Reuters: US judge considers Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of authors’ lawsuit. “A federal judge on Thursday pressed lawyers for more information on several points of artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 ‌billion settlement with authors who accused it of misusing their books to train ‌its AI chatbot Claude.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/reuters-us-judge-considers-anthropics-1-5-billion-settlement-of-authors-lawsuit/

Gizmodo: American Jobs with AI Exposure Really Are Starting to Disappear, Data Show. “There’s real data now about what’s happening to these jobs in the AI era, and the trend is not great—although it’s clearly too soon to panic. Most notably, the year-long period ending in May of 2025 saw the raw number of customer service representatives drop by 130,180, a troubling 4.8% decrease.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/gizmodo-american-jobs-with-ai-exposure-really-are-starting-to-disappear-data-show/

Futurism: First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires. “The fire department in Jerome Township, Ohio, an exurb northwest of Columbus, has grown increasingly annoyed at two Amazon data centers over the last four years. Since the first site was approved by local officials in 2021, first responders have answered a combined 84 emergencies between the two facilities, a rate of about […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/futurism-first-responders-are-being-overwhelmed-by-data-center-fires/

PsyPost: Artificial intelligence tools answer addiction questions accurately but lack medical nuance. ” A recent evaluation found that while chatbot responses align broadly with national guidelines, they often lack the situational details necessary for individualized health decisions. These descriptive findings were recently published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/psypost-artificial-intelligence-tools-answer-addiction-questions-accurately-but-lack-medical-nuance/

TechCrunch: OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts. “On Friday, OpenAI launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., letting them connect their accounts and ask questions ranging from spending analysis to future financial planning.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/techcrunch-openai-launches-chatgpt-for-personal-finance-will-let-you-connect-bank-accounts/

ABC 7: Dating app Bumble is ending swipe feature, introduces AI assistant for matchmaking. ‘The company said it is introducing an AI assistant called Bee as part of its matchmaking process. Bumble said the feature aims to give users a more personal way to connect on the platform. The company has also announced it will remove the swipe — a key feature of the app for users to express interest in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/abc-7-dating-app-bumble-is-ending-swipe-feature-introduces-ai-assistant-for-matchmaking/

Press Gazette: Health coverage is getting killed by Google AI Overviews. “Looking at data from three months at the start of 2026, Sistrix estimates that health sections on major news brands will have seen links to articles supplanted by an AI-written summary 72% of the time in Google search results.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/press-gazette-health-coverage-is-getting-killed-by-google-ai-overviews/

Poynter: New Poynter hub serves journalists working with AI and audiences trying to make sense of it. “The Poynter Institute today launched a new AI hub on Poynter.org, bringing together its work in journalism training, ethics, media literacy, fact-checking, research and consulting to help journalists and the public navigate a rapidly changing information environment.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/poynter-new-poynter-hub-serves-journalists-working-with-ai-and-audiences-trying-to-make-sense-of-it/

TechSpot: Anthropic says more than 90% of its code is now written by AI. “Google, Microsoft, Snap, and others have all talked about how much of their code is now AI-generated, but Anthropic appears to be leading the pack: its CFO said ‘90%-plus’ of its code is written by Claude.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/techspot-anthropic-says-more-than-90-of-its-code-is-now-written-by-ai/

The Register: Datacenters are having fewer, but bigger failures. “There’s good news and bad news when it comes to datacenter uptime. According to a recent report from the Uptime Institute, bit barns have actually gotten more resilient over the past five years. However, the report suggests that those datacenter failures that do occur are lasting longer and costing more to resolve.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/the-register-datacenters-are-having-fewer-but-bigger-failures/