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Meet @anduriltech CEO Brian Schimpf, the engineer-CEO building America’s $31 billion weapons startup. The Pentagon is turning to Anduril for drones, missiles, and software. It’s the biggest sign yet that Silicon Valley is shaking up the military-industrial complex. bit.ly/48HpFXv

“If we build machines that are way smarter than us and have their own preservation goals, that’s dangerous," said one of the so-called godfathers of AI, Yoshua Bengio. bit.ly/48V02m6

OpenAI and Oracle are building a $16 billion data center in Saline Township, Michigan — in a farm town that voted against it. Fortune AI reporter @sharongoldman traveled there to hear from residents and learn about their effort to fight back. bit.ly/4uA3k6Q

“In composing these remarks, out of curiosity, I asked AI to prepare the address. And I was amazed at how quick and easy it was generated,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian told Emory graduates. “But I also noticed the lack of soul nor warmth it conveyed." bit.ly/42zx33I

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced its most expansive push yet into legal workflows, releasing more than 20 new integrations with the tools law firms already rely on. bit.ly/4nq6J5x

Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the 49,000 residents who call the region home. bit.ly/42Ptl6l

Federal prosecutors announced charges today in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing the Singapore-based operator of a ship and a key employee of making critical decisions that led to the disaster. bit.ly/4fhwkM3

The U.S. is in a bizarre situation in 2026: It’s facing a looming energy shortage, yet the Trump administration is making deals to pay offshore wind developers nearly US$2 billion in taxpayer money to walk away from energy projects. bit.ly/4u8iPmo

Inflation spiked to 3.8% last month, according to the April Consumer Price Index, released on Tuesday. It’s the sharpest reading consumers have seen in three years. bit.ly/4u7fLXX

President Trump has long insisted he has a “great relationship” with China’s President Xi, though relations have been barbed in recent months. bit.ly/48TpyrX

A Washington-based nonprofit is asking a judge to force the Trump administration to stop work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and restore historic elements on the National Mall. bit.ly/42y82G7

Of more than 200 hotels surveyed across the 11 U.S. host cities for the World Cup, nearly 80% said hotel bookings are tracking below initial forecasts, a new report from the American Hotel and Lodging Association found. bit.ly/4txFSpU

“Some of these tribes, they’re in very remote areas, and the only economic driver for that community may be a business owned by the actual tribe,” said Chris James, president of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. bit.ly/48REg2H

A year after followers of President Donald Trump put down $100 deposits for a Trump-branded gold phone, none have shipped, and a recent change in the fine print has some worried they never will. bit.ly/42xuI9t

CPQ is dead. Today Roadrunner is GA, with $27M from @foundersfund and @kleinerperkins. We're replacing CPQ with PQA: Prompt, Quote, Approve — the agentic stack for quote-to-cash. Hiring across the board. Fortune exclusive by @agarfinks: fortune.com/2026/05/12/exc…

A little over a year into President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, a number of studies are now determining that U.S. consumers have been its biggest financier. bit.ly/49nEw9O

For Seun Sodipo, CFO at @Plaid, the fintech startup that connects financial institutions, her coding experience has become a foundation for experimenting with AI. bit.ly/4uImw1Z

Oregon's gas tax repeal on the May 19 primary ballot comes amid widespread disruptions in the oil industry from the war with Iran started by Israel and President Donald Trump. bit.ly/3R3cES5

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said Monday that it was able to stop an effort by hackers to use AI to “plan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation.” bit.ly/4nnDXCF

Daniela Amodei, the cofounder and president of Anthropic, launched the AI company in 2021 alongside her brother, CEO Dario Amodei, and five other cofounders. During a recent talk with the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Amodei shared a trick for finding compatible business partners. bit.ly/4tu0FdG