Trump delayed an executive order that would require pre-release government security reviews of AI models, stating he did not want language that could impede U.S. competitive leadership in AI.
ArXiv's computer science section chair Thomas Dietterich announced a policy ban for authors submitting papers with incontrovertible signs of unverified LLM use, such as hallucinated references or visible AI conversations.
Elon Musk testified in a California federal courtroom that xAI used model distillation with OpenAI's models to improve Grok, answering "partly" when directly asked about the practice.
Elon Musk began testimony in a California federal court trial he filed against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman, along with Microsoft and OpenAI as co-defendants.
OpenAI announced it has achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization status, a compliance credential required for federal agencies to use cloud services. The authorization covers both ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API. FedRAMP Moderate represents a specific security and risk management baseline established by federal standards.
OpenAI and Microsoft announced an amended partnership agreement
Meta is laying off approximately 10 percent of its workforce—roughly 8,000 employees—with notifications scheduled for May 20th, 2026.
Meta is deploying software called the Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on U.S. employee computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screen snapshots for training AI agents.
IBM chief HR officer Nickle LaMoreaux announced at Charter's Leading With AI Summit that the company plans to triple entry-level hiring this year, a move she characterized as 'provocative' given prevailing assumptions about AI workforce displacement
Allbirds, which sold its sneaker business for $39 million in March, rebranded as NewBird AI and announced $50 million in unnamed investor financing for GPU capacity, causing its stock to jump over 300%.
NVIDIA's Graduate Fellowship Program, in its 25th year, is accepting applications worldwide for doctoral students working in AI, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, computer graphics, robotics, and related fields.
John Ternus is succeeding Tim Cook as Apple CEO, with Cook remaining as executive chairman. The company faces multiple active antitrust disputes, including a DOJ case filed in March 2024 over smartphone market dominance, Epic Games litigation over App Store practices, and a potential $38 billion fine in India.
Narayanan and Kapoor argue the causal chain between AI capability increases and societal impact contains multiple leverage points for shaping outcomes, suggesting policy focus should shift from capability speed to deployment stage management.
Researchers argue that despite AI's technical progress in legal domains (GPT-4 passing the bar exam), the profession's regulatory structure, adversarial nature, and reliance on human judgment will prevent cost reduction unless institutional reforms occur.
Canada released its first Federal AI Register in November 2025 as a transparency measure. Researchers analyzed all 409 systems using the ADMAPS framework, a structured methodology for evaluating government algorithms. The analysis found 86% of systems are deployed internally for operational efficiency rather than public-facing services. The Register's design choices—emphasizing technical specifications over sociotechnical context—systematically obscure how human judgment, training, and uncertai…
Sam Altman published a post calling for de-escalation of AI rhetoric following violent incidents targeting him and an Indianapolis city councilor who supported a data center project.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Friday, with both parties describing the discussion as productive and constructive.