Meta bought ARI, a robotics AI startup, and folded it into Superintelligence Labs. The goal: be the platform every humanoid manufacturer needs.

Founders Fund's $6B fund replaces a $4.6B predecessor spent in under a year. Average check: $600M. Portfolio: Anthropic, Anduril, SpaceX, OpenAI.

Seven companies now operate AI on classified Pentagon networks under "lawful operational use" terms. Anthropic, which refused to drop its safety limits, was replaced.

US debt hits 100% of GDP for the first time since WWII. Interest payments top $1 trillion. Big Tech's AI capex tops $690B. Both are financed with debt from the same pool.

NYBCe and CZ Biohub will derive iPSC lines from cord blood's immune cells, creating shared, broadly compatible resources for cell therapy, disease modelling, and AI-driven drug development.

From insurance to budgeting and shared expenses, these apps help renters simplify apartment living and stay organized.

OpenAI-backed 1X has opened a factory in Hayward, California to produce 10,000 NEO home humanoid robots in year one, scaling to 100,000+ by the end of 2027.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman said AI is now writing roughly 80% of the company’s code at Sequoia’s AI Ascent 2026.

Kenyan workers lost their jobs after telling journalists they saw users having sex and undressing through Meta smart glasses footage. Regulators and lawyers responded.

Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees on Thursday that the May 20 layoffs are driven by AI capital spending rather than AI productivity gains.

Over 241 news sites are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to prevent AI companies from using archived content for training.

RSF's 2026 index records the worst press freedom in 25 years. Over half of all countries are rated difficult or worse. The report names Meta, X, and AI-driven disinformation as structural causes.