Noteworthy Headlines (End of May, 2026)

There have been several difficult headlines the past few weeks. Don’t let these positive headlines pass you by:

•major tech companies are backing off of Ai
•the instability caused by an over-investment into Ai is starting to show on the stock market
•public opinion on Ai is influencing the progression of these trades/successes/failures

https://cybernews.com/.../microsoft-claude-code-burn.../

“After inviting thousands of developers to use Anthropic's Claude Code in December, Microsoft exhausted its annual AI budget due to token-based billing and is now terminating licenses by June 30th.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/.../uber-burned-entire-2026-ai...

“It’s the latest development in a complex quandary arising in enterprise AI adoption: increasing AI use comes with higher costs, even as per-unit AI pricing falls.
“If you’re not actually able to draw a direct line to how [many] useful features and functionality you’re shipping to your users, that trade becomes harder to justify,” Macdonald said.

https://futurism.com/future.../nintendo-ignoring-ai-fine

“On Tuesday, shares climbed as much as 6.8 percent in Tokyo for three days in a row, joining a broader rally of Japanese video game stocks, per the reporting.
It’s less a reflection on Nintendo, however, and more on shifting investor attitudes towards AI.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/.../tech-stocks-slide-report...

“OpenAI is at the heart of a web of deals undergirding the artificial intelligence boomthat has helped power the entire stock market higher. Some analysts have raised alarms about how weakness in a key node of the web, like OpenAI, could set off a chain reaction that could threaten the entire AI ecosystem.”

https://www.beckersdental.com/.../40-of-dentists-quit-ai.../

“The dental AI market is projected to be valued at $11.3 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 37.9%”

But ,“About 40% of dentists stop using new artificial intelligence tools within 90 days of starting”

https://www.msn.com/.../apple-co-founder.../ar-AA23XBqe

“You all have AI,” Wozniak said …
“Actual Intelligence.”