AI News Archive: May 21, 2026 — Part 2
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- Google unveils Gemini Omni to push AI beyond chatbots into full-scale video creation
Google has launched Gemini Omni, a multimodal AI model focused on cinematic video generation and conversational editing. The platform can create videos using text, images, audio and video prompts with improved realism and context awareness. Google is positioning Omni as its next big push in AI-powered content creation.
- 'No need for people any more': Mohamed Alabbar says AI will halve Noon jobs
'No need for people any more': Mohamed Alabbar says AI will halve Noon jobs The National
- OpenAI avoided a costly court loss to Elon Musk, but neither side is unscathed
OpenAI avoided a costly court loss to Elon Musk, but neither side is unscathed Inquirer.com
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.inquirer.com/business/open-ai-elon-musk-sam-altman-ai-court-lawsuit-20260521.html - Core42 Raises $550 million from HSBC to scale global AI infrastructure
Core42 Raises $550 million from HSBC to scale global AI infrastructure
Score: 59💰 MoneyMay 21, 2026https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/core42-raises-550-million-from-hsbc-to-scale-global-ai-infrastructure - AI spending expected to top $1 trillion in 2 years. That estimate's way too low if Jensen Huang's right
"The capex is at a trillion dollars, and it's growing toward the three to four [trillion-dollar mark]," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
- GPU behemoth Nvidia on track to be world's leading CPU supplier too, says CFO
GPUzilla forecasts $20 billion in CPU revenues this year
- Nvidia Is Now the Megacap Cash Machine, and Big Tech Is Footing the Bill
Nvidia Is Now the Megacap Cash Machine, and Big Tech Is Footing the Bill Barron's
Score: 59🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.barrons.com/articles/nvidia-stock-cash-ai-spending-chips-df6f79b2 - Oak Ridge Starts Weaving Together A Quantum, Classical HPC, And AI System Stack
Oak Ridge Starts Weaving Together A Quantum, Classical HPC, And AI System Stack
- Stripe Sessions 2026: Stripe Is Rearchitecting Payments For An Agentic AI Economy
Stripe announced 288 products at Sessions 2026. Impressive on its own — but what struck me more was the thesis holding them together: Payments are evolving from transaction infrastructure for humans into programmable, continuous infrastructure for machines. Stripe is aligning its platform to support this shift. Three moves — stablecoins, streaming payments, and Stripe Radar […]
- Nvidia's memory costs soar 485%, latest AI systems now cost $7.8 million to build — memory now comprises 25% of the total cost, Rubin GPUs a mere $50,000 apiece
As memory content per rack increases in Vera Rubin platform, it now accounts for nearly 25% of its cost.
- Breaking the speed limit: Wood Mackenzie warns AI data centre power race threatens projects and consumers
Breaking the speed limit: Wood Mackenzie warns AI data centre power race threatens projects and consumers Toronto Star
- Tesla brings 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised)' to China after years of delays as local EV rivals race ahead
Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised)' capabilities are now available in China, the company said in an X post on Thursday, after years of delays.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/tesla-full-self-driving-china-launch-fsd.html - US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks
US Cyber Command has launched a task force to run AI models from OpenAI, Google, and others on the most classified Pentagon and NSA networks. The trigger: AI systems like Anthropic's Claude Mythos can find security vulnerabilities faster than the best human hackers - and according to Anthropic, comparable tools could be widely available within six to 24 months. The article US Cyber Command races to deploy AI on top-secret networks appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://the-decoder.com/us-cyber-command-races-to-deploy-ai-on-top-secret-networks/ - AI helps create miniprotein switches for drug targets
AI helps create miniprotein switches for drug targets EurekAlert!
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics wins $1 bn AI chip capacitor deal
Samsung Electro-Mechanics wins $1 bn AI chip capacitor deal 매일경제
- SpaceX IPO: Orbital Data Centers Emerge as a Central Component of Musk's Grand Vision
Big ambitions in space-based compute show the rocket-and-AI company's drive to dominate AI infrastructure for his own purposes — and for re-sale
- Pentagon Tests Rival AI Models in Race to Replace Anthropic
The Pentagon is testing artificial intelligence models to see which are most favored by 25 of the department’s “power users,” as the US military races to find alternatives to Anthropic PBC’s Claude, according to a senior defense official.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/pentagon-tests-rival-ai-models-in-race-to-replace-anthropic - The Clean Energy Everyone Loves Can’t Power AI. Here’s What Can
AI data centers are consuming unprecedented amounts of power. Here’s why Big Tech is turning to nuclear energy—and what it means for America’s future.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.inc.com/howard-yu/the-clean-energy-everyone-loves-cant-power-ai-heres-what-can/91347776 - Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook
The Nvidia Vera chip is rarely the headline when earnings beat estimates, but it should be. When Nvidia reported Q1 revenue of US$81.62 billion on Wednesday, beating analyst estimates of US$78.86 billion, and guided Q2 at US$91 billion–well above Wall Street’s US$86.84 billion forecast–the numbers did what Nvidia numbers always do: dominate the room. But […] The post Nvidia’s Vera chip is the US$200 billion bet Jensen Huang doesn’t want you to overlook appeared first on AI News .
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/nvidia-vera-chip-200-billion-market/ - Why SpaceX Is Spending $2.8B To Power Musk’s Grok AI Ambitions
Why SpaceX Is Spending $2.8B To Power Musk’s Grok AI Ambitions YourStory.com
- Alibaba announces comprehensive full-stack AI upgrade for the agentic era
Qwen3.7-Max, upgraded cloud infrastructure and model services, and new T-Head chips announced at Alibaba Cloud Summit
- AI boom fuels US$11.6b data centre investment in Asia-Pacific as Hong Kong eyes niche role
The artificial intelligence boom is partially spurring investment in Asia-Pacific’s data centre properties with a record US$11.6 billion worth of capital poured into the segment in 2025, according to CBRE. In Hong Kong, while AI-related demand is unlikely to be met because of technical limitations, leasing of data centre space was supported by “hyperscale CSPs (cloud service providers), mainland Chinese technology and e-commerce companies and financial institutions”, the property consultancy...
- Lockheed Martin CEO unveils AI-powered warfare tech built to stop drone swarms
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet details systems like Sanctum, the company's AI-powered counter-drone system designed to detect and track drones before they're destroyed.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/lockheed-martin-ceo-unveils-ai-powered-warfare-tech-built-stop-drone-swarms - Google’s AI search overhaul is great for Google and bad for everyone who makes the web worth searching
Google called it the biggest change to its search box in 25 years. At I/O 2026, the company unveiled a complete overhaul of Search built around AI mode, conversational follow-ups, and autonomous agents that monitor the web on your behalf. Head of Search Elizabeth Reid described the result as “AI search through and through.” For users, the […] This story continues at The Next Web
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://thenextweb.com/news/google-search-ai-overhaul-publishers-traffic-open-web - Google explains how it will infuse ads into AI answers
Just like in The Truman Show
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/21/google-explains-how-it-will-infuse-ads-into-ai-answers/5244586 - All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. After nearly a month, […]
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit - SpaceX Challenges AI Rivals For Control of $26.5 Trillion AI Market
Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company is effectively basing its pitch for the biggest IPO in history on the idea that it can capture a huge share of the market from the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and Alphabet Inc.’s AI systems: technology that will eventually automate large swaths of white-collar and administrative work, creating a massive market for software that can perform digital tasks traditionally handled by humans. Nancy Tengler, Laffer Tengler Investments joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the flurry of IPO's. (Source: Bloomberg)
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-05-21/spacex-challenges-ai-rivals-for-control-of-ai-market-video - How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart
After five teen girls were targeted by AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Radnor Township High School in Pennsylvania has become a case study in how schools and police around the country grapple with how to response to deepfake crimes involving children.
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.404media.co/radnor-high-school-pennsylvania-ai-deepfakes-child-sexual-abuse-material/ - Intel leans on LPDDR5X to dodge global HBM crisis, leaked Crescent Island AI GPU pics reveal massive Xe3P core — chip sidesteps HBM shortage with 160GB of cheaper memory
Images of the PCB Intel will be using with Crescent Island has been published on X, showing a single-GPU design and pads for the graphics card's 20 LPDDR5X modules.
- Jeep, Ram, and Dodge Vehicles Could Soon Come Equipped With Wayve’s Self-Driving Tech
Stellantis announced a new partnership with UK autonomous driving startup Wayve.
- Trump administration seeks to supercharge US AI exports with billions in financing, document shows
Trump administration seeks to supercharge US AI exports with billions in financing, document shows Reuters
- One Model, Three Modalities: ByteDance Releases Lance for Image and Video Understanding, Generation, and Editing
One Model, Three Modalities: ByteDance Releases Lance for Image and Video Understanding, Generation, and Editing MarkTechPost
- Anthropic nears first quarterly profit, agrees to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion monthly for computing power
Anthropic nears first quarterly profit, agrees to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion monthly for computing power Reuters
- Lilly, BMS, Incyte strike deals to keep biopharma’s AI integration rolling
A trifecta of newly inked tech partnerships—from Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb and Incyte—exemplify the increasingly central role that AI is playing in drug development.
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.biospace.com/deals/lilly-bms-incyte-strike-deals-to-keep-biopharmas-ai-integration-rolling - Using the power of AI to make genetic diagnosis easier
Using the power of AI to make genetic diagnosis easier EurekAlert!
- From 2027, all university, poly and ITE students will learn AI skills as part of their studies
From 2027, all university, poly and ITE students will learn AI skills as part of their studies The Straits Times
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu secures major contract with Maine public universities
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu secures major contract with Maine public universities The Boston Globe
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/21/metro/chatgpt-edu-contract-maine-public-universities/ - NVIDIA’s Huang says world will have ‘billions of agents’ as AI boom lifts fiscal results
NVIDIA’s Huang says world will have ‘billions of agents’ as AI boom lifts fiscal results YourStory.com
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://yourstory.com/2026/05/nvidia-jensen-huang-world-billions-of-agents-ai-drives-q1-earnings - Alibaba Expands AI Push With Model Update, New Chip
Alibaba Expands AI Push With Model Update, New Chip Caixin Global
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-05-21/alibaba-expands-ai-push-with-model-update-new-chip-102446275.html - Google wants Gemini in every home, so it’s giving away the blueprints
Google is opening the floodgates to many more Gemini-powered smart home products.
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-for-home-blueprints-3669646/ - Hanoi plans future city with AI, TOD, 1,153 km metro network, smart urban transformation
Hanoi's 100-year master plan is set to mold the capital into a "Smart – Green – Multi-polar – Multi-center" city, with artificial intelligence (AI), transit-oriented development (TOD), and a 1,153 km metro system serving as strategic growth pillars.
- Waymo expands driverless service deeper into South Bay as East Bay plans remain in limbo
Waymo expands driverless service deeper into South Bay as East Bay plans remain in limbo The Mercury News
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/21/waymo-south-bay-driverless-san-jose-campbell-cupertino/ - A new mega-deal shows how AI has turned utilities into hot property
NextEra and Dominion must now win over regulators
- Nvidia’s Jensen Huang wants to be king of a brand-new empire
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang wants to be king of a brand-new empire
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.marketwatch.com/bulletins/redirect/go?g=0f9f48d1-b543-4a04-af1f-dea54c07ac1f&mod=mw_rss_bulletins - Meta, Broadcom and others to launch $125 million semiconductor research hub at UCLA
Broadcom, Meta, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries and Synopsys are joining forces to launch a $125 million "Semiconductor Hub" at UCLA.
- Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
The AI-powered audiobook generation won't bind authors to an exclusive contract, meaning they are free to publish their generated audiobooks anywhere.
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/spotify-launches-an-elevenlabs-powered-audiobook-creation-tool/ - Dell launches record-shattering server with 9.8PB of flash storage in just 2U — paving the way for massive $75 million 200PB+ AI data center racks
Dell and KIOXIA unveiled a 9.8PB flash server targeting hyperscale AI workloads with extreme density and lower power consumption.
- The custom AI ASIC state of play (May 2026) — Broadcom deals, Google TPUs, Meta MTIA & beyond
ASIC-based AI server shipments are projected to reach 27.8% of the market in 2026, the highest share since 2023, and custom ASIC shipments will grow 44.6% year-over-year.
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 21, 2026https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/custom-ai-asics-examined-from-broadcom-to-mtia - AI is turbocharging “wizards” on 4Chan who take orders to nudify images of women
A new ISD analysis and WIRED reporting show how 4chan users are turning nonconsensual AI nudes into a repeatable system built on requests, status, and private-platform spillover.
- XPENG Starts Producing Robotaxis
XPENG has been quick to develop its autonomous driving capabilities. It feels like the company is still so young, and now it’s making robotaxis! A couple of days ago, the company announced “the official rollout of its first mass-produced Robotaxi in Guangzhou.” While there are other robotaxis roaming the roads ... [continued] The post XPENG Starts Producing Robotaxis appeared first on CleanTechnica .