23 May 2026
The end of free compute is the beginning of better engineering
I guess we all knew this day was coming. Here are two stories to illustrate what I mean. Tell me if you spot the pattern. Let’s start with Uber: Uber Technologies, Inc is learning the hard way that scaling AI isn’t just about speed—it’s about cost. Despite spending $3.4 billion on research and development, the company has already exhausted its planned AI budget just months into 2026. According to…
23 May 2026
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview Uncovers 10,000+ 0-Days in Project Glasswing
Anthropic has revealed the staggering initial results of Project Glasswing, a collaborative cybersecurity initiative designed to secure critical infrastructure using advanced AI before malicious actors can exploit it.
22 May 2026
WordPress 7.0 Ships AI Agent Infrastructure: API Key Theft Risk Surfaces on Launch Day
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong," released May 20, 2026, arrived without the real-time collaborative editing feature that had been its stated centerpiece for months — and within two days of launch, a security researcher was warning that the AI infrastructure it shipped in place of that feature has given hackers a new category of target: paid API credentials worth thousands of dollars now stored in…
22 May 2026
Inside the unlikely Vatican-Anthropic relationship that's reshaping the AI ethics debate
When news broke last week that Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical focused on artificial intelligence would be releasing on Monday (May 25), a wave of debate swept through Catholic and tech circles alike. According to Brian Green, it wasn’t the encyclical itself, which has been rumored for months, that sparked a “scattering of unease,” but details about how it will be unveiled: at an event, planned to…
22 May 2026
Project Glasswing: An initial update
Last month, we launched Project Glasswing, our collaborative effort to secure the world’s most critical software before increasingly capable AI models can be turned against it.
22 May 2026
Exclusive | Vatican taps 'atheist' Anthropic cofounder to speak at AI event as tensions with Trump White House rise
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence is slated for a Vatican event next week that will include Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah – a self-described “atheist” who has written snarky blog posts that criticized religions including Catholicism, The Post has learned.
22 May 2026
Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees
Firms today are pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to squeeze out the technology’s productivity gains. But that pressure is leading to cracks, and those cracks may be irreparable.
22 May 2026
xAI Releases Grok Skills and Updates Tool Calling Responses API
xAI has released Grok Skills together with enhancements to the Responses API for Grok 4.3 , enabling persistent custom expertise that the model retains across all conversations on the web platform, iOS app, and Android app.
22 May 2026
Claude too expensive? Report says Microsoft is cancelling licenses for internal use after rising cost
Microsoft is reportedly winding down most Claude Code licenses amid rising AI coding costs, even as the company discusses supplying its Maia AI chips to Anthropic.
