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# The AI Industrial Complex, Money Moves, Hardware, Rockets & Loose Ends
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-05-25-am/
- Published: 2026-05-25T10:08:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-25T10:08:43.000Z
- Description: It’s a holiday Monday, but the news didn’t take the day off. AI is doing everything from patching the internet’s security holes to blessing the Pope’s encyclical — and somewhere in between, Salesforce got caught airbrushing its demos. The week ahead has a lot to answer for.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

It's a holiday Monday, but the news didn't take the day off. AI is doing everything from patching the internet's security holes to blessing the Pope's encyclical — and somewhere in between, Salesforce got caught airbrushing its demos. The week ahead has a lot to answer for.

> **10,000** — Critical vulnerabilities uncovered by Anthropic's Claude Mythos in a single month, faster than the industry can patch them. *(The Next Web)*

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### Machines & Minds

#### [Anthropic's Claude Mythos Found 10,000 Critical Vulnerabilities in One Month. The Patches Can't Keep Up.](https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-glasswing-claude-mythos-10000-vulnerabilities?ref=adjacent.media)

AI-discovered exploits have outpaced human remediation capacity — which is either the best or worst advertisement for AI security tooling, depending on your perspective. *(The Next Web)*

#### [Salesforce's Agentforce Promo Videos Featured Mock-Ups Not Widely Available](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/salesforce-touts-ai-promise-over-reality-in-saaspocalypse-fight?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTQ2MjE2OSwiZXhwIjoxNzgwMDY2OTY5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURVc3UjhLSkg2VjUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEQ0FGMjNFM0YyMkE0Qzk5OTM0RUMyRDEwNkM0ODc0NyJ9.Lq%5FhNo42hnye49XlGwuvGNeC7NxfFuAV7Cg70R4%5FC%5Fg&ref=adjacent.media)

Benioff is calling it "forward-looking marketing"; critics are calling it something shorter. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [DeepSeek Makes Its 75% API Price Cut Permanent](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-23/deepseek-to-make-permanent-75-discount-on-flagship-ai-model?ref=adjacent.media)

At $0.435/1M input tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro is a structural pricing anchor, not a promotional one, and every Western model vendor has to respond to that. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Apple Preparing New 'Gen AI' Website Ahead of WWDC](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/23/apple-gen-ai-subdomain/?ref=adjacent.media)

A live subdomain registration is Apple's first visible move toward a louder AI presence. *(MacRumors)*

### Connected World

#### [Former Citadel Quants Raise $78M for AI Trading OS Moment](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/former-citadel-quants-raise-78-million-for-ai-fintech-moment?ref=adjacent.media)

Index Ventures led, a16z participated — the vote of confidence in automating fixed-income and equities infrastructure is hard to miss. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Uber Makes Takeover Offer for Delivery Hero at €33/Share](https://www.reuters.com/business/delivery-hero-confirms-takeover-offer-uber-2026-05-23/?ref=adjacent.media)

The offer came in at a slight discount to Friday's close, which reflects Uber's negotiating posture, Delivery Hero's diminished leverage, or both. *(Reuters)*

#### [Princeton Digital Group to Sell China Data Center Assets for Up to $1B](https://www.ft.com/content/c6ded5c6-6343-4e9b-a170-7232ab28f63e?ref=adjacent.media)

Global buyout firms are now in full retreat from China's data center market, and this sale puts a price tag on the exit. *(Financial Times)*

#### [ECB Warns EU Ministers That Euro Stablecoins Could Undermine Monetary Policy](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ecb-rebuffs-proposals-boost-euro-stablecoins-too-risky-2026-05-22/?ref=adjacent.media)

The central bank's argument — that stablecoins would reduce bank lending and complicate rate transmission — shows Brussels and Frankfurt are not aligned on crypto strategy. *(Reuters)*

### Connected World

#### [SpaceX Starship V3 Completes Mostly Successful First Flight](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/spacexs-starship-v3-still-a-work-in-progress-mostly-successful-on-first-flight/?ref=adjacent.media)

"Mostly successful" is doing a lot of work here, but for a first V3 flight, SpaceX will take it. *(Ars Technica)*

#### [Google Defends $20B Apple Safari Deal as 'Fair and Square' in Antitrust Appeal](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/23/googles-20b-safari-search-deal-with-apple-was-fair-and-square?ref=adjacent.media)

The appeal framing is notable: Google isn't disputing the size of the deal, just insisting the process was clean — a thin reed to lean on. *(AppleInsider)*

#### [Spanish Shipbuilder Navantia Floats a 75-Meter Crewless Warship](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/24/no-captain-my-captain-navantia-floats-crewless-warship/5244332?ref=adjacent.media)

Modular payloads, full sensor suite, zero sailors — the autonomous naval arms race just got a very visible proof of concept. *(The Register)*