Here are some of the the major AI trends shaping 2026 — based on current expert forecasts, industry reports, and recent developments in technology. The material is analyzed using AI tools and final version hand-edited to this blog text:
1. Generative AI Continues to Mature
Generative AI (text, image, video, code) will become more advanced and mainstream, with notable growth in:
* Generative video creation
* Gaming and entertainment content generation
* Advanced synthetic data for simulations and analytics
This trend will bring new creative possibilities — and intensify debates around authenticity and copyright.
2. AI Agents Move From Tools to Autonomous Workers
Rather than just answering questions or generating content, AI systems will increasingly act autonomously, performing complex, multi-step workflows and interacting with apps and processes on behalf of users — a shift sometimes called agentic AI. These agents will become part of enterprise operations, not just assistant features.
3. Smaller, Efficient & Domain-Specific Models
Instead of “bigger is always better,” specialized AI models tailored to specific industries (healthcare, finance, legal, telecom, manufacturing) will start to dominate in many enterprise applications. These models are more accurate, legally compliant, and cost-efficient than general models.
4. AI Embedded Everywhere
AI won’t be an add-on feature — it will be built into everyday software and devices:
* Office apps with intelligent drafting, summarization, and task insights
* Operating systems with native AI
* Edge devices processing AI tasks locally
This makes AI pervasive in both work and consumer contexts.
5. AI Infrastructure Evolves: Inference & Efficiency Focus
More investment is going into inference infrastructure — the real-time decision-making step where models run in production — thereby optimizing costs, latency, and scalability. Enterprises are also consolidating AI stacks for better governance and compliance.
6. AI in Healthcare, Research, and Sustainability
AI is spreading beyond diagnostics into treatment planning, global health access, environmental modeling, and scientific discovery. These applications could help address personnel shortages and speed up research breakthroughs.
7. Security, Ethics & Governance Become Critical
With AI handling more sensitive tasks, organizations will prioritize:
* Ethical use frameworks
* Governance policies
* AI risk management
This trend reflects broader concerns about trust, compliance, and responsible deployment.
8. Multimodal AI Goes Mainstream
AI systems that understand and generate across text, images, audio, and video will grow rapidly, enabling richer interactions and more powerful applications in search, creative work, and interfaces.
9. On-Device and Edge AI Growth
10. New Roles: AI Manager & Human-Agent Collaboration
Instead of replacing humans, AI will shift job roles:
* People will manage, supervise, and orchestrate AI agents
* Human expertise will focus on strategy, oversight, and creative judgment
This human-in-the-loop model becomes the norm.
Sources:
[1]: https://www.brilworks.com/blog/ai-trends-2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “7 AI Trends to Look for in 2026″
[2]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2025/10/13/10-generative-ai-trends-in-2026-that-will-transform-work-and-life/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “10 Generative AI Trends In 2026 That Will Transform Work And Life”
[3]: https://millipixels.com/blog/ai-trends-2026?utm_source=chatgpt.com “AI Trends 2026: The Key Enterprise Shifts You Must Know | Millipixels”
[4]: https://www.digitalregenesys.com/blog/top-10-ai-trends-for-2026?utm_source=chatgpt.com “Digital Regenesys | Top 10 AI Trends for 2026″
[5]: https://www.n-ix.com/ai-trends/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “7 AI trends to watch in 2026 – N-iX”
[6]: https://news.microsoft.com/source/asia/2025/12/11/microsoft-unveils-7-ai-trends-for-2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “Microsoft unveils 7 AI trends for 2026 – Source Asia”
[7]: https://www.risingtrends.co/blog/generative-ai-trends-2026?utm_source=chatgpt.com “7 Generative AI Trends to Watch In 2026″
[8]: https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/12/24/artificial-intelligence-ai-trends-to-watch-in-2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends to Watch in 2026 and How to Invest in Them | The Motley Fool”
[9]: https://www.reddit.com//r/AI_Agents/comments/1q3ka8o/i_read_google_clouds_ai_agent_trends_2026_report/?utm_source=chatgpt.com “I read Google Cloud’s “AI Agent Trends 2026” report, here are 10 takeaways that actually matter”
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Mythos and GPT-5.5 add to cybersecurity worries that OpenAI and Anthropic had already sparked with AI coding’s popularity.
#Claude #ChatGPT #OpenAi #Anthropic
OpenAI and Anthropic kicked off a new arms race for cyber defense : https://mrf.lu/7_fG
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Pope Leo XIV will present a major Church document on artificial intelligence next week and he will be joined by Chris Olah, the billionaire co-founder of Anthropic.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/05/18/anthropic-official-will-join-pope-leo-for-new-ai-church-policy-statement/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social
Tomi Engdahl says:
Pian voi saada lisää jännitystä elämäänsä yhdistämällä ChatGPT:n omiin pankkitietoihinsa
ChatGPT:n yhdysvaltalaiset käyttäjät voivat nyt antaa pankki- ja sijoituspalveluidensa tiedot tekoälyn käyttöön.
https://muropaketti.com/tietotekniikka/tietotekniikkauutiset/chatgptn-voi-nyt-yhdistaa-suoraan-omiin-pankkitietoihin/#google_vignette
penAI on julkaissut uuden ChatGPT Finance -ominaisuuden, jonka avulla käyttäjät voivat yhdistää pankki- ja sijoitustilejään suoraan tekoälypalveluun. Ominaisuus on aluksi saatavilla Yhdysvalloissa ChatGPT Pro -tilaajille verkkoversiossa ja iOS-sovelluksessa, kertoo Techcrunch.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
https://muropaketti.com/tietotekniikka/tietotekniikkauutiset/chatgptn-voi-nyt-yhdistaa-suoraan-omiin-pankkitietoihin/
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Zero
Zero is the programming language for agents: a systems language for small native tools, explicit effects, predictable memory, and structured compiler output.
Zero is experimental and still changing. The compiler, standard library, docs, and examples are useful for trying the language and giving feedback, but the language is not stable yet.
https://github.com/vercel-labs/zero
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OpenAI suspects Apple intentionally failed to promote the integration and fears that the deal may have damaged the ChatGPT brand, sources say.
“Strained” relationship
OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/openai-feels-burned-by-apples-crappy-chatgpt-integration-insiders-say/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4UxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5qkNBiFWtkKUt7TW7VemShzR_HnoQ52tGbdhp03-U1xUKnKPoehMvlENQAAw_aem_DULgaJWKgY5QumFaWBb2bQ
OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after Apple’s ChatGPT integration into its products didn’t live up to the AI firm’s expectations.
When the deal was announced, Apple likened features linking Siri to ChatGPT to its now-infamous deal embedding Google search in the Safari browser, insiders granted anonymity to discuss the “strained” partnership told Bloomberg. And the promise of that excited OpenAI, which expected the deal “could generate billions of dollars per year in subscriptions,” an OpenAI executive granted anonymity to discuss the partnership told Bloomberg.
Instead, OpenAI suspects Apple intentionally failed to promote the integration and fears that the deal may have damaged the ChatGPT brand, sources said.
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed during graduation speech about AI
Schmidt was met with boos at the University of Arizona as he likened the emergence of AI to the “technological transformation” brought about by the computer.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-ceo-booed-graduation-speech-ai-rcna345585?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4VNVjbGNrBHhUlWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHiP4WWBQKSTN7W-2knpZvhHXk8twjtwU0hKMoyZFEpaSwIHyD5PO0AR7r-7l_aem_9U5Vs2glhPsR3isWg5kiHw
Mullen
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times Friday while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona.
Schmidt, who led Google for a decade, opened his remarks by reflecting on his own student years and the rise of the computer, — a device named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 1982. He traced its evolution into the laptop and smartphone and its proliferation through the internet and social media.
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Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop
“Never-ending” AI slop strains corporate hacking reward schemes.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/bug-bounty-businesses-bombarded-with-ai-slop/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4VZdjbGNrBHhVfWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHvnYcnZ0n2XR_3TadSUq8JpuPfsSqJ7bvjnje4ZYQjOvBKSbtVmyMU1CiHpx_aem_MwWqXpNREJx9AsTjp-MNVA
Companies that pay hackers to find flaws in their software are being inundated with low-quality reports generated by AI, forcing some to suspend the programs altogether.
Businesses that run “bug bounty” schemes have long relied on independent security researchers to spot vulnerabilities. But the rise of AI tools is now overwhelming them with spurious submissions.
Bugcrowd, whose customers include OpenAI, T-Mobile, and Motorola, said the number of reports it received more than quadrupled over a three-week period in March, with most proving to be false.
Curl, a widely used tool to transfer data across the Internet, suspended its paid bug bounty program in January, citing an “explosion in AI slop reports” and lower-quality submissions.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The rise of AI tools that instantly answer questions and complex problems could make humans less intelligent, the Royal Observatory Greenwich has warned.
Read more: https://bbc.in/4wQlao2
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Australia’s Renovation Queen just hired a humanoid robot apprentice for her most ambitious project yet — and she wants to find out if it can add real value on a live construction site without anyone getting hurt.
https://bit.ly/3RcSVQ4
#HumanoidRobot #Unitree
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Who’s at fault for that one, we wonder? https://trib.al/dssXzKP
Double Triple Quadruple Agents
Oops: Bosses Realize Their Companies Have Been Swarmed by Legions of Redundant AI Agents
Who’s at fault for that one, we wonder?
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bosses-realize-companies-swarmed-ai-agents?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4hs1jbGNrBHiGlmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgN0YzAxm1DKOYHN-GlcGUYDYYeb65cllAJkXbRV26vNqiI-O9rWszbEIzwv_aem_0nkUWz5JPORuMJjnMKduxA
Woe is the c-suite. After heedlessly embracing AI tech at the expense of their workers, some bosses are now whining to The Wall Street Journal that their companies are being overrun by out-of-control AI agents.
One company grappling with the influx is Magnum Ice Cream, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s. We’re just as stupefied by the idea of an ice cream maker deploying AI bots en masse as you are, and we’re even more baffled that its chief information officer of the Americas Michael Friedlander felt that he needed to set the record straight on the issue.
Per the WSJ, his chief gripe was that AI agents are both too easy to use and create, as tools like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork allow anyone to build custom agents to automate all kinds of tasks.
“Because everybody can do it, we’re probably going to end up with a lot of people having the same types of agents,” Friedlander told the WSJ. Magnum Ice Cream, he added, will eventually have to condense and centralize all of its AI agents, noting that they are cybersecurity risks and cost expensive tokens to use.
“Depending on how all of this will turn out, there’ll be tokens, and then there’s going to be cost, and then you end up with, ‘How do we manage this to make sure that it’s under a financially responsible model?’” he added.
This entirely self-inflicted issue is being called “AI agent sprawl,” and has received increased attention this year as agentic models, and AI coding tools in particular, have been rapidly adopted across tech and financial sectors (and ice cream companies, apparently).
As an example, the consulting firm Gartner recently published guidance on how to manage AI agent sprawl, revealing that only 13 percent of companies think they have robust enough “AI agent governance” in place. It also predicted that the average Fortune 500 company will have over 150,000 agents in use by 2028 — a meteoric surge from the less than 15 that those companies use today.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Meta is slated to cut 10% of its staff this week. On Monday, its HR chief Janelle Gale gave staff a better idea of what to expect.
#meta #layoffs #careers
Meta is rolling out its mega-layoffs around the clock
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs-internal-memo-ai-job-cuts-faq-2026-5?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4h_BjbGNrBHiH3mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjHSw-XtfZ6vZ-4bABsE7ZOQ-8gdaZKeJ2DwVh1M5H9U3lpAKiOAO60JCap0_aem_SvX7GNzhcskZ6VKcvz6hFg&utm_campaign=mrf-insider-marfeel-headline-graphic&mrfcid=202605186a0b8730763ff300dedd795e
As Meta prepares to cut 10% of its workforce on Wednesday, it’s trying to provide some clarity to employees who are stuck in layoff limbo.
Meta HR chief Janelle Gale posted a memo on Monday to an employee resource group outlining what employees should expect on Wednesday, according to two employees who viewed the note.
Tomi Engdahl says:
If you know a tech worker, hug them tight. https://trib.al/ACHPUQQ
Royal Flush
Tech Workers, Long Treated Like Aristocracy, Are Now Human Waste
If you know a tech worker, hug them tight.
https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-workers-human-waste?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR4jbtjbGNrBHiNf2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHkkr4XpK9_7vVAGX0nO5M4nrsG2X5gidqbguQtUqW7fg6WllnnhWY-Fdc-AG_aem_PDvY2up8h4AbziEd-H9Okw
Ten years ago if you had told a tech industry recruiter their days are numbered, you’d be laughed out of the job fair. Now in 2026, it’s conventional wisdom: a freshly-minted computer science degree is now anything but a sure road to gainful employment.
Tech companies have spent the last few years culling thousands of high-paying jobs, course-correcting after major over-hiring in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise of AI-washing hasn’t helped, with plenty of tech CEO’s slashing payroll budgets to show investors how eager they are to funnel capital toward the tech.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Per the analytics firm, over 100,000 tech jobs have already been lost over the first four months of the year, rivalling the bloodbath of early 2023.
“The current trajectory suggests the sector may be entering another period of restructuring, with 2026 already on track to rival the scale of layoffs seen in previous downturns,” the report reads.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The music AI startup is battling record labels and angry artists as it upends how millions of people create songs. Now, some of its critics are starting to get on board. Check out the full story here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/04/30/inside-sunos-25-billion-bet-that-ai-made-music-is-here-to-stay/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social
#ForbesAI50
Tomi Engdahl says:
Menlo Research just released a $15,000 DIY humanoid robot kit with 25+ degrees of freedom, modular components, and zero-shot sim-to-real transfer. If you had $15,000 and the technical skills — what would you build it to do?
https://bit.ly/497eTtO
#DIYRobotics #HumanoidRobot #OpenSourceRobotics
Tomi Engdahl says:
Robbinghood
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17X2pMLzjz/
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There’s a huge gap between the public and AI executives. https://trib.al/MIyTKGU
Does Not Computer
AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology
There’s a huge gap between the public and AI executives.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-ceos-baffled-hatred?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR5GeFjbGNrBHkZzGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHiGJte2sr7hBI58CukGCNPhFy727GMdyNSrxk4BhDxhnx1UN_J-Tnr0KwDis_aem_eq6Kfd2uRoD1xzk6nfYFMg
A bulk of Americans really hate AI — and many AI CEOs can’t quite grasp why.
There’s a serious mismatch between public sentiment and corporate excitement over AI. Companies continue to AI-wash layoffs and jam the tech into every corner of their products, yet research keeps finding that Americans are opposed to rampant AI expansion: according to one recent Economist/YouGov poll, a staggering 70 percent of Americans think that AI is “moving too fast,” and about 64 percent believe it’s unlikely that the general population will ever reap future economic benefits of the tech.
Yet no one seems to be more confused than the makers of the tech themselves. Back in January, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lamented on a podcast that the AI backlash has been “extremely hurtful,” blaming pushback on “doomers” pushing a negative “narrative” of AI. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman observed in an X post last fall that there are “so many cynics,” and that it “cracks me up when I hear people call AI underwhelming.” And in February, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared that “looking at what’s possible,” in his view, public embrace “does feel sort of surprisingly slow.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Former OpenAI robotics leader Caitlin Kalinowski says truly AI-native workers are mostly 20 and 21 years old.
#OpenAI #AInative #GenZ #millennials
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-native-college-graduates-gen-z-have-an-edge-2026-5?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR5YmNjbGNrBHliR2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjgWYGGY_F6izFZv9Rc5JXon1WTNCl1A5rUNPHDqPOyDnzwX21qdxl4GEIkn_aem_0jGF1o4gStkITlcMIHfKgA&utm_campaign=mrf-insider-marfeel-headline-graphic&mrfcid=202605196a0c6e741c2a642720f51aee
Tomi Engdahl says:
Anthropic just scored a major AI hire: Andrej Karpathy, the former Tesla AI boss who coined ‘vibe coding’ : https://mrf.lu/7lkW
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.xda-developers.com/local-llm-call-claude-changed-everything-local-first-setup/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.atea.fi/tekoaly-ai/copilot/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.infineon.com/gated/infineon-data-center-and-ai-data-center-application-selection-guide-en_3e1a49ad-5fa1-440f-8084-e10e39547ec0
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/copilot-studio-blog/computer-using-agents-in-microsoft-copilot-studio-are-now-generally-available/4519427
Tomi Engdahl says:
“It’s a bit surreal that 1 out of 10 people are about to be hit, and no one knows how the lists are being made.” https://trib.al/TmqBoAh
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.cloudflare.com/claude-managed-agents/
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The Keyword:
Google rolls out Gemini 3.5 Flash, its “strongest agentic and coding model yet”, for tackling long-horizon agentic tasks, in the Gemini app and Search’s AI Mode — Gemini 3.5 is built to help you execute complex, agentic workflows. — Today, we’re introducing Gemini 3.5 …
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-5/
Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog:
Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9 per 1M output tokens, 3x the price of Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 6x the price of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite — Today at Google I/O, Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash. This one skipped the -preview modifier and went straight to general availability
https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/gemini-35-flash/
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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google launches the Gemini Omni multimodal model, saying it can “create anything from any input”, starting with video generation, for Google AI subscribers — Although it was already discovered by intrepid AI power users weeks ahead of the official unveiling today at Google’s annual …
https://venturebeat.com/ai/google-unveils-gemini-omni-any-to-any-ai-model-what-enterprises-should-know
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Nan Ransohoff / Nan’s Substack:
An analysis based on current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests ~$370B of philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are poised to become liquid
https://nanransohoff.substack.com/p/the-third-wave-of-american-philanthropy
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Sanuj Bhatia / Android Central:
Google adds a conversational search feature to YouTube and rolls out the new Gemini Omni model in YouTube Shorts Remix and the Create app — Seriously, who is asking for all these tools? … What you need to know — Ask YouTube now supports conversational searches instead of relying only on simple keywords.
https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/youtube/google-i-o-youtube-updates
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Macy Meyer / CNET:
Google announces updates to Flow and Flow Music: Gemini Omni support, mobile apps, the ability to create custom tools like a video resizer or shaders, and more — Google Flow’s family of products gets agentic updates, mobile apps and the Omni Flash treatment.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-doubles-down-on-ai-content-creation-with-updates-coming-to-flow-and-flow-music/
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New York Times:
Google overhauls its search box, letting users ask longer queries, upload photos and videos, and use Gemini 3.5 Flash-powered agents to automate searches — Powered by a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box to answer longer queries, introducing a video-generation …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/google-seach-bar-ai-gemini.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.95yh.ptfBUHf-rBtB&smid=url-share
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Google announces Gemini Spark, a “24/7 personal AI agent” that is powered by Gemini 3.5 and supports integrations with Google Workspace apps, including Gmail — The AI agent is rolling out to testers this week. — Google has announced a “24/7 personal AI agent” …
https://www.engadget.com/2176556/googles-gemini-spark-is-an-agentic-ai-assistant/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Training Data:
Rebuilding IT From the Ground Up for the AI Age: Serval’s Jake Stauch
Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.
https://sequoiacap.com/#cCyEe8kplSBD
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Mat Smith / Engadget:
Google unveils Pics, an AI image editor in Workspace that lets users edit specific elements and modify text, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra usersMat Smith / Engadget:
Google unveils Pics, an AI image editor in Workspace that lets users edit specific elements and modify text, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra users
https://www.engadget.com/2176578/googles-newest-app-is-an-ai-powered-image-editor/
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google unveils Universal Cart, a shopping assistant that works “across merchants”, built on the Universal Commerce Protocol, rolling out in the US today
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-new-universal-cart-wants-to-follow-your-entire-shopping-journey-across-the-internet/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Google unveils conversational features for Gmail, Docs, and Keep, letting users ask natural language questions, rolling out to AI Pro and Ultra subs this summer
https://www.engadget.com/2176612/google-brings-more-conversational-features-to-gmail-docs-and-keep/
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI adds support for Google’s SynthID watermarks in AI images, and previews a public portal to let users verify if an image was generated by OpenAI’s tools
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/933442/openai-synthid-content-credentials-c2pa-expansion
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google introduces Antigravity 2.0, featuring an updated desktop app that lets users orchestrate multiple agents, alongside an Antigravity CLI tool and SDK — Google is introducing a new version of its agentic coding app, Google Antigravity 2.0, with an updated desktop app, a CLI tool, and an SDK for custom workflows.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-launches-antigravity-2-0-with-an-updated-desktop-app-and-cli-tool-at-io-2026/
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google’s web-based AI Studio now lets users build native Android apps; Google says the apps are for personal use only for now and publishing is on the roadmap
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-ai-studio-now-lets-anyone-build-android-apps-in-minutes/
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LLMs show language does not describe reality
The meaning of words is not grounded in the world
https://iai.tv/articles/llms-show-language-does-not-describe-reality-auid-3578
We tend to think of language, perception and thought as representing the world, pointing towards and mapping reality. But AI’s large language models suggest that this isn’t how language works, argues cognitive scientist Elan Barenholtz. These models prove that language and imagery can produce coherent continuations without ever grounding themselves in external reality. This “autogenerative” capacity was always present in language, awaiting discovery. And, Barenholtz argues, it is now the best explanation we have of how language and perception work in humans. Meaning arises not by establishing facts about the world, but rather through language’s generative role in producing further language, imagery, and, ultimately, coordinated human action.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ruotsalainen AI-palvelu pitää kaiken datan Tukholmassa
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18933-ruotsalainen-ai-palvelu-pitaeae-kaiken-datan-tukholmassa
– Rakennamme palvelun kaikkien EU-sääntöjen, ennen kaikkea GDPR:n ja AI Actin, mukaisesti niin, ettei data poistu EU:n alueelta. Ainakaan alkuvaiheessa ei myöskään Ruotsista. Näin sanoo ruotsalaisen Grundenin perustaja Fredrik Andersson.
Grunden tarjoaa generatiivista AI-palvelua, jonka kaikki laskenta tehdään Tukholmassa sijaitsevilla palvelimilla. Yhtiö yrittää erottautua OpenAI:n ja Anthropicin kaltaisista toimijoista ennen kaikkea datasuvereniteetilla ja EU-sääntöjen mukaisella toteutuksella.
Ruotsalainen startup Grunden on avannut generatiivisen AI-palvelun, jossa käyttäjädata pidetään ainakin toistaiseksi kokonaan Ruotsin sisällä. Palvelu toimii Tukholmassa sijaitsevilla Nvidia H200 -kiihdytinpalvelimilla, ja yhtiön mukaan tavoitteena on tarjota eurooppalainen vaihtoehto yhdysvaltalaisten AI-yhtiöiden pilvipalveluille.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18934-gpu-ei-olekaan-taerkein-komponentti-tekoaelylaskennassa
Tekoälybuumi on tehnyt NVIDIAn GPU-piireistä datakeskusten kuuminta valuuttaa. Nyt markkinoilta alkaa kuitenkin näkyä uusi ja yllättävä signaali. Generatiivinen tekoäly painaa rahaa myös NAND-flashmuistien valmistajille.
Japanilainen Kioxia arvioi nykyisen vuosineljänneksen voittonsa kasvavan peräti 48-kertaiseksi viime vuoden vastaavaan jaksoon verrattuna. Yhtiön mukaan taustalla on erityisesti datakeskusten kasvava kysyntä suurikapasiteettisille SSD-levyille.
Kioxian mukaan AI-markkina on muuttumassa tavalla, joka nostaa tallennuksen aivan uuteen asemaan. – Tallennuksesta tuli yhä tärkeämpää, kun generatiivisen tekoälyn käyttö siirtyi merkittävästi koulutuksesta inferenssiin, kommentoi Kioxian toimitusjohtaja Hiroo Oota.
Tämä on tärkeä havainto. Ensimmäinen generatiivisen tekoälyn aalto keskittyi mallien kouluttamiseen. Silloin kriittisin resurssi oli GPU-laskenta ja sitä ruokkiva erittäin nopea HBM-muisti.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18935-salesforce-johtaja-koodin-kirjoittamisen-arvo-laskee-vaeaejaeaemaettae
Tomi Engdahl says:
Suomalaisjohtajat käyttävät AI:ta – mutta eivät johda sillä
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18939-suomalaisjohtajat-kaeyttaevaet-ai-ta-mutta-eivaet-johda-sillae
Liftedin tutkimuksen mukaan yli puolet suomalaisista johtoryhmistä ei pidä tekoälyä osana varsinaista johtoryhmätyötä. Yrityksissä voidaan ottaa käyttöön Copilotit ja chatbotit, mutta strateginen ymmärrys agenttipohjaisesta AI:sta, datasta ja automaatiosta puuttuu edelleen ylimmältä johdolta.
Suomalaisen johtamisen kehittämiseen erikoistuneen Liftedin tuore Suuri johtoryhmätutkimus 2026 piirtää varsin karun kuvan siitä, miten hitaasti suomalaisyritysten johto reagoi tekoälyn aiheuttamaan murrokseen. Tutkimuksen mukaan jopa 54 prosenttia vastaajista ei koe tekoälyn olevan osa yhteistä johtoryhmätyöskentelyä.
Vain noin 30 prosenttia katsoo johtoryhmän tunnistavan tekoälyn muutostarpeet ja mahdollisuudet hyvin. Samaan aikaan teknologia-ala etenee nopeasti kohti agenttipohjaista tekoälyä, autonomista ohjelmistokehitystä ja AI-avusteista päätöksentekoa.
Liftedin tutkimuksen perusteella suomalaisyritysten johtoryhmät eivät kuitenkaan vielä käsittele tekoälyä strategisena teknologia-alustana, vaan lähinnä yksittäisinä kokeiluina. Tutkimuksen mukaan datan hyödyntäminen painottuu edelleen menneen analysointiin ennakoinnin sijaan. Samalla 42 prosenttia vastaajista arvioi, ettei organisaation tekoälykehitys tue aidosti ydintoimintaa.
Liftedin toimitusjohtaja Taneli Rantalan mukaan ongelma on tekoälyä laajempi.
– Tekoälyn heikko asema johtoryhmien agendalla on hälyttävä löydös, mutta se kertoo paljon syvemmästä ongelmasta. Johtoryhmiltä puuttuu kyky ennakoida toimintaympäristön muutoksia ja reagoida niihin riittävän nopeasti, Rantala sanoo.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18940-voimmeko-luottaa-agenttiin
F-Secure uskoo, että tekoälyn seuraava suuri ongelma ei ole suorituskyky vaan luottamus. Kun AI-agentit alkavat tehdä ostoksia, varauksia ja päätöksiä käyttäjän puolesta, kyberturva siirtyy pois laitteiden suojaamisesta kohti tekoälyn toiminnan valvontaa. – Ongelma ei enää ole tekoälyn kyvykkyys vaan luottamus siihen, sanoo F-Securen toimitusjohtaja Timo Laaksonen.
F-Secure julkisti partneritapahtumassaan uuden F-Secure Trust -strategian, jonka tavoitteena on rakentaa kuluttajille suojausmalli agenttisen tekoälyn aikakauteen. Yhtiön mukaan AI on siirtymässä hakukoneesta delegointityökaluksi, jossa agentit vertailevat tuotteita, tekevät ostoksia, varaavat matkoja ja toimivat käyttäjän nimissä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lähes puolet ihmisistä ei enää erota AI-bottia ihmisestä somessa
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18943-laehes-puolet-ihmisistae-ei-enaeae-erota-ai-bottia-ihmisestae-somessa
- Kun keskustelu muuttuu tunteikkaaksi, digitaalinen tutkamme lakkaa toimimasta, sanoo Surfsharkin tutkimusjohtaja Luís Costa. Surfsharkin ja Malmön yliopiston kokeessa 47 prosenttia osallistujista epäonnistui AI-bottien tunnistamisessa sosiaalisessa mediassa.
Kyberturvayhtiö Surfshark toteutti yhdessä Malmön yliopiston opiskelijoiden kanssa viikon mittaisen “Bot or Not” -kokeen, jossa yli 700 osallistujaa yritti tunnistaa tekoälyboteilla tuotettua sisältöä simuloidulla somealustalla.
Tulokset olivat huolestuttavia. Vain niukka enemmistö osallistujista onnistui tunnistamaan botteja paremmin kuin syyttämään oikeita ihmisiä boteiksi. Peräti 47 prosenttia epäonnistui tehtävässä.
Erityisen kiinnostavaa oli se, miten voimakkaasti keskustelun aihe vaikutti ihmisten arviointikykyyn. Kun keskustelu siirtyi teknisistä datakeskusaiheista tunteita herättäviin teemoihin kuten maahanmuuttoon ja naisten oikeuksiin, bottien tunnistaminen romahti.
Datakeskuksia käsittelevässä keskustelussa osallistujat tunnistivat botit 71 prosentin tarkkuudella. Maahanmuuttoaiheissa tunnistusaste putosi 54 prosenttiin. Naisten oikeuksia käsittelevissä keskusteluissa bottien tunnistus jäi enää 49 prosenttiin, eli käyttäjät missasivat enemmän botteja kuin löysivät niitä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Wail Street
Finance Bros Tremble in Fear That They Could Be Replaced by AI Too
You’re not safe either.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/finance-bros-tremble-replaced-by-ai?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR9l9VjbGNrBH2XpGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHg-zRN2_mn6BFtguGsKwJuUEQi8vMEarI84HvYBfKloj-3_t4rY_5oH5-jjT_aem_0D5Nli–WoLW-CIGP8pCcw
It’s not looking good for finance bros as another major banker has sung the praises of AI automating their profession.
On Monday, CEO of JPMorgan Jamie Dimon said that the multinational lender would likely hire less traditional bankers in the future, and instead favor bringing in more AI specialists. Out with the pencil pushers, and in with the prompters.
“I think it will reduce our jobs down the road,” Dimon said in a Bloomberg Television interview during the bank’s China Summit. “There will be all different types of jobs, and I think we will be hiring more AI people and fewer bankers in certain categories, and it will make them more productive.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17XpW2Hx8m/
The takeover isn’t happening yet!
Last month an @nvidiastudio exec said the cost of compute is ‘far beyond’ the cost of employees and a 2024 @mit_csail study found similar results with vision-based jobs, stating it’s only ‘economically viable for 23%’ of those jobs.
The math will likely change in the future but for now, humans are still cheaper.
#AI #technews #hackback #didyouknow #artificialintelligence
Tomi Engdahl says:
This is how not to get booed when giving a commencement speech
This sentence about AI got Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak applause—not boos—for his commencement speech
New grads keep heckling speakers for their comments on AI. But Wozniak told them something they actually wanted to hear.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91545731/this-sentence-about-ai-got-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-applause-not-boos-for-his-commencement-speech?fbclid=IwdGRjcAR-NdNjbGNrBH41mmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHuhq5k-YFdw7DyzABuqzC_v4V8Y8ztUJgoiS_EqJcdRTPELiHA2DxVEAzBbN_aem_0fU2TGQMsnCn3BX_yn0Qhw
A few weeks ago, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak managed to mention AI in his commencement speech to the Grand Valley State University class of 2026—without receiving a wave of boos from the crowd.
“You all have AI—actual intelligence,” Wozniak said, eliciting applause from the Michigan audience. “My entire life in the technical world, I’ve been following people who were trying to figure out how to make a brain.
“I was at a company where the engineers figured out how to make a brain,” he continued, saying it “takes nine months.”
For new college grads who are entering an unsteady job market with fewer openings for entry-level positions, Wozniak’s words probably felt like the most reassuring message they’ve heard all spring.
“I don’t use AI much at all,” Wozniak said during a March interview with CNN. “I often read things [AI produces], and they just sound too dry and too perfect. I want something from a human being, and I’m disappointed a lot.”