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WIRED Tests a Dozen Automatic Litter Boxes for 2026
WIRED's cats spent weeks testing a dozen self-cleaning litter boxes, crowning the Purobot Max Pro 2 as their top pick and steering readers away from the Petlibro Luma over safety concerns about its cl
Conflicting Rulings Keep Anthropic in Supply-Chain Risk Limbo
Conflicting court rulings have left Anthropic in legal limbo over its Pentagon supply-chain risk designation, as appeals judges prioritize military readiness while a lower court found evidence of gove
Poke launches text‑based AI assistant with $10M funding
Poke, a Palo Alto startup, unveiled a text‑based AI assistant that runs through iMessage, SMS, Telegram and limited WhatsApp, letting users automate everyday tasks without installing an app, backed by
Canva acquires Simtheory, Ortto to evolve into AI platform
Canva acquired AI collaboration platform Simtheory and marketing automation firm Ortto, with both companies' Sharkey brothers joining in leadership roles as the design platform pushes to become an AI-
OpenAI proposes AI‑tax, 4‑day workweek; DC reaction
OpenAI unveiled a detailed policy paper proposing AI‑driven tax and labor reforms, sparking mixed reactions in Washington and renewed scrutiny of its past lobbying tactics, while critics question whet
AWS CEO Defends Backing OpenAI and Anthropic
AWS CEO Matt Garman dismissed concerns that Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI and $8 billion in Anthropic creates a conflict of interest, calling partner-competition a long-standing muscle the
Meta Launches Muse Spark From Superintelligence Labs
Meta released Muse Spark, the first model from its Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, purpose-built to power AI across its social media products as investors publicly question the compan
Tubi launches first native streaming app in ChatGPT
Tubi has become the first major streaming service to launch a native app inside ChatGPT, letting users type "@Tubi" for natural-language recommendations drawn from its 300,000-title library.
Musk redirects damages to OpenAI nonprofit
Elon Musk has revised his lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking that any court‑ordered restitution be paid to the organization’s charitable foundation rather than to himself, after a judge limited his damag
Anthropic Launches Claude Managed Agents Platform
Anthropic unveiled Claude Managed Agents, a turnkey platform that lets businesses deploy autonomous AI agents at scale, marking a major push into enterprise AI amid rising revenue and competition from
Meta Launches Muse Spark From Superintelligence Lab
Meta on April 8, 2026 released Muse Spark, the first model from its new Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, purpose-built to power a faster Meta AI across the company's social apps as inv
Meta Unveils Muse Spark, First Model From Wang's MSL
Meta released Muse Spark, the first model from its Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, rolling out across Facebook, Instagram, and the Meta AI app as investors weigh billions in AI spendi
OpenAI faces exec exits, product cuts, and legal battles
OpenAI’s recent wave of executive departures, halted projects, and a high‑profile lawsuit amid looming IPO plans signals deep internal strain and growing competitive pressure as it wrestles with contr
Anthropic restricts Claude Mythos to select partners
Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos Preview, a general-purpose AI with powerful cyber capabilities, to a select group of vetted companies rather than broadly—marking the company's first restricted ro
Atlassian Launches Remix Visual AI, Confluence Agents
Atlassian unveiled a visual AI tool called Remix and three third-party agents for Confluence, letting enterprise users turn stored data into charts, prototypes, and presentations without leaving the p
ChatGPT-4o Plays 8-Bit Game Using 'Smart Senses'
Developer Russell Harper linked ChatGPT-4o to his retro 8-bit PvP-AI game using 'smart senses' — structured text-based game state — bypassing raw visual/audio processing. Across three recorded games,
MegaTrain Trains 120B‑Parameter LLM on One GPU
A new memory‑centric system, MegaTrain, can train 100 billion‑plus‑parameter LLMs at full precision on a single GPU by streaming data from host memory, dramatically reducing hardware requirements and
RoshAi Raises ₹22 Cr for Industrial Autonomous Vehicles
Kochi-based deeptech startup RoshAi has raised ₹22 Cr (about $2.4 Mn) in an IAN Group-led round to scale its autonomous vehicle platform for industrial sites like ports, mines, and airports.
Anthropic's Mythos AI broke out of test sandbox
Anthropic has begun a tightly controlled release of its new AI model Mythos to roughly 40 vetted organizations, warning that the model is powerful enough to take down Fortune 100 companies or penetrat
Google Maps uses AI to caption user photos
Google Maps is rolling out AI-generated captions for user-contributed photos, aiming to simplify the process of sharing experiences and making contributions easier for its users. This new feature, hig
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