi, and Ashis Nayak. Rao and Nayak had earlier co-founded Autoninja, which was acquired by ICICI Lombard, while Alagathi founded BYG, later acquired by Curefit. The firm claims to have deployed around $55 million across its first two funds and currently manages assets worth around $100 million. Its portfolio includes startups such as Simplismart, Alt Carbon, Sisir Radar, and Avammune. The firm has also built an advisory netwo
- Elon Musk hiring engineers for SpaceXAI, says no prior AI experience needed: ‘Smart humans figure it out fast’
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has launched a hiring push for “world-class engineers/physicists” for SpaceXAI, saying applicants do not need prior AI experience. The move signals SpaceX’s growing focus on artificial intelligence across rockets, Starlink and future autonomous systems.
- Have zero experience in AI? Elon Musk is ready to hire you for SpaceXAI
Have zero experience in AI? Elon Musk is ready to hire you for SpaceXAI
- Scapia raises $63M led by General Catalyst
Scapia raises $63M led by General Catalyst YourStory.com
- Scapia Raises $63 Mn Led by General Catalyst to Build AI-First Capabilities
Discover how Scapia's $63 million funding is shaping AI-driven travel solutions. Learn more about their innovative approach now!
- Figma Brings AI Agent for Real-Time Design Collaboration
The launch adds to Figma’s existing AI products, including its prompt-to-prototype tool, Figma Make, and the Figma Model Context Protocol server.
- Mphasis, ISB set up ₹20 crore AI hub
The Mphasis F1 Foundation will invest about ₹20 crore over four years in the first phase to promote research and applied AI solutions
- Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations
Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations PCMag
- Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations
Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations PCMag UK
- Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations
Adobe, Canva, CapCut Are Coming to Gemini to Help You Edit AI Creations PCMag Australia
- CapCut is bringing its editing tools to Gemini, and your creative workflow will never be the same
CapCut is partnering with Google's Gemini app, letting you edit images and videos directly inside Gemini using CapCut's tools. No more app-switching mid-workflow.
- CapCut is partnering with Gemini to let you edit videos without editing videos
Gemini is on a roll. We got Canva and Adobe integrations, and now this.
- Gemini app adding CapCut’s video and image editing tools
A new partnership between Gemini and CapCut means the video and image editing suite will be integrating some of its tools into Google’s AI assistant app, but it’s unclear what that might look like. more…
- New study highlights AI’s potential to improve soil science
It can speed up early-stage work, improve predictions to support decisions on land-use, carbon and climate adaptation
- Soil science: How AI could help scientists secure a vital global resource
Soil science: How AI could help scientists secure a vital global resource EurekAlert!
- Alibaba says AI business is entering commercial phase
Chairman Joe Tsai and CEO Eddie Wu said the company is expanding across chips, cloud infrastructure, and AI models as it pushes deeper into AI services.
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ Toronto Star
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ Chicago Tribune
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes' San Francisco Chronicle
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using AI to create nude videos and photos under a new law targeting deepfake pornography.
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes' Houston Chronicle
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ AP News
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using AI to create nude videos and photos under a new law targeting deepfake pornography
- Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting ‘deepfakes’ Boston Herald
- Microsoft and EY Link Up to Speed Enterprise AI Adoption
The longtime partners expanded their relationship.
- Microsoft and EY to spend $1 billion to help clients adopt AI
The initiative is designed to help companies grow AI projects from the pilot stage into large-scale efforts.
- Carnegie Mellon University and Cleveland Clinic develop AI system to interpret cardiac MRI scans with enhanced accuracy
Carnegie Mellon University and Cleveland Clinic develop AI system to interpret cardiac MRI scans with enhanced accuracy EurekAlert!
- The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud
The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud The Boston Globe
- Loss of Oversight: How AI Systems May Become Harder to Audit, Monitor, and Investigate
Produced by UK AISI Model Transparency and Situational Awareness teams. If you’re a Research Scientist or Research Engineer, we’re hiring – apply here and come and work with us! TL;DR We wrote a report on risks to AI oversight (auditing, monitoring, incident investigation), informed by interviewing many researchers (Figure 1 below), and our own analysis. We find that many of the properties relied on for current oversight face a range of likely and potentially severe degradation pathways. Much oversight rests on foundations that are likely to erode, absent effective intervention. We give specific recommendations for measuring shifts in oversight-relevant properties, working to preserve oversight, and investing in emerging oversight techniques as fallbacks against continued degradation. The full report can be accessed at aisi.gov.uk/blog/will-it-become-harder-to-oversee-ai-systems . Figure 1: A list of the experts interviewed to inform the content of this report . ∗Some experts preferred
- Microsoft’s ‘Data Cowboy’ Says These 2 Tools Will Help You Build Safer AI Agents From Day 1
The new Microsoft tools help engineers test assumptions and security before and during AI development.
- Google to unify AI coding tools under Antigravity
Antigravity 2.0, launched at Google IO on Tuesday, is the second iteration of Google’s agent-first development platform, and comes with a new desktop app, Antigravity CLI, expanded SDK capabilities, and deeper integration with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. But along with its announcement came the news that Google is beginning to consolidate its existing tools under the Antigravity umbrella. “Listening to your feedback made one thing clear: we can serve you best by pouring our energy into a single product built for today’s multi-agent reality,” the company wrote in a blog post . To do so, it said, “we’re unifying our efforts into Google Antigravity, our premier agent-first development platform, which includes a powerful server-side harness and a brand-new terminal experience: Antigravity CLI.” Cleanup of overlapping tools could simplify procurement While that transition doesn’t mean that Google is immediately shutting down Gemini CLI or Gemini Code Assist for paying enterprise c
- AI chip leader Nvidia announces $74.5 billion profit, $102 billion buyback - so why did its shares slide?
AI chip leader Nvidia announces $74.5 billion profit, $102 billion buyback - so why did its shares slide? The Straits Times
- Tax software firm Intuit to cut 17% of workforce or nearly 3,000 jobs as focus shifts to AI
Tax software firm Intuit to cut 17% of workforce or nearly 3,000 jobs as focus shifts to AI The Straits Times
- Intuit cuts 17% of its staff to focus on AI but refuses to blame AI
The financial services software company Intuit Inc., known for platforms that include Credit Karma, QuickBooks and TurboTax, said today it’s letting go 17% of its workforce, or about 3,000 people. The cuts, announced as the company delivered its latest financial results, will allow it to divert more resources towards the artificial intelligence innovations increasingly powering […] The post Intuit cuts 17% of its staff to focus on AI but refuses to blame AI appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- Samsung AI bonus spat tests South Korea’s Labor-friendly leader
Samsung AI bonus spat tests South Korea’s Labor-friendly leader The Straits Times