AI News Archive: May 22, 2026 — Part 1
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
- AI is starting to out-design chip engineers in narrow areas as LLMs accelerate software chip design tool development — "There is still a lot of human guidance" says Berkley researcher
We interview researchers and chip design experts to explore where and how AI is being used during the process, and what trials and tribulations come alongside the usage of the nascent technology in their workflows.
- From decades to years - AI could speed search for brain drugs hiding in plain sight
Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.
Score: 86🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrp3zzzp71o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss - White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.
The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.
Score: 85🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/politics/spy-agencies-ai-chips-shortage.html - OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT directly into Microsoft PowerPoint
The AI assistant can build presentations from scratch or edit existing slides, and is available to users across all major tiers
- California governor signs first US executive order to protect workers from AI job loss
California's governor just signed the first executive order by a US governor aimed at protecting workers from AI-driven job loss. The article California governor signs first US executive order to protect workers from AI job loss appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 81🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://the-decoder.com/california-governor-signs-first-us-executive-order-to-protect-workers-from-ai-job-loss/ - How syringe-maker BD is infusing AI into its medical devices
CEO Tom Polen is turning his 65,000 employees into lean manufacturing “problem-finders.”
Score: 79🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.semafor.com/article/05/22/2026/how-syringe-maker-bd-is-using-ai-to-stay-sharp - Police plan to use AI to screen videos from public to nab traffic offenders, issue summons faster
Police plan to use AI to screen videos from public to nab traffic offenders, issue summons faster The Straits Times
- Anthropic May Use Microsoft AI Chips Over Nvidia
Anthropic May Use Microsoft AI Chips Over Nvidia YourStory.com
- Abu Dhabi-DoH launches world’s first AI-powered intelligent surgical network
The collaboration will establish Abu Dhabi as the anchor of a new global ecosystem to advance surgical AI across the world
- The EU is rapidly rewriting the AI Act. What’s changed?
The EU is rapidly rewriting the AI Act. What’s changed?
- Microsoft, EY to spend $1 billion on helping customers buy agentic AI
Microsoft and EY will spend $1 billion on helping their customers adopt AI over the next five years. The billion will support assisting clients with pioneering AI projects and capability building, said EY’s global Microsoft alliance leader, Paul Clark . Clients will be able to access those resources based on their specific needs, he said. “We’re intentionally building the EY forward deployed engineer (FDE) capability through close collaboration and training with Microsoft, while maintaining integrated EY-Microsoft teams in the field,” he said in an email. “Clients will continue to experience this as one combined team, bringing together engineering depth and transformation expertise.” EY has acted as “client zero” in this initiative, embedding AI in all facets of its organization while it validated ways of working with Microsoft’s technologies. After an initial trial of Microsoft Copilot with 150,000 users, it is now rolling it out through Microsoft 365 E7 to all 400,000 staff. Its comb
Score: 68🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.cio.com/article/4176393/microsoft-ey-to-spend-1-billion-on-helping-customers-buy-agentic-ai.html - Epic Race for AI Supremacy Hits Overdrive as SpaceX, OpenAI & Anthropic Head for IPOs. Key Investors Poised for Paydays in the Billions.
Plus, Google tweaks its search box amid agent push & Meta attributes big layoffs to AI
- Swiss pensioner dies after driverless delivery van accident in Zurich
A pensioner has died in hospital after being hit by a driverless delivery van on Thursday on a sidewalk in Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The elderly woman died after suffering life-threatining injuries on Thursday evening, Zurich city police said on Friday. The incident occurred early on Thursday afternoon in the Höngg district of Zurich. According to initial investigations, a parked delivery van started moving at around 1pm away from the intersection of Michelstrasse and Engadinerweg towards Regensdorferstrasse for reasons that are still unclear. The driverless vehicle rolled several metres and hit the pedestrian on the pavement. Paramedics took the woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Zurich public prosecutor's office and the city police have launched an investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident. Translated from German by AI/sb How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use ...
- DeepSeek eyes $10b funding at $45b valuation
The state-backed fund is discussing an investment of about 10 billion yuan (US$1.47 billion).
- Mega AI IPOs incoming, Google’s agentic blitz and Nvidia’s next big business
Now we know for sure: This will be the year of monster initial public offerings. Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed for an IPO this week, aiming to raise a record $80 billion or more, and OpenAI was expected to follow hot on its heels. Of course investors will eat them up, as they seem to do […] The post Mega AI IPOs incoming, Google’s agentic blitz and Nvidia’s next big business appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 67🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/22/mega-ai-ipos-incoming-googles-agentic-blitz-nvidias-next-big-business/ - Worker confidence hits record low as AI threatens jobs, global report finds
Worker confidence hits record low as AI threatens jobs, global report finds Nikkei Asia
- Google’s AI Overviews break the dictionary when you use words like ‘disregard’
In a slightly funny twist, it’s been highlighted that Google’s AI Overviews currently break when you use words such as “disregard.” more…
- Spotify, Universal Music to Launch Licensed AI Remixes and Covers
The partnership marks one of its first major licensing deals for mainstream AI-generated music creation.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news/spotify-universal-music-to-launch-licensed-ai-remixes-and-covers - China’s AI start-up funding triples to US$16b in first quarter amid bets on LLMs, robotics
Funding for China’s artificial-intelligence-related start-ups jumped nearly threefold year on year in the first quarter, as investors poured capital into large language models (LLMs) and embodied AI amid growing optimism over the country’s technology ecosystem. AI-related start-ups secured more than 110 billion yuan (US$16.2 billion) in the first three months of the year, representing a 185 per cent surge from the same period last year, according to data released on Thursday by Beijing-based...
- Spotify and UMG strike landmark deal to let fans create licensed AI covers and remixes
The deal allows Spotify to launch a new AI tool as a paid add-on for Spotify Premium users, which lets fans create AI mixes and provides artists with an additional income. The post Spotify and UMG strike landmark deal to let fans create licensed AI covers and remixes appeared first on MEDIANAMA .
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.medianama.com/2026/05/223-spotify-umg-fans-create-licensed-ai-covers-remixes/ - Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source
As open-source AI becomes concentrated in China, Cohere says it wants to provide a secure alternative. The post Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source first appeared on BetaKit .
Score: 65🤖 ModelsMay 22, 2026https://betakit.com/cohere-releases-its-most-powerful-ai-model-as-open-source/ - Elon Musk's AI competitor pays billions for Memphis compute
The agreement lets SpaceX monetize unused capacity at its Memphis supercomputers while maintaining access for its own AI models.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/05/22/spacexai-40b-anthropic-deal-ai-compute.html?ana=brss_6150 - Intuit Lays Off 17% of Workforce as AI Restructuring Wave Spreads
Intuit lays off 17% of its workforce amid AI restructuring
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://opentools.ai/news/intuit-lays-off-17-percent-ai-restructuring-wave - Newsom signs order directing state to study AI's impact on California workers
Agencies have 180 days to recommend policy responses as investment in AI surges and some firms cut jobs to redirect spending toward automation.
- The Pentagon’s $54 billion bet on autonomous warfare
With new DAWG initiative, the DOD is attempting to fix a historically slow-moving, broken acquisition pipeline.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2026/05/pentagons-54-billion-bet-autonomous-warfare/413735/ - UK wargames AI-driven NATO conflict with Russia
“Mission ready by 2030 is not a slogan, it is what we must do,” says top general.
- Editor's Choice: Nvidia and Asia's three chip giants cash in on AI gold rush
Editor's Choice: Nvidia and Asia's three chip giants cash in on AI gold rush Nikkei Asia
- Hark raises $700M+ to build ‘personalized intelligence’ devices
Hark Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence devices for the consumer market, today announced that it has raised more than $700 million in funding. Parkway Venture Capital led the Series A round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Intel Capital, AMD Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and several others. The company is now worth $6 […] The post Hark raises $700M+ to build ‘personalized intelligence’ devices appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 64💰 MoneyMay 22, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/21/hark-raises-700m-build-personalized-intelligence-devices/ - Sadiq Khan blocks Met's £50m AI deal with Palantir
Sadiq Khan blocks Met's £50m AI deal with Palantir Computing UK
Score: 64🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/sadiq-khan-blocks-met-s-50m-ai-deal-with-palantir - AI chatbots got election information wrong 90% of the time in a new study — including ChatGPT rivals
New studies suggest popular AI chatbots continue making significant mistakes around election information, creating growing concerns as more people rely on AI tools instead of traditional search and news sources
- Exclusive: Read Trump’s unsigned AI executive order
POLITICO has obtained a copy of the executive order on artificial intelligence oversight that the president had been expected to sign Thursday.
- Statistical Methods for Health Equity: Supporting Responsible Deployment of AI in Healthcare with Sustainable and Generalizable Learning Prediction Systems | Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery
Statistical Methods for Health Equity: Supporting Responsible Deployment of AI in Healthcare with Sustainable and Generalizable Learning Prediction Systems | Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery
- Preorders for AMD's $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo, Its DGX Spark Competitor, Start in June
Preorders for AMD's $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo, Its DGX Spark Competitor, Start in June PCMag
Score: 63🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.pcmag.com/news/preorders-amd-3999-ryzen-ai-halo-dgx-spark-competitor-start-in-june - Kawasaki Heavy ties up with Nvidia on physical AI, and the rideable robot horse gets a foundation model
Shares jumped 12% as the Japanese industrial group opened a San Jose development base with Nvidia, Analog Devices, Microsoft, and Fujitsu, with its four-legged CORLEO mobility concept as the first showcase. Kawasaki Heavy Industries said on Friday it will partner with Nvidia and a handful of other US and Japanese firms on physical AI for robots, opening […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Musk, Zuckerberg derail Trump AI order
The executive order would have created some oversight for powerful new AI models.
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.semafor.com/article/05/21/2026/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-derail-trump-ai-order - Satya Nadella is reorganizing Microsoft around AI — and changing who holds power
Satya Nadella is reorganizing Microsoft around AI — and changing who holds power Business Insider
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-microsoft-ai-leadership-reset-2026-5 - Trump yanked AI order after David Sacks raised industry concerns
The last-minute intervention by the president’s former AI czar came amid complaints from some tech companies, people told POLITICO.
- AMD announces more than $10 bn in Taiwan ecosystem investments to accelerate AI infrastructure
To meet the growing demand for AI infrastructure, AMD announced more than $10 billion in investments across the Taiwan ecosystem to expand strategic partnerships and scale advanced packaging manufacturing for next-generation AI infrastructure. Working with strategic partners in Taiwan and globally, AMD is advancing leading-edge silicon, packaging and manufacturing technologies that enable higher performance, greater efficiency and faster deployment of AI systems. These efforts build on AMD’s deep ecosystem partnerships and long-standing leadership in chiplet architectures, high-bandwidth memory integration, 3D hybrid bonding and rack-scale system design for next-generation AI infrastructure. “As AI adoption accelerates, our global customers are rapidly scaling AI infrastructure to meet growing compute demand,” said Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD. “By combining AMD leadership in high-performance computing with the Taiwan ecosystem and our strategic global partners, we are enabling inte
- Microsoft Releases Fara1.5: A Family of Browser Computer-Use Agents (4B/9B/27B) That Outperform OpenAI Operator and Gemini 2.5 Computer Use on Online-Mind2Web
Microsoft Releases Fara1.5: A Family of Browser Computer-Use Agents (4B/9B/27B) That Outperform OpenAI Operator and Gemini 2.5 Computer Use on Online-Mind2Web MarkTechPost
- AI-generated code is outpacing every manual remediation model in existence': Nearly all firms admit they have shipped code they know is vulnerable
Organizations are rushing to push the code live, ignoring the obvious security risks.
- Universal Music Group and TikTok's Deal Secures Artist Royalties and AI Protections
Meanwhile, UMG has a separate deal with Spotify that allows for AI-generated parodies and remixes.
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/umg-tiktok-music-royalties-ai-protections/ - Serverless AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs seals $355M funding round
Artificial intelligence startups are facing two massive headaches: There’s too much AI-generated code to deal with, and not nearly enough computing power to run it all on. Modal Labs Inc., which has just raised $355 million in a new funding round, believes it can kill both birds with one stone. The New York City-based startup […] The post Serverless AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs seals $355M funding round appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 62💰 MoneyMay 22, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/21/serverless-ai-infrastructure-startup-modal-labs-seals-355m-funding-round/ - 😸 OpenAI solved an 80-year math problem by... disproving it
PLUS: Qwen’s 35-hour agent run, Cohere’s open model, Codex upgrades, Spotify’s AI remix deal, and the week’s strangest real-world AI failures.
Score: 61🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.theneurondaily.com/p/openai-solved-an-80-year-math-problem-by-disproving-it - Synthesize Realistic 3D Medical Images at Scale to Ship Pre‑Trained Models
High‑quality 3D medical imaging data is the foundation of modern radiology AI, but access to it is often constrained by data scarcity, privacy restrictions,...
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/synthesize-realistic-3d-medical-images-at-scale-to-ship-pre-trained-models/ - AppliedAI and McKinsey & Company collaborate to rapidly rewire regulated enterprise processes with AI
AppliedAI and McKinsey & Company collaborate to rapidly rewire regulated enterprise processes with AI The Straits Times
- Microsoft Opens a New Front in the Fight Over Data for AI Agents
Microsoft Opens a New Front in the Fight Over Data for AI Agents The Information
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-opens-new-front-fight-data-ai-agents - SoftBank Group adds over $61 billion to market cap in two days as shares surge on AI led optimism
Shares of SoftBank Group extended gains for a second straight session Friday.
- Reliance’s ₹1.08 Lakh Cr Andhra AI data centre gets 854‑acre approval
Reliance Industries is preparing one of India’s largest AI infrastructure investments in Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh government has approved the allotment of nearly 855 acres of land in the Vizianagaram district for Reliance Industries’ proposed giga-scale AI Data Centre (AIDC) and Cable Landing Station (CLS) project. The proposed cumulative investment stands at Rs 1.08 lakh crore, making it among the largest announced AI and data centre investments in the country so far. The land allocation spans Polipalli, Bhogapuram West, and Bhogapuram East villages under a government order issued by Andhra Pradesh’s IT, Electronics & Communications Department on May 20, 2026. The project also includes a cable landing station, a strategic infrastructure component that connects submarine internet cables with terrestrial telecom and cloud networks. Industry analysts increasingly view cable landing infrastructure as critical for attracting hyperscale cloud operators, AI compute platforms, and g
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.dqindia.com/data-and-ai/reliances-108-lakh-cr-andhra-ai-data-centre-gets-854acre-approval-11862910 - Nvidia Still Not Sure It Can Sell H200 Chips in China
Nvidia Still Not Sure It Can Sell H200 Chips in China Caixin Global
Score: 60🌐 MovesMay 22, 2026https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-05-22/nvidia-still-not-sure-it-can-sell-h200-chips-in-china-102446713.html