The EU is about to tell Google that Gemini cannot have Android to itself

The European Commission is preparing to tell Google exactly how it must open Android to rival AI assistants, escalating a regulatory confrontation that will determine whether artificial intelligence b [...]

Meta is cutting 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 jobs, in AI push

The company told staff the cuts will take effect May 20, alongside the elimination of 6,000 open roles it had planned to fill [...]

OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5

The model, codenamed “Spud,” is designed to complete complex multi-step tasks with minimal human direction. It sets new benchmarks in agentic coding, computer use, and knowledge work, while matchi [...]

Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent

Meta is making another steep cut to its staff, this time to the tune of a 10 percent reduction in its workforce. About 8,000 people will be laid off and about 6,000 open jobs will also be eliminated, [...]

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.

Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an int [...]