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A federal jury rules Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI, ending the high-stakes trial and sparing the ChatGPT startup from a potential restructuring.

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Google Contextual Suggestions: This is a smart AI assistant that works in the background. It understands your phone usage patterns, location, time, and favorite apps and provides tailored suggestions. Google Contextual Suggestions: Google is preparing to introduce a new AI feature for Android smartphones soon, reportedly called Contextual Suggestions. This feature will not only be [...] The post Google’s new AI feature will surprise Android users, allowing apps to run without touching their hands. first appeared on informalnewz .

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The UK Department for Business and Trade has connected its DBT Assist AI tool to live CRM data via a Model Context Protocol server. Investment advisers can now query company records directly instead of copying data manually between systems.

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Exclusive | US AI outlay to yield returns despite open-source Chinese rivals: Goldman Sachs South China Morning Post G Sachs: AI Chip Industry Booms; S Korea and Taiwan Expected to Raise Rates Twice This Year AASTOCKS.com BMI sees AI supercycle to boost growth in East Asia TNGlobal Goldman Sees Rates Pressure as AI Fuels K-Shaped Korea, Taiwan Bloomberg.com AI Chip Boom Could Push Taiwan Surplus Over 20% Of GDP TradingView

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US tech giants are set to shake off the competition from cheap, open-source Chinese artificial intelligence models as investments in infrastructure drive down token costs and fuel a wave of demand for agentic AI, according to Eric Sheridan, co-head of tech, media and telecoms research at Goldman Sachs. Instead of an AI bubble, US tech leaders are standing at a pivotal “inflection point” where the arrival of economically productive agentic AI tools has provided early vindication of the industry’s...

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HONG KONG , May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud , the cloud business of leading global technology company, Tencent, today announced a strategic collaboration with Stream , the company behind the open-source AI agent framework Vision Agents , to accelerate the development of real-time, multimodal AI agents. Through this collaboration, Tencent Real-Time Communication (Tencent RTC) becomes an officially supported edge transport plugin for Vision Agents , giving developers worldwide a low-latency path to build and deploy interactive AI applications across global markets, including regions where network complexity and real-time performance are critical. Unlocking Lower-Latency Transport for Enhanced Experiences Across China and Asia Vision Agents is an open-source, edge-agnostic Python framework from Stream that helps developers quickly build low-latency vision AI applications. Rather than retrofitting video onto a voice-centric stack, Vision Agents was designed as a video-first solution — running models such as YOLO, Roboflow, OpenAI Realtime, and Google Gemini on every frame, with sub-500ms end-to-end latency and over 25 out-of-the-box integrations across LLM, STT, TTS, vision, RAG, telephony, and avatar providers. Through this partnership, Tencent RTC becomes an officially supported edge transport plugin for Vision Agents. Developers can use Tencent RTC to replace the default communication layer in Vision Agents and instantly leverage Tencent Cloud's enterprise-grade backbone — more than 3,200 global nodes, sub-300ms worldwide latency, AI-driven noise suppression, and weak-network resilience — while keeping every existing LLM, STT, TTS, vision, and avatar plugin unchanged. The integration supports both audio and video, making it suitable for voice agents, video agents, and multimodal scenarios — powering use cases such as gaming assistants, virtual avatars, sports coaching, and robotics. AI agents can join TRTC rooms and interact with participants in real-time through high-quality audio and video streams. Tencent RTC operates a globally distributed real-time network with particularly strong performance across some markets in Asia where many global real-time stacks face connectivity and latency challenges. By integrating Tencent RTC, Vision Agents gives developers worldwide a reliable transport option for delivering low-latency, multimodal AI experiences to users in Asia. Developers can improve real-time communication performance by simply swapping the interface. Wison Xie, Head of Product at Tencent RTC , said: "Vision Agents represents exactly where conversational AI is heading, beyond voice-only, into agents that can truly see, hear, and act in real time. By bringing Tencent RTC's global real-time backbone to the Vision Agents framework, we are giving developers worldwide a turnkey path to ship multimodal agents that perform reliably from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to powering the next generation of real-time AI experiences for enterprises and developers across global market." Neevash Ramdial, Director of Marketing and Vision Agents Lead, said, "Our goal with Vision Agents is to make real-time AI development faster, more flexible, and open, giving developers the freedom to choose the models, infrastructure, and plugins that work best for their applications. Developers building global conversational AI applications also need reliable real-time performance in every market, and Tencent RTC brings high-quality, low-latency connectivity across Asia to the Vision Agents ecosystem. We're excited to work with Tencent RTC to help developers scale multimodal AI experiences worldwide while having the freedom to use whichever plugin or model best fits their app." About Tencent Cloud: Tencent Cloud, one of the world's leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation. About Tencent RTC: Tencent RTC provides real-time communication solutions, including audio/video calling, live streaming, and in-game voice. With enterprise-grade security, AI-powered enhancements, and a global network of over 3,200 nodes, Tencent RTC powers mission-critical communication for customers worldwide. About Vision Agents: Vision Agents is Stream's open-source framework that helps developers quickly build real-time video AI applications. It works out of the box with most major LLM, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, avatar, and infrastructure providers, so teams can go from idea to production in just a few lines of code, building everything from real-time sports coaches to rich, context-aware avatars.

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Exaforce has raised $125 million through Series B financing round, which the agentic security operations firm said was one of the largest ever in the emerging AI SOC space. The round includes participation from HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, Seligman Ventures and AICONIC. The new capital will help Exaforce scale its AI-native security operations [...] The post Exaforce raises $125M to boost AI-native security operations platform appeared first on Frontier Enterprise .

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HONG KONG, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of leading global technology company, Tencent, today announced a strategic collaboration with Stream, the company behind the open-source AI agent framework Vision Agents, to accelerate the development of real-time,...

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Meta Platforms Inc is reassigning 7,000 workers to new jobs related to artificial intelligence, according to an internal memo, part of a broad corporate restructuring that includes planned staff reductions later this week.

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GUANGZHOU, China, May 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fangzhou Inc. ("Fangzhou” or the "Company”) (HKEX: 06086), a leading provider of AI‐driven Internet healthcare solutions, was invited to attend the 2026 Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Autonomous Systems Innovation Development Promotion Conference (the "Conference”), where the Company was recognized for its technological innovation in "AI + chronic disease services.” Fangzhou Ranked among 2025 Guangzhou AI Innovation "Most Promising Enterprises” The Conference brought together nearly 200 representatives from government agencies, research institutions, industry leaders, and financial institutions to showcase advances in artificial intelligence and strengthen collaboration across the innovation ecosystem. During the event, Fangzhou’s subsidiary, Guangzhou Fangzhou Information Technology Co., Ltd., was named to the "2025 Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence Innovation Development List” under the category of "Most Promising Enterprise.” This recognition marked the company’s second consecutive year on the list, following its selection in 2024, underscoring growing industry recognition of Fangzhou’s technological capabilities, service innovation, and contribution to the development of AI‐driven healthcare solutions. Fangzhou has expanded its "AI + H2H (Hospital‐to‐Home)” smart healthcare ecosystem, leveraging AI technology to address longstanding challenges in chronic disease management. In 2026, Fangzhou further refined its strategy to position itself as a trusted long‐term health partner for chronic disease patients, with the goal of building a comprehensive care model centered on continuous care and long‐term patient engagement. Powered by its proprietary XingShi Large Language Model, the Company has integrated AI technologies across online consultation, health management, and long‐term follow‐up services, extending professional healthcare support beyond traditional clinical settings. As artificial intelligence increasingly reshapes the healthcare industry, the Conference served as a platform to strengthen connections between innovation, industry, capital, and talent, supporting the coordinated development of the AI and healthcare industries. Fangzhou will continue strengthening its AI technology foundation, expanding the accessibility of chronic disease services through digital innovation, while helping advance the development of China’s AI healthcare sector in support of the broader Healthy China initiative. About Fangzhou Inc. Fangzhou Inc. (HKEX: 06086) is China’s leading online chronic disease management platform, serving 56.4 million registered users and 251,000 physicians as of December 31, 2025. The Company specializes in delivering tailored medical care and AI‐enabled precision medicine solutions. For more information, visit https://investors.jianke.com. Media Contact For further inquiries or interview requests, please contact: Xingwei Zhao Director of Public Relations Email: pr@jianke.com Disclaimer: This press release contains forward‐looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated due to various factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update them except as required by applicable law. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c2774e85-7115-4320-ad5e-ff2704381fe3

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The move adds to a boom in spending on computing infrastructure, which underpins AI models and services.

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We're reporting live from Mountain View at Google's annual developer conference. Stay tuned for the latest updates.

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South Korea's ETRI has built OmniXtend, a system that pools memory across multiple servers using standard Ethernet, cutting AI training's "Memory Wall" problem. Tests showed performance recovering more than twofold when local memory ran out.

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African higher learning institutions are under increasing pressure to rethink how they teach, assess and prepare students for a job market being rapidly reshaped by artificial inte...

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Standard Chartered to cut thousands of roles as AI use increases BBC Stanchart plans 15% cut in corporate functions roles by 2030 Investing.com Australia Standard Chartered : sets out sustainable growth plan, targeting ~18 per cent RoTE in 2030 marketscreener.com

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The French advertising group will buy LiveRamp for $38.50 a share as it expands its data and AI capabilities for agent-driven marketing. The post Publicis to Buy LiveRamp for $2.2 Billion in AI Data Push appeared first on MIT Sloan Management Review India .

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OpenAI and Dell bring Codex into hybrid and on-premises enterprise environments, positioning Dell as the distribution channel for frontier AI models reaching CXOs.

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Virtual care software company CareMonitor has expanded its digital healthcare platform with new AI-powered operational and workflow capabilities designed to support coordination across hospital, home and community-based care. The release comes ahead of a presentation by CareMonitor founder and CEO Deepak Biswal at the Digital Health Festival 2026 on Thursday May 21 where he is [...]

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(MENAFN) A California federal jury on Monday dealt Elon Musk a decisive legal blow, rejecting his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and bringing a contentious three-week courtroom battle between ...

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Unlock the power of digital marketing for your business with sight beyond data.

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Advertisers can now block unsuitable content on Threads before ads are served, as DoubleVerify adds hourly refreshed AI controls to its safety tools.

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After three weeks of intense hearings, Silicon Valley’s first major AI trial — over the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against the co-founders of OpenAI — is nearing an end. It is expected to go to the jury on Monday. Here are four scenes that defined the trial: Musk blames his own naivety At the [...] The post Four takeaways from Musk vs OpenAI trial appeared first on Digital Journal .

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Deliberations begin Monday in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company’s founding mission. The three-week trial in Oakland, outside San Francisco, has seen a parade of Silicon Valley titans take the stand, with Musk arguing that OpenAI’s pivot to a [...] The post Jury to decide fate of Musk’s blockbuster suit against OpenAI appeared first on Digital Journal .

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Ankur Warikoo is shutting down his profitable edtech platform after five years, citing AI as a "huge" factor. The platform earned Rs. 25 crore in profit and trained nearly 500,000 students.

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