# AI News Digest - 2026-05-20

1. Google unveiled new AI products at I/O, including new models such as Gemini 3.5 Flash and the multimodal Gemini Omni, introduced a persistent cloud agent called Gemini Spark, redesigned the Gemini app, and restructured its AI subscriptions into three tiers priced from $7.99 to $99.99 per month while moving to a consumption-based compute billing model.

2. Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI when a jury found his claims were barred by the applicable statutes of limitations and the presiding judge accepted the unanimous advisory verdict; Musk said he would appeal the decision.

3. Anduril disclosed prototypes of augmented-reality smart glasses developed with Meta and a self-funded EagleEye helmet, described features including eye-tracking and voice-commanded drone control, integration with its Lattice system and various LLMs, and stated the systems remained years from production and large-scale field testing.

4. Andrej Karpathy joined Anthropic to return to frontier large language model research, foregoing a return to his former employer OpenAI.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/googles-i-o-announcements-new-models-a-cloud-agent-that-never-sleeps-and-a-redesigned-gemini-app/](https://the-decoder.com/googles-i-o-announcements-new-models-a-cloud-agent-that-never-sleeps-and-a-redesigned-gemini-app/)

[Google's I/O announcements: new models, a cloud agent that never sleeps, and a redesigned Gemini app](https://the-decoder.com/googles-i-o-announcements-new-models-a-cloud-agent-that-never-sleeps-and-a-redesigned-gemini-app/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-overhauls-its-ai-subscriptions-at-i-o-2026-with-three-tiers-starting-at-10-a-month/](https://the-decoder.com/google-overhauls-its-ai-subscriptions-at-i-o-2026-with-three-tiers-starting-at-10-a-month/)

[Google overhauls its AI subscriptions at I/O 2026 with three tiers starting at $10 a month](https://the-decoder.com/google-overhauls-its-ai-subscriptions-at-i-o-2026-with-three-tiers-starting-at-10-a-month/)

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137488/elon-musk-suit-openai-verdict/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137488/elon-musk-suit-openai-verdict/)

[Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137488/elon-musk-suit-openai-verdict/)

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137412/inside-anduril-and-metas-quest-to-make-smart-glasses-for-warfare/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137412/inside-anduril-and-metas-quest-to-make-smart-glasses-for-warfare/)

[Inside Anduril and Meta’s quest to make smart glasses for warfare](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/18/1137412/inside-anduril-and-metas-quest-to-make-smart-glasses-for-warfare/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/prominent-ai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-picks-anthropic-over-former-home-openai-to-get-back-into-frontier-llm-research/](https://the-decoder.com/prominent-ai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-picks-anthropic-over-former-home-openai-to-get-back-into-frontier-llm-research/)

[Prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy picks Anthropic over former home OpenAI to get back into frontier LLM research](https://the-decoder.com/prominent-ai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-picks-anthropic-over-former-home-openai-to-get-back-into-frontier-llm-research/)

For the site tree, see the [root Markdown](https://slashpage.com/ixtj-dev.md).