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The Download: deepfake porn’s stolen bodies and AI sharing private numbers
MIT Technology Review 14 May 2026

The Download: deepfake porn’s stolen bodies and AI sharing private numbers

Plus: the US has approved Nvidia chip sales to 10 Chinese firms. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in t…

The energy squeeze behind the Iran war and AI boom
Axios 14 May 2026

The energy squeeze behind the Iran war and AI boom

Energy — whether it be oil for cars or power for data centers — is suddenly the world's biggest constraint.Why it matters: Energy is becoming the singular driver of both global st…

Cannes Film Festival opens, grappling with AI, Hollywood
Hürriyet 13 May 2026

Cannes Film Festival opens, grappling with AI, Hollywood

Cannes Film Festival rolls out the red carpets on May 11 for its annual showcase in France, grappling with the dizzying speed of AI-powered disruption and the absence of major Hol…

Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’
The Conversation 14 May 2026

Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’

What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.

Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
The Verge 13 May 2026

Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs

Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can…

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice
The Conversation 13 May 2026

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice

Our engagement with AI is at a crossroads: Will we treat it as an all-knowing oracle or as a tool to expand our own way of seeing the world?

Stars descend on the carpet as Cannes Film Festival 2026 opens without Hollywood backing
Le Monde 13 May 2026

Stars descend on the carpet as Cannes Film Festival 2026 opens without Hollywood backing

In the main Cannes competition, which begins Wednesday, 22 films are vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize for best film. As usual in the build-up to the festival, off-screen…

Xi will play nice with Trump at the Beijing summit
The National 13 May 2026

Xi will play nice with Trump at the Beijing summit

There will be plenty on the agenda as US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, meet in Beijing: AI, trade, Taiwan and the ongoing crisis in the Gulf, to …

Play Laugh Lines No. 71: Robots
The New Yorker 11 May 2026

Play Laugh Lines No. 71: Robots

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

Who Will Solve the AI Productivity Puzzle?
Project Syndicate 11 May 2026

Who Will Solve the AI Productivity Puzzle?

Robin Rivaton shows that value lies in reorganizing overall production processes, not in improving individuals’ output.

AI Power Users Are Pulling Away From Everyone Else, Microsoft Says
Inc 12 May 2026

AI Power Users Are Pulling Away From Everyone Else, Microsoft Says

The company’s 2026 Work Trend Index shows ‘frontier professionals’ creating higher-value work and deciding when to rely on AI.

Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment
The Conversation 11 May 2026

Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment

Taiwan, trade and AI regulation are on the agenda. But will there be progress on any of these issues during Beijing sit-down?