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Cursor: Introducing Composer 2.5 (May 17, 2026)
Composer 2.5 is now in Cursor, offering stronger intelligence, more reliable long-task performance, and smoother collaboration. It uses scaled training, targeted textual feedback, and extensive synthetic tasks, -
NY Times: OpenAI Bought Company That Offered A.I. Tools for Cloning Voices (May 15, 2026)
OpenAI quietly bought Weights.gg, a startup that let users create and share AI voice clones of celebrities and politicians. It bought the team and IP, shut the service, and plans limited, partner-only uses. -
Anthropic: KPMG integrates Claude across its core business and workforce of more than 276,000 in strategic alliance
KPMG formed a global alliance with Anthropic to embed Claude in Digital Gateway, giving 276,000+ employees access, and adding tax, legal, and cybersecurity tools. -
NY Times Opinion: What A.I. Did to My College Class (May 16, 2026)
At Stanford, A.I. has reshaped campus life, fueling startups, lavish wealth, and widespread cheating, prompting a return to proctored exams. It narrows job prospects, erodes learning, and normalizes dishonesty. -
Konstantin Tkachuk: The Floor Doesn't Exist (May 13, 2026)
AI didn’t invent new attack types but slashed the cost and skill required: hacking is now affordable via commercial subscriptions rather than elite labor. -
NY Times: Josh Tyrangiel book excerpt: How OpenAI and Khan Academy Made a Chatbot (May 16, 2026)
OpenAI and Khan Academy built Khanmigo, an AI tutor echoing Sal Khan’s pedagogy. Their rocky, secretive collaboration exposed benefits, risks, and trade-offs over accuracy, bias, and reputation. -
The Chronicle of Higher Education: A New ‘AI First’ College Aims to Offer Cheaper, Employer-Friendly Degrees (May 14, 2026)
Sal Khan is launching Khan TED Institute, a nonprofit offering a $10,000, competency-based applied-AI degree with partners Khan Academy, TED, ETS, Google, Microsoft, and Accenture. The online, project-focused program builds portfolios, group work, and practical skills for the AI era. -
The Chronicle of Higher Education: How the Commencement Speech Became One of Colleges’ Biggest PR Problems (May 14, 2026)
High‑profile incidents include boos at UCF over an AI remark, Georgetown Law’s Morton Schapiro backing out after a student petition, disinvitations at Rutgers and South Carolina State, and protests at Howard and Utah Valley. -
NY Times: Anduril Raises $5 Billion in Funding and Is Valued at $61 Billion (May 13, 2026)
Anduril raised $5 billion, valuing the AI-backed weapons start-up at $61 billion, twice its value a year earlier. -
Anthony B. Bradley: America Is Closing Its Elementary Schools, and Nobody Wants to Say Why (May 18, 2026)
Elementary schools are closing nationwide, in cities, suburbs, and rural areas, not mainly because of homeschooling or private schools, but because fewer children are being born. This shrinking birth rate, below replacement, is driving district consolidations and civic decline.