A 2024 paper claiming to prove — via complexity theory — that machine learning cannot achieve human-level performance has been shown to be irreparably broken. The rebuttal paper is now published in the same journal, Computational Brain & Behavior.
Republican lawmakers are investigating Sam Altman's personal business dealings for potential conflicts of interest as OpenAI moves toward an IPO. The scrutiny adds political risk to OpenAI's planned public offering.
A Bitcoin trader recovered a wallet worth approximately $400,000 with Claude AI's assistance after forgetting the password set while intoxicated 11 years ago. The AI systematically narrowed down password combinations using the trader's fragmented memories and behavioral patterns.
Anthropic released Claude for Small Business, integrating Claude into QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 with 15 automated workflows covering finance, sales, HR, and operations.
Defense AI startup Anduril Industries raised $5B in a Series H co-led by Thrive Capital and a16z, doubling its valuation to $61B. The company doubled revenue to $2.2B in 2025 and will fund Arsenal-1 manufacturing expansion and Lattice platform advancement.
Anthropic has published an audiobook version of the Claude Constitution, narrated by the researchers and authors who wrote it, making AI transparency more accessible to a broader audience.
Grok has expanded its Connectors feature to all subscription tiers, enabling every user to integrate email, calendar, presentation tools, and Notion directly into their AI workflows.
xAI has launched Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0, a voice agent optimized for enterprise customer support scenarios, emphasizing low-latency responses and natural conversation flow.
OpenAI has added three new voice models with reasoning capabilities to the Realtime API, enabling developers to build low-latency voice applications powered by GPT-5-class intelligence.
The UK-based AI startup founded by former OpenAI, DeepMind, and Meta researchers raised $650M at a $4.65B valuation to build recursively self-improving AI systems, backed by NVIDIA and GV.
Google DeepMind on May 12 unveiled Magic Pointer, a Gemini-powered AI cursor that reads visual and semantic context around the pointer to provide instant help without opening a separate AI chat window.
OpenAI on May 11 spun up OpenAI Deployment Company with $4 billion in initial funding and 19 global partners. The majority-owned subsidiary embeds Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprises to redesign workflows around frontier AI.