AI News Roundup – May 15, 2026
Deloitte: Scale ‘autonomous intelligence’ for real growth
As focus shifts toward autonomous AI agents that execute multi-step decisions, Deloitte warns companies to build robust governance systems to ensure these tools actually boost their bottom line
AI News
May 15, 2026
State Department is testing agentic AI to ‘buy back time’ for workers
The US State Department is testing autonomous AI agents that complete malware analysis in 25 minutes instead of days, aiming to buy back time for cyber teams fighting global threats
Fedscoop
May 14, 2026
Cerebras stock nearly doubles on day one as AI chipmaker hits $100 billion — what it means for AI infrastructure
AI chipmaker Cerebras nearly doubled its IPO price, hitting a $100 billion valuation on day one. Their massive, single-wafer processors have convinced tech giants to invest heavily in their infrastructure
Venture Beat
May 14, 2026
Microsoft AI Researchers Just Discovered Something That’s Going to Make Their Bosses Extremely Mad
Microsoft researchers discovered that their latest AI models corrupt 25 percent of content during complex workplace tasks, dealing a blow to corporate efforts to replace human workers
Futurism
May 14, 2026
Data readiness for agentic AI in financial services
Before deploying autonomous AI agents to manage trades and risks, financial institutions must clean up decades of unstructured data to prevent costly mistakes
MIT Technology Review
May 14, 2026
What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
The legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman centers on whether OpenAI illegally abandoned its charitable mission for a Microsoft deal, potentially forcing OpenAI to dismantle its for-profit empire
Tech Crunch
May 14, 2026
Medical AI transcriber for Ontario doctors ‘hallucinated,’ generated errors: auditor general
Ontario’s auditor general revealed that AI medical transcribers are hallucinating fake prescriptions and missing critical details, highlighting the dangers of using experimental AI in medical settings
CBC
May 13, 2026
How ByteDance plans to turn OpenClaw craze into a profitable AI business
ByteDance is turning the popular OpenClaw AI framework into a profitable business by offering low-cost developer subscriptions and pushing domestic Huawei chips amid US tech sanctions
South China Morning Post
May 13, 2026
Even as hallucinations show up in legal filings, Big Law goes all in on AI with new Anthropic release
Despite embarrassing court blunders involving AI hallucinations, Big Law is aggressively adopting Anthropic’s new Claude AI, hoping tightly controlled tools can replace endless billable hours of legal grunt work
Fortune
May 12, 2026
AI doctors should be licensed. Here’s a framework to do that
As medical AI matches human skills and doctor shortages rise, experts urge a new federal agency to grant licenses to AI models, requiring them to pass medical boards before treating patients
STAT
May 11, 2026
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