Product updates
- Microsoft Edge’s Copilot can now pull information from across your open tabs when you start a conversation, enabling cross‑tab summarization and context-aware answers (The Verge).
- Notion launched a developer platform that turns workspaces into hubs for AI agents, letting teams connect agents, external data sources, and custom code into their workflows (TechCrunch).
- AMD is bringing its 3D V‑Cache technology to commercial Ryzen PRO 9000 workstation CPUs, narrowing the gap between gaming and professional compute (The Verge).
Models & developer news
- Anthropic’s head of product for Claude Code and Cowork, Cat Wu, frames the next phase for AI as proactivity — models that anticipate needs before users explicitly ask (TechCrunch).
- Notion’s agent platform and Edge’s cross‑tab Copilot both signal product-level moves toward agentic/assistant workflows that glue models to user data and developer hooks.
Infrastructure, operations & policy
- xAI is facing scrutiny over nearly 50 gas turbines operating at its Mississippi Colossus 2 data center, with a lawsuit highlighting concerns about the use of mobile gas turbines as onsite power (TechCrunch).
- The U.S. government is defending the authority to exclude certain social‑media moderation advocates from entry; US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a related lawsuit, underscoring rising legal friction around research and moderation policy (The Verge).
Practical workflows — what to try this week
- Use Edge Copilot to gather thread-wide context when researching across multiple tabs, then paste concise summaries into Notion to feed an agent pipeline (browser → Copilot → Notion agent).
- For teams shipping code that touches local data or private sources, prototype a Notion agent that connects a small, audited data adapter and run it against test data before wider rollout.
- Watch hardware choices: 3D V‑Cache on Ryzen PRO may benefit local model experimentation workloads that are cache‑sensitive; evaluate in your CI or local benchmark suite before committing.
Key takeaways
- Browsers and workspaces are becoming agent platforms: expect assistants that stitch together tabs, docs, and code.
- Proactivity is emerging as a product goal — but it raises new UX, privacy, and safety questions.
- Infrastructure and policy storylines (data center ops, visa/entry rules for researchers) will increasingly affect where and how AI gets built.
Sources
- The Verge — “Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs” — https://www.theverge.com/tech/930188/microsoft-edge-copilot-ai-tabs
- TechCrunch — “Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents” — https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/notion-just-turned-its-workspace-into-a-hub-for-ai-agents/
- TechCrunch — “Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are” — https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/anthropics-cat-wu-says-that-in-the-future-ai-will-anticipate-your-needs-before-you-know-what-they-are/
- The Verge — “AMD’s best CPU tech for gamers is coming to workstations too” — https://www.theverge.com/tech/930132/amd-ryzen-pro-9000-series-3d-v-cache
- TechCrunch — “Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center” — https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/musks-xai-is-running-nearly-50-gas-turbines-unchecked-at-its-mississippi-data-center/
- The Verge — “Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US” — https://www.theverge.com/policy/930178/citr-rubio-visa-deportation-misinformation-research
Disclaimer
Not financial/professional advice