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.
Eva Roytburg
2026
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.
@foxbusiness, Bradford Betz
2026
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.
Ashley Capoot, Lora Kolodny
2026
19 May 2026
Musk and Altman take their battle from court to Wall Street ahead of landmark IPOs
Elon Musk arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday, ending one round in the fight between the former friends and co-founders, and setting the stage for an even bigger battle as the billionaires gear up to lead potentially record-setting…
Ashley Capoot, Lora Kolodny
2026
19 May 2026
Blackstone to invest $5 billion in AI infrastructure venture with Google, powered by TPU chips
Blackstone, the world's largest private owner of data centers, will invest $5 billion in equity capital in a new artificial intelligence infrastructure company with Google, the New York-based asset management firm announced Monday.
Matthew Chin
2026
18 May 2026
Google I/O primer: Alphabet's AI showcase is its chance to wow Wall Street
Alphabet 's stock is up 140% over the past year, with a cloud business that is growing faster than Amazon's and Microsoft's . But 18 months ago, the Google parent looked like it had spent a decade preparing for the artificial intelligence era, only to watch OpenAI define the market. Now, Wall Street is valuing Alphabet like one of the few companies positioned to profit from every layer of the…
MacKenzie Sigalos
2026
18 May 2026
Communities are blocking billions in data centers. Big Tech has wagered $1 trillion otherwise
The town of Saline, Michigan, didn’t want a $16 billion data center in its backyard. Residents voted against it. Weeks later, as Fortune ‘s Sharon Goldman reported , construction began anyway.
Nick Lichtenberg
2026
18 May 2026
AI anger comes for Claude (Monet)
Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Thousands of people on X just confidently explained why an AI-generated image was inferior to a real Monet. Just one problem: It WAS a real Monet. Conceptual artist SHL0MS’ latest experiment says less about AI art and more about the reflexive hostility baked into the tech, with critics lining up to trash an artwork the moment they thought a machine…
Zach Mink
2026
17 May 2026
Nvidia vs. Cerebras: Better AI Stock to Buy Now
Nvidia ( NVDA +0.64% ) has been the "go-to" artificial intelligence (AI) stock since the start of this technology revolution. Why? Because the company offers the most powerful chips that fuel the most essential of AI operations, such as training models and guiding them through their work. Other chip designers -- market giants such as Advanced Micro Devices and Intel -- also are benefiting from…
Adria Cimino, ADRIA J. CIMINO
2026
