19 May 2026
Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI founding member and inventor of ‘vibe coding,’ defects to Anthropic
Anthropic can’t seem to stop winning. After a string of blockbuster model releases, a new funding round reportedly in talks at a valuation approaching $1 trillion, and an annual run rate that’s nearly parabolic; it’s now hired one of OpenAI’s—its bitter competitor—most famous alumni.
19 May 2026
Meta shifts 7,000 workers into AI roles as layoffs, manager cuts loom
Meta is preparing a sweeping workforce overhaul tied to its aggressive artificial intelligence push, including plans to move thousands of employees into AI-focused roles while cutting managers and laying off workers this week.
19 May 2026
Rideable robot looks ready to stomp all over us
A towering rideable robot that walks with a person inside and smashes through bricks is the kind of thing that makes you look twice and ask, "Wait, are they really selling that?" That is exactly what Unitree is showing with the GD01, a manned, transformable robot built to carry a passenger and shift from a two-legged stance into a four-legged form.
19 May 2026
Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI leader
Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded OpenAI before getting poached by Tesla, announced on Tuesday that he's joining Anthropic.
19 May 2026
Will Nvidia Form the $6 Trillion Club on May 20?
Nvidia ( NVDA +0.72% ) is skyrocketing ahead of its highly anticipated first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call on May 20. At recent prices, the stock is up about 20% since the semiconductor giant reported its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 results. That's even after a 5.7% sell-off from Nvidia's all-time high closing price on May 14 to market close on May 18. With a market cap of $5.4…
19 May 2026
Musk sees 'widespread' Tesla Robotaxi presence in US. Here's what's needed
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated the company's Robotaxi service will be widespread in the United States by the end of the year. The autonomous ride-hailing service is currently operating in limited areas of Texas and California. Wider expansion of the service requires congressional approval to increase the number of self-driving cars allowed on the road.
19 May 2026
Tesla stock slumps over 3% to sink below $400: what happened?
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) continued to decline Tuesday, falling below the $400 mark as investors reassessed the company’s pricing strategy and broader growth outlook.
19 May 2026
Your Portfolio Isn’t Invested in the Right Kind of AI Unless You Hold This ETF
Hyperscaler AI budgets have to land somewhere. They land at the chip designers and at the one company whose tools make advanced chips physically possible. That is the entire thesis behind Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXQ), which tracks the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index and gives you concentrated exposure to the picks-and-shovels layer of artificial intelligence.
19 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch on a critical test flight no earlier than Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas, two days later than initially announced.
