> daily_signal(2026_05_18)
The class of 2026 booed Eric Schmidt every time he said AI. The people building it didn't slow down.
Arizona graduates booed Eric Schmidt's AI lines on Saturday. Verizon joined Project Glasswing as the first telecom. OpenAI merged ChatGPT, Codex, and the API under Brockman four days before Google I/O. GM published the AI skills profile for backfilling the IT cuts.
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Read the full analysis on Substack ›1. Saturday at Arizona, the class of 2026 booed Eric Schmidt every time he said AI.
If you have a kid graduating into the workforce this month, or you are still on the job hunt after a layoff, the most-cited reason employers give for entry-level cuts is the same technology your school is paying its commencement speakers to celebrate.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-ceo-booed-graduation-speech-ai
2. Your phone carrier just let an experimental Anthropic model start probing its network.
If Verizon (or AT&T) is your phone carrier, an experimental Anthropic model whose offensive capability was deemed too dangerous to release is now scanning the network your two-factor authentication codes ride on.
verizon.com/about/news/verizon-joins-anthropics-project-glasswing
3. Four days before Google I/O, OpenAI put one person in charge of ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.
If you use ChatGPT, Codex, or the Atlas browser today, the next version is going to feel like one product instead of three, and Google's competing version of the same idea ships on Tuesday.
4. GM published the AI skills profile for the IT roles replacing the workers it just cut.
If you work in IT at any large company, the GM skills list is the playbook your CIO is about to copy-paste into next quarter's hiring requisition.
techcrunch.com/2026/05/17/techcrunch-mobility-the-ai-skills-arms-race-is-coming-for-automotive