AI Round-up: May 13, 2026

Google DeepMind supplied the clearest new product signal with AI-pointer experiments that reimagine the mouse around Gemini, backed by companion X posts and broader Android I/O coverage. The official layer also leaned into applied enterprise systems: Microsoft published detection-engineering and agentic-security work, OpenAI highlighted AutoScout24 and Rakuten deployments, Runway pushed real-time video interaction, and Reuters kept the market and policy context live with Isomorphic's funding, SoftBank's OpenAI gains, Spain's AI rules and Japan's Mythos access timeline.

The developer conversation stayed centred on agent tooling and cost control. OpenAI's Codex computer-use video, Claude Code's /goal mode, GitHub Copilot usage-based billing, Claude API-key billing surprises and continued Claude-to-Codex comparisons all pointed to developers moving from novelty demos into operational details. Community posts ranged from local models on constrained hardware to Claude Code app builds, but the repeated theme was practical control over agents, billing and workflow reliability.