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April 9, 2026, 4:25 PM
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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Annual letter: Andy Jassy says AWS' AI revenue has hit a $15B annual run rate as of Q1 and that Amazon's internal chips business is generating $20B+ per year  —  Andy Jassy's new letter to Amazon shareholders is a data-heavy defense of the tech giant's biggest bets — from AI and custom chips …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Meta begins removing dozens of Facebook and Instagram ads from lawyers seeking clients who claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18  —  Meta on Thursday began removing advertisements from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18.
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced Stargate UK in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale  —  OpenAI said it is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project in the UK, as it reins in ambitious spending plans ahead …
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Spotify is adding toggles to stop video from playing inside the app for both music and podcasts, rolling out worldwide on all platforms and devices  —  Controls are rolling out worldwide to stop videos playing alongside music and podcasts. … Spotify is adding new toggles to stop …
Callie Holtermann / New York Times:
Gallup survey of 1,500 people aged 14 to 29: hopefulness regarding AI has dropped from 27% to 18% over the past year, with 22% using GenAI daily and 29% weekly  —  A new study from Gallup found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about artificial intelligence.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031  —  Meta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top …
Juro Osawa / The Information:
Sources: Alibaba anonymously released AI video model HappyHorse-1.0, which ranks at the top of Artificial Analysis' AI model leaderboard, above Seedance 2.0  —  Alibaba Group has anonymously released a new AI video generation model called HappyHorse-1., which rose to the top of an AI model leaderboard …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI launches a $100/month ChatGPT Pro subscription, which offers 5x more Codex usage than Plus; the $200/month Pro plan offers 20x higher limits than Plus  —  OpenAI is launching a revamped $100/month ChatGPT subscription aimed at Codex users.  Here's how it compares to OpenAI's existing plans and what it includes.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube launches a Shorts feature that lets creators generate photorealistic AI avatars using a “live selfie” recording of their face and voice, powered by Veo  —  YouTube is now letting users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them for use in Shorts.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Researchers: attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader since at least December 2025, and some docs contain Russian-language lures  —  Attackers have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader using maliciously crafted PDF documents since at least December.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Anthropic makes Claude Cowork, previously available as a “research preview”, generally available to all paid plans, and adds six features for enterprise use  —  Claude Cowork, available on macOS, is losing the “research preview” label today as Anthropic introduces enterprise capabilities.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D models and simulations; users must select the Pro model in the prompt bar  —  You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real-time. … Google's latest upgrade for Gemini will allow the chatbot to generate interactive 3D models …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Tubi becomes the first streaming service to debut a native app within ChatGPT, letting viewers discover its 300K+ movies or shows via a conversational interface  —  Tubi, the Fox-owned streaming service, announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, giving viewers an easier …
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Florida's AG launches a probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT, saying its data could fall “into the hands of America's enemies” and citing a mass shooter's ChatGPT use  —  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday launched an investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat, supporting one-on-one and group conversations via a new voice input icon, as it tests a standalone X Chat spinoff on iOS  —  Posting Voice Notes publicly on X may no longer be possible, but you can now share audio messages within X's direct messaging system, X Chat, once again.
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Internal memo: Meta is pulling top engineers into its new Applied AI Engineering division, as part of a push to improve its models and “compete in the AI race”  —  Meta Platforms is pulling top engineers from across the company into its new Applied AI Engineering division …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
An Ohio man is the first convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing real and AI-generated explicit images of 10+ victims  —  An Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real …

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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
A watchdog group has filed a bar complaint against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, requesting a probe into the alleged unauthorized practice of law

Bloomberg:
A judge extends an earlier order to ban taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads until Nov. 8, past Election Day; she'll hold a hearing on a more permanent order Nov. 4

Jem Aswad / Variety:
Sources: UMG is executing extensive layoffs across the US and UK, with several top executives, including Def Jam Records Chairman-CEO Tunji Balogun, leaving

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Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google and Intel expand their partnership to deploy Xeon chips, including Xeon 6, and co-develop custom Infrastructure Processing Units to improve efficiency
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
A look at a global scramble to protect submarine cables vulnerable to potential sabotage, as companies develop monitoring tech like distributed acoustic sensing

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news
Reuters:
John Deere agreed to pay $99M into a fund to settle a 2022 right-to-repair class action lawsuit, and make digital repair tools available to farmers for 10 years
Jack Queen / Reuters:
A DC appeals court denies Anthropic's bid to pause the DOD's supply chain risk designation, after a California judge granted a preliminary injunction in March
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