AI & Tech News Digest

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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Industry (3)
AI Startup Recursive Superintelligence Emerges from Stealth
Richard Socher, a prominent figure in artificial intelligence best known for founding the early chatbot startup You.com and his earlier work on ImageNet, has launched a new venture called Recursive Su
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
Who Decides What AI Tells You?
Campbell Brown, Meta's former head of news partnerships, has founded Forum AI to address what she sees as a critical gap in artificial intelligence: accuracy on complex, high-stakes topics. The 17-mon
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
Breakthrough in AI Coding: 'Vibe Coding' Revolutionizes App Development
Anthropic's Claude Code tool underwent a significant transformation in late 2025, shifting from a code generator that frequently failed to one that now produces working software almost every time. Thi
The Verge · May 14, 2026
Models (2)
Codex Coding Assistant Now on Mobile, Revolutionizing On-the-Go Development
OpenAI has brought its Codex coding assistant directly into the ChatGPT mobile app, letting developers keep tabs on their coding projects from anywhere. The feature, rolled out Thursday in preview mod
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
Clio Hits $500M Milestone Amid LLM-Powered Legal Tech Boom
Jack Newton, co-founder and CEO of Clio, believes legal tech will be the next major winner in the LLM era, and the company's financials seem to support that thesis. The 18-year-old Canadian company—wh
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
Regulation (1)
Jury Deliberates Fate of OpenAI in High-Stakes Musk v Altman Trial
Nine California jurors began deliberations in a high-stakes case that could reshape the future of OpenAI, the world's leading artificial intelligence laboratory. The trial centers on Elon Musk's alleg
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
Startups (1)
Khosla Ventures Bets $10M on Ian Crosby's New AI Bookkeeping Venture
Ian Crosby, the founder whose previous company Bench Accounting spectacularly collapsed in 2024 before being sold off, is back with a new venture called Synthetic. The new startup aims to create a ful
TechCrunch · May 14, 2026
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