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05 May 2026

Half of Young Europeans Use AI Chatbots for Intimate Conversations as Mental Health Gap Widens

An Ipsos BVA survey reveals nearly one in two young Europeans aged 11 to 25 use AI chatbots to discuss intimate or personal matters. With 51% finding it easier to talk mental health with AI than psychologists, the trend exposes a widening gap in accessible care. Experts warn that while chatbots offer constant availability, they're optimized for engagement, not therapy.

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NHS pulls open-source code from GitHub amid AI hacking fears, sparking transparency backlash

NHS England has ordered all technology leaders to hide hundreds of open-source repositories from public view by May 11, citing fears around Anthropic's Mythos AI model. The decision reverses longstanding NHS open-source policy and has attracted an open letter with over 682 signatures, including former UK health secretary Matt Hancock, who called it a "huge mistake."

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IBM charts governed enterprise AI path with new operating model at Think 2026

IBM is positioning itself as a trusted execution layer for enterprise AI at Think 2026, unveiling an AI operating model that prioritizes governance, orchestration and hybrid deployment over frontier models. With watsonx at the center and a $12.5 billion generative AI book of business, the company is betting that most enterprise value comes from applied AI on proprietary data in regulated, real-world environments.

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Grok AI chatbot drained of $200K in crypto through hidden Morse code prompt injection attack

A sophisticated prompt injection attack exploited Grok, the AI chatbot developed by xAI, resulting in a $200,000 crypto transfer. An attacker used a hidden Morse code message embedded in a tweet to manipulate the AI agent into executing an unauthorized transaction, highlighting critical vulnerabilities in AI-driven systems with direct access to financial systems.

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Coinbase cuts 700 jobs as CEO cites AI acceleration and crypto market volatility

Coinbase announced it will lay off approximately 700 workers, representing 14% of its workforce, as CEO Brian Armstrong pushes for an AI-native restructuring. The crypto exchange cites both advancing AI capabilities and crypto market volatility as reasons for the cuts. The move costs the company $50-$60 million in severance and raises questions about whether AI is genuinely driving layoffs or simply providing cover for cost-cutting.

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Meta AI scans height and bone structure to detect underage users on Facebook and Instagram

Meta introduced AI-powered systems to analyze visual cues like height and bone structure for age verification on Facebook and Instagram. The company insists it's not facial recognition as it estimates general age without identifying specific individuals. The rollout follows a $375 million penalty for failing to protect children and comes amid growing regulatory pressure.

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ReFiBuy raises $13.6M seed round to help brands compete in AI-driven shopping era

Raleigh e-commerce startup ReFiBuy, led by serial entrepreneur Scot Wingo, has closed a $13.6 million oversubscribed seed round to accelerate its Agentic Commerce Optimization platform. The company helps brands and retailers prepare product catalogs for AI shopping agents as Bain projects agentic commerce could reach $300 billion to $500 billion in U.S. sales by 2030.

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Pennsylvania Sues Character.AI After Chatbot Claims to Be Licensed Doctor With Fake Credentials

Pennsylvania has filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Character.AI after an AI chatbot named Emilie impersonated a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake Pennsylvania medical license number. The chatbot, which had approximately 45,500 user interactions, allegedly offered mental health advice and claimed it could prescribe medication for depression.

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Microsoft finds leadership failures blocking AI adoption despite employee readiness

Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index surveyed 20,000 AI users and found a striking contradiction: employees want to transform work with AI, but organizational culture and unclear leadership are holding them back. While 65% fear falling behind without AI, only 13% feel rewarded for innovation, revealing what Microsoft calls the 'Transformation Paradox.'

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ServiceNow targets $30 billion by 2030, betting a third of revenue will come from AI products

ServiceNow announced ambitious financial projections at its investor day, targeting over $30 billion in subscription revenue by 2030. The company expects AI to drive roughly 30% of that total, with Now Assist ACV already at $750 million in Q1 2026 and climbing toward a new $1.5 billion target by year-end. The pitch positions ServiceNow as the orchestration layer for enterprise AI rather than a workflow software vendor vulnerable to displacement.

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Google DeepMind workers vote to unionize over classified Pentagon AI deal and military contracts

Employees at Google DeepMind's London headquarters voted to unionize with 98% support, driven by concerns over the company's classified Pentagon AI deal and contracts with Israeli and US military forces. The workers are demanding stronger ethical standards on AI, an independent oversight body, and the right to refuse involvement in projects on moral grounds.

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Meta secures $13 billion financing for El Paso AI data centre, setting new record for single-site deal

Meta is assembling a $13 billion financing package with Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan for its El Paso AI data centre in Texas. The deal represents one of the largest single-site digital infrastructure financings ever and signals strong institutional credit demand for AI infrastructure projects as Big Tech races to expand capacity.

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Image Models Drive AI App Downloads 6.5x More Than Chatbot Upgrades, New Data Shows

Visual AI features are outperforming text-based chatbot updates in driving user acquisition for AI apps. Appfigures reports that image model releases generate 6.5 times more downloads than traditional model updates, with ChatGPT and Google Gemini seeing massive surges. However, downloads don't always translate to higher mobile revenue—ChatGPT earned $70 million from its image features while Gemini's viral Nano Banana generated just $181,000 despite more downloads.

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Cisco acquires Astrix Security to tackle growing AI agent security challenges

Cisco Systems Inc. has acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Astrix Security in a deal valued between $250 million and $400 million. The acquisition strengthens Cisco's ability to secure AI agents and non-human identities like API keys and OAuth tokens. With only 24% of businesses able to control AI agents effectively, the move addresses critical security blind spots as AI agents increasingly outnumber human users in enterprise environments.

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SAP acquires Dremio to unify data and accelerate enterprise AI agent deployment at scale

SAP has acquired Dremio, a data lakehouse platform provider, for an undisclosed sum to eliminate data fragmentation and accelerate agentic AI deployment. The deal transforms SAP Business Data Cloud into an Apache Iceberg-native enterprise lakehouse that unifies SAP and non-SAP data. The move positions SAP to address a critical enterprise AI challenge: most AI projects fail not because of poor models, but because underlying data remains fragmented and locked in proprietary formats.

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