AI news May 2026: GPT-5.5, SpaceX, Codex, the OpenAI phone
GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT default, Anthropic signs with SpaceX (220K GPU), Codex on Chrome, OpenAI smartphone fast-tracked. The 5 stories of the week.
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GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT default, Anthropic signs with SpaceX (220K GPU), Codex on Chrome, OpenAI smartphone fast-tracked. The 5 stories of the week.
GitHub Copilot switches to usage-based pricing, Mythos blacklisted by the DoD, Claude deletes a production DB in 9 seconds. 6 AI stories from the week.
GPT-5.5 hits 82.7% on SWE-bench, DeepSeek V4 at 1/7th the price, X-energy raises $1B in nuclear IPO. The week AI shifted gears on every front.
Factory raises $150M at $1.5B, OpenAI targets Claude Code, Opus 4.7 retakes the SWE-bench lead, Claude Design launches in preview, and Mythos enters US federal agencies.
Giannandrea officially leaves Apple on April 15 after 8 years. Bloomberg reveals 4 designs for the N50 glasses. And Amar Subramanya takes the reins of AI. What it actually changes.
Cursor 3 buries the classic IDE, OpenAI launches a $100/month tier, Claude Code leaks again, and Mythos stays locked down. The week that reshuffles the deck.
Forbes named it today. 92% of devs use AI coding tools daily, 46% of new code is AI-generated — and 97% of vibe-coded apps never make it to production.
Anthropic just unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, a cybersecurity-focused AI model that found zero-days at scale — including a 16-year-old FFmpeg bug and a critical OpenBSD vulnerability. Access restricted to 40+ tech companies via Project Glasswing.
$297B in VC during Q1 2026, OpenAI at $852B valuation, Anthropic leaks Claude Mythos and its source code, Apple Intelligence accidentally deployed in China.
Cursor admits Composer 2 runs on a Chinese open-source model, OpenAI kills Sora to bet on agents, Anthropic secretly tests Mythos, and a federal judge blocks the Pentagon's blacklist.
GTC 2026 with Vera Rubin, Llama 4 Scout and Maverick, Mistral Forge, Claude 1M tokens, GPT-5.4 mini, and the worst CSAM scandal in AI history. Insane week.
Anthropic sues the Pentagon, OpenAI drops GPT 5.4 to win back Claude converts, and Claude Code Review divides developers. Breaking down a wild week in AI.