April 2026
OpenAI to merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas browser into one desktop superapp
OpenAI plans to combine ChatGPT, the AI browser Atlas, and coding tool Codex into a single desktop app to eliminate product fragmentation.
Nvidia GTC as 'AI Super Bowl,' Tesla disappoints fans, Meta shuts down Horizon Worlds
Jensen Huang outlined Nvidia's development trajectory at the flagship developer conference, while Tesla and Meta grapple with a crisis of ex
LinkedIn Invited an AI Co-Founder to Speak at a Corporate Event—Then Blocked the Account
A Wired author created an AI character as a startup co-founder. LinkedIn invited him to a corporate event—and then immediately blocked the a
Plaud Note, Limitless Pendant, and others: physical AI voice recorders for meeting transcription
A new generation of physical AI note-takers records meetings, instantly transcribes speech, and produces concise summaries with action items
Power Shortage Opens New Opportunities for AI Infrastructure Investors
AI data center construction hits power shortage constraints, and investors are shifting focus to energy technologies as a more reliable bet
Why people don’t trust AI: surveys show a widening gap between hype and reality
Companies are racing to deploy AI and promising a revolution, but studies keep showing the same thing: most people do not see the technology
Amazon is developing an Alexa-based smartphone 10 years after the Fire Phone failure
Amazon is building a new smartphone codenamed Transformer, centered on the Alexa voice AI assistant rather than a separate operating system.
Google replaces news headlines in search with AI-generated ones
Google has started replacing original news article headlines in search results with automatically generated AI versions — sometimes changing
Trump's AI Strategy: Federal Priority Over States and Parental Responsibility for Children's Safety
Trump's new AI strategy establishes the supremacy of federal standards over state laws, prioritizes innovation, and shifts responsibility fo
WordPress.com Launches AI Agents to Autonomously Write and Publish Blog Posts
Automattic has integrated agents into WordPress.com that can independently create and publish content without human intervention at each ste
Palantir doubles down on military AI: developer conference takeaways
At Palantir's developer conference, CEO Alex Karp presented the company's vision: AI is not a tool for corporate efficiency, but a technolog
Trump presents plan to limit AI regulation at state level
Trump administration released a seven-point AI legislative plan: minimal federal regulation and prohibition on states interfering with natio
Jensen Huang at GTC: $1 Trillion in AI Chip Sales by 2027 and OpenClaw Strategy for All Companies
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a 2.5-hour keynote at GTC forecasting $1 trillion in AI chip sales by 2027 and called on every company to
Jensen Huang at GTC: $1 Trillion in AI Chips and OpenClaw Strategy for Every Company
At Nvidia's GTC conference, Jensen Huang forecasted $1 trillion in AI chip sales by 2027 and announced OpenClaw as a mandatory strategy for
Microsoft removes Copilot entry points from Photos, Notepad, and Windows Widgets
Microsoft is winding down aggressive Copilot integration in Windows: the company is removing AI assistant buttons from Photos, Widgets, Note
Pentagon Told Anthropic of "Near Agreement" — a Week Before Trump's Breakup Announcement
Court documents reveal: the Pentagon told Anthropic of "near agreement" a week before Trump publicly announced a break in relations.
Nvidia DLSS 5 disappoints gamers and developers alike, but could become the industry standard
Nvidia's new AI upscaling technology looks unnatural and draws criticism from the gaming community — yet the company intends to make it the
Anthropic Refutes Pentagon Allegations of Potential AI Tool Sabotage During Wartime
The U.S. Department of Defense claimed that Claude's developer could theoretically manipulate its models in wartime conditions. Anthropic's
Gemini learned to order food and call taxis for you — first impressions
Google launched task automation in Gemini on Pixel 10 Pro and Galaxy S26 Ultra: AI opens apps and places orders on its own.
DoorDash launched Tasks: gig workers record themselves to train AI
DoorDash launched the Tasks app, where ordinary people record videos of their everyday lives for a few cents — to help corporations train ne
Director Valerie Veatch: AI enthusiasts overlook racism and eugenics in their tools
Documentary filmmaker Valerie Veatch came to the AI community out of curiosity, but found racism, sexism, and a dangerous indifference to th
Amazon opens Trainium lab — the chip chosen by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Apple
After announcing a $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS gave an exclusive tour of the Trainium chip lab — the technology used by Anthropic,
AI took over GDC 2026 — but not the games themselves
At the biggest game developers conference, AI was everywhere: in tools, talks, and vendor booths — but not in the games on display.
Musk is building the Terafab plant in Texas — chips for robots, AI and orbital data centers
Elon Musk announced the construction of the Terafab chip plant in Austin in partnership with Tesla and SpaceX, to produce semiconductors for
Elon Musk announced a plan for joint chip production for Tesla and SpaceX
Tesla and SpaceX may join forces in semiconductor development and production — Musk outlined an ambitious plan, but there are no details yet
Cursor admits: its new coding model is built on Chinese Kimi from Moonshot AI
Popular AI code editor Cursor used the Chinese model Kimi as the foundation for its new coding engine — and that sparked a wave of questions
Crimson Desert developer apologized for AI art in the final version of the game
Pearl Abyss acknowledged the use of generative AI in Crimson Desert and promised to audit all assets for replacement.
Jensen Huang at GTC: What Nvidia CEO's Keynote Means for the Company's Future
Equity podcast hosts analyzed Jensen Huang's keynote at GTC conference and discussed what the major announcements mean for Nvidia's position
AI boom strains Europe's power grids: operators seek unconventional solutions
Data center developers line up in years-long queues for European power grids, while operators experiment with atypical connection schemes.
Project Maven: How Pentagon Skeptics Became Champions of Military AI
Project Maven — a Pentagon AI program launched in 2017 — transformed the defense department's leading skeptics into staunch supporters of co
Superhuman used journalists' names without permission — CEO explains on air
Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) CEO Shishir Mehrotra gave an interview to the journalist whose name the company used in an AI feature withou
Gimlet Labs Raises $80M for Unified AI Inference Across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and Other Chips
Gimlet Labs has closed an $80M Series A for technology that enables running AI inference simultaneously across chips from six vendors — with
Littlebird raised $11M for AI that reads your screen without screenshots
Littlebird startup raised $11M for an AI assistant that analyzes your computer screen in real-time and remembers work context — without scre
Sam Altman leaves Helion board amid energy supply negotiations for OpenAI
OpenAI and nuclear fusion startup Helion are in talks about selling 12.5% of capacity — against this backdrop, Sam Altman announced his exit
Apple scheduled WWDC 2026 for June 8-12 and announced major AI updates
Apple will hold the WWDC developer conference from June 8-12, 2026 — the company officially announced major Siri updates and new AI capabili
Lovable founder launches search for startups in vibe-coding sector
Lovable, one of the leaders in the fast-growing vibe-coding segment, is officially seeking startups and teams to acquire — the company is en
Jensen Huang Says AGI Has Already Been Achieved — and Explains What He Means
Nvidia's CEO announced AGI on Lex Fridman's podcast — but the meaning of this claim depends on how the term itself is interpreted.
Air Street Capital became one of Europe's largest solo venture firms with a $232 million fund
London-based Air Street Capital closed Fund III at $232 million, becoming one of Europe's largest solo venture managers focused on early-sta
Agile Robots integrates Google DeepMind foundation models into its robots
Agile Robots has become the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind to deploy AI models and collect training data for the la
Mirage raises $75 million from General Catalyst to develop AI models for video
Mirage, the company behind the Captions app for AI video editing, has raised $75 million from General Catalyst to develop its own models and
Claude can now control your computer — a new feature in Code and Cowork
Anthropic has added to Claude the ability to autonomously open files, launch a browser and devtools directly on your Mac — with no setup.
ChatGPT and Gemini compete to sell you clothes directly in chat
Google and OpenAI launched shopping features at the same time: Gemini can now buy items from Gap, while ChatGPT updated its shopping interfa
Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management with ERP integration
U.S. startup Doss has closed a $55 million Series B round — its AI platform integrates into existing ERP systems without replacing them.
Talat: AI meeting notes stay on your device, not in the cloud
Talat is a local AI tool for meeting notes with no subscription: transcription and summarization happen directly on your device, without sen
OpenAI released open-source tools to protect teenagers in AI apps
OpenAI gave developers access to ready-made safety policies and tools to simplify building AI products for minors.
Arm Releases Its Own AI Chips: Meta, OpenAI, and Cloudflare Are First Customers
Arm — the company that spent 30 years selling architecture licenses — has entered the ready-made AI chips market. First buyers: Meta, OpenAI
Kentucky Family Declines AI Company's $26 Million Offer for Farm Data Center
An unnamed major AI company offered a Kentucky farming family $26 million for the right to build a data center on their land — and received
OpenAI shuts down Sora app: AI social network with video failed to find audience
OpenAI is shutting down the Sora mobile app with an AI video feed — users didn't stick around, despite the impressive capabilities of Sora 2
Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5 billion — the fund's largest artificial intelligence bet
The legendary Silicon Valley venture fund closed two funds totaling $3.5 billion — $1 billion for early-stage startups and $2.5 billion to s
Arm Releases Its First In-House Chip in 35 Years — in Partnership With Meta
For the first time in its 35-year history, Arm has developed its own processor jointly with Meta — and Meta itself became the first customer
Databricks acquires two startups for new AI security product
Using part of its recently raised $5 billion, Databricks has acquired Antimatter and SiftD.ai and is preparing its own solution for protecti
Spotify tests a tool to protect artists from AI tracks released under their names
Spotify has begun testing a new tool that will let musicians themselves flag tracks unfairly attributed to them, in response to the rise of
Anthropic adds an auto mode to Claude Code: more autonomy with built-in limits
Anthropic has launched an auto mode for Claude Code — the AI agent now completes tasks without constant requests for confirmation, while ret
Arm released its first in-house processor — Meta became its first customer
British company Arm is releasing its own chip for AI inference in data centers for the first time in decades — and has already found its fir
OpenAI shuts down video generator Sora and jeopardizes a billion-dollar deal with Disney
OpenAI announced the shutdown of video service Sora — the app and developer API will be discontinued, putting a billion-dollar agreement wit
Judge calls Pentagon's attempt to "undermine" Anthropic a troubling sign
A federal judge questioned the motives of the U.S. Department of Defense, which added Anthropic, the developer of Claude, to a supply chain
Anthropic adds automatic mode to Claude Code for safe unsupervised operation
Anthropic has launched auto mode for Claude Code — the AI assesses the risk of each action on its own and blocks dangerous operations before
Zuckerberg launched Meta initiative to support entrepreneurs and AI adoption
Meta is launching a new program to support entrepreneurs: the company wants to help small businesses actively use AI for growth, customer ac
Granola raises $125M and reaches a $1.5B valuation as it shifts to enterprise AI
Meeting recording startup Granola increased its valuation from $250M to $1.5B in a single round and is expanding into an enterprise AI platf
Meta uses generative AI to simplify shopping on Instagram and Facebook
Meta is bringing generative AI to Instagram and Facebook so shoppers can get detailed information about products and brands directly inside