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Boris Cherny / @bcherny:

Anthropic says Claude subscriptions will no longer cover usage on third-party tools like OpenClaw starting April 4 at 12pm PT, to better manage capacity — Starting tomorrow at 12pm PT, Claude subscriptions will no longer cover usage on third-party tools like OpenClaw. You can still use these tools with your Claude login via extra usage bundles (now available at a discount), or with a Claude API key.

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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:

OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role as part of an executive reshuffle; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks — OpenAI's chief operating officer is shifting into a new role and two other top executives are going on leave due to health reasons …

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Maureen Farrell / New York Times:

Sources: Musk requires banks seeking roles in SpaceX's IPO to subscribe to Grok and advertise on X; some banks are spending tens of millions integrating Grok — Mr. Musk is requiring Wall Street firms to purchase subscriptions to his A.I. chatbot if they want to advise on one of the largest initial public offerings in history.

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Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:

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Wired:

Sources: Meta has paused its work with Mercor while it investigates a security breach at the data vendor; OpenAI says it is investigating the security incident — Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor.

More: Moneycontrol and Fortune

X: @mrgoldbro, @___4o____, and @zeffmax

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:

Filing: Anthropic has formed AnthroPAC, a new PAC that will be funded exclusively and voluntarily by its employees and is expected to be bipartisan — The artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is launching a new corporate political action committee, becoming the latest technology firm …

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Alex Heath / Sources:

Interviews with Codex lead Alexander Embiricos, OpenClaw's Peter Steinberger, and others about OpenAI's upcoming superapp that combines ChatGPT with Codex — Why Codex is becoming the foundation for everything. Also: Fidji Simo's internal memo about taking a leave of absence. — ∙ Paid

More: OpenAI, The Decoder, and Telecompaper

X: @alexeheath and @alexeheath

Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers — AI models from the tech giants constantly need new training data. This $10 billion startup is on the hunt for fresh resources.

More: Gizmodo and Hackread

Qianer Liu / The Information:

Sources: Huawei's Ascend 950PR chip, set for mass production soon, saw prices rise 20% after Chinese tech giants placed bulk orders to run DeepSeek's V4 model — When DeepSeek introduces its next-generation model, likely in the next few weeks, it will mark a milestone in China's yearslong quest for semiconductor self-sufficiency.

More: Reuters, Blockonomi, The Decoder, Tom's Hardware, and Trivium China. X: @amir

Matt Mullenweg:

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Jared Perlo / NBC News:

A US bill seeks to ban exports of DUV lithography tech to China, whose imports of chipmaking equipment reportedly grew from $10.7B in 2016 to ~$51.1B in 2025 — The MATCH Act would tighten existing restrictions on a critical choke point for the AI industry, banning exports of certain manufacturing tools across China.

Financial Times:

Sources: Meta's “Project Walleye” Ohio data center seeks $3B in loans in a first-of-its-kind deal where lenders will fund both the building and the power assets — ‘Project Walleye’ lenders would be first to fund both construction and power — A data centre campus backed …

X: @edzitron

Robert Hart / The Verge:

Utah launches a one-year pilot program allowing Legion Health's AI chatbot to renew prescriptions for 15 low-risk psychiatric maintenance medications — Some psychiatrists are asking what problem, exactly, this is solving. … Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor.

More: Gizmodo, NextDraft, and Benzinga

Meir Orbach / CTech:

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 — Israeli firm seeks critical funding through a SPAC merger amid mounting market pressures. — Israeli chip company Hailo …

More: SiliconANGLE

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