2026

SpeShu.AI launches feature crowdsourcing: Habr users decide what goes into the next patch

LLM·Habr AI

Claude Code barred to minors, Qwen Code goes paid, and Opus 4.7 uses 30% more tokens

In the weekly digest: Anthropic introduces an age restriction for Claude Code, Alibaba monetizes Qwen Code, and OpenAI expands Codex into a

01Vibe coding without AI slop: how the targetai team sped up development 12xApr 22, 2026·2 min 02Google Lags Behind in the Race for AI Tools for Developers — Anthropic Pulls AheadApr 22, 2026·3 min 03Amazon SageMaker and DVC: end-to-end traceability of ML models from data to predictionApr 22, 2026·2 min 04AI agents create a new attack surface: how companies are building defensesApr 22, 2026·1 min 05Meta acquires Moltbook: a bet on the agentic internet and the future of advertising with AIApr 22, 2026·3 min

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Netflix could pay $600 million for Ben Affleck's AI startup — one of Netflix's biggest deals

Netflix is in talks to buy Ben Affleck's AI startup for about $600 million — potentially the largest acquisition in Netflix's history.

01Zendesk acquires Forethought, a pioneer in agentic customer serviceApr 22, 2026·2 min 02Ford launched an AI assistant for fleets — it monitors drivers' seat belt useApr 22, 2026·2 min 03Grammarly disabled an AI review feature that cloned editors' style without their knowledgeApr 22, 2026·2 min

Journalist files class action against Grammarly for using her name in AI feature without consent

Journalist Julia Angwin accuses Grammarly of unlawfully using her identity in its "Expert Review" feature — without permission and for comme

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Grammarly sued over AI feature that presented advice as coming from scientists without their consent

Grammarly shut down the Expert Review feature after a class-action lawsuit: the service attributed AI recommendations to real authors and sc

Google taught AI to predict floods using old newspaper reports

Google found an original way to solve the shortage of flood data: an LLM converts archival news texts into numerical indicators to train a forecasting model.

Google Maps gets AI feature Ask Maps and updated Immersive Navigation

Perplexity Personal Computer turns an old Mac into a local AI agent 24/7

Google Maps gets Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered feature for complex questions about places

LLM·Wired

Google Maps launches Ask Maps — a Gemini-powered conversational interface for place search and trip planning

Microsoft launched Copilot Health — AI assistant connects to medical records and wearable devices

Ben Affleck, Netflix, and a New Generation of AI for Film: Why Sora Falls Short

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: why the company refused to take part in mass surveillance

Gumloop raises $50M from Benchmark so every employee can build AI agents

Grammarly turned writers into “AI editors” without consent — class action filed

Claude from Anthropic now generates charts and interactive diagrams directly in chat

Atlassian cut 1,600 employees to invest in artificial intelligence

Tinder Reboots: Offline Events, Virtual Speed Dating, and AI for Matchmaking

Tinder unveiled a major redesign: live events, virtual speed dating, and AI features — an attempt to win back Gen Z, disillusioned with onli

01Meta AI in Facebook Marketplace now automatically replies to buyers on behalf of sellersApr 22, 2026·2 min 02Facebook Marketplace taught Meta AI to answer annoying questions about item availabilityApr 22, 2026·1 min 03Google does not rule out ads in Gemini: VP Nick Fox on AI monetizationApr 22, 2026·2 min 04Bumble launched AI assistant Bee for matching based on goals and compatibilityApr 22, 2026·1 min 05AI startup Rox valued at $1.2 billion: a new competitor in the CRM marketApr 22, 2026·2 min

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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: legal dispute with the Defense Department continues

The Wired Uncanny Valley podcast examines Anthropic’s unresolved standoff with the US Department of Defense, war memes, and AI’s threat to v

01How the AI boom is devastating the gaming industry: memory shortages, rising prices, and layoffsApr 22, 2026·2 min 02China’s OpenClaw frenzy turns into a gold rush for AI companiesApr 22, 2026·2 min 03Google's AI search increasingly directs users to YouTube and its own services instead of third-party sitesApr 22, 2026·2 min

Peacock bets on AI video, mobile sports and games to grow streaming

NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock is expanding into AI video, vertical clips and mobile games in an attempt to find growth without jo

Google bought Wiz for $32 billion — the largest venture-backed acquisition in history

Google has closed its purchase of cybersecurity startup Wiz for a record $32 billion — after a rejection a year ago, antitrust reviews, and

xAI starts from scratch again: Musk builds an AI coding tool with a team from Cursor

The xAI lab admitted that its first approach to building an AI coding tool failed and is starting over — with two senior executives poached from Cursor.

Microsoft to launch Gaming Copilot on Xbox Series X and S consoles in 2025

Lawyer in AI psychosis cases: chatbots are now linked to mass-casualty risk

Google and Accel selected 5 Indian startups from 4,000 applications — and none was an AI wrapper

Models Search for 'AI Face Model' Jobs — and Become Tools for Scammers

Eon Systems announced a digital emulation of a fly brain — but it’s not what it seems

OpenAI to launch an adult mode for ChatGPT: text only, no porn

Jensen Huang at GTC 2026: Nvidia sets the course for the future of AI and computing

Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI Over 100,000 Articles

Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster accuse OpenAI of unlawfully using nearly 100,000 copyrighted articles to train language models — without permission and without compensation.

Fuse raised $25 million to displace legacy systems in U.S. credit unions