AI News from May 14, 2026

Anthropic introduced Claude for Small Business, expanding its push into company workflows and smaller enterprise customers.

Adaption introduced AutoScientist, an AI tool aimed at automating parts of the research loop behind model training and alignment.

Workplace performance reviews are changing as employers increasingly evaluate employees’ AI fluency and adoption.

Microsoft is updating Edge with Copilot features that can summarize, quiz, and reason across open tabs and browsing context.

AI systems are getting better at completing certain cybersecurity tasks, intensifying debate over security automation and risk.

Executives at major banks are discussing how AI could reshape staffing, productivity, and future workforce planning.

Chinese firms are ramping local AI chip development even as Nvidia regains some access to the China market.

Scale AI’s business prospects and revenue dynamics are under the spotlight after Meta’s major investment and talent deal.

Meta is preparing layoffs while shifting more engineers into generative AI teams, according to reporting on internal morale and restructuring.

Cisco shares rose sharply after stronger results, higher AI order forecasts, and a restructuring plan affecting about 4,000 jobs.

Anthropic's Cat Wu told TechCrunch that Claude's next step is proactivity, with AI automations that anticipate user workflows.

Anthropic surpassed OpenAI among paying U.S. business AI customers, according to Ramp AI Index data reported by VentureBeat and TechCrunch.