TechCrunch
SoftBank to Spend €75 Billion Making France the Data Center Capital of the World, Probably
SoftBank commits €75 billion to build French data centers, because where else would you store all those AI-generated sonnets about baguettes?
2026-05-31
TechCrunch
2026-05-22
The Verge
Grok Flops in Government AI Adoption, Proving Even Bureaucrats Have Standards
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot barely registers in government AI adoption records, trailing far behind OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic - awkward timing for SpaceX's $28.5 trillion IPO pitch banking on it.
The Verge
Musk v. Altman: The Trial Where Everyone Lost and the Jackass Trophy Won
Elon Musk sued Sam Altman over OpenAI's for-profit conversion, the jury said 'too late,' and everyone learned that the AI industry's leaders are about as mature as the guy who gave out jackass trophies.
2026-05-21
BBC World
Nvidia Posts $58.3bn Profit, Investors Yawn, Shares Dip 1.6%
Nvidia smashes revenue and profit records, but investors are so used to perfection that a 1.6% share dip somehow counts as disappointment.
TechCrunch
Anthropic Tells Investors It Might Finally Make Money, Which Is Nice
Anthropic tells investors it might finally turn a profit, just in time for OpenAI to file for an IPO and make everything awkward.
2026-05-20
TechCrunch
OpenAI Claims It Actually Solved That 80-Year-Old Math Problem This Time, No Really
OpenAI says its new reasoning model disproved a famous 1946 Erdős conjecture - and this time they have actual mathematicians backing them up, not just a deleted tweet.
MIT Technology Review
Chickens Hatch From Plastic Cups, Musk Loses Lawsuit, and a Brain Chills in Arizona: A Typical Tuesday in Tech
Chickens hatch from plastic cups, Musk loses to OpenAI, a brain waits in a vat, and AI continues to be both promising and problematic - just another Tuesday in tech.
TechCrunch
OpenAI Adds Two New Ways to Tell If That Image Was Definitely Made By a Robot
OpenAI and Google team up to watermark AI images, because trusting humans to spot fakes has been going so well.
2026-05-19
The Atlantic
Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: A Billionaire Cage Match That Taught Us Nothing
The Musk-Altman trial ended with a jury verdict that didn't resolve much - except that two billionaires can make a courtroom feel very small.
2026-05-18
TechCrunch
Anthropic Buys Startup, Gently Removes Toy From Competitors' Sandbox
Anthropic drops $300M+ on a startup everyone loved, then makes it exclusive - turning a shared SDK tool into its own private party favor.
2026-05-16
TechCrunch
OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman Officially Becomes Product Czar, Because Why Not
OpenAI's Greg Brockman officially takes over product strategy, plans to merge ChatGPT and Codex into one big happy AI family, while CEO Sam Altman hits the brakes on side quests like Sora.
MIT Technology Review
Musk v. Altman Trial Ends With Donkey Trophy, Unflattering Mugshots, and Zero Bridges Built on Sam Altman's Truth
In a trial featuring a golden donkey trophy, unflattering mugshots, and a bridge metaphor, a jury must now decide if Elon Musk is a safety crusader or a sore loser - and whether OpenAI ever truly was a nonprofit.
2026-05-15
Ars Technica
OpenAI Feels 'Burned' by Apple's ChatGPT Integration, May Sue Over What It Calls a Crappy Prom
OpenAI discovers that Apple's idea of a promotional partnership is making users say 'ChatGPT' like it's a magic word, then showing the results in a window the size of a Post-it note.
TechCrunch
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Personal Finance, Because Asking a Chatbot About Your Bank Balance Is Definitely a Good Idea
OpenAI partners with Plaid to let ChatGPT Pro users connect bank accounts, because who wouldn't want an AI analyzing their spending habits and offering financial advice?
The Atlantic
AI Bros Speedrunning the Singularity While the Rest of Us Just Want to Drink Water in Peace
The AI boom is a whipsaw of hype and dread, leaving everyone except true believers feeling like they're being harvested by the future.
BBC Business
Musk vs Altman: A Courtroom Soap Opera About Who Stole What From Whom (And Possibly Some Free Teslas)
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's courtroom drama reveals free Teslas, sperm donations, and a whole lot of 'he said, he said' - because nothing says 'saving humanity' like a billion-dollar hissy fit.
The Guardian Europe
Jury to Decide If Sam Altman Is a Liar or Elon Musk Is Just Sore About Losing the AI Race
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI goes to jury, with both sides accusing each other of lying, greed, and general billionaire shenanigans.
2026-05-14
TechCrunch
OpenAI Puts Codex on Your Phone, Because Your Desk Wasn't Good Enough
OpenAI puts its coding tool Codex in the ChatGPT app, because developers clearly didn't have enough ways to work from their phones.
Ars Technica
Altman Forced to Confess Under Oath That He Has Heard People Call Him a Liar
In a trial that’s basically a billionaire ego-off, Sam Altman admitted he’s heard people call him a liar, while Elon Musk played the victim - and both revealed they’d ditch the mission if their feelings got hurt.
2026-05-13
TechCrunch
Anthropic Decides Small Businesses Also Deserve a Chatbot That Can Do Their Taxes
Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business, targeting mom-and-pop shops with AI bookkeeping and ad tools, because even the local hardware store needs a robot to do its taxes.
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