📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

Uber burned through its full 2026 AI coding budget in four months, and its COO can't prove the spend is paying off. COO Andrew Macdonald can't tie AI token use to real consumer features. Uber burned through its full 2026 Claude Code and Cursor budget in just four months. R&D spending hit $951 million in Q1 2026 alone, a 17% jump year over year.

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Amid growing concerns of AI taking jobs, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang advised parents not to obsess over what their kids study, arguing that the skills that mattered before will still matter in the age of AI. Speaking with CNA, Huang said students should not chase “AI-proof” subjects but ask: “How can AI help elevate my learning, my craft, my purpose?”

Beijing is restricting overseas travel for top AI talent at Alibaba and DeepSeek. Top AI researchers at Alibaba and DeepSeek now need state approval to travel abroad. Beijing is treating them like nuclear scientists, with similar national security weight.

Another win for SpaceX’s impending IPO. American Airlines is the latest airline to announce its plans to install the space company’s Starlink satellite service on more than 500 Airbus aircraft for its inflight Wi-Fi service starting early next year. The deal hands SpaceX another win over up-and-coming competitors Amazon Leo and legacy providers like Viasat.

Micron briefly crossed $1 trillion Tuesday on a 19% pop, joining Samsung in the club. The signal underneath the price: Micron's entire 2026 HBM supply is sold out, HBM4 is already in production, and customers are committing to multi-year contracts at fixed prices.

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💉 Eli Lilly is Acquiring a Trio of Vaccine Developers for up to $4Bn

‼️ Stanford study finds clear racial bias in AI hiring

⚡️ Trade markets inside ChatGPT

💊 FDA Picks Its First AI Drugs

🧪 New DeepSWE benchmark crowns GPT-5.5, exposes Claude Opus loophole.

💰 Xiaomi slashes MiMo-V2.5 API prices by up to 99%.

🛡️ Security engineer job postings jump 11% as AI-coded threats surge.

🚏 OpenRouter raises $113M Series B at $1.3B valuation.

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