It’s Friday, May 22, 2026, and today’s biggest tech stories show the same pattern from different angles: Washington is wrestling with how far to go on AI oversight, Anthropic is pushing deeper into Europe, AMD is bringing large AI models closer to the device, and Saudi Arabia is shifting from futuristic city-building to the harder business of AI infrastructure. The AI boom isn’t coming — it’s already here, rewriting earnings reports, startup valuations, government policy, and the future of work in real time. From record-shattering chip profits and massive new consumer AI hardware bets to fresh regulatory pushback and a…