AI Update, May 16, 2025: AI News and Views From the Past Week

AI Update, May 16, 2025: AI News and Views From the Past Week

Artificial Intelligence — Fri., May. 16, 2025

Catch up on select AI news and developments from the past week or so (in no particular order). Apple is reportedly exploring AI search providers like OpenAI and Perplexity for Safari, signaling a potential break from its $20B/year default search deal with Google.

OpenAI has launched "OpenAI for Countries," offering nations help to build AI infrastructure aligned with democratic values. The initiative includes localized ChatGPT, national data centers, startup funding, and AI safety standards.

A balanced AI copyright report by the US Copyright Office was followed by the sudden firing of its head by the Trump administration, prompting legal and political disputes. A shift in default search engines could fragment search behavior, requiring marketers to broaden optimization efforts beyond Google to new AI-native search platforms.

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