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May 5, 2026 · 2 min

OpenAI partners with PwC to build AI agents for finance teams

The collaboration targets CFO workflows with automated forecasting and controls, but details on capabilities remain thin.

Incremental
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Gemini API adds webhooks to end polling for long-running jobs

Google's new event-driven webhooks push job completion notifications to developers instead of requiring continuous polling for batch operations.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 3 min

Musk admits xAI distills OpenAI models during trial testimony

Elon Musk testified that his AI company distills OpenAI's models to train its own, while suing OpenAI for allegedly breaking its nonprofit mission.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

AI agents will mediate voting and civic action within two years

Personal AI assistants will soon research candidates, draft communications, and lobby on users' behalf, fundamentally changing how citizens interact with democracy.

Overhyped
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

GameStop offers $56B for eBay without clear financing plan

The meme-stock retailer wants to buy a company four times its size, proposing to turn stores into authentication hubs and livestream studios.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

OpenAI president's own journal entries bolster Musk's lawsuit

Greg Brockman's 2017 writings show internal debates about converting the nonprofit to for-profit status, potentially supporting Elon Musk's charity theft claims.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Google DeepMind staff vote to unionize over military AI contracts

London workers demand right to refuse projects violating ethical standards as Google expands Pentagon partnerships.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Meta scans photos for bone structure to block kids under 13

Facebook and Instagram deploy AI to analyze height and bone structure in user photos, expanding age detection beyond account data to visual cues.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Sierra raises $950M at $15B valuation for AI customer agents

Bret Taylor's startup claims 40% of Fortune 50 as customers while burning through enterprise AI budgets industrywide.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Musk expert witness warns AGI race threatens AI safety controls

Berkeley professor Stuart Russell testified that competition for artificial general intelligence creates tension between speed and safety measures.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Image AI models pull 6.5x more downloads than text updates

Appfigures data shows visual AI features drive downloads but most fail to convert that spike into subscription revenue.

Verified
May 5, 2026 · 2 min

Cerebras targets $26.6B IPO with OpenAI as major customer and creditor

AI chipmaker files for $3.5B offering backed by $1B OpenAI loan and $10B+ supply deal, with Sam Altman and other OpenAI execs as early investors.