Google introduces its eighth generation of TPUs, including the TPU 8t for training and the TPU 8i for inference, generally available later this year  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud division unveiled the latest generation of its tensor processing unit, or TPU, a homegrown chip that's designed …

SpaceX says it's working with Cursor to build “the world's most useful models” and it has the right to acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B for the partnership  —  The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.

Filing: Tron founder Justin Sun sues the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, alleging it unfairly locked up his WLFI holdings and threatened and defamed him  —  World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged. … What to know:

Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players  —  An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing …

LinkedIn names COO Daniel Shapero as its new CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who will retain his position as EVP at Microsoft  —  Microsoft has tapped Dan Shapero to be the new CEO of its LinkedIn division, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who has run the subsidiary since 2020 and last year took …

Anthropic reverses changes to its website and support documents after users reported Claude Code appeared to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan  —  Executive Summary:  — In the later afternoon of April 21 2026, Anthropic removed access to Claude Code for its $20-a-month “Pro” Plans on various pricing pages.

Polymarket says perpetuals are coming to the platform and lets users sign up for early access; it hasn't specified whether crypto perpetual futures are included  —  Prediction markets platform Polymarket is expanding into trading of perpetual futures contacts, the company said Tuesday.

Vast Data, which makes software infrastructure for managing large amounts of data with a focus on AI applications, raised a $1B Series F at a $30B valuation  —  Vast Data announced a $1 billion funding round at a $30 billion valuation on Wednesday, with Nvidia among those backing the AI company.

The UK FCA says it has carried out its first joint operation to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, targeting eight premises across London  —  Quick Take  — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority said it has carried out its first coordinated operation targeting illegal peer …

The UK's GCHQ believes ~100 countries have procured cyber intrusion software, such as Pegasus, suggesting the barrier to get access to the tech is dropping  —  GLASGOW — More than half of the world's nation states are believed to have purchased technology that could be capable of hacking …

Sources: Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to invest in DeepSeek at a $20B+ valuation, partly benchmarked against Moonshot's pending round at an $18B valuation  —  Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group are in talks to invest in DeepSeek, the AI upstart that recently started fundraising …

Source: a handful of unauthorized users in a private Discord channel have been accessing Anthropic's Mythos model since the day the company announced it  —  A small group of unauthorized users have accessed Anthropic PBC's new Mythos AI model, a technology that the company says is so powerful …

Source: Mira Murati's TML signed a deal with Google Cloud, valued in single-digit billions, to access Google's latest AI systems built on Nvidia's GB300 chips  —  Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has signed a new multibillion-dollar agreement to expand …

Core Automation, co-founded by ex-OpenAI VP Jerry Tworek, launches to build “the world's most automated AI lab” with talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind  —  - A new AI startup, Core Automation, has entered the chat.  — Started by an ex-OpenAI researcher, it has …

Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M+/year collectively  —  Who changed your life today?  Who stretched your way of seeing the universe?  Who challenged you to think deeper about the culture around you …

A South Korean court sentences a former Samsung researcher to seven years in prison for leaking semiconductor tech to China's CXMT, helping it develop HBM  —  A South Korean court said on Wednesday it had sentenced a former researcher at Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to seven years in prison …

OpenAI announces workspace agents in ChatGPT, letting teams create Codex-powered shared agents for complex tasks, and says they are “an evolution of GPTs”  —  Codex-powered agents for teams.  —  Create an agent(opens in a new window)Contact sales(opens in a new window)

Monk, which automates accounts receivable workflows, raised a $25M Series A co-led by Footwork and Acrew Capital, bringing its total funding to $29M  —  Monk, which automates accounts receivable workflows, raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Footwork, CEO George Kurdin tells Axios exclusively.

Top law firm Sullivan & Cromwell told a US federal bankruptcy court that a major filing it made in a high-profile case contained multiple AI hallucinations  —  Firm whose partners bill more than $2,000 per hour apologises to judge for software-driven errors in bankruptcy case

Air permit docs: new gas projects linked to just 11 US data center campuses could emit 129M+ tons of greenhouse gases per year, more than some small countries  —  A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft …

X launches Custom Timelines, a Grok-powered feature letting users pin any of over 75 topics to their home tab, in early access to Premium subscribers on iOS  —  Ladies and gentlemen, today we're launching one of our biggest changes to 𝕏 Introducing Custom Timelines This feature allows you to pin a specific topic to your home tab. With support for over 75 topics, you can dive deep into your favorite niche on X. It's powered by Grok's [video]

Tencent launches an international beta for QClaw, its OpenClaw-based AI agent, and says the Chinese version, launched in March, reached over 1M users in 10 days  —  OpenClaw's founder publicly endorsed the product's rollout.  —  Tencent has launched an international beta for QClaw …

Sooth Labs, founded by ex-Meta employees to build AI models that let businesses forecast geopolitical events, is raising ~$50M at a ~$335M valuation  —  Sooth Labs, a new artificial intelligence lab founded by former Meta Platforms Inc. employees, is raising about $50 million in funding …

Sources: OpenAI has pledged up to $1.5B to a new joint venture with PE firms to help deploy AI across their portfolio companies, starting with $500M in equity  —  Start-up backing new company intended to help deploy AI within businesses owned by PE firms  —  OpenAI has pledged up to $1.5bn …