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Google’s I/O conference showed how the company is being completely rebuilt for AI—for better or for worse

Google’s I/O conference showed how the company is being completely rebuilt for AI—for better or for worse

Even Google’s iconic search box is being revamped to accommodate AI.

By Alexei Oreskovic and Sharon GoldmanMay 19, 2026

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Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’:

By Preston ForeMay 19, 2026

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Indeed chief economist says the sectors most exposed to AI are seeing a big growth in job demand

By Emma BurleighMay 19, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at a podium flanked by signs that say "Winning the AI Race."

The times they are a-changin’: Washington suddenly warms to regulating AI

By Jeremy KahnMay 19, 2026

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Pizza Hut franchisee claims $100 million losses from ‘cascading operational breakdowns’ in AI adoption gone wrong

By Sasha RogelbergMay 19, 2026

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WeWork and Upwork CEOs confirm the Gen Z hiring nightmare is real—but it’s nothing new

By Jacqueline MunisMay 19, 2026

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‘Blood in the streets’: Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham pulls back the curtain on the AI wars to reveal a ‘brutal, competitive world’

GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham says the era of Big Tech monopoly profits is over — and AI is the reason why.

By Nick LichtenbergMay 19, 2026

‘This is what the consumer wants’: A new lawsuit about PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ is heating up the cookware industry

Two cookware giants are suing a newer startup over claims that PFAS are toxic despite the lack of evidence. The cookware startup says consumers want better.

By Catherina GioinoMay 19, 2026

Don’t hold your breath for the great AI job reshuffle, says Goldman Sachs—there’s little evidence of ‘too many coders and not enough plumbers’

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

By Eleanor PringleMay 19, 2026

Parag Agrawal’s AI startup wants to pay publishers when AI agents use their work

The former Twitter CEO’s AI startup is launching Index, a platform to estimate how much content owners contribute to AI agent tasks.

By Beatrice NolanMay 19, 2026

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Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI founding member and inventor of ‘vibe coding,’ defects to Anthropic

Karpathy, one of AI’s most influential voices, posted a “personal update” on X: “I’ve joined Anthropic.”

By Eva RoytburgMay 19, 2026

Exclusive: AI startup Viktor raises $75 million to put a virtual ‘coworker’ in Slack and Teams

The former Meta engineers behind Viktor say their AI agent has hit a $15 million revenue run rate in about 10 weeks.

By Beatrice NolanMay 19, 2026

Anaplan CEO: AI isn’t eating software. It’s sorting it

A new AI-driven architecture is dividing the SaaS landscape into two camps. The vendors who built moats around beautiful interfaces are in trouble.

By Charlie GottdienerMay 18, 2026

Eisen raises $18.5 million to help Americans recover forgotten funds before they are sent to state governments

The startup says it is helping people recover unclaimed money turned over to states in a process known as escheatment

By Jack KubinecMay 19, 2026

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Goldman Sachs: The U.S. labor market is healthier now than when ChatGPT launched. Yes, really

Goldman finds AI reduced job openings in the fields that needed it most—accidentally easing a historic mismatch. There’s another traffic jam ahead.

By Nick LichtenbergMay 19, 2026

‘Change the World’ idealism is dying in Silicon Valley. We’ll miss it when it’s gone

“City on the Edge” author Jonathan Weber says the techno-optimism accompanying today’s AI boom is missing the values that made Silicon Valley great.

By Jonathan WeberMay 19, 2026

DeepSeek and China’s AI boom are increasingly powered by state money

Government-linked investors in China went from backing fewer than 10 AI deals annually before 2018 to more than 140 in 2025, reshaping who controls the future of AI.

By Lily Mae LazarusMay 19, 2026

Gen Z is over-relying on AI at work—and it could cost them their careers

Half of workers today say they’re relying on AI too heavily, according to a new study from software firm GoTo and Workplace Intelligence.

By Jake AngeloMay 19, 2026

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Musk vs. Altman: AI safety cannot be one man’s job

The Oakland trial was a fight between two billionaires offering themselves as the guarantors of AI’s future. We deserve a better answer.

By Stavros GadinisMay 18, 2026

Not the Allbirds effect: Japan’s top bidet maker Toto has been quietly making chip supplies for decades, and the stock market finally noticed

Toto didn’t just flush its old business to make chips: it’s been making the same components to power the world’s AI infrastructure for years.

By Catherina GioinoMay 18, 2026

After AI stole his clients, one Big Tech ghostwriter is using AI to get them back

Johnson-Igra creates what he calls a “second brain” system for each executive by combining a knowledge graph with an LLM of their choice.

By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026

Billionaire Ken Griffin used to dismiss AI as ‘garbage.’ Here’s why he changed his mind—and why he’s ‘depressed’

“You could just see how this was going to have such a dramatic impact on society.”

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

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Pope Leo launches an AI commission days before he releases a papal letter alongside Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah

Pope Leo launches an AI commission days before he releases a papal letter alongside Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah

The pope will unveil his first papal encyclical next week alongside an Anthropic cofounder, just as he remains vocal against the use of AI worldwide.

By Catherina GioinoMay 18, 2026

6.7 million people thought they were ripping apart an AI-generated Monet painting. But it was real

A researcher posted a real Monet painting, but tagged it as made with AI. That didn’t stop people from tearing it apart online.

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

We watched social media concentrate. The same thing is happening in AI, only at a deeper layer

We watched Snap lose to Meta’s platform dominance and see the same pattern repeating in AI—only this time, the stakes aren’t market share.

By David Liberman and Daniil LibermanMay 16, 2026

A strip club scandal at a major crypto industry event triggers sponsor backlash

Critics say the event reinforces the ‘crypto bro’ trope at a time the industry is trying to enter the mainstream

By Jack KubinecMay 18, 2026

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Why the 137-year-old developer Hongkong Land is reinventing itself—and trying to loosen its ties to its home city

Asia Why the 137-year-old developer Hongkong Land is reinventing itself—and trying to loosen its ties to its home city

By Nicholas GordonMay 19, 2026

The 30-year yield hasn’t been this high since the Great Recession. Do the bond vigilantes ride again?

Economy The 30-year yield hasn’t been this high since the Great Recession. Do the bond vigilantes ride again?

By Eva RoytburgMay 19, 2026

DEI experts say the acronym may be radioactive, but the underlying business case is stronger than ever

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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 19, 2026

TSA’s new ‘straight to gate’ pilot lets Delta and JetBlue flyers clear security 25 miles before they reach the airport

Travel & Leisure TSA’s new ‘straight to gate’ pilot lets Delta and JetBlue flyers clear security 25 miles before they reach the airport

By Dave Lozo and Morning BrewMay 19, 2026

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Workplace Culture Dr. Bernice King on why companies that walked back DEI were never truly committed: ‘If you retreat that quick…that reveals who you really are’

By Preston ForeMay 19, 2026

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Politics Trump and Mark Cuban end war of words to tag-team America’s drug pricing crisis: ‘Democrats want cheaper medications, too’

By Catherina GioinoMay 19, 2026

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Future of Work CEO of AI-powered performance review firm says annual evaluations weren’t designed for the AI era: ‘The practice just hasn’t kept up’

By Jake AngeloMay 19, 2026

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Arts & Entertainment CNN analyst and ‘The Morning Show’ producer says Stephen Colbert is a role model for his ‘positive’ outlook on his show ending

By Emma BurleighMay 19, 2026

Yahoo Finance's AlphaSpace is live as of May 19.

Investing Exclusive: Yahoo Finance is building a Bloomberg Terminal for everyone else

By Nick LichtenbergMay 19, 2026

AI Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI
By Jake AngeloMay 16, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Oakland, California, on May 12, 2026. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

Newsletters Musk v. Altman: That’s all, folks

By Andrew NuscaMay 19, 2026

Commentary The SaaSpocalypse isn’t killing software. It’s exposing where software value really lives

By Joel HronMay 19, 2026

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AI College students are booing commencement speakers celebrating AI, but the wave of hate hasn’t stopped them from using it to cheat on their exams

By Sasha RogelbergMay 19, 2026

Environmental advocates and progressive lawmakers hold a rally in support of legislation that would put a moratorium on new data centers in the state on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

AI Americans’ AI hate wave might just be gathering steam: Data centers could hike power costs in some states over 50% by 2030

By Tristan BoveMay 19, 2026

How a book convinced Arundhati Bhattacharya, one of India’s most powerful bankers, to try working for a U.S. tech company

Asia How a book convinced Arundhati Bhattacharya, one of India’s most powerful bankers, to try working for a U.S. tech company

By Angelica AngMay 19, 2026

Commentary I’ve been studying Big Tech for a long time. What just happened with Anthropic and the Pentagon terrifies me
By Olivier SylvainMay 16, 2026

John Ketchum, CEO of NextEra Energy, speaks during BlackRock's 2026 Infrastructure Summit in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2026. Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Energy NextEra’s $67 billion Dominion takeover creates the world’s largest utility—just in time to win the AI data-center power surge

By Jordan BlumMay 18, 2026

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Crypto Harvard sold off its entire $87 million Ethereum stake just one quarter after buying it

By Jack KubinecMay 18, 2026

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AI Jury rules against Elon Musk in $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman

By Sharon GoldmanMay 18, 2026

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Investing AI is eating the market and Wall Street strategists have bubble brain as they debate: are we in 1997 or 1999?

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

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AI Communities are blocking billions in data centers. Big Tech has wagered $1 trillion otherwise

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

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By Bhaskar ChakravortiMay 16, 2026

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AI A record number of 18-year-olds are set to graduate into an economy designed against them

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

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Newsletters AI in the workplace is stumbling. Fortune’s Workplace Innovation Summit will dive in to why

By Kristin StollerMay 18, 2026

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Startups & Venture The AI boom is pulling Europe’s hottest startups to the U.S.—whether they planned to move or not

By Lily Mae LazarusMay 18, 2026

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By Andrew NuscaMay 18, 2026

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AI How a mom-and-pop car wash chain went from sticky notes to AI-powered operations that are upleveling every part of the company

By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026

Outnumbered: At $4 billion ClickUp, a 3:1 agent-to-human ratio is rewiring work itself

AI Outnumbered: At $4 billion ClickUp, a 3:1 agent-to-human ratio is rewiring work itself

By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026

The smartphone’s days are numbered. Meet the device that could come next

AI The smartphone’s days are numbered. Meet the device that could come next

By Alyson ShontellMay 18, 2026

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AI Solo founders are using AI to do the work of entire teams—but going it alone has limits

By Beatrice NolanMay 18, 2026

How EarthRanger uses AI to help protect endangered species—and boost the wildlife tourism industry

AI How EarthRanger uses AI to help protect endangered species—and boost the wildlife tourism industry

By Alexandra KirkmanMay 18, 2026

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Commentary OpenAI paid $100 million for a talk show. James Murdoch is eyeing an even bigger deal. The hot new asset class is humanity

By Lin CherryMay 17, 2026

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Commentary Freshworks CEO: why agile enterprises are winning the AI race — and what they did differently

By Dennis WoodsideMay 17, 2026

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Economy The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing

By Sasha RogelbergMay 17, 2026

Zillow CEO doubles down on remote-work model: ‘There is talent everywhere in this country’

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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 17, 2026

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By Emma BurleighMay 17, 2026

A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung’s memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom

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By Catherina GioinoMay 17, 2026

NRG’s new CEO has a plan to power the AI boom—and lower your energy bill

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By Jordan BlumMay 17, 2026

AI poised to tilt job market leverage toward older workers

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By Victor Swezey and BloombergMay 16, 2026

SpaceX heads into a record-shattering IPO with the ‘deepest moat that exists today’ as investors vow to ‘never bet against Elon’

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By Jason MaMay 16, 2026

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By Ziv Epstein, Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Vana Goblot and The ConversationMay 16, 2026

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