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Date: 2026-05-16
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The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry, according to a lengthy social media post from Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das. Das described San Francisco as “pretty frenetic right now,” as “the divide in outcomes is the worst I’ve ever seen.” Using a “back of the envelope AI calculation,” he projected that there are around…

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Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi regarding the establishment of the Inter-Dicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Rescriptum ex Audientia Sanctissimi The Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV, in the Audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 3 May 2026, with regard to - the development in recent decades of the phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence and the most recent acceleration in its widespread use; - its…

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Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work

ArXiv , a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers. Although papers are posted to the site before they are peer-reviewed, arXiv (pronounced “archive”) has become one of the main ways that research circulates in fields like computer science and math, and…

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Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to Bloomberg . The suit, filed by the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, claims that social media has disrupted learning and created a mental health crisis, straining budgets.

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Sony tries to explain that its AI Camera Assistant doesn’t suck

After Sony drew some unwanted attention for a post demonstrating its AI Camera Assistant on the Xperia 1 XIII , it’s trying to clarify how the feature works. The company says it doesn’t edit photos, but makes suggestions based on lighting, depth, and subject.

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OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy

OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman is officially taking the reins of the company’s product strategy, according to Wired . This seems to solidify an already-existing change, with Brockman overseeing OpenAI’s products on an interim basis while the company’s CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo is out on medical leave.

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Here are our favorite last-minute deals from REI’s giant Anniversary Sale

REI’s annual Anniversary Sale — the retailer’s biggest of the year — is still going strong , letting you save on all kinds of outdoor essentials. If you’ve got a camping trip coming up, now is a good time to stock up on the basics, whether it be a tent , sleeping pad , or stove .

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Turtle Beach made a good SteelSeries headset clone that’s $50 less

I really liked the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless , so the company didn’t have to say much to get me excited about its successor. The $399 Nova Pro Omni that came out on May 5th has a similar design to the 2022 model, but with some new and improved features — support for wireless hi-res audio (24-bit / 96kHz audio over 2.4GHz), better mic quality,…

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Mixtape is a musical portrait of teenage life

Playing Mixtape is like playing a video game version of a high school movie. Kids banter about the meaning of life and the theme songs that would play when they walk in a room.

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[AINews] Cerebras' $60B IPO: Slowly, then All at Once

We normally focus on technical stories, but occasional large fundraisings are noteworthy in themselves, and the Cerebras IPO (after one pulled S-1 and a fantastic 750MW partnership and $10-$20B stake/deal with OpenAI) this week, certainly qualifies as a growing theme supporting the Inference Inflection , just 6 months after the shock execuhire of Groq by…

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