Researchers from Calif teamed with Anthropic's Mythos Preview to develop the first public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit bypassing Apple M5's Memory Integrity Enforcement — in just five days. Apple spent five years building what they broke in a week.
Anthropic published a research paper outlining two possible futures for global AI leadership by 2028, framing the stakes around US-China chip competition and export controls rather than traditional AGI safety concerns.
arXiv has begun enforcing a one-year submission ban on authors whose papers contain incontrovertible evidence of unchecked LLM-generated errors such as hallucinated references. The policy marks a firm institutional stance on AI-assisted academic dishonesty.
At the Android Show on May 12, Google unveiled Googlebook, a new laptop category built around Gemini Intelligence. Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are manufacturing partners. Key features include Magic Pointer (Gemini-powered AI cursor) and vibe-coded custom widgets. Devices launch fall 2026.
Anthropic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a four-year, $200 million partnership to deploy AI solutions for global health and education challenges.
OpenAI announced its EU Cyber Action Plan on May 11, granting vetted European security teams access to GPT-5.5-Cyber. UK AISI testing found GPT-5.5 scores 71.4% on expert cyber tasks, edging Mythos at 68.6%.
Google announced Gemini Intelligence on May 12 at the Android Show: I/O Edition. Starting on Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 this summer, it enables multi-step task automation across apps, custom widget creation, and voice-to-text message polishing.
Anthropic has committed $200 million over four years with the Gates Foundation to bring AI-powered health tools, tutoring, and agricultural support to underserved populations worldwide.
Google DeepMind has unveiled an experimental project to redesign the mouse cursor with AI — the first major rethinking of the pointer in over 50 years. Powered by Gemini, the AI-enabled pointer understands screen context and acts on voice and gesture commands.
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.