A sudden selloff in semiconductor stocks erased more than $1 trillion Friday, pulling down Nvidia, Micron and other AI-era winners. Markets turned volatile as investors reassessed expectations.

Anthropic warns that AI may soon be able to self‑improve and urges a verifiable global "brake" to slow frontier work while researchers study risks.

At Snowflake Summit, the company’s HR chief said candidates should be 'AI curious' as Snowflake folds agentic tools into daily work and hiring.

Arizona Tech Week's debut logged 419 events and more than 18,000 attendees, spotlighting semiconductors, aerospace sponsors and growing university talent.

Fail rates jumped across UC Berkeley's intro CS classes this spring as professors point to AI misuse and weak math preparation; faculty are pressing for policy changes.

After pausing in February, Redwood City ad‑tech Liftoff Mobile relaunched a smaller IPO that would raise about $399M. The offering will test appetite for AI‑driven ad tech.

Bloomberg reports Alphabet is lining up an $80B equity program — ATM sales, underwritten offerings and a Berkshire‑backed private placement — to pay for massive AI buildout.

The Commerce Department closed a year‑old loophole on Sunday, saying advanced Nvidia and AMD chips sold to companies headquartered in China now require export licenses even when bought through overseas affiliates. The move tightens export checks and could complicate shipments for Bay Area chip and data‑center firms.

Foundation Future Industries says it has Pentagon research contracts to test Phantom humanoid robots and has already sent early units to Ukraine. The award and the company's ties to Eric Trump have prompted scrutiny and oversight questions.

Objectors say Bayer’s $7.25B Roundup settlement tramples due process and favors lawyers; a May removal filing and a June 4 opt‑out deadline now cloud approval.

The State Senate cleared SB 895, an amended $12B plan to fund research; UCSF says federal grant slowdowns have put labs and clinical trials at risk. The measure now heads to the Assembly.

The White House approved roughly $9 billion to buy Nvidia superchips and build the liquid‑cooled data centers that run them, aiming to close an intelligence‑community compute gap. The move raises procurement, timing and civil‑liberties questions as agencies race to deploy frontier AI on classified networks.

Carta's Q1 data shows AI startups now soak up half of U.S. pre-seed dollars and Miami has vaulted into the top three startup hubs. That reshapes early-stage capital.