China's police are upgrading millions of old surveillance cameras with AI. Manufacturers like Hikvision and Huawei now ship cameras with built-in computer vision and language models that automatically detect crowds, suspicious behavior, or unauthorized access. Instead of reviewing footage manually, officers just type a text query. Human Rights Watch warns this creates unprecedented behavioral surveillance at scale.

Robinhood now lets customers connect AI agents like Anthropic's Claude to a separate investment account via MCP. The agents can trade stocks on their own. US brokerage regulator FINRA already flags such agents as a new risk area, warning about unchecked decisions. Robinhood itself admits the product isn't for everyone.

YouTube is tightening its AI labeling rules. Labels for photorealistic or heavily AI-altered content will now show up in more visible spots, below the player for long videos and as an overlay on Shorts. Starting May 2026, an automatic detection system will flag AI-generated content even if creators don't disclose it. Recommendations and monetization won't be affected.

Nvidia now spends up to $150 billion a year on suppliers like TSMC in Taiwan.

Cognition, the company behind AI software developer Devin, has raised over $1 billion at a valuation north of $26 billion. The massive round shows just how much investor money is flowing into AI coding agents, even as their real-world value remains hotly debated.