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Daily AI news updates, published each evening.
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…
25 April 2026: Google Commits $40 Billion to Anthropic as the AI Compute Race Enters a New Scale
Google pledges up to $40B to Anthropic at a $350B valuation. Plus: Mac mini AI shortages, ComfyUI hits $500M, and…
25 April 2026: Google Bets $40 Billion on Anthropic as AI Consolidation Accelerates (AM)
Google commits up to $40bn to Anthropic, DeepSeek previews a model matching frontier leaders, and Cohere merges with Germany's Aleph…
24 April 2026: OpenAI Races Towards Its Super-App Vision with GPT-5.5
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 for all ChatGPT tiers as DeepSeek launches affordable V4 models, Meta signs a landmark Amazon CPU deal,…