The EU defers AI Act high-risk rules in the Digital Omnibus (2026)
The EU Digital Omnibus amended the AI Act in 2026 to defer high-risk obligations to December 2027 and August 2028, leaving GPAI rules and prohibitions in force.
EU Publishes Draft Article 50 Transparency Guidelines for AI
The European Commission released draft guidelines on the AI Act's Article 50 transparency rules, covering chatbots, deepfakes, and AI-content labeling.
EU Drafts Guidelines on Classifying High-Risk AI Systems
The European Commission published draft guidelines interpreting Article 6, the AI Act's rules for deciding when an AI system counts as high-risk.
AI systems resolve open mathematical conjectures
In May 2026 an OpenAI model disproved the Erdos unit distance conjecture, and a DeepMind system resolved nine open Erdos problems and dozens of OEIS ones.
Anthropic raises $65B Series H at $965B valuation
Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H at a $965 billion post-money valuation, becoming the most valuable AI startup.
Mistral launches Vibe, a unified work and code agent
Mistral merged its Le Chat assistant into Vibe, one agent with Work and Code modes plus a VS Code extension across web, mobile, and editor.
Waymo opens first public rides in the Ojai robotaxi
Waymo began offering its first public rider trips in the Ojai, a vehicle built for ride-hailing and running the 6th-gen Waymo Driver.
Anthropic confidentially files draft S-1 for IPO
Anthropic confidentially submitted a draft Form S-1 to the SEC, the first formal step toward a public offering.
Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to ~150 organizations
Anthropic widened Project Glasswing to about 150 organizations in 15-plus countries to find security flaws in critical software with Claude.
Microsoft unveils seven MAI models at Build 2026
At Build 2026 Microsoft launched seven in-house MAI models, including a reasoning model and a coding model, to cut its reliance on OpenAI.
Trump EO on Advanced AI Innovation and Security
A White House executive order set up a voluntary federal review track for frontier AI models and ordered AI-enabled hardening of government cyber defenses.
WeRide and Uber Announce Spain's First Commercial Robotaxi Pilot in Madrid (2026)
WeRide, Uber, and AVOMO announce a robotaxi pilot in the Madrid region, the partnership's first joint entry into the European market.
AlphaSense raises $350M at $7.5B valuation
AI market intelligence firm AlphaSense raised $350M at a $7.5B valuation and passed $600M in ARR.
Coralogix raises $200M Series F
Observability platform Coralogix raised a $200M Series F, bringing total funding to $550M.
Suno raises $400M+ Series D at $5.4B valuation
AI music generator Suno raised over $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation to fund a fully licensed music model.
AI Lab CEOs Urge Mandatory Synthetic DNA Screening
CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft AI signed an open letter asking Congress to mandate biosecurity screening of synthetic DNA orders.
Supabase raises $500M Series F at $10.5B valuation
Developer database platform Supabase raised $500 million at a $10.5 billion valuation as AI agents drove growth.