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15 May 2026

xAI commits $2.8B for gas turbines despite lawsuit over unpermitted data center generators

Elon Musk's xAI is doubling down on gas turbines with a $2.8 billion investment despite facing a lawsuit from the NAACP over operating 46 unpermitted turbines at its Mississippi data center. The company added 19 new turbines during ongoing litigation, while the Justice Department signals potential support for xAI, citing AI dominance as a national priority.

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Google launches Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent that works while you're away with deep Gmail integration

Google unveiled Gemini Spark at I/O 2026, a proactive AI agent that runs continuously in the cloud to manage emails, plan events, and automate daily tasks. Unlike traditional chatbots, this AI-powered personal assistant operates 24/7 with deep integration across Gmail and Google Workspace, giving Google a distinct advantage in the race to build compelling personal AI agents.

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Figma Q1 revenue surges 46% as AI credit system proves customers will pay for AI-powered design

Figma reported 46% revenue growth to $333.4 million in Q1 2026, accelerating from previous quarters. The design software company's stock jumped over 8% after enforcing AI credit limits in March, with more than 75% of high-tier users who exceeded free allocations continuing to purchase AI credits. The results suggest early traction in AI monetization despite competitive pressures from free tools like Google's Stitch.

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Thrive Capital bets $100M on Shopify's AI commerce strategy as stock trades 46% below peak

Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital has invested roughly $100 million in Shopify, framing the public-market bet as a wager on how AI will reshape commerce. The venture capital firm sees opportunity in the e-commerce platform's 40% stock decline this year, betting that AI-driven tools like agentic shopping will transform retail economics in ways the market hasn't yet priced in.

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Martha Stewart's AI startup Hint raises $10M to predict home repairs before they happen

Martha Stewart has co-founded Hint, an AI-powered home management platform that monitors properties for maintenance needs and repair risks before they escalate into emergencies. The startup raised $10 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures and plans to launch this summer, betting that AI can scale concierge-style home services by eliminating reliance on human labor.

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Infoblox and GoDaddy Back Open Standards for AI Agent Discovery and Verification

Infoblox and GoDaddy announced support for complementary open standards designed to help AI agents identify and verify one another across the internet. Infoblox is advancing DNS for AI Discovery (DNS-AID) while GoDaddy develops Agent Name Service (ANS), both built on existing DNS infrastructure to enable interoperability and prevent single-vendor control.

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Fiserv partners with OpenAI to deploy AI agents across banking workflows with agentOS

Fiserv has teamed up with OpenAI to bring frontier AI directly into banking platforms through a new operating system called agentOS. The collaboration aims to help financial institutions deploy and manage AI agents across their workflows while modernizing operations and strengthening cybersecurity without disrupting day-to-day activities.

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Wirestock raises $23M Series A to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs

Wirestock, which pivoted from a stock image platform to an AI training data provider, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Nava Ventures. The company now supplies images, videos, 3D content, and design assets to six major foundation model makers through a network of 700,000 artists and designers, reporting $40 million in annual run-rate revenue.

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Freshworks launches AI Agent Studio in Freshservice with no-code deployment and MCP Gateway

Freshworks unveiled Freddy AI Agent Studio at its annual Refresh conference, introducing a no-code environment for building custom AI agents in Freshservice. The platform includes Model Context Protocol Gateway for third-party integrations and AI Insights with Experience Level Agreements to measure service performance against employee sentiment.

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Indian AI warfare firm to manufacture Kaal Bhairava drone in Europe under Operation 777

Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace announces its first international manufacturing facility in Portugal for the Kaal Bhairava autonomous combat aircraft. The Bengaluru-based AI warfare company partners with SKETCHPIXEL LDA to produce India's first AI combat aircraft in a NATO member state, marking a shift in India's defence technology exports under the ambitious Operation 777 initiative.

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US China AI talks begin as superpowers agree to establish guardrails for powerful models

The United States and China have agreed to launch formal discussions on AI governance following the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the two AI superpowers will establish protocols to prevent non-state actors from accessing powerful AI models, marking the first official AI dialogue of Trump's second term despite ongoing competition for AI supremacy.

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14 May 2026

OpenAI Codex arrives on ChatGPT mobile app to let developers manage coding tasks remotely

OpenAI rolled out Codex access through the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS and Android, enabling developers to remotely control coding sessions running on their computers. The move comes as OpenAI intensifies competition with Anthropic's Claude Code, with over four million developers now using Codex weekly. Users can review outputs, approve commands, and manage workflows from their phones while files stay secure on their desktop machines.

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Graphon AI raises $8.3M to build pre-model intelligence layer solving enterprise data limits

Graphon AI emerged from stealth with $8.3 million in seed funding led by Novera Ventures to commercialize a mathematical framework that addresses how large language models struggle with enterprise-scale data. The startup's platform uses graphon functions to create persistent relational memory, allowing AI models to understand relationships across trillions of tokens without hitting context window limits.

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Ontario Audit Reveals AI Medical Scribes Hallucinate Patient Info, Miss Critical Health Details

An Ontario audit found all 20 government-approved AI medical scribes generated incorrect or fabricated information during testing. Nine systems hallucinated nonexistent patient details, 12 recorded wrong medication names, and 17 missed mental health issues—raising serious concerns about patient safety despite 5,000 doctors already using these tools.

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Netflix launches INKubator studio to produce animated shorts with generative AI

Netflix is building INKubator, a new internal studio dedicated to creating short-form animated content using generative AI. The streamer is hiring producers, software engineers, and CG artists for what job listings describe as a next-generation animation studio. While starting with shorts and specials, the studio has ambitions to expand into longer-form content, potentially feeding Netflix's TikTok-style Clips feature and kids' programming.

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