• OpenAI Memo: AWS 'Staggering,' Microsoft 'Limited'
  • CRO Dresser touts AWS deal, calls Microsoft a limit on reach
  • Microsoft exploring OpenClaw for always-on M365 agents
  • The Information, CNBC via Techmeme, The Information via Techmeme
• Anthropic Revenue Growth Breaks All Historical Records
  • No company in any era found to match Anthropic's growth pace
  • Axios searched across all industries; found no historical precedent
  • Axios
• Altman Speaks After Second Attack on His Home
  • Shooting at Russian Hill home Sunday; two suspects arrested
  • Altman publicly responds after second attack in days
  • The Verge, The Information
• Japan Tech Giants Launch Physical AI Consortium
  • SoftBank, Sony, Honda plus six others form new AI company
  • Target: 1T-param foundation model for physical AI by 2030
  • Nikkei Asia via Techmeme
• Blackwell GPU Hourly Rent Surges 48% in Two Months
  • $4.08/hr now vs. $2.75 two months ago per GPU
  • Agentic AI demand cited; companies rationing compute access
  • Wall Street Journal via Techmeme

• Stanford AI Index: Capability Still Accelerating
  • US-China AI capability gap has now closed, per 2026 report
  • US leads globally on data centers and AI investment volume
  • Stanford HAI via Techmeme
• Zuckerberg Trains AI Clone to Coach Employees
  • AI version trained to offer feedback and interact with staff
  • Part of Meta's broader photorealistic 3D character initiative
  • The Verge, Financial Times via Techmeme
• Gallup: Half of US Workers Now Use AI Regularly
  • First time the 50% threshold has been crossed in survey history
  • Leaders more optimistic about AI impact than frontline workers
  • Gallup via Techmeme
• Apple's AI Chief Giannandrea Exits This Week
  • Role cut Mar 2025 after Apple Intelligence launch failures
  • Exit timed to his final stock vesting date
  • 9to5Mac, MacRumors

• RL Training Startup Hits $750M Valuation
  • AI lab appetite for RL training data fuels rapid valuation
  • Labs competing intensely for high-quality reinforcement datasets
  • The Information
• Palo Alto Founder Buys Bank for AI Overhaul
  • Nir Zuk takes largest stake in Liberty Bank acquisition
  • Bank purchase aimed at AI-driven financial transformation
  • Wall Street Journal

• EU Competition Chief Defies Trump on Big Tech
  • Anthony Whelan vows to press ahead with Big Tech investigations
  • Appointment comes amid sustained US pressure to ease enforcement
  • Financial Times via Techmeme
• Data Center Moratorium Bills Mostly Dead in States
  • 12 bills introduced in 2026; 11 already stalled or voted out
  • Maine's bill is the lone survivor, faces final vote April 15
  • Business Insider via Techmeme

• Linux 7.0 Launches With Official Rust Support
  • Rust now officially part of kernel after years in staging
  • Torvalds considers AI bug-finders' role in future release cycles
  • The Register
• First Commercial Orbital Compute Cluster Opens for Business
  • 40 edge GPUs across 10 satellites, all laser-linked in orbit
  • 18 customers signed; Sophia Space announced as newest
  • TechCrunch

• Ben Thompson: Compute Scarcity Rewrites Platform Power
  • In constrained compute, demand control still confers supply power
  • Covers Mythos, AI economics, and the future of platform leverage
  • Stratechery
• AI Hallucination Rates Diverge Widely Across Models
  • 175 questions across 30 tasks, verified by code execution
  • Grok 4.20 Reasoning leads leaderboard at 91.8% accuracy in April
  • BridgeBench