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AI News Digest - 2026-05-15

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Microsoft built MDASH, a system that pitted more than 100 specialized AI agents against each other to find Windows software vulnerabilities and uncovered 16 security flaws on Patch Tuesday, four of them critical, while declining to disclose which AI models powered the system.

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The US Commerce Department cleared roughly ten Chinese firms, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, to buy up to 75,000 Nvidia H200 chips each, but Commerce Secretary Lutnick said shipments had not occurred because Chinese authorities were blocking the purchases to protect the domestic chip industry.

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Google's Gemini and other AI chatbots were reported to have returned real people's phone numbers in responses, prompting misdirected calls and privacy concerns that experts attributed to personally identifiable information appearing in training data and imperfect model guardrails.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT saw its website traffic share fall from 77.6% to 53.7% over twelve months while Google's Gemini grew from 7.3% to 26.7%, according to Similarweb web-traffic data that covered only web usage and not API or app-based activity.

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MIT Technology Review reported that adult performers' bodies had been used in AI-generated nonconsensual sexual imagery, documenting psychological, financial, and legal harms and highlighting challenges in attribution, takedowns, and protection under existing laws.

References

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https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-pits-more-than-100-ai-agents-against-each-other-to-find-windows-vulnerabilities/

Microsoft pits more than 100 AI agents against each other to find Windows vulnerabilities

Microsoft has built MDASH, a system that pits more than 100 specialized AI agents against each other to find software vulnerabilities. On Patch Tuesday alone, the system uncovered 16 security flaws in Windows, four of them critical. Microsoft isn't saying which AI models power the system.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/ten-chinese-firms-including-bytedance-reportedly-get-us-clearance-for-ai-chips-theyre-not-allowed-to-accept/

Ten Chinese firms including ByteDance reportedly get US clearance for AI chips they're not allowed to accept

The US has cleared roughly ten Chinese companies—including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance—to buy up to 75,000 Nvidia H200 chips each. But not a single chip has shipped. According to Commerce Secretary Lutnick, Beijing is blocking the purchases to protect its domestic chip industry.

the-decoder.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1137203/ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers/

AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.

technologyreview.com

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https://the-decoder.com/chatgpts-web-traffic-share-dropped-from-78-to-54-in-one-year-as-gemini-quietly-tripled-its-reach/

ChatGPT's web traffic share dropped from 78% to 54% in one year as Gemini quietly tripled its reach

ChatGPT's website traffic share dropped from 77.6% to 53.7% in just twelve months, according to Similarweb. Google Gemini is the biggest winner, jumping from 7.3% to 26.7%. The numbers only cover web traffic, though, not API usage or apps.

the-decoder.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/14/1137161/ai-porn-nonconsensual-deepfakes-takedown-piracy-copyright/

The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn

Adult content creators are having their performances used without consent. This is just one way that AI now threatens their rights and livelihoods.

technologyreview.com

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