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Blackstone Commits $5 Billion to New Google TPU Cloud

Blackstone has committed $5 billion in equity for a majority stake in a new US-based AI cloud joint venture with Google that will sell Google's TPUs as a compute-as-a-service offering.

Blackstone has pledged $5 billion in equity for a majority stake in a new US-based AI cloud company with Google, which will sell access to Google’s Tensor Processing Units outside the Google Cloud Platform. The venture targets 500 MW of capacity by 2027 and signals a sharper challenge to Nvidia’s grip on the AI chip market.

Claude Mythos Preview Can Chain Low-Severity Bugs Into Severe Exploits, Cloudflare Finds

Cloudflare tested Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview against more than 50 of its internal code repositories as part of Project Glasswing.

loudflare’s research on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, conducted under Project Glasswing, found the frontier model can stitch together low-severity bugs into a single, working exploit — a capability that sets it apart from other frontier models and raises new questions about safeguards on capable cyber AI.

2,000 Cameras, A Million Violations, One Algorithm: How AI Took Over Chandigarh’s Roads

Chandigarh's AI-enabled Integrated Traffic Management System issued 9.95 lakh challans in 2024 — a near-fivefold jump from 2020 — generating Rs 23 crore in fines in a single year.

Over 2,000 AI-powered CCTV cameras now monitor Chandigarh, India’s first planned city, flagging everything from red-light jumps to footpath riding to U-turns. Residents have started calling it “Challangarh”. As the model spreads to Mohali, Panchkula and beyond, an uncomfortable question lingers: where does enforcement end and surveillance begin?

Beyond the SEBI Mythos Advisory: Why Experts Say India’s Markets Are Entering a New Threat Era

After SEBI advisory against Claude Mythos, Indian markets are bracing for advanced cyberattacks.

SEBI has named the threat. But what does a world of AI-discovered zero-days actually look like for India’s banks, brokers and exchanges? Cyber law experts and market watchers tell AI FrontPage the old assumption — that defenders have time — no longer holds.

OpenAI Launches Personal Finance Agents Within ChatGPT for U.S. Pro Subscribers

OpenAI has introduced personal finance AI agents within ChatGPT

The new AI tool, packaged as “your personal financial advisor” by OpenAI comes in the wake of its competition Anthropic AI launching a suite of pre-built AI agents for banks, insurers and asset managers in early May.

Trump’s China Visit and Jensen’s Last Minute Hitchhike Fail to Resolve the AI Race

The Trump-Xi summit failed to resolve the AI race logjam between US and China

Jensen Huang hitched a last-minute ride to Beijing on Air Force One. He left without a single H200 chip shipped to a cleared Chinese customer. The Trump-Xi summit produced warm photographs, a tariff truce, and no resolution on the three things that actually move the AI race, chips, rare earths, and a safety channel between the two governments.

Bihar’s First AI Summit Lands in Patna This Month, as State Pushes to Build a Tech Footprint

The Bihar AI Summit 2026 will be held at the Urja Auditorium in Patna on May 23-24, organised by private firm Qlass with backing from the Bihar IT Department. (Image: Bihar AI Summit)

Organised by private firm Qlass and backed by the Bihar IT Department, the two-day summit at Patna’s Urja Auditorium is one of the state’s first major efforts to attract AI companies and investments to a region best known for its agrarian economy.

Anthropic and Gates Foundation Commit $200 Million to AI Initiatives in India, Sub-Saharan Africa

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation will commit $200 million over four years for AI in global health, education and agriculture, including India programmes.

The four-year commitment will fund AI-powered apps for foundational literacy in India and sub-Saharan Africa, drug discovery for neglected diseases like polio and HPV, and tools for smallholder farmers.

Anthropic Warns China Could Close AI gap by 2028, as Trump meets Xi in Beijing

US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15, 2026 — the same week Anthropic published a policy paper warning that China could close the AI gap by 2028.

Anthropic’s policy paper warning of Chinese AI parity by 2028 was published hours before the US approved Nvidia H200 chip sales to 10 Chinese firms, as President Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in China.

Train Teachers in AI Before Students, Say Educators to AI FrontPage at Bharat Shiksha Expo 2026

AI in Classrooms Hinges on Teacher Training, Educators Tell Bharat Shiksha Expo

Speaking to AI FrontPage at Bharat Shiksha Expo 2026, leading educators stressed that teachers must be trained in artificial intelligence (AI) before students, highlighting AI’s growing role in NEP 2020, skill development, and future-ready education in India.