AI News You Missed - May 5th- May 9th

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Here’s the AI news you may have missed from last week.

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Monday, May 5th

- Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro completes Pokémon Blue. Source

- Anthropic offers $61.5B valuation for employee share buyback. Source

- AI predictions forecast a massive growth. Source

- UAE Makes AI Education Mandatory from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. Source

- Google rolls out Gemini access for children. Source

- Google addresses power infrastructure with new initiative. Source

Tuesday, May 6th

- A new US bill would require tracking the location of AI chips after they are sold, in an effort to curb illegal exports to China. Read more

- AnySphere raises $900M in new funding, reaching a $9B valuation. Learn more

- Pinterest unveils AI-powered visual search features. Details here

- Anthropic launches AI for Science program with free API credits. Join now

- U.S. AI czar predicts massive AI growth. See prediction

- Trump's AI Pope image creates international incident. Find out more

Wednesday, May 7th

- Vibe Marketing 101: From Campaigns to Systems bends traditional marketing, leveraging AI for scalable operations. Source

- Gemini 2.5 Pro levels up with Google's surprise release, boosting developer-friendly features. Source

- Amazon reveals new robot that can feel, enhancing warehouse precision. Source

- Oura Expands Health Tracking with AI-driven nutrition and glucose features. Source

- Google Gemini gains momentum but lags behind ChatGPT. Source

- ChatGPT's weekday usage spikes, signaling professional reliance. Source

Thursday, May 8th

- "Figma's big AI update takes on Adobe, WordPress, and Canva" Source

- "Apple doesn’t believe the iPhone will last another decade" Source

- "Stripe unveils an AI foundation model for payments" Source

- "Anthropic unveils web search API" Source

- "LinkedIn launches AI-powered job search tool" Source

- "Netflix Enhances Search with OpenAI's ChatGPT" Source

- "OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT Gov' for U.S. Agencies" Source

Friday, May 9th

- Shopify released new features for its Sidekick AI assistant. Source

- Microsoft banned DeepSeek app over data security concerns. Source

- US Senate considers AI chip location-tracking bill to limit China's access. Source

- AI Giants push for reduced regulations before Congress. Source

- Alibaba's ZeroSearch slashes AI training costs by 88%. Source

- OpenAI links ChatGPT research tool to GitHub for developers. Source

- Congressional AI hearing passes without major incidents. Source

- Fidji Simo joins OpenAI. Source

That’s it for today.

Until next time, stay safe.

-Best of AI Team

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