Google's Four-Chip Plan to Own AI Inference at Scale
Google splits its next TPU generation across Broadcom, MediaTek, Marvell, and Intel to win inference economics, revealed ahead of Cloud Next 2026.
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SpaceX Secures $60B Option to Acquire Cursor This Year
SpaceX disclosed a deal granting it the right to buy AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion in 2026, or pay $10 billion for shared development work, deepening Elon Musk's grip on the developer toolchain.
ChatGPT Images 2.0 - Thinking Mode and 2K Output
OpenAI's gpt-image-2 adds reasoning, web search, and 2K resolution to image generation, with a tiered model that charges more for standard outputs than its predecessor.
Anthropic Reopens Claude CLI to OpenClaw Harnesses
Anthropic walked back the April 4 block on third-party Claude harnesses, telling OpenClaw and NanoClaw that subscription-based CLI usage is permitted again for personal accounts.
Deezer: 44% of New Music Uploads Are AI-Generated
Deezer now receives 75,000 AI-generated tracks a day, 44% of all new uploads, while AI music accounts for just 1-3% of total streams and 85% of those are flagged as fraud.
Uber Burned Its Entire 2026 AI Budget by April
Uber's CTO admits the company has exhausted its full-year AI spending allocation in four months, driven by runaway Claude Code adoption across 95% of engineers.
Meta Logs Employee Keystrokes to Train Computer-Use AI
Meta is installing monitoring software on U.S. employee computers to capture keystrokes, mouse movements, and screenshots for training computer-use AI agents.
The Claw Security Ledger - 10 Products in the Dock
We audited ten AI agent products sold under the Claw name. The ledger shows 11 live CVEs, 130 published advisories, 1,184 malicious marketplace skills, and one leaked SSL private key - concentrated almost entirely in a single vendor.
Alibaba's Qwen3.6-Max Ships Closed - Tops Six Coding Evals
Alibaba released Qwen3.6-Max-Preview on April 20 as its first closed-weights flagship, ranking third globally on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index while topping six coding benchmarks.
AI Labs Are Losing Billions - Here's Who Really Pays
OpenAI burned $2.5B in cash on $4.3B of revenue in the first half of 2025. Anthropic cut its gross margin forecast from 50% to 40%. Here's the compute subsidy math behind every AI subscription, and who's actually paying for it.
Anthropic Passes OpenAI in Revenue at $30B ARR
Anthropic's annualized revenue crossed $30 billion in April 2026, topping OpenAI's $24 billion run rate and marking the first time a rival has outpaced OpenAI in the generative AI race.
Fermi CEO and CFO Exit - $20B Nuclear AI Bet Implodes
Fermi America's CEO and CFO both departed as the nuclear-powered AI data center startup collapsed 83% from its IPO high with no revenue and no anchor tenant.
