GitHub slashes AI token costs by up to 79% using two new daily automation tools — a Token Usage Auditor and Token Optimizer — that identify inefficiencies and streamline agentic workflows across production repositories.
A new open-source engine called ds4.c launches Metal-only local inference for DeepSeek V4 Flash on Apple Silicon Macs, featuring 2-bit quantization, disk KV cache persistence, and a 1-million-token context window — making powerful AI inference possible on MacBooks and Mac Studios with 128GB or more of RAM.
Spotify launches a new CLI tool called 'Save to Spotify' that lets AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex save AI-generated audio directly to a user's personal podcast library, enabling private, personalized briefings to live seamlessly alongside regular podcast subscriptions across all devices.
Security researchers expose over 5,000 unsecured AI-built apps leaking sensitive real-world data — including hospital records and financial documents — as AI coding platforms deflect responsibility, leaving non-technical users unknowingly exposing critical information to the public.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NVIDIA, alongside AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI, unveils a groundbreaking open RDMA transport protocol called Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC), designed to revolutionize gigascale AI networking by distributing traffic across multiple paths for faster, more resilient large-scale AI training clusters.
Alphabet is pursuing mass AI licensing deals with private equity giants Blackstone, KKR, and EQT, betting enterprise AI adoption is a platform problem, while rivals OpenAI and Anthropic launch hands-on service ventures embedding engineers directly inside client organizations.