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Anthropic: Anthropic acquires Stainless (May 18, 2026)
Anthropic is acquiring Stainless, which builds SDKs, CLIs, and MCP server tooling to help agents connect to APIs, data, and tools. This brings Stainless’ tooling, multi-language SDKs, and team into Anthropic. -
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Preview (May 18, 2026)
Qwen3.7 Preview arrives on Arena, introducing Qwen3.7-Max-Preview, Qwen3.7-Plus-Preview, and upcoming releases. Alibaba ranks #6 in text and #5 in vision. -
WSJ: Move Over CoreWeave, Here Comes Nebius (May 18, 2026)
Nebius reshaped itself after divesting Russian assets, using cash and staff to build an AI cloud, land big Microsoft and Meta deals, and attract Nvidia investment. -
NY Times Opinion: Tech Workers Have Fears About A.I., Too. They Can Do Something About It. (May 17, 2026)
A.I. builders are alarmed by military use, job loss, and privacy harms, and are unionizing to push for control. Their expertise, despite legal hurdles, can reshape A.I. -
Cloudflare: Project Glasswing: what Mythos showed us (May 17, 2026)
Cloudflare found Mythos chains vulnerabilities into exploits, generates working proofs, and reduces noisy, hedged findings. Inconsistent refusals and false positives require narrow prompts, adversarial review, and a harness to scale safe triage. -
WSJ: Your New AI Professor Is the Rapper From the Black Eyed Peas (May 18, 2026)
Rapper will.i.am taught a 16-week ASU class where students built AI agents, drawing on his history as a tech investor and creator. He aims to blend culture and technology, urging people to shape AI personalization. -
WSJ: The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam (May 18, 2026)
Opposition to AI and data centers has surged, fueled by energy costs, job fears, and concerns about education and mental health. Protests, threats, local bans, and political fights have stopped projects. -
Gallup.com: Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area (May 13, 2026)
A March Gallup survey found 71% of Americans oppose building AI data centers nearby, 48% strongly. Opposition stems from worries about water, energy, pollution, quality of life, and higher bills. -
Andy Masley: A crash course on US air pollution (May 18, 2026)
A review of US air pollution finds data center backup generators can cause large local health costs, though nationally data centers likely won’t dominate air pollution harms.
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