07 May 2026
The More Gen Z Uses AI, the More They Hate It
Artificial intelligence was sold as a shortcut to creativity, productivity, and opportunity. Especially for young people, who tend to be more savvy and embracing of new technologies, AI was supposed to be a great asset. But increasingly, data is showing the more young people use this technology, the more they dislike it.
07 May 2026
Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.
07 May 2026
Anthropic’s Amodei: We could grow 80x this year
xWe knew Claude Code was driving crazy growth at Anthropic, but it may be much more than the company is expecting. Speaking at the company’s developer conference yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said...
07 May 2026
Tech Companies Are Freaking Out About RAMageddon
If you've listened to the executives of big tech companies over the last couple of weeks, you wouldn't be wrong in thinking that the second half of 2026 is gonna hurt thanks to the competing demands for the facilities that manufacture components for consumer laptops, smartphones, external storage devices, gaming consoles and more.
07 May 2026
Project Helix Will “Lean Heavily” Into Zstandard to Directly Stream Assets From the SSD
Xbox has some pretty big ambitions for Project Helix, its next-generation console. While ray tracing, machine learning Multi Frame Generation, and neural rendering all sound impressive, memory and storage constraints could prove a bottleneck.
07 May 2026
Europe defense autonomy is in reach at €50 billion a year: German experts
PARIS — European sovereignty in defense and security is within reach and would require investing around €50 billion (US$59 billion) a year for the next decade, according to a paper by five prominent German defense investors, experts and industry executives.
07 May 2026
OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk's children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
Shivon Zilis, former board member of OpenAI Inc., arrives at the federal court in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The high-stakes trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will conclude its second week of proceedings on Thursday.
07 May 2026
Japan Airlines Will Test Robot Ground Crew At Tokyo Haneda Airport
Japan Airlines is preparing to test humanoid robots in airport ground operations as the carrier explores new ways to support workers at busy Japanese airports.
07 May 2026
Milken crowd warns of populism’s poison
Good Thursday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we cover the White House’s new counterterrorism strategy targeting the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and Islamic State elements in Africa, and report on Rep. Nancy...
