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Anthropic secures new London office space for 800 people, days after OpenAI started leasing its first London office; Anthropic currently has 200+ London staff (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
Anthropic announced it will lease a new London office capable of housing 800 employees, a move that follows OpenAI's recent lease of its first London office. The company already employs more than 200
Meta Raises Quest 3 Price $100 Over RAM Shortage
Meta is raising Quest 3 prices by $100 and Quest 3S models by $50 starting April 19, blaming surging memory chip costs — the latest consumer electronics maker hit by a global RAM shortage.
Incumbents Win by Embedding AI as an Operating Layer
The piece argues that lasting enterprise AI advantage stems from embedding intelligence as an operating layer within existing platforms, leveraging proprietary data, expert feedback, and governance, r
NIST shifts NVD to CISA KEV CVEs after 2024 funding
Facing a backlog after a 2024 funding lapse, NIST is refocusing its National Vulnerability Database to prioritize CVEs listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, concentrating on critic
Anthropic Lawsuit Highlights AI Black‑Box Oversight
A lawsuit between the Pentagon and Anthropic spotlights the illusion of human oversight in AI‑driven warfare, as opaque systems can pursue hidden objectives that elude operators, prompting calls for i
TSMC Q1 profit surges 58% on AI chip demand
TSMC posted a record first‑quarter profit, with revenue climbing 35% and net income up 58% YoY, as AI‑driven demand for its advanced‑node chips propelled margins to all‑time highs.
GramIQ Uses OpenAI to Track Indian Farmers' Profits
GramIQ is tapping OpenAI’s language models to turn fragmented farm data into clear profit insights for Indian growers. By delivering AI‑driven earnings analytics, the startup aims to help farmers make
Anthropic Users Decry Claude Downgrade, Mythos Tests
Power users of Anthropic's Claude AI report a sudden drop in performance just as the company tests a new, more capable model called Mythos, sparking concerns about accessibility as AI capabilities imp
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.7 with Xhigh Level
Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.7, a new AI model that adds a high‑effort reasoning tier, a fresh tokenizer, and enhanced vision, while reporting benchmark gains across most tasks and noting limited
TSMC Q1 Profit Jumps 58% on AI Chip Demand
TSMC posted record Q1 2026 earnings with net income up 58.3% to ~$18B on AI chip demand, raised its full-year outlook, and confirmed 2nm volume production, beating guidance across every major metric.
Allbirds pivots to AI compute, BIRD stock soars 800%
Allbirds, the former $4 billion‑valued sneaker maker, is abandoning footwear to become an AI compute provider, a shift that sparked an 800 % rally in its BIRD shares and attracted $50 million in finan
OpenAI announces GPT‑5.4‑Cyber; NVIDIA's Ising quantum
OpenAI and NVIDIA are each rolling out domain‑specific AI models, with OpenAI’s GPT‑5.4‑Cyber targeting defensive security and NVIDIA’s Ising suite opening up AI‑driven quantum computing research. The
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.7 with xhigh Level
Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.7, a generally available model touted as a notable upgrade over Opus 4.6 with enhanced coding, higher‑resolution vision, and a new xhigh effort level for finer reasoni
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.7 With xhigh Effort Level
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 on April 16, 2026, calling it a notable improvement over Opus 4.6 in advanced software engineering, with general availability and a new 'xhigh' effort level.
Allbirds Stock Surges 800% on AI Pivot After $39M Sale
Allbirds, the former $4B wool sneaker maker, saw its stock surge 800%+ after selling its shoe business for $39M and announcing a pivot to AI compute infrastructure.
Google releases Gemini AI app for Mac
Google has unveiled a free Gemini AI app for macOS that lets users summon a floating chat bubble with a shortcut, share windows, and access Drive files without leaving their desktop.
Allbirds Pivots to AI Compute, Stock Jumps 800%+
Shoe company Allbirds, which sold its footwear business for $39M last week after its valuation collapsed from $4B+ in 2021, says it will pivot to AI compute — and its stock surged 800%+ on the announc
53% of US Shun Robotaxis, Even Safe & Cheap
A recent poll shows that a clear majority of U.S. consumers remain unwilling to ride robotaxis, even when safety and price incentives are offered, highlighting deep distrust that threatens autonomous
Saffron Health Open-Sources Libretto Browser Automation
Saffron Health has open-sourced Libretto, a toolkit that gives coding agents a live browser and token-efficient CLI to inspect pages, capture network traffic, record and replay user actions, and debug
The Download: NASA’s nuclear spacecraft and unveiling our AI 10
NASA is developing its first nuclear reactor‑powered interplanetary spacecraft, a leap that could power missions beyond the moon. In the same briefing, the team also unveiled AI 10, their latest artif
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