Top 5 AI News Stories — 31 May 2026
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Top 5 AI News Stories — 31 May 2026

Sunday • 31 May 2026

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TechCrunch AI
30 May 2026


SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

SoftBank is committing up to €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of data center capacity in France, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure bets ever made on European soil. The move underscores how the global race for AI compute is increasingly shaping national industrial policy and energy planning.



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TechCrunch AI
29 May 2026


After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Fresh off Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal, AI chip startup Groq is reportedly raising $650 million to double down on inference — the increasingly lucrative side of AI compute. The pivot reflects how inference, not training, is becoming the next major battleground in the AI hardware war.



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MIT Technology Review
29 May 2026


How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment

Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas frames AI as the greatest transformation of our era and declares that ‘technology is never neutral.’ The document offers a moral framework for technologists and policymakers, signaling that religious institutions are now actively shaping the global AI ethics conversation.



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TechCrunch AI
30 May 2026


‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs

Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot has shifted to token-based billing, sparking widespread backlash from developers who feel the previously generous pricing era is over. The change reflects mounting pressure across the AI industry to turn expensive model usage into sustainable revenue — even at the cost of user goodwill.



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OpenAI Blog
29 May 2026


Boston Children’s uses AI to unlock new diagnoses

Boston Children’s Hospital is using OpenAI’s technology to help diagnose more than 40 rare disease cases while reducing administrative burden on clinicians. It’s one of the clearest demonstrations yet that generative AI is moving beyond chatbots into high-stakes clinical decision support.



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