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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Sing Tao Daily reports that Uber has acquired Hong Kong’s Fly Taxi. The deal, if confirmed, removes the main alternative metered-taxi-hailing app from the market.

Reddit reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $663m (+69% YoY), beat estimates across every line, raised Q2 guidance above consensus.

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