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Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusivity, China blocks Meta's $2B Manus deal, and David Silver's new startup hits a $5.1B valuation in a massive day for AI.
- Briefing date: 2026-04-28
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Stories covered on 2026-04-28
- OpenAI Just Released GPT-5.5, and The Model is The Least Interesting Part
Towards AI · 2026-04-28
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.5, a model whose primary innovation lies not in its architecture but in its enhanced multimodal capabilities
- OpenAI Linked Stocks Fall on Report It Missed Targets | Bloomberg Tech 4/28/2026
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the fall in stocks linked to OpenAI after a report from the Wall Street Journal said the company failed to meet its own sales and
- OpenAI Releases Privacy Filter: A 1.5B-Parameter Open-Source PII Redaction Model with 50M Active Parameters
MarkTechPost · 2026-04-28
OpenAI's Privacy Filter Is a 1.5B-Parameter PII Detector Built on a Distilled Decoder — And It Runs in Your Browser
- Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
WIRED · 2026-04-28
The judge also warned Musk and Sam Altman to curb their “propensity to use social media to make things worse outside the courtroom” after both sides traded attacks online.
- Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity
The Verge · 2026-04-28
On the stand, Elon Musk is positioning himself as a savior. In the high-profile trial between him and his fellow OpenAI co-founder, now CEO, Sam Altman
- Taylor Swift is stepping up the legal war on AI copycats
The Verge · 2026-04-28
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to protect herself from AI
- Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS
TechCrunch · 2026-04-28
A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
- iOS 27 will reportedly come with new AI-powered photo editing tools
Engadget · 2026-04-28
Apple reportedly plans to fix bugs and expand the capabilities of Apple Intelligence with the release of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 year
- OpenAI Hits Back at Growth Fears, Says ‘Firing on All Cylinders’
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
OpenAI pushed back against concerns over its sales growth on Tuesday, saying its consumer and enterprise businesses are “firing on all cylinders” despite a report about the AI
- Claude.ai is unavailable
Hacker News · 2026-04-28
Anthropic's Claude.ai experienced an outage, rendering its services inaccessible to users.
- Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI
The Verge · 2026-04-28
Elon Musk officially began his testimony in the trial he has brought against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman.
- Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages
TechCrunch · 2026-04-28
Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.
- Google Signs Deal to Allow AI in Classified Military Work
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
Google has reached an agreement with the US Defense Department to allow its artificial intelligence systems to be used for classified military work
- Musk Testifies He’s Suing OpenAI to Stop Altman’s ‘Looting’
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
Elon Musk testified Tuesday he’s suing OpenAI and two of its co-founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — because the startup’s pivot from a charity to a for-profit business is
- ‘It’s Undignified’: Hundreds of Workers Training Meta’s AI Could Be Laid Off
WIRED · 2026-04-28
More than 700 people working for a Meta contractor in Ireland are at risk of losing their jobs, documents show.
- AI Boom to Triple US Power Equipment Market to $65 Billion
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
US spending on power-plant equipment is expected to triple through 2030, primarily driven by the growth of data centers that may account for as much as 40% of total investment
- Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
TechCrunch · 2026-04-28
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
- Better Hardware Could Turn Zeros into AI Heroes
IEEE Spectrum · 2026-04-28
When it comes to AI models, size matters.Even though some artificial-intelligence experts warn that scaling up large language models (LLMs) is hitting diminishing performance
- The 4 Hooks Every Claude Code Project Needs
Towards AI · 2026-04-28
In a single week in , Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.7, launched Claude Design, and added Routines that run even when your…
- Here is what an LLM that knows nothing after 1930 thinks our world looks like in 2026
The Decoder · 2026-04-28
"Talkie" is a 13B-parameter language model trained only on texts written before 1931.
- Google Cloud Introduces Agents CLI to Streamline AI Agent Development Lifecycle
InfoQ · 2026-04-28
Google Cloud has introduced Agents CLI within its Agent Platform, aiming to streamline the development lifecycle of AI age
- Amazon Inks Deal with OpenAI, Plans New AWS Applications
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
Amazon Web Services announced a partnership with OpenAI a day after that company ended its exclusivity deal with Microsoft.
- IBM launches AI platform Bob to regulate SDLC costs
AI News · 2026-04-28
To regulate software delivery costs and SDLC governance, IBM is launching Bob, an AI platform built to anchor enterprise engineering.
- FDA Plans to Speed Up Drug Trials With Real-Time Data, AI
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
The US Food and Drug Administration plans to cut the time it takes drug companies to test new medicines by getting more visibility into clinical trials as they’re underway.
- Arguments Begin in Musk, Altman Showdown
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
A jury has been selected for the trial between OpenAI firm and Elon Musk, who claims the company abandoned its founding mission as a non-profit.
- Amazon to Sell OpenAI Tech After Microsoft Cedes Exclusivity
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
For the first three years of the artificial intelligence boom, Amazon.com Inc. watched as cloud customers seeking the latest and greatest from OpenAI took their business to
- UK must seize AI initiative or be left at the ‘mercy’ of the future, Liz Kendall warns
The Guardian AI · 2026-04-28
The technology secretary spoke amid concerns the UK was struggling to make its own way in AI Britain must seize the initiative in AI or be left at the “mercy and whim” of a future
- Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton
The Verge · 2026-04-28
Anthropic has launched a set of connectors for Claude that allow the AI chatbot to tap into popular creative software, including Adobe's Creative Cloud apps, Affinity, Blender
- Graduates Turn to Emergency Degrees To Beat Jobs Crisis
Bloomberg · 2026-04-28
UK graduates are turning to emergency degrees to ride out the current jobs crisis and guard against AI. Irina Anghel explains the surge in demand for master's courses. (
- Opening arguments begin in Elon Musk and Sam Altman courtroom showdown
The Guardian AI · 2026-04-28
Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious The trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI began in earnest on