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WSJ: Bristol-Myers Squibb Brings Anthropic’s Claude to 30,000 of Its Staff (May 20, 2026)
Bristol-Myers Squibb is deploying Anthropic’s Claude to over 30,000 employees, using Claude Code and AI agents to speed software, research, and clinical work. -
Claude: Introducing the Claude Platform on AWS (May 11, 2026)
Claude Platform on AWS is generally available, offering full Claude features with AWS IAM, CloudTrail, and single-invoice billing. -
Epoch AI: Open models lag state-of-the-art closed models by 4 months (May 29, 2026)
Open AI models trail state-of-the-art closed models by about four months, while both improve steadily from early 2023 to early 2026. -
WSJ: Venture Capital Turns to Hardware Bets as AI Threatens Software Companies (May 29, 2026)
Venture-capital firms are shifting from software into AI infrastructure, physical AI, chips, manufacturing, and critical minerals, pouring record funding into robotics and advanced computing. -
Pope Leo XIV: Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) (May 15, 2026)
Humanity faces a choice: build a Babel of tech-driven power and uniformity, or rebuild a Jerusalem of shared, God-centered, communal life. Digital, AI, and private technological power reshape society, requiring dialogue, shared responsibility, regulation, and justice. -
NY Times: Spencer Pratt Wants to Be Mayor. His Fans Want Him to Be Batman. (May 27, 2026)
An AI-generated fan video recasts Spencer Pratt as Batman rescuing Los Angeles from Democrats, and went viral after Pratt reposted. The clip shows how generative AI can make polished political imagery without disclosure. -
Koen van Gilst: Notes from the AI Now Summit by Mistral (May 29, 2026)
Mistral is building a full AI stack—compute, models, platforms, consultancy—offering efficient, open, on‑prem models for European companies, with partnerships across industry. -
Rev. Robert A. Dowd: Statement from Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on the papal encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas:" (May 25, 2026)
Notre Dame commits mission, research, and teaching to advance this call, shape technology, and serve the common good. -
NY Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom to Sign Executive Order Aimed at A.I. Job Loss (May 21, 2026)
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to study labor changes for AI-driven job loss, including subsidies to keep workers, expanded retraining, and universal basic capital. -
First Things: Magnifica Humanitas Refounds Catholic Social Teaching (May 26, 2026)
Magnifica Humanitas combines theoretical framing with concrete guidance—action items, discernment criteria, and policy principles—to address technological and ideological challenges. -
The Verge: Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’ (May 26, 2026)
After burning its annual AI budget four months into 2026, Uber says rising token use for Claude Code hasn’t produced clearer, more useful features. With $3.4 billion R&D, it’s cutting hires to offset AI costs. -
WSJ: Companies Have a New AI Problem: Too Many Agents (May 15, 2026)
Companies face AI-agent sprawl as easy-to-create bots multiply, raising cybersecurity, cost, and management headaches for IT teams.