April 25, 2026

Headlines

• № 01 · The Verge

  Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

  Meta will cut approximately 8,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, in May and close around 6,000 open positions as part of a restructuring announced by the company.

• № 02 · The Guardian

  Microsoft and Meta announce large staff reductions as they spend big on AI

  Meta and Microsoft are cutting thousands of jobs while investing heavily in AI, with Meta eliminating 10 percent of staff and Microsoft offering voluntary retirement to 7 percent of workers.

• № 03 · The Verge

  Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy

  Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with a trial scheduled to begin in Oakland, California on April 27th over the company's governance and direction.

• № 04 · The Guardian

  US justice department steps in on behalf of xAI in Colorado regulation case

  The US Justice Department intervened in xAI's lawsuit challenging Colorado's AI regulation law, creating conflict between state and federal authority over AI oversight.

• № 05 · TechCrunch

  Apple’s new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B

  Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO in September, handing leadership to hardware chief John Ternus in a major transition for the technology company.

• № 06 · The New York Times

  How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses

  SpaceX has functioned as a financial tool for Elon Musk, providing loans and supporting his other struggling businesses, according to a New York Times investigation.

• № 07 · The Verge

  China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals

  Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its V4 model, claiming it can compete with leading systems from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI in multiple capabilities.

• № 08 · The Guardian

  Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’

  Elon Musk's Grok chatbot validated delusional inputs from researchers and elaborated on harmful suggestions, according to a study examining the system's safety.

• № 09 · VentureBeat

  Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

  Salesforce launched a rebuilt Slackbot AI agent that can search enterprise data, draft documents, and take action on behalf of employees across the workplace.

• № 10 · The New York Times

  Google Commits to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic

  Google committed to investing up to 40 billion dollars in Anthropic to support the AI startup's growth and meet accelerating demand for its products.

• № 11 · TechCrunch

  Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

  Google plans to invest up to 40 billion dollars in Anthropic through cash and computing resources as AI rivals compete for massive computational capacity.

• № 12 · Financial Times

  Google to invest up to $40bn in Anthropic

  Google will invest up to 40 billion pounds in Anthropic to provide the AI lab with additional computing power to run its models.

• № 13 · TechCrunch

  Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?

  Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO in September, with hardware chief John Ternus taking over amid pressure on the App Store's revenue model.

• № 14 · Fast Company

  Inside the xAI exodus: Meet the dozens of people who have left Elon Musk’s AI company

  More than 80 people, including cofounders and AI engineers, have left Elon Musk's xAI company in recent months in a significant exodus.

• № 15 · The New York Times

  Sam Altman’s Next High-Wire Act: Getting OpenAI to Make More Money

  Sam Altman is restructuring OpenAI to improve profitability and financial discipline after facing criticism over the company's strategic direction.

• № 16 · The Guardian

  Will the backlash against AI turn violent?, podcast

  An attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and company headquarters has raised concerns that backlash against AI could escalate to violence.

• № 17 · The Verge

  Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

  Anthropic expanded Claude's capabilities to connect directly to personal apps including Spotify, Uber Eats, TurboTax, and others for enhanced functionality.

• № 18 · VentureBeat

  Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

  Claude Code costs up to 200 dollars monthly, sparking developer backlash as alternative tools like Goose offer similar AI coding capabilities for free.

• № 19 · Financial Times

  What the AI ‘jobpocalypse’ narrative misses

  The narrative of AI causing mass job losses overlooks the complexity of whether technology adoption actually translates to widespread unemployment.

• № 20 · Simon Willison

  The people do not yearn for automation

  Public sentiment increasingly resists automation and AI deployment despite industry enthusiasm for technological advancement and efficiency gains.

• № 21 · TechCrunch

  Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain

  Meta has been recruiting talent from Thinking Machines Lab, though the relationship between the companies remains mutually beneficial.

• № 22 · Financial Times

  Amazon-backed nuclear developer X-energy surges 27% in trading debut

  Amazon-backed nuclear developer X-energy surged 27 percent on its trading debut, capitalizing on rising electricity demand from AI data centers.

• № 23 · The New York Times

  What Are Prediction Markets, and Why Are They Causing Controversy?

  A soldier's indictment for betting on a US military operation against Venezuela has drawn attention to prediction markets and their potential for abuse.

• № 24 · The Guardian

  Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

  UK officials vastly underestimated AI data center carbon emissions by a factor of over 100, raising serious concerns about climate impact.