The White House's latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws stalls as multiple Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan play — The resistance on Capitol Hill raises fresh doubts about whether Congress can pass any national laws for the rapidly advancing technology as states move ahead on their own.
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Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech is seeking a chief scientist with an annual pay of as much as ~$18M; China's AI industry has eschewed mega pay packages — Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics Corp. is seeking a chief scientist, offering an annual pay of as much as 124 million yuan …
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Generalist, which raised $140M at a $440M valuation in 2025, releases GEN-1, an AI model to help robots handle high-dexterity tasks typically done by humans — The company says the next big leap in robotics won't come from fancier humanoid hardware. It will come from applying AI scaling principles …
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Sources: Microsoft's Judson Althoff said Copilot sales hit “some pretty big audacious goals” in Q3; only 3% of customers were paying for Copilot as of January — Microsoft Corp., responding to Wall Street feedback, has pivoted its AI sales strategy to focus on selling Copilot rather …
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The Artemis II moon mission is one of the first times NASA has let astronauts fly with smartphones, giving them modified iPhones for taking photos and videos — The astronauts traveling in the Artemis II spacecraft were allowed to take smartphones with them. Sadly, they can't connect to the internet.
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Health data startup Bevel's CEO pushes back against Whoop's lawsuit that alleges Bevel copied the look of the Whoop app, saying Whoop's actions are “lawfare” — He says Whoop previously reached out to explore a collaboration before filing the suit.
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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is back to writing code after a two-decade hiatus, submitting three diffs to Meta's monorepo, and is a heavy user of Claude Code CLI — Mark Zuckerberg and Garry Tan join the trend of C-level folks jumping back into coding with AI. Also: a bad week for Claude Code and GitHub, and more
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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 — Claude subscriptions will no longer cover third-party access from tools like OpenClaw starting Saturday, April 4th.
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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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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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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Internal memo: Iranian strikes have rendered two AWS zones “hard down” in Dubai and Bahrain and Amazon expects them to be “unavailable for an extended period” — Amazon tells its employees to deprioritize these regions as the Iran war deals meaningful damage to its infrastructure in the Gulf.
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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
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OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; 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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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.
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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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Chinese semiconductor companies like SMIC reported record 2025 revenue, driven by AI demand and China's self-sufficiency push as a result of US restrictions — Chinese semiconductor firms have reported record revenue last year driven by AI demand, a shortage of memory chips and U.S. export restrictions …
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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.
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Tower Semiconductor's market cap tops $20B, four years after a near-sale to Intel for $5B; shares are up ~60% over the past month and ~525% over the past year — Once overlooked, the company is now central to investor expectations around AI. — Four years ago, Tower Semiconductor was nearly sold to Intel for $5 billion.
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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 …
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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.
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Some startups and researchers who can't access the most advanced chips are adopting a “frugal AI” approach, building smaller models on open-weight systems — Amid a widening global divide in AI adoption, low-cost AI models that can deliver sovereignty and efficiency …
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The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its Staten Island warehouse; Amazon plans to appeal — Amazon (AMZN.O) must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island …
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Matt Mullenweg says EmDash, while open source, is designed “to sell more Cloudflare services” and lacks the cross-platform democratization of WordPress — So, two other Matts at Cloudflare announced EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security.
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Sources: Chinese companies move to cement their role in humanoid robot supply chains as Tesla and others turn to China for components the US sees as strategic — Tesla and others turn to suppliers in China for components in an industry seen as strategic by Washington and Beijing
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