Teradata launches its Autonomous Knowledge platform, a centralized hub tackling the persistent enterprise data chaos that has blocked AI deployment at scale for nearly four years by cleaning, structuring, and governing live data to power reliable agentic AI solutions.
Apple's camera-equipped AirPods enter near-final testing, featuring low-resolution cameras that act as Siri's eyes for visual AI tasks like object identification and navigation, with a 2026 launch now back on track after early delays tied to Siri's AI overhaul.
AWS launches 'Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments,' enabling AI agents to autonomously execute USDC stablecoin transactions through partnerships with Coinbase and Stripe, marking a major Big Tech push into the emerging agentic economy.
22-year-old founder Kabir Nagrecha raises $60M from Andreessen Horowitz, valuing his startup Tessera Labs at $320M, as its AI agents slash enterprise IT migration timelines from 10 months to weeks, saving Fortune 500 clients over $100M annually and threatening to disrupt the $1.4 trillion IT consulting industry dominated by giants …
Google is relaunching the Fitbit app as Google Health on May 19, featuring a redesigned interface and an AI-powered coaching tool built with Gemini that delivers personalized fitness, sleep, and medical insights — with existing users automatically transitioned and Google reaffirming it will never use health data for ads.
The Pentagon awards Meta-backed Scale AI a massive $500 million contract to power military decision-making with artificial intelligence, a five-fold jump from its previous $100 million deal, as the US military rapidly expands its AI capabilities beyond the limits of its original agreement.
Mozilla leverages AI models, including Claude Mythos Preview, to uncover 271 hidden Firefox security bugs—including sandbox escapes and decades-old vulnerabilities—using a parallelized agentic pipeline that dramatically cuts false positives, and is now urging all developers to adopt similar AI-driven security practices immediately.
AI is colliding with hard physical and geopolitical limits as chip shortages loom for up to five years, energy demands push Google toward space-based data centers, and nations resist foreign-controlled autonomous systems, while startups like Logical Intelligence challenge the dominance of large language models with leaner, physics-driven alternatives.
Google launches its AI-powered Health Coach globally on May 19, offering personalized 24/7 fitness, sleep, nutrition, and medical insights through a Gemini-powered subscription for just $9.99 per month.
U.S. job cuts surge 38% in April 2026 to 83,387 as AI drives nearly 21,500 layoffs for the second straight month, while employer hiring plans collapse 69% to just over 10,000 announced positions amid deepening economic uncertainty.