For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down — Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
How Anthropic's ongoing discussions with the Vatican about ethics and AI led to Christopher Olah being invited to Pope Leo's unveiling of an encyclical on AI — (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI is set to be released Monday (May 27), with Chris Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, at his side.
Sources: the ECB warned EU finance ministers that proposals to issue more euro stablecoins could reduce bank lending and make controlling interest rates harder — The European Central Bank warned European Union finance ministers on Friday that proposals to issue more euro stablecoins …
Google's AI Overviews are failing to provide search summaries for specific command-style terms including “disregard”, “ignore”, and “skip” — With certain terms, AI Overviews are drawing a blank. … Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now.
Reddit stock fell 5%+ on Friday after Meta launched a standalone app for online forums, called Forum; Reddit's stock is now down almost 40% this year — Reddit shares fell about 6% on Friday on concern that a new app from Meta called Forum could create an alternative avenue for internet users …
Google rolls out a Google Wallet redesign, including “dynamic quick access” for favourites, a “View more” floating action button, and more — At I/O 2026, Google Wallet quietly announced and completed its big Android redesign. There are also new features for Google Pay …
Sources: OpenAI generated about $5.7B in revenue in Q1, nearly $1B more than Anthropic — OpenAI generated about $5.7 billion in revenue in the first quarter, nearly $1 billion more than archrival Anthropic generated in the same period, according to two people with knowledge of the financials.