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A profile of California Rep. Ro Khanna, who spent years cheering on the tech industry and now supports a 5% billionaire wealth tax and stricter AI regulations (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-14 Tax AI California

Apple files an EU submission criticizing draft DMA measures that would require Google to give competing AI services access to Android apps, citing privacy risks (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-13 Android Google AI Apple

Analysis: 25% of the 13,000 US federal lobbyists are involved in AI issues, up from 11% in 2023; OpenAI plans to host the opening of its DC office on Wednesday (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-13 AI

Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, powered by Alexa+, on Amazon.com and its app for all customers in the US (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-13 Amazon AI

Analysis: a16z is the largest known donor in the current US midterm election cycle, spending $115M+ so far on pro-crypto, pro-AI, or Republican Super PACs (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-13 AI Republican

Analysis: a16z is the largest known donor in the current US midterm election cycle, spending $115M+ so far on pro-crypto, pro-AI, and Republican Super PACs (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-13 AI Republican

Analysts: China's AI hardware suppliers face capacity constraints and component shortages, including optical and electronic chips, that may limit 2026 growth (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-13 China AI

Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$35.8B, below ~$36.3B est., and net income up ~100% to ~$3.7B, in part due to investments, as it seeks to monetize AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-13 Alibaba AI 4Q

Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$28.9B, below ~$29.4B est., and net income of ~$8.5B, meeting est., amid a costly AI pivot; its stock is down 23% YTD (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-13 AI Tencent

The Facebook House in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg's former residence, has become a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley's AI boom (restofworld.org)
2026-5-13 China Facebook AI Zuckerberg

An analysis of Tokenomist.ai data: Trump family members made ~$1.55B from sales of World Liberty Financial's WLFI tokens, lifting their total fortune by ~$660M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-13 Trump AI

Analysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spread to Europe, boosting stocks like STMicro and Nokia as investors seek the AI boom's pick-and-shovel stocks (www.ft.com)
2026-5-13 Europe Asia AI Nokia

China's CSI AI Index, which tracks AI supply chain companies, is up 28%+ YTD, while HK's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Alibaba and Tencent, is down 8% (www.ft.com)
2026-5-13 China Alibaba AI Tencent

Metis TechBio, a biotech company using AI to deliver and formulate drugs, surged as much as 185% in its Hong Kong market debut after raising ~$270M in its IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-13 Hong Kong IPO AI Biotech

Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative (sources.news)
2026-5-13 AI

The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-13 AI Medicare

Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating (www.wsj.com)
2026-5-13 AI

South Korea Floats 'Citizen Dividend' Using AI Profits (slashdot.org)
2026-5-13 Korea AI

Meta schedules its annual Connect event for September 23-24 and says the event will focus on “the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI” (www.roadtovr.com)
2026-5-13 VR AI

Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron 3.61% (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-13 Intel AI

Amazon Employees Are 'Tokenmaxxing' Due To Pressure To Use AI Tools (slashdot.org)
2026-5-13 Amazon AI

Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a month while it discusses commitments with EU antitrust regulators to address their concerns (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-13 AI chatbot WhatsApp

Microsoft's $1 Billion AI Data Center Will 'Switch Off Half of Kenya' (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-13 Microsoft AI

Google says it is hiring a team of “forward deployed engineers”, a source says in the hundreds, to help customers use its business-focused AI products (www.theinformation.com)
2026-5-13 Google AI

Permalink to AI Is Generating More Tests. But Are They Preventing the Next Cloud Outage? (sdtimes.com)
2026-5-13 Cloud AI

Permalink to Your AI Doesn't Know What “Revenue” Means. That's a Bigger Problem Than You Think. (sdtimes.com)
2026-5-13 AI

Permalink to May 8, 2026: AI updates from the past week — Coder Agents Launch, Snyk-Claude partnership, Opsera-Cursor partnership, and more (sdtimes.com)
2026-5-13 AI

Nonprofit RSL Media announces the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for use of people's work or likeness, backed by George Clooney and others (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-13 AI

Threads is testing a Meta AI integration similar to X's Grok, letting users mention Meta AI in a post or a reply to get more context, in five countries (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-13 AI

Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-13 Google AI

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