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Commonwealth Bank of Australia appoints Mary-Anne Williams as chief AI Scientist

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) has appointed Mary-Anne Williams as its chief artificial intelligence scientist, marking what the bank describes as the first role of its kind in the Australian banking sector. Williams will join the bank from the University of New......

Xiaomi warns flagship smartphones could exceed $1,400 by late 2026

Xiaomi president Lu Weibing warned Friday that premium smartphones in China could surpass 10,000 yuan, or roughly $1,400 to $1,500, by the second half of 2026 as memory chip shortages continue driving manufacturing costs sharply higher across the industry. The warning came during a livestream event......

Musk backs orbital data centers as AI energy warnings grow

Elon Musk has renewed support for space-based computing infrastructure after Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang warned that artificial intelligence could soon overwhelm global power systems. Musk posted that space represents the only viable path forward, reinforcing his long-standing view that orbital......

Authentic Monet painting labeled as AI fools online critics

An online experiment using a genuine painting by Claude Monet has exposed how quickly digital audiences judge visual art when it is labeled as artificial intelligence output. An anonymous conceptual artist known as SHL0MS published a cropped image from Monet’s Nymphéas series on X, attaching......

UK warns firms to prepare for risks from frontier Ai models

British authorities have urged companies to strengthen their preparedness against emerging risks linked to advanced artificial intelligence systems. In a joint statement released on Friday, the UK Treasury, the Bank of England, and the Financial Conduct Authority emphasized the growing cybersecurity......

Microsoft cancels Claude Code licenses and shifts developers to Copilot CLI

Microsoft has begun cancelling licenses for Claude Code across parts of its engineering organization and is directing developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI. The move affects teams within its Experiences and Devices division, which includes major products such as Windows, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams,......

Figure AI robots exceed 24 hours of warehouse operation test

A fleet of humanoid robots developed by Figure AI has sustained continuous warehouse sorting operations for more than 24 hours, marking a major milestone in autonomous industrial robotics. The demonstration began as a planned eight hour live test on 13 May and evolved into an open ended endurance run......

A viral video claiming Michael Jackson was spotted on a bus in Brazil is fake

A short clip circulating online in mid May 2026 shows an elderly man sitting on a crowded public bus in Brazil who strikingly resembles Michael Jackson, sparking renewed speculation that the King of Pop may still be alive. The footage quickly spread across social media platforms, with some users sharing......

At Samsung, the global AI boom fuels strike tensions and internal divisions

A major labour dispute is unfolding at Samsung Electronics, where tensions over bonus distribution have escalated into the threat of an 18-day strike involving tens of thousands of workers. The conflict highlights growing internal divisions within the South Korean tech giant amid the global artificial......