Today in AI — 12 May 2026 - Mitchell Bryson
Today's top AI news — curated links and commentary on the stories that matter for product builders.
The chip king became the banker - Mitchell Bryson
Nvidia has committed over $40 billion in equity AI investments this year, financing everything from a $30 billion OpenAI stake to Corning's glass fibre plants ($3.2 billion). It is no longer just selling chips — it is bankrolling the entire stack that runs...
Today in AI — 10 May 2026 - Mitchell Bryson
Today's top AI news — curated links and commentary on the stories that matter for product builders.
The easy work was load-bearing - Mitchell Bryson
Easy tasks aren't just easy. They train new hires, pace veterans, and keep fundamental skills alive. When AI skims them off, the remaining human work becomes 100% hard cases — and most organisations aren't ready for a workforce that never gets an easy rep.
The spreadsheet finally blinked - Mitchell Bryson
Three stories this week suggest the AI industry's financial narrative just hit its first real friction — not from regulators or competitors, but from the people doing the maths. SoftBank's lenders won't back OpenAI's private valuation at full price....
Today in AI — 9 May 2026 - Mitchell Bryson
Today's top AI news — curated links and commentary on the stories that matter for product builders.
Today in AI — 8 May 2026 - Mitchell Bryson
Today's top AI news — curated links and commentary on the stories that matter for product builders.
They're cutting while they're winning - Mitchell Bryson
In a single week, Cloudflare, DeepL, Freshworks, and Upwork all announced double-digit percentage workforce cuts — while posting revenue growth or beating expectations. The playbook is identical: rebrand as 'AI-native,' declare that smaller teams can do...
The night shift nobody asked for - Mitchell Bryson
Three announcements share a thread that should make builders take notice: AI that works when nobody's watching. Anthropic's 'dreaming' lets agents learn from their own mistakes between sessions, Claude Code Routines ship finished PRs while developers sleep,...
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Today in AI — 7 May 2026 - Mitchell Bryson
Today's top AI news — curated links and commentary on the stories that matter for product builders.
The agents got the job - Mitchell Bryson
In a single 24-hour stretch, Anthropic shipped 10 preconfigured agents to Wall Street with Jamie Dimon's public blessing, Sierra raised $950 million because 40% of the Fortune 50 already relies on its customer service agents, PayPal announced it's cutting...