Chrome Skills Turn Your Best Gemini Prompts Into One-Click Tools
Google is launching Skills in Chrome - save any Gemini prompt as a reusable one-click workflow that runs across tabs, with a prebuilt library and slash-command access.
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Claude Code Desktop Gets a Ground-Up Rebuild for Parallel Work
Anthropic rebuilt Claude Code inside the desktop app with an integrated terminal, in-app file editing, a new diff viewer, side chats, SSH on Mac, and parallel session management - plus Routines for headless automation.
Alibaba's HappyHorse Claims Video AI Crown - No Weights Yet
HappyHorse-1.0 topped the Artificial Analysis Video Arena with a 52-Elo gap over Seedance 2.0 - but the 'open source' model has no public weights, no inference code, and no API.
Japan Forms $6B AI Alliance to Rival US and China
SoftBank, Sony, Honda, and NEC have formed Japan AI Foundation Model Development, backed by a $6.3 billion government commitment to build a trillion-parameter physical AI model on Japanese soil.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber for Vetted Defenders Only
OpenAI's GPT-5.4-Cyber is a restricted model fine-tuned for defensive cybersecurity with binary reverse engineering and reduced refusal rates, available only through identity-verified access tiers - a direct response to Anthropic's Mythos Preview.
Opus 4.7 Reportedly Days Away as OpenAI Fires Back With GPT-5.4 Cyber
The Information reports Anthropic is prepping Claude Opus 4.7 and an AI design tool for imminent release, while OpenAI launched GPT-5.4-Cyber yesterday - a restricted cybersecurity model that directly challenges Claude Mythos.
Anthropic Safety Overseer Gets Board Majority at Last
Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust appointed Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to the board, giving its independent safety overseers a board majority for the first time.
9 of 428 LLM Routers Were Secretly Hijacking Agent Calls
UC Santa Barbara researchers found 9 of 428 third-party LLM routers actively injecting malicious tool calls, draining crypto, and stealing AWS credentials from AI agent sessions.
NVIDIA Ising: Open AI for Quantum Error Correction
NVIDIA releases two open-source AI models for quantum hardware - a 35B vision-language model that cuts calibration time from days to hours, and CNN decoders that outpace the standard by 2.5x.
Linux Kernel Finally Sets Rules for AI-Assisted Code
Linux 7.0 ships an official AI code policy: disclose AI tool usage with an Assisted-by tag, keep humans on the hook for every line, and stop submitting slop.
Novo Nordisk Bets Its Drug Pipeline on OpenAI
Novo Nordisk signs a sweeping AI partnership with OpenAI covering drug discovery, manufacturing, and supply chain - but the governance details are thin.
Google AI Edge Gallery Puts Gemma 4 on Your Phone
Google's AI Edge Gallery officially launched on the Play Store and App Store on April 9, running Gemma 4 E2B and E4B models fully offline on any phone from Android 12 or iOS 17 onward.
