• Mythos Rattles Wall Street, Triggers Government Summits
  • Goldman, Citi, JPMorgan testing Mythos internally
  • Vance & Bessent summoned AI CEOs a week before launch
  • Bloomberg, Techmeme, The Information
• OpenAI Backs AI Mass-Death Liability Shield
  • Illinois bill: shields labs if 100+ deaths or $1B+ damage
  • Stargate: 3 execs out; Bloomberg: Meta, The Info: new firm
  • Wired, Techmeme, The Information
• Cohere, Aleph Alpha in Merger Talks
  • German government willing to become key customer
  • Canada-Germany AI consolidation; deal not yet signed
  • Reuters via Techmeme
• Sam Altman Survives Molotov Cocktail Attack
  • 3:45am; device bounced off house; no injuries
  • Posts family photo; cites recent incendiary article
  • Sam Altman Blog
• France Abandons Windows, Pivots to Linux
  • Minister Amiel: reducing extra-European dependencies
  • Government PCs to migrate; part of DINUM initiative
  • TechCrunch, Engadget

• CIA Publishes First Autonomous AI Intelligence Report
  • Plans to embed AI co-workers in all analytic platforms
  • Director revealed initiative to Politico
  • Techmeme / Politico
• Scientists Invent Fake Disease; AI Confirms It's Real
  • "Bixonimania" fed to chatbots; returned as real diagnosis
  • Nature study: AI hallucinated fabricated condition
  • Nature
• Linux Kernel Formalizes AI Coding Assistant Policy
  • Official doc in Torvalds' repo; addresses code quality
  • 292 HN points; covers attribution and review standards
  • GitHub / Linux

• Cisco in Talks to Acquire Astrix Security
  • $250M–$350M range; monitors and secures AI agents
  • Tel Aviv-based; deal not yet finalized
  • The Information, Techmeme
• Blackstone Files for $2B Data Center IPO
  • New vehicle acquires already-built, leased data centers
  • Targets AI boom-era properties; ~$2B raise planned
  • Bloomberg, Techmeme
• CoreWeave Inks Major AI Deal, Issues $1.75B Junk Bond
  • 43 active US data centers; variety of Nvidia chips
  • $1.75B bond rallied on new multi-year deal news
  • The Information, Bloomberg
• Hong Kong Grants First Stablecoin Licenses
  • HSBC and Standard Chartered beat 34 other applicants
  • Expected to issue stablecoins in H2 2026
  • The Information, Techmeme
• GitButler Raises $17M to Rebuild Version Control
  • Series A led by a16z; Fly Ventures and A Capital also in
  • Scott Chacon: 'building what comes after Git'
  • GitButler Blog

• US Grand Jury Subpoenas Reddit Over ICE Critic
  • Demands personal data on anonymous user who criticized ICE
  • Grand jury in DC after initial summons to Reddit failed
  • The Intercept via Techmeme, Ars Technica
• China Firm Bought $92M in Banned Nvidia Chips
  • Sharetronic bought hundreds of SuperMicro H100/H200 systems
  • Documents surfaced hours after new US export restrictions
  • Bloomberg via Techmeme
• Red Hat Fires Entire China Engineering Team
  • Most staff moving to India; geopolitical, not downsizing
  • First flagged by Chinese engineer on social media
  • The Register

• CPUID Site Hijacked; CPU-Z Downloads Poisoned
  • 6-hour breach; trusted links served credential stealers
  • HWMonitor and CPU-Z both affected; users warned on Reddit
  • The Register, Reddit / HN
• Popular Chrome JSON Formatter Now Injecting Adware
  • Plugin closed source; now injecting ads into sessions
  • 4.1k GitHub stars; users warned to remove immediately
  • GitHub / HN
• US Cyber Director Maps AI-Exploitable Infrastructure Gaps
  • Sean Cairncross leads classified effort on critical infra
  • Separate from Glasswing; focused on offensive AI risk
  • WSJ via Techmeme

• ETH Zurich Hits 17,000-Qubit Array at 99.91% Fidelity
  • Neutral atom qubits; geometric phase gates resist noise
  • Nature paper; landmark for fault-tolerant quantum computing
  • ETH Zurich / HN
• TSMC Q1 Revenue Up 35%, Beats Estimates
  • ~$35.6B vs ~$35.2B est.; AI demand intact despite war
  • Demand held through first weeks of Middle East conflict
  • Bloomberg, Techmeme
• Amazon Project Houdini Modularizes Data Center Builds
  • Preassembles core server rooms into portable modules
  • Leaked docs; goal is faster data center deployment
  • Business Insider via Techmeme

• Ben Thompson: Myth and Mythos
  • Skepticism on AI danger framing; deeper questions raised
  • Covers Mythos, NYT paradigm shift, and the Altman profile
  • Stratechery
• Rust Supply Chain: How the Attacks Will Come
  • Timely essay; maps likely attack vectors before they hit
  • Rust's ecosystem growth makes it an attractive target
  • kerkour.com / HN
• ChatGPT Voice Mode Runs on a Weaker Model
  • Simon Willison: most users don't realize the quality gap
  • Voice feels premium but runs on older, less capable model
  • Simon Willison's Weblog