News about Artificial intelligence
South Korean Samsung Electronics is facing the threat of a large-scale strike: up to 50 thousand workers may stop working as early as May 21.
xAI owner Ilon Musk has unveiled an early beta version of Grok Build, a new AI tool for programming and automating tasks. However, users’ attention was attracted not only by the product’s capabilities, but also by the cost of access: the service is available only to subscribers of the SuperGrok Heavy tariff, which costs about $300 per month.
Chipmaker Cerebras Systems raised $5.55 billion in an initial public offering, the largest IPO of 2026 amid growing demand for semiconductors, Bloomberg reported.
The Web Summit Vancouver 2026 technology forum kicked off in Vancouver, Canada, which organizers call one of the largest platforms in North America for discussing artificial intelligence, the digital economy and the startup industry.
Industry studies estimate that more than 60-65% of physicians in the U.S. regularly use AI tools in clinical practice, from diagnosis to analyzing studies and selecting therapies.
Shares of Intel Corporation are declining for the third consecutive session after the publication of data on the loss of its share in the server processor market. According to UBS analysts’ estimates, in the first quarter of 2026, the company’s positions were strengthened by competitors – AMD and Arm Holdings.
Chinese trading giant Alibaba Group has reported accelerating growth in its artificial intelligence-related businesses amid a global AI boom. However, the company’s total revenue grew only 3% to 243 billion yuan (about $36 billion).
“Moldova’s energy transition is, in fact, also a digital transition. Energy security goes hand in hand with the digitalization of the sector as well as cyber security, and investments in smart infrastructure and data protection are becoming essential for system resilience.”
Yandex founder Arkady Volozh’s company Nebius Group reported a 13.4-fold increase in revenue.
South Korea is debating the idea of redistributing some of the revenue from the artificial intelligence boom to citizens, and the market reacted by dropping shares of major chipmakers.
Leading intelligent content management (ECM) and business process automation platform, Laserfiche announced the launch of AI agents capable of autonomously performing tasks within an enterprise document management and business process management platform.
A Caribbean island smaller than many metropolitan areas has suddenly become one of the main beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom – all thanks to two letters in the browser address bar.
AI company Anthropic has closed one of the largest infrastructure deals in the history of the industry, gaining access to the entire computing power of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center. This includes more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and over 300 megawatts of computing power, a resource that was recently used to develop Ilon Musk’s rival xAI project.
The U.S. Department of Defense is expanding the use of artificial intelligence in national security systems. The Pentagon has allowed a number of major technology companies, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia, to work with classified, high-security military networks.
The Pentagon has published the first batch of previously classified material on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), better known as UFOs. The documents are posted on the new government portal war.gov/ufo, which, according to U.S. media, has generated enormous interest and garnered hundreds of millions of hits in a short time.
Alibaba Group is preparing one of the biggest experiments in global e-commerce. The Chinese giant is integrating its Qwen AI model into the Taobao platform and actually replacing product search with a conversation with artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence will not replace doctors and the main human component of medical practice – compassion and relations between doctor and patient. This was stated by Health Minister Emil Ceban at the 11th International Scientific Congress for medical students, doctoral students and young doctors “MedEspera”.
Artificial intelligence-based robots working in a huge e-commerce warehouse near Berlin are already packing, selecting and sorting goods as humans would. Only faster, more efficiently and more accurately.
India is rapidly strengthening its position as one of the world’s largest IT and AI development centers. The revenues of global technology centers operating in the country have already approached levels that were previously expected only by 2030.
The French prosecutor’s office has moved to the criminal prosecution phase of the investigation related to the activities of Ilon Musk and his platform X. According to international media, the businessman and former CEO Linda Iaccarino have been invited to France to attend a preliminary hearing where they may face preliminary charges.
