AI News Today — Part 2
May 11, 2026 · Sourced from 500+ daily AI sources, scored by relevance.
- Lime races SpaceX and OpenAI to IPO as revenues soar
Lime, the Uber-backed e-bike giant, filed for a Nasdaq listing over the weekend, joining a growing cohort of tech giants racing toward public markets this year. The Silicon-Valley based micromobility titan, known for its ubiquitous green bikes, plans to list on Nasdaq this year, following revenues jumping 29 per cent to $886.7m (£665m) in 2025, [...]
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.cityam.com/lime-races-spacex-and-openai-to-ipo-as-revenues-soar/ - MIT researchers unveil compact AI system that turns natural-language descriptions of biological structures into printable 3D designs
MIT researchers unveil compact AI system that turns natural-language descriptions of biological structures into printable 3D designs EurekAlert!
- LDROBOT Robotics Jumps 103% on HK IPO Debut, Market Cap Hits $2.4B
LDROBOT Robotics surges 103% on its Hong Kong IPO debut, becoming China's second listed robot company after UBTECH. The DTOF LiDAR maker counts Ecovacs and Dreame as clients.
Score: 58🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://pandaily.com/ldrobot-robotics-jumps-103-on-hk-ipo-debut-market-cap-hits-2-4-b - Gartner 2026 CMO Spend Survey Finds CMOs Allocate 15.3% of Marketing Budgets to AI, But Only 30% Are Ready to Scale AI Capabilities
Gartner 2026 CMO Spend Survey Finds CMOs Allocate 15.3% of Marketing Budgets to AI, But Only 30% Are Ready to Scale AI Capabilities Gartner
- MICROIP Unveils "Software-Driven Hardware" Strategy at EEC 2026, Partnering with Poland to Build a Resilient Edge AI & ASIC Supply Chain
MICROIP Unveils "Software-Driven Hardware" Strategy at EEC 2026, Partnering with Poland to Build a Resilient Edge AI & ASIC Supply Chain The Straits Times
- OpenAI's DeployCo subsidiary adopts Palantir's playbook, building a moat from workflows no lab can simulate
OpenAI is building a consulting and implementation business. The "OpenAI Deployment Company," internally called DeployCo, is a majority-controlled subsidiary designed to help companies integrate AI systems into their core operations. The article OpenAI's DeployCo subsidiary adopts Palantir's playbook, building a moat from workflows no lab can simulate appeared first on The Decoder .
- Ex-White House 'AI czar' says US, China could find AI common ground despite fierce rivalry
David Sacks predicts potential outcomes of Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping, saying the U.S. and China could agree on new cyber standards while warning of advancing AI threats.
- ZoomInfo beat earnings, cut 600 jobs, and lost 29 per cent of its stock price. Its database is being repriced by AI.
ZoomInfo beat its first-quarter earnings estimates, cut its full-year revenue guidance by 62 million dollars, announced a restructuring that will eliminate 600 jobs, and lost 29 per cent of its stock price in a single trading session. The company reported 310.2 million dollars in revenue, up 1.5 per cent year over year. Adjusted earnings […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Alphabet adds the yen to its bond programme, in a debut Samurai issue, funding the AI build
Mizuho, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley have the mandate. Pricing is expected this month. The trade follows Alphabet’s record CHF, sterling and euro issuances in February and last week’s $17bn euro-Canadian-dollar combination, all targeted at the $180-190bn capex programme. Alphabet plans to sell yen-denominated bonds for the first time, the company disclosed in a […] This story continues at The Next Web
- Re-thinking human–machine interaction and the governance of AI in the military domain
Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01231-x Bode and Chandler discuss how human–machine interactions across the AI life cycle affect human control and decision-making in the military domain.
- How a Job at OpenAI Became the Greatest Lottery Ticket of the AI Boom
Employees waited two years to sell their shares. Then, the company let them unload $30 million.
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-employee-stock-sales-71ed10bd?mod=rss_Technology - “Steel, concrete, and code”: Feds and Telus announce three AI data centres in BC
Projects include upscaling existing Kamloops data centre and two new, Vancouver-based centres. The post “Steel, concrete, and code”: Feds and Telus announce three AI data centres in BC first appeared on BetaKit .
Score: 57🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://betakit.com/steel-concrete-and-code-feds-and-telus-announce-three-ai-data-centres-in-bc/ - Gartner Survey Reveals Marketing Leaders Expect AI Automation of Marketing Work to Double to 36% By 2028
Gartner Survey Reveals Marketing Leaders Expect AI Automation of Marketing Work to Double to 36% By 2028 Gartner
- On theCUBE Pod: IBM Think goes AI first and Musk buries the hatchet with Anthropic
IBM Think saw Big Blue grab its place in the artificial intelligence spotlight. In a week full of notable, and surprising, AI news, IBM Think saw CEO Arvind Krishna emphasize AI as the operating model of the future while positioning IBM’s platform as a control plane for AI and quantum infrastructure. The rise of the […] The post On theCUBE Pod: IBM Think goes AI first and Musk buries the hatchet with Anthropic appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
- AI data center developers target rural territory to bypass city construction bans and regulations — rural locations allow sites to bypass city council approvals, rezoning votes, land-use reviews, and reduce public scrutiny
Data center projects are increasingly being put on unincorporated land to reduce the regulatory friction brought about by municipal level permits. These rural sites also offer larger parcels, giving more spaces to build various building and could potentially affect less people.
- Ilya Sutskever Testifies He Holds $7 Billion OpenAI Stake—Second New Billionaire Revealed In Musk-Altman Trial
The OpenAI cofounder testified during the third week of the trial, following OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
- And so it begins — Sony has pledged to AI use for PlayStation, claiming it will 'unleash the creativity of our studios', and this is what I've been worried about
AI's presence in gaming continues to expand via upcoming tools like DLSS 5, and now, Sony suggests it will be fully embracing it for PlayStation.
- LPs fight tooth and nail for foundational AI co-investment share
LPs fight tooth and nail for foundational AI co-investment share PitchBook
Score: 56💰 MoneyMay 11, 2026https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/lps-fight-tooth-and-nail-for-foundational-ai-co-investment-share - Widow sues ChatGPT maker over husband's death in mass shooting
A woman who claims ChatGPT contributed to her husband's death in a mass shooting is suing its maker.
- Sony touts new 'Mockingbird' tooling, fine-tuned models, and AI use for hair
"AI is a powerful tool, but it's not a replacement for artists or creators.”
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.thestack.technology/sony-touts-new-mockingbird-tooling-fine-tuned-models-and-ai-use-for-hair/ - Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive $100 billion data center in rural Utah. Residents are revolting
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive $100 billion data center in rural Utah. Residents are revolting Fortune
- As agentic AI adoption accelerates, Rubrik warns of growing security gaps
New research from Rubrik Zero Labs highlights a critical lack of identity governance as organisations race to adopt autonomous systems they cannot fully observe or restore.
- AMD and Red Hat target enterprise AI costs with broader compute choice
Enterprise AI adoption has crossed a threshold: The question is no longer whether to invest, but how to do it wisely. As agentic workloads multiply and inference costs rise, AI choice — the ability to match workloads to the right compute rather than defaulting to the most powerful infrastructure available — has become a growing […] The post AMD and Red Hat target enterprise AI costs with broader compute choice appeared first on SiliconANGLE .
Score: 56🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/11/ai-choice-power-open-ecosystems-rhsummit/ - RegVelo: A new AI tool for predicting cell fate (VIDEO)
RegVelo: A new AI tool for predicting cell fate (VIDEO) EurekAlert!
- Britain's bank regulator expects 'quite significant disruption' from latest AI models
Britain's bank regulator expects 'quite significant disruption' from latest AI models Reuters
- Baidu says new AI model cuts training costs sharply
Ernie 5.1 ranked first among Chinese models and fourth overall, behind OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6.
Score: 56🤖 ModelsMay 11, 2026https://www.techinasia.com/baidu-launches-duclaw-zero-deployment-openclaw-ai-service - Trolling, memes, and deepfakes: How AI is thickening the fog of war
War has never been fought only on the ground. Clausewitz’s concept of the “fog of war” once described the uncertainty and confusion that cloud battlefield decision-making. Errol Morris’ 2003 documentary made the phrase a shorthand for the moral and informational ambiguities of modern conflict. But in the digital age, where war is also filmed, edited and promoted...
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/trolling-memes-and-deepfakes-how-ai-is-thickening-the-fog-of-war/ - Heart failure care enters the precision era: New drugs, biomarkers, and AI are redefining “one-size-fits-all” treatment
Heart failure care enters the precision era: New drugs, biomarkers, and AI are redefining “one-size-fits-all” treatment EurekAlert!
- Scale AI Expands Pentagon AI Partnership to $500 Million
Scale AI expands partnership with Pentagon to $500 million.
- China’s AI security market seen booming through 2030
China will likely develop an equivalent to Anthropic’s Mythos even though local cybersecurity models still trail top US systems.
- Volvo to Adopt Geely's Qianli HaoHan G-ASD Autonomous Driving Solution, Launching 2027
Volvo Cars plans to integrate Geely's self-developed Qianli HaoHan G-ASD autonomous driving system, co-developed with Stepfun. The L2-L4 capable solution is expected to debut on Volvo vehicles in early 2027.
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://pandaily.com/volvo-geely-qianlihaohan-g-asd-autonomous-driving-2027 - Big Tech Keeps Piling On AI Debt. Spending Is Set to Soar.
Big Tech Keeps Piling On AI Debt. Spending Is Set to Soar. Barron's
- ASIA IN BRIEF: China’s agentic AI policy wants to keep humans in the loop
PLUS: Robot becomes Buddhist monk in Korea; TikTok spending $25bn in Thailand; Baidu floating chip biz; and more!
- Robo.ai to acquire Neurovia in $100m deal for AI data growth
Robo.ai has agreed to acquire Neurovia AI, a firm specialising in data processing and compression, in a deal valued at $100m.
Score: 55💰 MoneyMay 11, 2026https://www.techmonitor.ai/news/robo-ai-to-acquire-neurovia-in-100m-deal-for-ai-data-growth - Von der Leyen, Hillary Clinton back new push to childproof AI
New Youth AI Safety Institute plans to rate AI products based on how kids-friendly they are.
- Baidu's Ernie 5.1 cuts 94 percent of pre-training costs while competing with top models
Baidu's Ernie 5.1 uses just a third of its predecessor's parameters and reportedly cost only six percent of what comparable models require to pre-train. That's possible thanks to a "Once-For-All" approach that extracts smaller sub-models from a single training run. On the Search Arena leaderboard, Ernie 5.1 ranks 4th globally, behind two Claude Opus variants and GPT-5.5 Search. The article Baidu's Ernie 5.1 cuts 94 percent of pre-training costs while competing with top models appeared first on The Decoder .
Score: 55🤖 ModelsMay 11, 2026https://the-decoder.com/baidus-ernie-5-1-cuts-94-percent-of-pre-training-costs-while-competing-with-top-models/ - It’s ‘trust, but verify’ for new AI spine surgery system
It’s ‘trust, but verify’ for new AI spine surgery system The Mercury News
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/11/its-trust-but-verify-for-new-ai-spine-surgery-system/ - 'AI will disrupt possibly every job that exists today.' Microsoft Canada president on why that's a good thing
'AI will disrupt possibly every job that exists today.' Microsoft Canada president on why that's a good thing Toronto Star
- Google DeepMind’s powerful AI co-mathematician
PLUS: Automate any manual task with Codex
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.therundown.ai/p/google-deepmind-powerful-ai-co-mathematician - Vendor Notebook: Health AI bolstered by collective approaches to quality
Vendor Notebook: Health AI bolstered by collective approaches to quality Healthcare IT News
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/vendor-notebook-health-ai-bolstered-collective-approaches-quality - Adani calls for India to build, power, and own AI infrastructure on home soil
Addressing the CII Summit, Adani Group Chairman said the assumptions underpinning decades of globalisation were being dismantled amid rising geopolitical fragmentation
- From Labor Arbitrage to Platform-Led Outcomes: How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the IT Services Playbook
For three decades, the IT and business services industry has run on a familiar formula: scale headcount, drive utilization, price work by time and materials. That model built a $1.6 trillion industry. It will not carry the next one. Agentic AI is changing the economics, the contract, and the control point of the services market. […] The post From Labor Arbitrage to Platform-Led Outcomes: How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the IT Services Playbook appeared first on IDC .
- AI model finally learns to say ‘I don’t know’ in breakthrough to curb chatbot overconfidence
New training method may help tackle AI ‘hallucination’
Score: 55🤖 ModelsMay 11, 2026https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-model-chatbot-overconfidence-don-t-know-b2974020.html - Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
Instead of building robots themselves, the team is focused on a simpler goal — providing data that robots need to learn and operate. They believe that better data will be key to making robots more useful.
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/koreas-biggest-manufacturers-back-config-the-tsmc-of-robot-data/ - OpenAI's New Daybreak Platform Uses GPT-5.5 to Find Software Vulnerabilities
OpenAI today launched Daybreak , an answer to Anthropic's Project Glasswing initiative and Mythos AI model. Like Glasswing, Daybreak is a cyber defense effort that will help tech companies find security vulnerabilities in their platforms. OpenAI says Daybreak is aimed at building cyber defense into software from the start. It builds on OpenAI's April launch of GPT-5.4-Cyber, which the company says has contributed to fixing more than 3,000 vulnerabilities. Daybreak combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and our partners across the security flywheel to help make the world safer for everyone. Defenders can bring secure code review, threat modeling, patch validation, dependency risk analysis, detection, and remediation guidance into the everyday development loop so software becomes more resilient from the start. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI would like to work with "as many companies as possible" to help them continuously secure th
- Metagenomics and AI could unlock uncultivated bacteria and archaea
Advances in DNA sequencing have expanded our view of the microbial world, but the inability to cultivate most microbes has been a major constraint. Now, a systematic, predictive framework that combines existing genomic and computational modeling approaches to accelerate the discovery and cultivation of novel prokaryotic taxa has been proposed by KAUST researchers, in collaboration with an international team of scientists. The work is published in The ISME Journal.
Score: 55🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://phys.org/news/2026-05-metagenomics-ai-uncultivated-bacteria-archaea.html - OpenAI unveils PE-backed joint venture to accelerate AI adoption
OpenAI unveils PE-backed joint venture to accelerate AI adoption PitchBook
Score: 54🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/openai-unveils-pe-backed-joint-venture-to-accelerate-ai-adoption - Denmark faces data center reckoning as power grid overwhelmed by surging demand
The data center industry is facing a reckoning as governments around the world consider imposing limits on the growth of the power-hungry facilities.
Score: 54🌐 MovesMay 11, 2026https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/denmark-data-centers-moratorium-grid-pause-power-demand.html - Scale AI Signs MOU with DOE to Advance the Genesis Mission
Scale AI signs MOU with DOE for Genesis Mission.
- A fake OpenAI repository has taken top spot on Hugging Face — but all it does is push infostealer malware
Its popularity may have been faked, though, as the "likes" all came from auto-generated accounts.