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Yesterday in AI | Tuesday, May 19, 2026
10,000 Graduates Booed the Former CEO of Google, and That's Just Where We Start
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt walked into a graduation ceremony yesterday and walked out to boos — and the data behind that reaction should make the tech industry uncomfortable. A small research team used an AI model most people still can't access to crack Apple's M5 chip in under five days, and the security industry needs to sit with that. Two companies now control 89 cents of every dollar spent on AI, and the same VC firms are betting on both of them simultaneously. And an artist posted a real Monet on the internet, told everyone it was AI, and let the crowd explain why the "slop" was so inferior.
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