May 7, 2026

Headlines

• № 01 · The Guardian

  ‘Your craft is obsolete’: WiseTech staff in limbo as AI touted as better than humans

  WiseTech has announced 2,000 job cuts while promoting AI as superior to human workers, leaving staff uncertain about which roles will be eliminated after nearly three months of waiting.

• № 02 · The Guardian

  Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial

  Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and mother of four of Elon Musk's children, testified in the OpenAI trial after serving on the company's board from 2020 to 2023.

• № 03 · TechCrunch

  How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman

  Greg Brockman has provided rare public details about the cutthroat negotiations that led to Elon Musk's departure from OpenAI, the company he helped found.

• № 04 · The Verge

  Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

  Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, claiming the company abandoned its mission to develop AI for humanity in favor of maximizing profits, in a trial that could reshape the AI industry.

• № 05 · MIT Tech Review

  Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

  The first week of the Musk v. Altman trial in Oakland featured testimony from two of the most powerful figures in artificial intelligence facing off in court.

• № 06 · MIT Tech Review

  Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models

  During the trial's opening week, Elon Musk testified that he was deceived into funding OpenAI and warned that AI could destroy humanity while admitting xAI uses OpenAI's models.

• № 07 · The New York Times

  Elon Musk’s Confidante Shivon Zilis Is Cast as His Inside Source at OpenAI

  Shivon Zilis, who worked closely with Elon Musk while serving on OpenAI's board, was presented as his inside source during testimony in the landmark trial.

• № 08 · Financial Times

  Musk tried to recruit Altman for role at Tesla before falling out at OpenAI

  Testimony from Shivon Zilis revealed that Elon Musk attempted to recruit Sam Altman for a Tesla role before their relationship deteriorated over OpenAI's direction.

• № 09 · The Verge

  Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words

  Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied about safety standards for a new AI model and bypassed the company's safety review process.

• № 10 · MIT Tech Review

  The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

  The first week of the Musk v. Altman trial showcased the conflict between two of AI's most influential figures as the case unfolds in federal court.

• № 11 · The New York Times

  Elon Musk’s Lawyers Ask OpenAI’s President Why He Is Worth $30 Billion

  Musk's lawyers questioned OpenAI president Greg Brockman about his $30 billion net worth, implying he was motivated by greed rather than building safe AI.

• № 12 · VentureBeat

  Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

  Salesforce launched a rebuilt Slackbot AI agent that can search enterprise data, draft documents, and take actions on behalf of employees in workplace settings.

• № 13 · Fast Company

  AI data center boom squeezes consumer tech’s chip supply, even though they use different chips

  Chip manufacturing operates as a layered oligopoly rather than a competitive market, causing AI data center demand to squeeze consumer tech's chip supply.

• № 14 · The New York Times

  Anthropic’s C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year

  Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei said the startup could grow 80 times this year, exponentially increasing its need for computing power to support rapid expansion.

• № 15 · Financial Times

  SpaceX to rent data centre capacity to Anthropic

  SpaceX will rent data center capacity to Anthropic as the AI startup races to add computing power to sustain its accelerating growth trajectory.

• № 16 · TechCrunch

  Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.

  Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman while warning that artificial general intelligence remains an unpredictable force requiring strong guardrails.

• № 17 · TechCrunch

  DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round

  Chinese AI lab DeepSeek could reach a $45 billion valuation from its first investment round after launching a model trained on a fraction of US competitors' compute costs.

• № 18 · Financial Times

  AI ‘losers’ should be compensated through retraining, says ex-cabinet secretary

  Former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell called for government funding to retrain workers displaced by AI, arguing that job losers deserve compensation and new skills.

• № 19 · The Verge

  Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

  Google Chrome is automatically downloading a 4GB AI model file to users' computers, consuming significant storage space without explicit user consent or awareness.

• № 20 · The New York Times

  S.E.C. Settles Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over His Twitter Disclosures

  The SEC settled its lawsuit against Elon Musk over Twitter stock disclosures, with Musk agreeing to pay $1.5 million to resolve the case.

• № 21 · VentureBeat

  Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

  Claude Code costs up to $200 monthly while Goose offers equivalent AI coding capabilities for free, sparking developer backlash against expensive AI tools.

• № 22 · MIT Tech Review

  The balcony solar boom is coming to the US

  Dozens of US states are considering legislation to allow plug-in balcony solar systems, which require minimal setup and could reduce emissions and electricity costs.

• № 23 · Fast Company

  The American tech manufacturing success story hiding in plain sight

  Corning, historically known for Pyrex and Gorilla Glass, now plays a central role in the US push to manufacture fiber optics for AI data centers.

• № 24 · The New York Times

  Five Ways A.I. Search Beats an Old-School Google Search

  Google's AI search technology excels at practical tasks like grocery selection and scam detection, though it remains imperfect for celebrity news and other applications.