OpenAI and Microsoft announced a dramatically amended partnership on April 27, 2026, ending Microsoft's exclusive cloud rights. The deal allows OpenAI to serve products on any cloud provider while Microsoft retains primary partner status through 2032. The move resolves legal tension over OpenAI's $50 billion Amazon deal and transforms the AI infrastructure landscape....
Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants are cutting tens of thousands of jobs while spending billions on AI. But are they really replacing workers with machines, or just using AI as cover for cost-cutting? The "AI washing" theory suggests the latter....
OpenClaw releases v2026.4.24 with DeepSeek V4 Flash as default model. The 284B parameter MoE model brings Max mode performance near V4 Pro levels. Also adds Google Meet voice integration and browser automation fixes....
First World AI Film Festival at Cannes showcased bizarre AI-generated films while Hollywood invests heavily. But critics note AI cinema lacks humor, prioritizes tech over story, and raises copyright concerns. Is this the future of film or an expensive gimmick?...
Anthropic's Project Deal experiment: 69 employees gave AI agents $100 each to trade with other AI agents. Result: 186 deals worth $4,000+. The concerning finding? Advanced models got better outcomes, but humans couldn't tell the difference....
Over 92,000 tech workers laid off in 2026 as AI automation accelerates. Meta cuts 8,000 while spending $65B on AI. Microsoft pushes out 12,000 while investing $80B in data centers. Nearly 900,000 tech jobs lost since AI boom began....
Google parent Alphabet commits up to $40 billion in Anthropic, including $10 billion cash at $350B valuation and $30 billion contingent on milestones, plus 5 gigawatts of TPU compute over five years....
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases V4 preview, an open-source model trained on Huawei chips that rivals GPT-5.4 and Claude on coding and math benchmarks....
Meta cuts 8,000 employees and eliminates 6,000 open roles — 10% of its workforce — to fund an all-in AI pivot. Zuckerberg activates keystroke tracking to train AI agents, making this the most aggressive corporate restructuring in tech history....
Anthropic achieves a $1 trillion implied valuation on secondary markets, surpassing OpenAI, as Amazon commits $100 billion in infrastructure deals....
