[New] Over the last 24 hours alone, investors poured billions into AI infrastructure, Nvidia pushed markets to new highs, OpenAI's relationship with Apple reportedly turned tense, and U.S. officials warned that advanced AI could fundamentally change warfare.
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[New] Alibaba plans to introduce AI shopping assistants inside Taobao featuring capabilities such as virtual try-ons and automated price tracking, highlighting China's increasingly integrated approach to AI commerce ecosystems.
MarketingProfs
[New] Apple says draft measures proposed by the EU - which would force Google to give competing AI services more access to Android - would create profound risks for user privacy, security, device integrity, and performance.
The Verge
[New] If FDA clearance for continuous glucose monitoring arrives in the Apple Watch by late 2026 or early 2027, it could catalyse a reordering of the entire health wearables value chain - pulling payer reimbursement, physician prescribing behaviour, and enterprise health plan design into Apple's orbit.
BUSINESS 2.0 NEWS
[New] Apple doubles down on clinical-grade health sensing, while Garmin targets industrial safety and Samsung pursues an open-ecosystem approach - each bet carrying materially different risk profiles for investors and enterprise buyers.
BUSINESS 2.0 NEWS
[New] The emergence of a powerful El Nino event could have a major effect on supercharging wildfires by increasing the likelihood of seeing severe hot and dry conditions in Australia, the US and Canada, as well as the Amazon rainforest.
Climate Home News
[New] The RCS encryption upgrade matters more to Google, because iPhone users are more likely to use iMessage as a default than Android users will use Google Messages as theirs.
Forbes
[New] Google has deployed AI agents such as Big Sleep and CodeMender to identify unknown software vulnerabilities and automatically generate security patches.
Economic Times
[New] Last year, Meta started using private generative AI conversations to personalize content and customize ad recommendations for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger users, so there seems to be little limit on the data that it will use to generate revenue.
MacRumors
[New] Nucor having spent $20 billion is in the midst of construction of a new grassroot steel sheet mill in Apple Grove, West Virginia, due to come online in 2027.
Industrial Info Resources
[New] Anthropic could spend as much as $200 billion over time on chips and cloud infrastructure through agreements involving Google and other hyperscale providers.
Dwealth.news
[New] Big tech companies called hyperscalers - such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft - are projected to spend $3.7 trillion on AI infrastructure over the next five years.
WPBN
[New] Microsoft keeps a non-exclusive IP license through 2032, but OpenAI can now serve products on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, ending the 2019 exclusivity arrangement.
NeuralBuddies
[New] Anthropic and Amazon expand to 5GW of compute Anthropic said it signed a new agreement with Amazon securing up to 5GW of capacity for training and deploying Claude, including nearly 1 GW of Trainium2 and Trainium3 capacity expected by the end of 2026.
Prompt Injection
[New] Google plans to invest in Anthropic through cash and compute support worth $40 billion as demand for Claude and AI infrastructure grows.
The AI Track
[New] Apple is expected to have its own AI-enabled glasses within 2027.
CNet
[New] Users will rely on image-based, voice-driven, and AI-powered queries across online platforms like Google, TikTok, and YouTube.
MailChimp
[New] According to CNN, Google, Microsoft, and xAI will give federal officials access to unreleased AI models for cybersecurity screening, a sign that concerns about next-generation systems are rising quickly.
The Cool Down
[New] Microsoft, Google, and xAI have agreed to provide the US government with early access to advanced AI models for national security testing and risk evaluation.
MarketingProfs
[New] Apple reportedly plans to let users choose third-party AI models across iOS.
MarketingProfs
Last updated: 17 May 2026
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