April 01, 2026

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Anthropic is having a month: A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week. Read More

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features: Slack just got a whole lot more useful. Read More

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise: OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project: The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems. Read More

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto's Chris Dixon: Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday. Read More

Lucid Motors recalls over 4,000 Gravity SUVs citing improperly welded seat belts: The company struggled with quality issues when Gravity production started last year, and the new recall shows it's not out of the woods yet. Read More

Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?: Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized. Read More

Nothing's AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds: The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help: Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey's recent investigation. Read More

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