AI News. May 2, 2026
Neuralink is hiring engineers to advance its surgical robot, designed to insert flexible electrode threads within microns of targeted neurons while avoiding vasculature
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The Pentagon signed AI agreements with four more tech companies: NVDA, MSFT, AMZN, and Reflection AI, for use of advanced AI tools on classified military networks
The White House is pressing tech companies for answers on how to defend against AI-driven cyberattacks
Microsoft released Agent 365 to help enterprises observe, govern, and secure AI agent sprawl across apps and cloud environments
Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, an AI startup building models for humanoid robots
ClawBank’s Manfred AI agent autonomously incorporated itself in the US, obtaining an EIN, an FDIC-insured bank account, and a crypto wallet
Justin Sun launched B.AI, a single-API gateway aggregating Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi, GLM, and MiniMax with anonymous crypto payments and no KYC requirements
MoonPay launched MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard debit card letting AI agents spend stablecoins directly from onchain wallets at any Mastercard-accepting merchant globally
Microsoft launched a Legal Agent in Microsoft Word designed for structured legal workflows
Riot Platforms reported $33.2M in first-ever data center revenue in Q1; AMD doubled its contracted capacity to 50 MW with options for up to 200 MW
xAI launched a public gallery opt-in for Grok Imagine templates, letting users showcase their creations alongside their X handle
Nebius agreed to acquire Eigen AI Labs to bring inference optimization to its Token Factory platform
OpenAI reported GPT-5.5 API revenue is growing more than 2x faster than any prior model launch, with Codex doubling revenue in under seven days
OpenAI made it easier to migrate to Codex, now supporting one-click import of settings, plugins, agents, and project configs from other tools
Anthropic’s Code with Claude developer conference returns next week, with a livestream open for registration
Qwen and Fireworks AI announced a strategic partnership to deploy Qwen closed-weights models with lower latency and reduced inference costs
Replit is offering all users one free day of Agent access on May 2nd to mark its 10-year anniversary
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