Everything That Happened in AI Today (Monday, May 18, 2026)
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Microsoft open-sourced ECHO; Odyssey launched Starchild-1 and Agora-1; OpenAI added bank-account connections to ChatGPT; Nvidia GPU rentals spiked; AI backlash widened across polls, jobs, data centers, markets, and surveillance fights.