AI Daily
Daily AI news updates, published each evening.
1 May 2026: Grok Distillation, Anthropic’s $900B Round, ChatGPT Adds Yubico (AM)
Elon Musk testifies xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models, Anthropic eyes a $900bn raise, and ChatGPT now supports Yubico hardware…
30 April 2026: OpenAI Explains the Goblin Glitch, Anthropic Eyes $900B (AM)
OpenAI publishes a candid post-mortem on GPT-5's quirks while Anthropic circles a $900B valuation, plus Microsoft Copilot tops 20m users.
29 April 2026 PM: Scout AI’s $100m War Bet, OpenAI Lands on AWS, and Google Translate Turns 20
Scout AI raises $100m for military AI agents, OpenAI models arrive on Amazon's cloud, and Google Translate hits 20 with…
29 April 2026: GPT-5.5 Arrives, Claude Agents Gain Memory, and a £850m Bet on Superintelligence
OpenAI ships GPT-5.5, Anthropic adds persistent memory to Claude agents, DeepSeek launches V4, and David Silver raises £850m for a…
29 April 2026: AWS Opens to OpenAI, Claude Plugs Into Creative Tools (AM)
AWS adds OpenAI's latest models to Bedrock, Anthropic plugs Claude into Adobe and Blender, and Google Translate gets a pronunciation…
28 April 2026: OpenAI Clears Path to AWS as British AI Lab Commands $5 Billion Valuation
OpenAI wins Microsoft concessions to sell on AWS, a British AI lab raises $1.1bn, YouTube tests AI search, and Otter…
28 April 2026: OpenAI Frees Itself From Microsoft Lock-in (AM)
OpenAI escapes its Microsoft cloud exclusivity, China blocks Meta's Manus deal, and a former DeepMind star raises $1.1B for a…
27 April 2026: Microsoft and OpenAI Reshape Their Alliance as China Blocks Meta’s Manus Deal
China blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, Microsoft and OpenAI restructure their partnership, OpenAI may build an AI-first phone, and a…
26 April 2026: OpenAI Apologises Over Tumbler Ridge as Sovereign AI Push Gains Momentum
Sam Altman issues a public apology over Tumbler Ridge, Europe bets on sovereign AI, Anthropic tests agent commerce, and a…
26 April 2026: Google Bets $40 Billion on Anthropic as DeepSeek V4 Goes Open Source (AM)
Google commits $40B to Anthropic as Mythos model emerges; DeepSeek V4 launches open-source with 1M-token context at a fraction of…