AI News Archive: May 27, 2026 — Part 1
Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos
AI videos that are animated, unrealistic, or only have a little AI may still hide their origins, though.
Score: 87🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/05/youtube-to-begin-automatically-labeling-ai-videos/ - SK Hynix joins $1 trillion club after Samsung, Micron on AI chip boom
SK Hynix joins $1 trillion club after Samsung, Micron on AI chip boom Reuters
Score: 86🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sk-hynix-market-capitalisation-tops-1-trln-2026-05-27/ - Robinhood Lets Customers Use AI to Trade Stocks, Make Credit-Card Purchases
The brokerage’s new feature links artificial-intelligence tools to investment and credit-card accounts.
- Nvidia to spend $150 billion a year in Taiwan, 'epicentre' of AI revolution, says CEO
Nvidia to spend $150 billion a year in Taiwan, 'epicentre' of AI revolution, says CEO Reuters
Score: 79🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nvidia-ceo-says-taiwan-is-epicentre-ai-revolution-2026-05-27/ - AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
As Cognition reaches $492 million in annualized revenue run rate, it more than doubled its valuation in eight months, it says.
Score: 75💰 MoneyMay 27, 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/ai-coding-startup-cognition-raises-1b-at-25b-pre-money-valuation/ - Meta to Sell AI Chatbot Subscriptions to Offset Spending
Meta Platforms Inc. is selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot for the first time, a key step toward building a business that would help offset hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence investments by the company.
- North Korea tests AI-guided missiles for the first time
North Korea has tested missiles guided by artificial intelligence for the first time, according to state media.
Score: 70🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://news.sky.com/story/north-korea-tests-ai-guided-missiles-as-kim-jong-un-looks-on-13548339 - Amazon starts selling its AI shopping technology to other retailers
Amazon said it's already signed up Kate Spade as a customer for its AI shopping technology.
Score: 70🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/amazon-ai-shopping-alexa-kate-spade.html - GCHQ draws up plans for world-first national AI cyber defence system
It is hoped the shield will make the chance of major hacks such as the attack that targeted Jaguar Land Rover dramatically less likely.
Score: 69🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/gchq-cyber-security-bletchley-park-jaguar-land-rover-vladimir-b2984601.html - AI Tools Open New Front in Child Sexual Abuse in China, Report Warns
AI Tools Open New Front in Child Sexual Abuse in China, Report Warns Caixin Global
- Snowflake boosts forecast, signs $6 billion AWS deal as enterprise AI adoption grows
Snowflake boosts forecast, signs $6 billion AWS deal as enterprise AI adoption grows Reuters
- Samsung workers set for $400,000 bonus after deal to share AI profits
Agreement with union ends wrangling over how to share spoils of boom at memory-chip maker
- Anthropic Cofounder Travels to Vatican, Tells Pope They’re Finding “Unsettling” Things Inside AI Models
The double standard is hard to miss. The post Anthropic Cofounder Travels to Vatican, Tells Pope They’re Finding “Unsettling” Things Inside AI Models appeared first on Futurism .
Score: 68🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-cofounder-vatican-pope-unsettling - China adds homegrown AI chips to 'secure and reliable' procurement list for the first time — nine options added as move away from Nvidia continues
The certifications are valid for three years and were issued jointly by the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre.
- Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs as Zuckerberg Bets 145 Billion on AI
Meta cuts 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg invests heavily in AI
- AI is an arms race, and the US wants $9 billion in Nvidia superchips to keep up
The government is playing catch-up, but Nvidia has a lifeline.
Score: 68🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-why-the-government-wants-to-spend-9-billion-on-ai-superchips/ - Chinese scientists use supercomputer to cut new drug screening time from years to seconds
China has unveiled an artificial intelligence platform for drug discovery that can screen a vast library of chemical compounds, cutting the initial drug screening phase from months or years down to tens of seconds. Developers said they expected the system to provide a novel method for identifying lead molecules to treat tumours, neurodegenerative conditions, rare diseases and emerging infectious diseases, as well as possibly speeding up drug research during public health crises. Called GalaxyVS,...
- Demis Hassabis on his rush to ‘solve all disease’ and Isomorphic’s new $2.1 billion
Demis Hassabis on his rush to ‘solve all disease’ and Isomorphic’s new $2.1 billion Fortune
- ByteDance Mulls $70 Billion Capex This Year as AI Costs Grow
ByteDance Mulls $70 Billion Capex This Year as AI Costs Grow The Information
Score: 67💰 MoneyMay 27, 2026https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/bytedance-mulls-70-billion-capex-year-ai-costs-grow - Anthropic's Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Critical Software
Anthropic's Mythos AI discovers 10,000 software flaws
- Data centre operator IREN signs $1.6bn Dell deal for Blackwell systems at Texas AI campus
IREN has signed a purchase agreement with Dell to acquire air-cooled Blackwell systems for installation at its Childress campus.
- KFTC readies AI-era antitrust overhaul
SEJONG — The Korea Fair Trade Commission will execute one of its biggest organizational expansions in years, signaling a tougher and more data-driven antitrust push under the Lee Jae Myung administration, KTFC Chair Ju Biung-ghi announced Tuesday. The KFTC plans to add 237 officials and establish new investigation and economic analysis units to better handle increasingly complex cases involving online platforms, consumer cartels and large conglomerates. The overhaul comes as the regulator faces
- Fujitsu expands AI strategy through collaborations with OpenAI and Anthropic
Fujitsu expands AI strategy through collaborations with OpenAI and Anthropic The Straits Times
- Exclusive: Demis Hassabis on AGI, curing diseases with AI
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Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.therundown.ai/p/exclusive-demis-hassabis-on-agi-curing-diseases-with-ai - Ant Group's Alipay Reaches 300M AI-Powered Transactions, Launches World's First AI-Native Payment Infrastructure
On May 26, Alipay announced that its AI-powered payment system has surpassed 300 million transactions, positioning itself as the world's first large-scale comme...
- China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI
Local police forces are modernising the country’s ageing infrastructure with more powerful tracking systems
- OpenAI is building a new kind of ad machine. Early data suggests Google should worry.
OpenAI is building a new kind of ad machine. Early data suggests Google should worry. Business Insider
- Illinois Legislature passes historic AI bill that would require third-party safety audits
The measure goes beyond legislation in California and New York regulating America’s largest AI companies. It still needs to be signed by the governor.
Score: 65🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/illinois-legislature-passes-historic-ai-bill-rcna347191 - How AI is helping researchers develop antibiotics to fight drug-resistant infections
Drug-resistant infections are a major public health threat around the world. To fight them, scientists are constantly trying to find and develop new antibiotics. Now, researchers say artificial intelligence is helping speed their search. Miles O'Brien reports.
- Taiwan authorities arrest three on suspicion of smuggling Nvidia chips to China — operation allegedly used Japan as transshipment point before forwarding banned Supermicro servers to Hong Kong
Reports say that the three individuals successfully shipped a batch of banned Nvidia AI chips in Super Micro servers to China from Taiwan to Hong Kong via Japan using falsified documentation.
- AI hiring algorithms reject Black, Asian job seekers at higher rates
Stanford researchers argue need for transparency and independent testing
- Introducing Argus, a robot with 20 legs and eyes built to move and see in any direction instantly
Introducing Argus, a robot with 20 legs and eyes built to move and see in any direction instantly AP News
Score: 64🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://apnews.com/article/robot-duke-argus-6ba9651ba6553ebc4405ffc07a26afed - China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs
For the first time, China has included artificial intelligence chips in its official “secure and reliable” technology assessments, expanding the scope of a state-backed drive to adopt domestic alternatives to Western products. The China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre released the latest batch of assessments on Tuesday evening, creating a new category for “AI training and inference chips”. The certifications were...
- US funds set aside cash as SpaceX and OpenAI prepare to go public, analysts say
US funds set aside cash as SpaceX and OpenAI prepare to go public, analysts say Reuters
- OpenAI’s foundation to spend $250mn on research into AI’s impact on economy
Group sketches out plan to deploy its cash after vowing in March to hand out $1bn over 12 months
- A new simulation- and AI-based approach reduces the time and data needed for brain MRI scans
A new simulation- and AI-based approach reduces the time and data needed for brain MRI scans EurekAlert!
- IHH Healthcare embeds AI into workflows as adoption scales across hospitals
IHH Healthcare embeds AI into workflows as adoption scales across hospitals Healthcare IT News
Score: 63🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/ihh-healthcare-embeds-ai-workflows-adoption-scales-across-hospitals - SoftBank's homegrown AI project pulls in top Japan manufacturers
SoftBank's homegrown AI project pulls in top Japan manufacturers Nikkei Asia
- Zhongke Diwuji Raises Hundreds of Millions in Series A to Scale Embodied AI Models
The embodied brain startup completes its third funding round of 2026, backed by Futi Capital and state-backed investors, targeting global expansion with its few-shot physical AI models.
- JMIR Report: Machine learning to fill research gaps in drug safety during pregnancy
JMIR Report: Machine learning to fill research gaps in drug safety during pregnancy EurekAlert!
- SpaceX admits it can't find enough chips for orbital AI yet, requires 'significantly more than are currently available to us' — firm's risk factors in IPO paperwork also says ambitious TeraFab project may not be successful
SpaceX warns that it may not secure enough AI hardware to achieve its orbital AI ambitions even with supply from TeraFab. Also, Intel and Tesla may leave the TeraFab project.
- AI is detecting cancer earlier in Southeast Asia but our policies and capital have not caught up
Southeast Asia will see cancer cases rise by 70 per cent to 1.3 million new diagnoses annually by 2030. Cancer is already the region’s leading cause of death. Average treatment costs for breast cancer in Southeast Asia run at US$15,000 per year, against an average regional GDP per capita of US$3,550. Some treatment regimens cost […] The post AI is detecting cancer earlier in Southeast Asia but our policies and capital have not caught up appeared first on e27 .
- Transition Ventures raises €128 million Fund II for early-stage companies at the intersection of AI and the physical world
Transition Ventures, a London-based early stage investment firm, is today announcing they have closed their €128 million ($150 million) Fund II, taking its AUM to over €257 million ($300 million). According to the firm, their team has founded companies worth over €12 billion ($15 billion) across software, hardware and DeepTech. David Helgason, co-founder of Transition […] The post Transition Ventures raises €128 million Fund II for early-stage companies at the intersection of AI and the physical world appeared first on EU-Startups .
- Insilico teams up with US firm to build AI models predicting disease decades ahead
Hong Kong-listed artificial intelligence drug-discovery company Insilico Medicine has struck a collaboration with US-headquartered Human Longevity to co-develop what they describe as “the industry’s first large-scale” AI foundation models capable of predicting diseases – such as cancer – decades before clinical symptoms appear. The partnership was announced as the global longevity market, fuelled by an ageing population and rising consumption demand, was valued at about US$5.3 trillion and...
- India's AI data centres may deploy up to 700,000 GPUs in 5 years: Report
A report by Avendus Capital estimates that India's data centre capacity will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 26% over the next five years, driven by AI infrastructure demand
- BYD Confirms Humanoid Robot Push with Seventh-Generation 'Yao-Shun-Yu' Project Targeting 4S Stores and Homes
BYD confirms its seventh-generation humanoid robot project targets global 4S dealership deployments, leveraging automotive manufacturing expertise to bridge the gap between China's hardware strength and AI intelligence.
- Inside Optum Health's push to make AI practical for clinicians
Inside Optum Health's push to make AI practical for clinicians Healthcare IT News
Score: 62🌐 MovesMay 27, 2026https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/inside-optum-healths-push-make-ai-practical-clinicians - Qualcomm Signs AI Chip Deal with ByteDance to Power Data Center AI Agents
Qualcomm to supply millions of ASIC chips to ByteDance data centers for AI agent workloads, as the chipmaker diversifies beyond mobile into cloud infrastructure.
- A minimally invasive robotic spinal surgical system for anterior lumbar nerve decompression
Science Robotics, Volume 11, Issue 114, May 2026.
- As AI Chatbots Move Into Therapy, Licensed Clinicians Are Building Their Own Digital Counterweight.
As AI Chatbots Move Into Therapy, Licensed Clinicians Are Building Their Own Digital Counterweight. azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic