05 May 2026
OpenAI co-founder says he feared Musk would ‘physically attack’ him
Greg Brockman, a co-founder of OpenAI, testified Tuesday that he feared Elon Musk would "physically attack" him during a heated 2017 meeting where Musk opposed equal equity shares in a proposed for-profit OpenAI arm.
05 May 2026
Even Laying Off 100% of Its Workers Won't Recoup This Company's AI Costs
Meta Platforms (META) has been making headlines for the wrong reasons. Last month, news broke that the company is planning to lay off about 10% of its workers on May 20. And according to Reuters, additional Meta job cuts are possible during the second half of the year.
05 May 2026
AMD tops estimates for first quarter as data center revenue jumps 57%
Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that topped expectations, while the company's revenue forecast also exceeded estimates as demand soars for chips to power artificial intelligence workloads.
05 May 2026
Naples author, others sue Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
A Naples best-selling author has joined five publishers in suing Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook. Scott Turow, author of thrillers like "Presumed Innocent," and others filed the class-action suit May 5 in New York federal court.
05 May 2026
Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military
Workers developing Google’s artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week.
05 May 2026
Workers are training AI and robots to replace them. It could end badly
In a factory in Bangalore, workers sit at sewing machines with cameras strapped to their heads. On the other side of the world, workers in a Californian office carry out their jobs under the constant surveillance of software that tracks every click, keystroke and mouse movement that they make at their computers.
03 May 2026
Markets Brief: We’re Already Living in an AI-Driven Economy
Earnings will continue to take center stage this week, but many of the market’s big dogs reported last week. As first-quarter earnings roll in, a clear trend is that the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout continues full steam ahead, and the impact is being felt across the economy.
02 May 2026
Missed Advanced Micro Devices' Big Move? Here's Why It's Still a Buy
Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) stock has rocketed up by about 75% in the last month. It's natural to think you've missed the opportunity, but based on the company's long-term financial outlook, it's not expensive.
02 May 2026
Universities face funding threat as lawmakers target schools with ties to adversarial nations
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to crack down on foreign influence in American education by targeting universities’ financial ties to adversarial nations. The package would ban federal funding to colleges that operate branch campuses in adversarial countries or accept research funding for sensitive fields like artificial intelligence, biotech, and quantum computing.
