May 2026 — China’s National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) and Shuli Innovation co-funded a private-enterprise innovation development joint fund. The fund will use NSFC’s strategic guidance and resources to finance basic research in brain–computer interface (BCI) areas, concentrating on core scientific questions in key technologies. Shuli Innovation will propose industry-driven research topics; NSFC will provide the platform and, via the joint fund, solicit and support leading research teams

Uber (UBER.N) imposed internal limits on employee AI use to curb escalating AI spending, capping AI call costs at $1,500 per employee per code-oriented AI tool per month (examples: Anthropic’s ClaudeCode, Cursor). Employees can track consumption on an internal dashboard; exceptions require approval. The measure follows prior internal encouragement of heavy AI use and an internal leaderboard; Uber’s CTO said in April the company exhausted its annual AI budget within four months.

WILLIAMS says inflation has risen "quite a bit."