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Apr 2, 2026

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex

As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than eve...

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Apr 2, 2026

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago....

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Apr 2, 2026

Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions

Researchers at the company found representations inside of Claude that perform functions similar to human feelings....

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Apr 2, 2026

Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app

Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app....

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Apr 2, 2026

It’s not easy to get depression-detecting AI through the FDA

For the past seven years, the California-based startup Kintsugi has been developing AI designed to detect signs of depression and anxiety fr...

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Apr 2, 2026

Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business

Mustafa Suleyman has been preparing for his new job description for a long time. Suleyman is Microsoft's inaugural CEO of AI, but after the ...

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Apr 2, 2026

Google Home’s latest update makes Gemini better at understanding your commands

Google is launching another update to its Home app, which is supposed to make controlling your smart home with its Gemini AI assistant "more...

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The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO

MIT Technology Review

Apr 2, 2026

The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of te...

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OpenAI Blog

Apr 2, 2026

OpenAI acquires TBPN

OpenAI acquires TBPN to accelerate global conversations around AI and support independent media, expanding dialogue with builders, businesse...

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OpenAI Blog

Apr 2, 2026

Codex now offers more flexible pricing for teams

Codex now includes pay-as-you-go pricing for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise, providing teams a more flexible option to start and scale adop...

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MIT Technology Review

Apr 2, 2026

Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next.

As the war in Iran continues to engulf the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, one of the most visible global economic ripple...

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Apr 1, 2026

Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident

Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices....

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Apr 1, 2026

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota

Meta's upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants....

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Apr 1, 2026

AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted

A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind....

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Apr 1, 2026

‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy was one of the few skeptics at the Runway AI Summit, where AI was compared to fire and the printing pres...

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Apr 1, 2026

Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try

The firm says it can can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half. ...

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Apr 1, 2026

Less than a month: StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together

StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together on April 30. Space is limited. Register here for your p...

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