AI News Roundup – May 16, 2025
Software engineering-native AI models have arrived: What Windsurf’s SWE-1 means for technical decision-makers
Windsurf launched SWE-1, a family of AI models specifically designed for the entire software engineering lifecycle, aiming to improve developer efficiency beyond just code generation
venturebeat
May 15, 2025
Walmart Is Preparing to Welcome Its Next Customer: The AI Shopping Agent
Walmart is adapting its online retail operations to accommodate AI shopping agents as future customers, including designing AI-specific advertising and experiences
the wall street journal
May 15, 2025
AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
Google DeepMind introduced AlphaEvolve, a Gemini-powered coding agent designed to discover and optimize advanced algorithms through an evolutionary search process
google deepmind
May 14, 2025
AI meets the conditions for having free will—we need to give it a moral compass, says researcher
A researcher argues generative AI meets key philosophical conditions for free will, necessitating the urgent development of an integrated moral compass for these systems
techxplore
May 13, 2025
AI copyright report sparks new fight
A U.S. Copyright Office report analyzing AI’s use of copyrighted works has intensified legal battles, generally favoring copyright holders in fair use considerations
axios
May 13, 2025
Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers
Audible is expanding its catalog by offering AI-powered narration and translation services to publishers, allowing for wider content accessibility
audible
May 13, 2025
Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back
Financial tech company Klarna, after replacing customer service and marketing roles with AI, reportedly regrets the decision due to quality issues and is now seeking to rehire human workers
futurism
May 13, 2025
New Alibaba method slashes costs of training AI for search by 88%
Alibaba unveiled ‘ZeroSearch,’ a new AI training method that cuts costs for search model development by nearly 90% using simulated search environments
south china morning post
May 12, 2025
How Big Tech is trying to shut down California’s AI rules
Big Tech firms are actively working to counter or preempt California’s AI regulations, citing economic impacts and advocating for federal oversight to avoid varied state rules
politico
May 12, 2025
Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
Pope Leo XIV outlined his vision for the papacy, highlighting artificial intelligence as a principal challenge facing humanity amidst various global issues
the associated press
May 10, 2025
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