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”
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[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:
https://towardsdatascience.com/unified-agentic-memory-across-harnesses-using-hooks/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-death-spiral
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/claude-code-and-gitlab/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Kohti autonomisia verkkoja – tekoälyn rooli verkkoinfran optimoinnissa kasvaa nopeasti
Tietoliikenneverkot ovat näkymätön mutta kriittinen osa yhteiskunnan toimivuutta. Kun datamäärät kasvavat ja verkkoihin kohdistuvat vaatimukset sekä tiukentuvat että monipuolistuvat, operointi käsipelillä ei enää ole mahdollista. DNA:n visiossa tekoäly mahdollistaa autonomiset verkot, joissa häiriö korjataan ennen kuin käyttäjä ehtii sitä edes huomata.
https://www.dna.fi/yrityksille/blogi/-/blogs/kohti-autonomisia-verkkoja-tekoalyn-rooli-verkkoinfran-optimoinnissa-kasvaa-nopeasti
Tomi Engdahl says:
Scaling Trusted Access for Cyber with GPT‑5.5 and GPT‑5.5‑Cyber
How our latest models help each layer of the defensive ecosystem and accelerate the security flywheel.
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-5-with-trusted-access-for-cyber/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Kokeilimme tekoälyä, ja näissä kolmessa tilanteessa se ei kannattanut
https://bang.fi/blogi/kokeilimme-tekolya-ja-naissa-kolmessa-tilanteessa-se-ei-kannattanut
Kaikki puhuvat tekoälyn ihmeistä ja tehokkuudesta, eikä ihme: onhan tekoäly muuttanut pysyvällä tavalla tapaamme tehdä töitä. Mutta miksei kukaan puhu niistä tilanteista, joissa homma ei vain toiminut? Tekoälyjohtajana työni on löytää paikkoja, joissa AI tuo aitoa hyötyä. Mutta yhtä tärkeää on tunnistaa ne tilanteet, joissa tekoäly ei ole vastaus ja ihmissilmälle on paikkansa. Tässä kolme tapausta, joissa jouduimme itse toteamaan: ei kannata.
Tapaus 1: Asiakaspalvelubotti, joka ei ymmärtänyt kontekstia
Oppi: tekoäly ei korjaa huonoa dataa. Se vahvistaa sitä.
Tapaus 2: AI-tuotettu sisältö, joka oli “ihan ok”
Oppi: Jos sisältösi voisi olla kenen tahansa tekemää, se ei kiinnosta ketään.
Tapaus 3: Automaatio, jonka ylläpito oli monimutkaisempaa kuin käsin tehty työ
Oppi: Jos automaatio vaatii enemmän ylläpitoa kuin manuaalinen työ, se ei ole enää automaatiota. Se on uusi ongelma. Ei kannata myöskään automatisoida sellaista, mille ei loppujen lopuksi ole edes tarvetta.
Miten tunnistaa etukäteen ne paikat, joissa tekoälyn käyttö oikeasti kannattaa?
Vuosien kokemuksella olen oppinut kysymään kolme kysymystä ennen jokaista AI-
projektia:
Onko data kunnossa? Jos lähtötieto on sekavaa, hajallaan tai vanhentunutta, AI ei
pelasta sitä. Aloita datasta ja varmista, että se on selkeää ja laadukasta.
Toistuuko tehtävä riittävästi? Tekoäly loistaa toistuvissa, ennustettavissa
tehtävissä. Tehtävät, joissa jokainen tapaus on ainutlaatuinen, on taas parempi jättää ihmisen tehtäväksi.
Onko hyöty suurempi kuin ylläpitokustannus? AI-ratkaisu ei ole kertainvestointi. Se vaatii päivitystä, seurantaa ja kehittämistä. Jos ylläpito vie enemmän resursseja kuin itse ongelma, ei tekoälyratkaisua kannata ottaa käyttöön.
Rehellisyys on paras myyntiargumentti
Paras AI-konsultti osaa sanoa myös ei. Tekoälyssä on paljon mahdollisuuksia, mutta vain
oikeissa paikoissa,
Tomi Engdahl says:
South Africa’s AI policy withdrawn due to being AI-generated
https://dangerousminds.net/weird-news/south-africa-ai-policy-withdrawn-ai-generated/
South Africa has withdrawn its draft national AI policy after it was uncovered that much of the policy was AI-generated.
The communications minister withdrew the policy after noting that six of 67 academic citations were AI-generated and had cited journal articles that do not exist.
Solly Malatsi has since released a statement on the baffling matter, sharing, “The most plausible explanation is that AI-generated citations were included without proper verification. This should not have happened.”
In a post on X, he continued, “This failure is not a mere technical issue but has compromised the integrity and credibility of the draft policy.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.anthropic.com/research/natural-language-autoencoders?xs=1
Tomi Engdahl says:
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Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/github-agentic-workflows/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-5-instant
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/openai-eu-cyber-model-anthropic-mythos-gpt.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Z and millennials are using ChatGPT like a ‘life advisor’—but college students might be one step ahead
https://fortune.com/article/sam-altman-chatgpt-gen-z-millennials-life-advisor-operating-system/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Forward deployed engineers bringing AI to enterprises
We built The OpenAI Deployment Company to help organizations solve high-impact problems using AI—starting from first principles and deploying systems in real-world environments.
https://openai.com/business/the-openai-deployment-company/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiveness-of-html/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-build-a-claude-code-powered-knowledge-base/
Tomi Engdahl says:
We have to sit down. https://trib.al/X5Q39yF
Tomi Engdahl says:
Café-Faire
Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It’s Inexorably Driving It Out of Business
Who could have seen this coming?
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-gemini-runs-entire-coffee-shop?fbclid=IwdGRjcARw805jbGNrBHDy9GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpV3koSbjp3ji1IKdZChSBZPAl5GgM__tqkMg7LDDdA2dKA8pWXLMaM4xBou_aem_0Ji51JO7cJzdbiwwM_SOoA
An AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect.
Dubbed “Mona,” the Google Gemini-powered agent was given a $21,000 budget in an experiment conducted by the AI safety startup Andon Labs. It was empowered to do everything from hire staff to place orders for goods to maintain its inventory. Humans, meanwhile, did the actual work of catering, receiving their AI overlord’s commands through the workplace messaging platform Slack.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google unveils Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and letting users vibe code Android widgets — We’re one step closer to our phones just using themselves. … It is, once again, Gemini season.
Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone
https://www.theverge.com/tech/928724/gemini-intelligence-android-io-autofill
We’re one step closer to our phones just using themselves.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tekoäly tekee drooneista autonomisia tappajia
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18912-tekoaely-tekee-drooneista-autonomisia-tappajia
Tomi Engdahl says:
Google DeepMind:
Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts — We are developing more seamless, intuitive ways to collaborate with AI — The mouse pointer has been a constant companion …
Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era
https://deepmind.google/blog/ai-pointer/
We are developing more seamless, intuitive ways to collaborate with AI
The mouse pointer has been a constant companion on computer screens, across every website, document and workflow. Despite how technologies have changed, the pointer has barely evolved in more than half a century.
We’ve been exploring new AI-powered capabilities to help the pointer not only understand what it’s pointing at, but also why it matters to the user.
Our goal is to address a common frustration: because a typical AI tool lives in its own window, users need to drag their world into it. We want the opposite: intuitive AI that meets users across all the tools they use, without interrupting their flow. For example, imagine pointing to an image of a building, and requesting “Show me directions”. Nothing more is needed when the AI system already understands the context.
Today, we’re outlining the underlying principles guiding our thinking on future user interfaces, and sharing experimental demos of an AI-enabled pointer, powered by Gemini. For example, you could visit Google AI Studio to edit an image or find places on the map, just by pointing and speaking.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Viola Zhou / Rest of World:
The Facebook House in Los Altos, Mark Zuckerberg’s former residence, has become a hub for Chinese AI talent, who are a key part of Silicon Valley’s AI boom — Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they’re superstars. — Last fall, I moved into Mark Zuckerberg’s old house.
The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley
Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they’re superstars.
https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ben Lang / Road to VR:
Meta schedules its annual Connect event for September 23-24 and says the event will focus on “the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI”
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-connect-2026-date-announcement/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a month while it discusses commitments with EU antitrust regulators to address their concerns
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-offers-rival-ai-chatbots-free-access-whatsapp-month-2026-05-12/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Erin Woo / The Information:
Google says it is hiring a team of “forward deployed engineers”, a source says in the hundreds, to help customers use its business-focused AI products
Google to Hire Hundreds of Engineers to Help Customers Adopt Its AI
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-hire-hundreds-engineers-help-customers-adopt-ai
Tomi Engdahl says:
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Anthropic announces 12 Claude plugins for the legal sector, including a “commercial counsel” tool for reviewing vendor agreements and a bar exam study tool
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/anthropic-expands-push-into-legal-industry-with-new-ai-tools
Tomi Engdahl says:
Alex Heath / Sources:
Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate’s original data center initiative
Sam Altman may start a new compute company
Stargate redux? OpenAI’s CEO has recently discussed setting up a new compute effort that he would raise money for, with OpenAI as the majority shareholder.
https://sources.news/p/sam-altman-stargate-redux-maybe
Tomi Engdahl says:
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating — The change reverses an honor-code policy dating back to 1893 — For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself …
Princeton Mandates Exam Proctors After Fears of ‘Widespread’ AI-Fueled Cheating
The change reverses an honor-code policy dating back to 1893
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/princeton-cheating-ai-proctors-2a1cf62e?st=TNd4JW&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
For more than a century, Princeton University prided itself on an honor code so revered that proctoring during exams was banned. Students’ pledge not to cheat was enough.
Those days are over—largely because of AI.
On Monday, faculty voted to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing a policy set in place in 1893 when Princeton introduced its honor code. The change came after “significant numbers” of undergrads and faculty requested it, “given their perception that cheating on in-class exams has become widespread,” according to a letter from Michael Gordin, Princeton’s dean of the college.
AI has made it both easier for students to cheat and harder to spot, Gordin wrote. Students are loath to report cheating because they are afraid they’ll be called out on social media. Those who do make reports often file anonymously, making it difficult for the school to investigate.
Princeton had been among the few schools to use an honor code letting students take exams without a professor present. Students will still be required to attest: “I pledge my honor that I have not violated the Honor Code during this examination.”
The code is embedded in the university’s culture and has long been a point of pride. It goes back to the 19th century, when students petitioned to eliminate proctors during examinations, according to the student newspaper.
The new policy means instructors will be present during exams and will document any infractions they observe. They will report those to a student-run honor committee for adjudication.
Nadia Makuc, a Princeton senior, chaired that committee during the past year. She said she thinks most students support the new policy because it alleviates pressure to report classmates. The committee received about 60 cases in the past year, an uptick, but she thinks most go unreported.
The ease of cheating has created a growing temptation, she said.
“If the exam is on a laptop, someone can just flip to another window. Or if the exam is in a blue book, it’s just people using their phone under their desk or going to the bathroom and using it,” she said.
In a survey of over 500 seniors conducted by the student newspaper last year, 30% reported they had cheated on an assignment or exam. Nearly half reported knowledge of an honor code violation but less than 1% had made a report.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Financial Times:
Analysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spread to Europe, boosting stocks like STMicro and Nokia as investors seek the AI boom’s pick-and-shovel stocks
https://www.ft.com/content/adabe0fe-3418-4f06-8c08-98db21250a49
Tomi Engdahl says:
Bloomberg:
Analysts: China’s AI hardware suppliers face capacity constraints and component shortages, including optical and electronic chips, that may limit 2026 growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/china-s-ai-suppliers-can-t-keep-up-as-component-shortages-bite
Tomi Engdahl says:
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Alibaba reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$35.8B, below ~$36.3B est., and net income up ~100% to ~$3.7B, in part due to investments, as it seeks to monetize AI
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/alibaba-revenue-misses-estimates-despite-ai-monetization-efforts
Tomi Engdahl says:
Bloomberg:
Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$28.9B, below ~$29.4B est., and net income of ~$8.5B, meeting est., amid a costly AI pivot; its stock is down 23% YTD
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/tencent-revenue-miss-heightens-pressure-for-ai-payoff
Tomi Engdahl says:
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
SAG-AFTRA’s tentative contract lets studios use synthetic actors if they add “significant” value and requires bargaining if studios license performances for AI
SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sag-aftra-artificial-intelligence-pensions-concerns-1236746577/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tekoäly kutistaa puolijohdekirjastojen karakterisoinnin viikoista päiviin
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/18916-tekoaely-kutistaa-puolijohdekirjastojen-karakterisoinnin-viikoista-paeiviin
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jopa 30 ampeeria 99 prosentin hyötysuhteella
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TDK on esitellyt uuden i9C-sarjan DC-DC-muuntimet, joiden hyötysuhde nousee parhaimmillaan jopa 99 prosenttiin. Kyse on erittäin korkeasta lukemasta 1500 watin teholuokassa.
Uusi i9C on niin sanottu buck-boost-hakkuriteholähde. Se tarkoittaa DC-DC-muunninta, joka pystyy sekä laskemaan että nostamaan jännitettä riippuen tilanteesta. Esimerkiksi akkukäyttöisessä järjestelmässä akun jännite voi kuorman ja varaustilan mukaan vaihdella paljonkin, mutta elektroniikka tarvitsee silti vakaan käyttöjännitteen.
Korkea hyötysuhde on tärkeä erityisesti akkukäyttöisissä järjestelmissä, joissa jokainen hukattu watti muuttuu lämmöksi ja lyhentää käyttöaikaa. TDK tähtääkin moduulilla esimerkiksi AGV- ja AMR-robotteihin, drooneihin, humanoidirobotteihin sekä muihin akkukäyttöisiin teollisuuslaitteisiin.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Molly Taft / Wired:
Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site — Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-new-gas-turbines-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/
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Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
The US’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies — Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves …
Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/medicares-new-payment-model-is-built-for-ai-and-most-of-the-tech-world-has-no-idea/
Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores. But last month, that work put him at the center of something much bigger.
His company, Pair Team, announced on April 30 it had been accepted into ACCESS, a Medicare program — as one of 150 participants chosen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to test what AI-driven medical care could look like at federal scale. The program goes live July 5.
“The government is creating swim lanes for AI innovation in traditionally regulated industries,” he told me over a Zoom call a few days later. “The best solution wins, which, in regulated industries like healthcare — that’s not been the case.”
ACCESS — Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions — is a 10-year CMS program testing a payment model that rewards health outcomes rather than required activities (like a certain number of check-ins). Participating organizations like Pair Team receive predictable payments for managing qualifying conditions and earn the full amount only when patients meet measurable health goals, like lower blood pressure or reduced pain. It covers diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, obesity, depression, and anxiety.
That payment structure is the real news.
Traditional Medicare reimburses based on time spent with a clinician. There’s no mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.
“It’s a payment model transformation,” Batlivala said. “You just couldn’t do this before.”
The first cohort spans a wide range of participants — AI doctor startups, virtual nutrition therapy providers, connected device companies, and wearable makers like Whoop. Batlivala is skeptical of some of them.
“I’m a big fan of wearables, but for a senior who’s struggling with food insecurity, I don’t know how much Whoop is going to be able to do,” he said, adding of his own company, “We’ve been building toward this for five-plus years now.”
Pair Team launched in 2019 with a specific kind of patient in mind: people managing chronic conditions who were also dealing with unstable housing, too little food, or lack of transportation. About a third of Americans fall somewhere in that category.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Applen tekoälyn kouluttajat paljastavat salatut säännöt: ”Sensuuria”
Applen uutta tekoälyä piti opettaa olemaan puhumatta esimerkiksi abortista ja sodista, sanovat kouluttajat. ”En myisi tällaista paskaa asiakkaalle”, sanoo yksi heistä.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20224113
Juttu tiivistettynä
MOT tapasi suomalaisia, jotka kouluttivat Applen tekoälyä Kreikassa.
Apple oli antanut koulutukseen ohjeet, joita jotkut kouluttajat tulkitsivat sensuuriksi. MOT:n haastattelemien kouluttajien mukaan tekoälyä tuli opettaa olemaan käsittelemättä kiistanalaisia aiheita, kuten sotia, maahanmuuttoa tai aborttia.
Työ tehtiin kovassa aikapaineessa, haastateltavat kertovat. Siksi jotkut kouluttajat oikoivat ja käyttivät apunaan kilpailevia tekoälymalleja.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
WhatsApp launches Incognito Chat, an AI chat mode built on Private Processing that Meta says lets users talk to AI without Meta being able to access the chats
WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-incognito-chat-meta-ai/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple files an EU submission criticizing draft DMA measures that would require Google to give competing AI services access to Android apps, citing privacy risks
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-criticises-eu-measures-help-ai-rivals-access-google-services-2026-05-13/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Analysis: 25% of the 13,000 US federal lobbyists are involved in AI issues, up from 11% in 2023; OpenAI plans to host the opening of its DC office on Wednesday
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/ai-lobbying-washington-openai-anthropic.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, powered by Alexa+, on Amazon.com and its app for all customers in the US
Alexa is moving into Amazon.com
The company is giving its AI-powered assistant special shopping skills on its website and app.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/929457/amazon-announces-alexa-for-shopping-ai-assistant-rufus
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B at an up to $950B valuation, up from $380B after raising $30B in February 2026 — The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called Mythos and is separately battling with the Pentagon, was previously valued at $380 billion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/technology/anthropic-funding-950-billion-valuation.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Richard Socher’s Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue “recursive self-improvement” — Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/recursive-superintelligence-funding-ai.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Blame Game
Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason
Anthropic would rather blame the internet than its poor training.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-evil-internet-blame?fbclid=IwdGRjcARxmsZjbGNrBHGaHmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmZAfm97OtdcpybQNc3BlxqkWj9De6mfK3gm1pb_WRH5KwDHodPcX-Y1AYIj_aem_Zz2AUxDdG9bsFzQFkA9IPw
In a classic example of the AI industry’s reputational alchemy, Anthropic has often transformed bad behavior by its flagship model Claude into fresh hype.
When it revealed its Mythos Preview model last month, for example, the company declared that the system had “reached a level of coding capability where they can surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities.” And last year, it conceded that during the testing of its Claude Opus 4 model, the AI ended up blackmailing a human user upon being threatened with shutdown.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Artificial Intelligence
Book Smart
New Wikipedia Clone Made Entirely of AI Hallucinations
An entire “universe” of nonsensical information that somehow all still fits together.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deranged-wikipedia-clone-made-entirely-of-ai-hallucinations?fbclid=IwdGRjcARygydjbGNrBHKA9mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHocjyaRdZoN0WuKq0Y1mmpqUBE_1I3Bl0Iwo74V3ygS2gd0UK0iyrA-78Yh8_aem_nTf_6TOFWkAM46jbwqBU5A
A new Wikipedia-style site is purportedly made entirely of AI-hallucinations, treating visitors to preposterous insights beamed from a nonexistent reality.
Called “Halupedia,” its creators say that the “infinite” encyclopedia invents everything it contains on the fly, with each search term — or link click — becoming a prompt for an AI model on the backend, which relates information “in the deadpan register of a 19th-century scholarly press.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
They keep using the word “hallucinations” to avoid what it should be referred as; wrong, incorrect, false, misinformation, a lie, etc..
Alexander Grim they need us to believe LLM are intelligent. They’re desperate for that.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LeFT2vd9w/
Timmy Trumpet has been declared the world’s first AI-proof DJ after experts confirmed artificial intelligence is still too embarrassed to DJ with a trumpet.
Researchers say AI can now produce generic EDM, mix festival-worthy sets, generate crowd chants, write demanding riders and genuine-sounding public apology posts, all while shouting “let’s fucking go” every 45 seconds, but still refuses to stand on a main stage honking “parp parp” noises over a big room breakdown.
“We tried everything,” said one AI researcher. “The system learned music theory, sound design, mastering, crowd psychology and the entire Beatport Top 100. But the moment we asked it to mimic Timmy Trumpet, we discovered it had also learned shame.”
The discovery has stunned the EDM world, where many feared AI would soon replace every artist whose live show consists of a pre-recorded mix, some fireworks, a bit of pointing at the sky, and a tantrum backstage.
Timmy Trumpet, however, appears to have future-proofed himself by building an entire career around the one thing nobody else wants to do, including AI.
“It turns out the trumpet wasn’t a gimmick,” said one industry analyst. “It was a firewall.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
California parents blame ChatGPT for advice that led to son’s fatal overdose, lawsuit says
The legal filing alleges that the chatbot informed Sam Nelson it was safe to combine the anti-anxiety medication Xanax with the herbal supplement kratom
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/open-ai-chatgpt-drug-overdose-lawsuit-b2975315.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcARyy1djbGNrBHLLK2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHr_3xzkXATUEJHlUCG13hbxl6g4zcBp0zIy33OAbqKRqDgp_C-l-G0x8LwkP_aem_ood3NPo8UH06GYxYxhyvwg
Tomi Engdahl says:
Predatory Opportunists
The AI Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People
Companies like Mercor are ushering in a new Wild West with no standards.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-homeless?fbclid=IwdGRjcARyz-xjbGNrBHLPvGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmwJajnxFo8khc55u5e4uthciyrksDptOki1_nbayKm_Sz9IGcruvz6MKTGl_aem_GTsU3o1xZ9pRVUisqbUGjw
Last year, a San Francisco-based AI company called Mercor exploded onto the tech scene, just as US workers were buckling under the grip of unemployment.
The online job marketplace connects contractors — often struggling unemployed workers — with companies like OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The gigs have a ghoulish tint, since the basic idea is for former employees to teach AI how to do their old jobs. Adding insult to injury, Mercor is known for treating its workers poorly.