Microsoft launches seven in-house MAI models to ease its OpenAI reliance
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Microsoft unveiled seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, held on June 2 at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
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Pentagon AI Deals Show the Next Fight Is Control, Not Just Model Quality
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One of the most sensitive fronts in AI is moving into defense. Defense News and The Guardian reported that the US Department of Defense signed contracts with companies…
Discord Makes End-to-End Encryption the Default for Voice and Video Calls
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Discord has made end-to-end encryption, or E2EE, the default for voice and video calls.
Google Search AI Agents Turn Search Into a Background Research Tool
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Google Search is moving further away from the old pattern of “type a query, click a link.” TechCrunch and Ars Technica both covered Google I/O 2026 announcements around…
Google's Offline AI Dictation App Moves Voice Input Beyond the Cloud
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Google's Google AI Edge Eloquent looks small on the surface, but it says a lot about where productivity tools are going.
SenseTime U1 Shows How Chinese AI Is Competing on Speed and Chip Fit
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SenseTime's U1 image model should be read as more than a new image generator.
GPT-5.5 Instant Launches: 52% Fewer Hallucinations in Medicine, Law, and Finance
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On May 5, OpenAI replaced ChatGPT's default model with GPT-5.5 Instant.
Google I/O 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash Drops and the 'Agentic Era' Begins
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At the Google I/O 2026 keynote in Mountain View on May 20, Sundar Pichai delivered the line everyone is quoting: “We are firmly in our agentic Gemini era.” It read less…
ChatGPT Now Lives in Excel and Google Sheets: Global Launch
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If you live in spreadsheets, this is the biggest workflow change of the month. ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets went globally generally available on May 5.
Apple WWDC 2026 Keynote Set for June 8: Siri 2.0, Gemini and Claude Integration
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Apple has officially set the WWDC 2026 keynote for June 8 (local time). The center of gravity this year is unmistakably Siri 2.0.
Meta Cuts 8,000, Intuit 3,000: The 'Real AI Era' Hits Headcount
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Big Tech layoffs have entered a new phase. May alone brought 8,000 cuts at Meta and 3,000 (17%) at Intuit.