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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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Every week, the AI news that actually matters for developers and builders — models, tools, infrastructure. No hype, real impact.
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AI News May 3 2026: Copilot kills the flat rate, Mythos too dangerous for the Pentagon
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.
·15 min
GPT-5.5 and DeepSeek V4: the week that changed everything
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.
·18 min
Claude Design, Factory $1.5B and Mythos goes federal
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.
·13 min
Giannandrea leaves Apple: AI and N50 glasses [analysis]
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.
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AI news April 10, 2026: Cursor kills the IDE, Mythos is too dangerous
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.
·4 min
The vibe coding trap: 97% of AI-generated apps never ship
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.
·4 min
Claude Mythos: Anthropic's AI that finds 16-year-old security vulnerabilities
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.
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AI news April 3, 2026: $297B in VC, Anthropic leaks twice
$297B in VC during Q1 2026, OpenAI at $852B valuation, Anthropic leaks Claude Mythos and its source code, Apple Intelligence accidentally deployed in China.
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AI news March 27, 2026: Cursor built on open-source, Sora dies, and Anthropic unleashes Mythos
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.
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AI news March 20, 2026: NVIDIA hits 1 trillion, Llama 4 lands, and the xAI scandal shaking Musk
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.
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AI news March 11, 2026: when the Pentagon blacklists Anthropic and OpenAI strikes back with GPT 5.4
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.