2026

WordPress.com Launches AI Agents That Write and Publish Blog Posts on Their Own

Ethics

Trump Unveils Plan to Curb State-Level AI Regulation

Robotics

Jensen Huang at GTC: $1 Trillion in AI Chip Sales by 2027 and an OpenClaw Strategy for Every Company

Robotics·TechCrunch

Jensen Huang at GTC: $1 trillion in AI chips and an OpenClaw strategy for every company

At Nvidia GTC, Jensen Huang forecast $1 trillion in AI chip sales by 2027 and declared OpenClaw a mandatory strategy for every company.

Microsoft pulls Copilot entry points from Photos, Notepad and Windows Widgets

Microsoft is scaling back its aggressive Copilot integration in Windows, removing AI assistant buttons from Photos, Widgets, Notepad and other built-in apps.

Hardware·Wired

Neither gamers nor developers like Nvidia DLSS 5, but it may become the standard

Nvidia's new AI upscaling looks unnatural and is drawing criticism from the gaming community, yet the company intends to make it the default mode.

LLM·The Verge

Gemini Can Now Order Food and Call a Cab for You: First Impressions

Google has launched task automation in Gemini on the Pixel 10 Pro and Galaxy S26 Ultra: the AI opens apps and places orders on its own.

01DoorDash launches Tasks: gig workers film themselves to train AIApr 22, 2026·2 min 02Filmmaker Valerie Veatch: AI Enthusiasts Overlook the Racism and Eugenics in Their ToolsApr 22, 2026·2 min 03Amazon opens the doors to its Trainium lab, home to the chip Anthropic, OpenAI and Apple have chosenApr 22, 2026·2 min 04AI took over GDC 2026, but not the games themselvesApr 22, 2026·1 min 05Musk Plans Terafab Chip Plant in Texas for Robots, AI and Orbital Data CentersApr 22, 2026·2 min

Top themes

Autonomous·TechCrunch

Jensen Huang at GTC: What the Nvidia CEO's Keynote Means for the Company's Future

Hardware·Wired

AI boom strains Europe's power grids as operators look for unconventional fixes

Data center developers are queuing for years to connect to European grids, while grid operators test unconventional connection models.

Medicine·The Verge

Superhuman used journalists' names without permission — its CEO explains himself on air

Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) CEO Shishir Mehrotra sat down with a journalist whose name the company used in an AI feature without consent, and tried to defend…

Gimlet Labs raises $80M to run AI inference on chips from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and others through one layer

Startup Gimlet Labs raised an $80M Series A for technology that runs AI on chips from six manufacturers at once, with no code rewrites.

Creative·TechCrunch

Littlebird raises $11M for an AI that reads your screen without screenshots

Startups·TechCrunch

Sam Altman Leaves Helion's Board as OpenAI Power Talks Heat Up

Apple sets WWDC 2026 for June 8–12 and announces major AI updates

Startups·TechCrunch

Lovable founder says the company is hunting for vibe-coding startups

Hardware·The Verge

Jensen Huang says AGI has already been achieved — and explains what he means

Startups

Air Street Capital becomes one of Europe's largest solo VCs with a $232M fund

Robotics

Agile Robots to build Google DeepMind's foundation models into its robots

Mirage raises $75M from General Catalyst to build AI video models

Creative·The Verge

Claude can now control your computer, with a new feature in Code and Cowork

Anthropic has given Claude the ability to open files, launch a browser and use devtools on your Mac on its own, with no setup required.

LLM·The Verge

ChatGPT and Gemini Race to Sell You Clothes Without Leaving the Chat

Google and OpenAI launched shopping features at the same time: Gemini can now buy items from Gap, while ChatGPT has refreshed its shopping interface.

Medicine·TechCrunch

Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into existing ERP systems

US startup Doss has closed a $55M Series B. Its AI platform sits on top of existing ERP systems rather than replacing them.

Ethics·TechCrunch

Talat keeps AI meeting notes on your device, not in the cloud

Talat is a local AI meeting-notes tool with no subscription: transcription and summarization run on your device, and no data goes to the cloud.

01OpenAI releases open-source tools to protect teens in AI appsApr 22, 2026·2 min 02Arm launches its own AI chips, with Meta, OpenAI and Cloudflare as first customersApr 22, 2026·2 min 03Kentucky family turns down AI company's $26 million offer for farm to build data centerApr 22, 2026·2 min 04OpenAI shuts down the Sora app: the AI video social network failed to find an audienceApr 22, 2026·2 min 05Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5 billion in its biggest AI bet yetApr 22, 2026·1 min

Top themes

Arm to ship its first in-house chip in 35 years, built with Meta

LLM·TechCrunch

Databricks buys two startups to build a new AI security product

Creative·TechCrunch

Spotify tests a tool to protect artists from AI tracks released under their names

LLM·TechCrunch

Anthropic gives Claude Code an auto mode: more independence, with built-in limits

Hardware·The Verge

Arm unveils its first in-house processor, with Meta as its first customer

For the first time in decades, Arm is releasing its own chip for AI inference in data centers, and it has already landed Meta as lead partner and co-developer.

Creative·The Verge

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Video Generator, Putting Billion-Dollar Disney Deal at Risk

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video service. The app and the developer API will be switched off, which puts the billion-dollar Disney agreement at risk.

LLM·Wired

Judge calls Pentagon's attempt to 'undermine' Anthropic a red flag

A federal judge questioned the motives of the US Defense Department, which put the maker of Claude on a supply chain risk list, effectively threatening the company's business.

LLM·The Verge

Anthropic adds auto mode to Claude Code for safer unattended work

Zuckerberg launches Meta initiative to support entrepreneurs and AI adoption

Autonomous·TechCrunch

Granola raises $125M at a $1.5B valuation as it pivots to enterprise AI

Meta is using generative AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook

Hardware·Wired

Bernie Sanders Proposes Freezing Data Center Construction Over AI Safety

Ethics

US senators want to write Anthropic's autonomous-weapons "red lines" into law

Google expands Lyria 3 Pro: its AI composer now generates tracks up to three minutes long

OpenAI shuts down Sora and reorganizes for an IPO: a bet on a single assistant

Startups·TechCrunch

Sequoia backs Harvey for the third time as the legal AI startup hits an $11 billion valuation

Harvey, a legal AI startup, has confirmed an $11 billion valuation. Sequoia invested for a third time, joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins and investor…

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez propose banning construction of new data centers in the US

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced a bill imposing a moratorium on data center construction until comprehensive federal AI…

Creative·The Verge

Disney in crisis: OpenAI shuts down Sora while the Epic metaverse stalls

New Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro faces two blows in his first week: OpenAI is winding down Sora, and the $1.5 billion Epic Games deal has stalled.

Startups·The Verge

Meta lays off hundreds of employees as it shifts money into AI

Meta has cut hundreds of jobs in recruiting, sales, social media and Reality Labs, its VR and smart-glasses unit, while continuing to raise AI spending.

Google unveils TurboQuant, an algorithm that compresses AI working memory up to sixfold