Apr 20 – 26, 2026

Models, benchmarks, the lab race. · 49 stories

1. 1GPT-5.595
2. 2Introducing GPT-5.5
3. 3DeepSeek V4 Shows That The Next AI Race Is About Efficiency

The AI products people actually use. · 136 stories

1. 1Introducing workspace agents in ChatGPT82
2. 2ChatGPT’s new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text - TechCrunch
3. 3AWS Cuts AI Agent Setup To 3 API Calls In AgentCore Update

Autonomous systems in the wild. · 0 stories

1. Nothing cleared the bar today.

Funding, M&A, valuations, earnings. · 57 stories

1. 1Google pours up to $40 billion into ChatGPT rival Anthropic95
2. 2Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
3. 3Google to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic, Agrees to Five Gigawatt Compute Deal

Silicon, racks, the compute buildout. · 60 stories

1. 1Google Cloud Next 2026 Bets The Agentic Enterprise On Specialized Silicon92
2. 2Related Digital Finalizes Financing for Oracle’s Michigan Data Center Campus
3. 3Microsoft Tightens Grip on GPUs, Pressuring AI Customers

Jobs, industries, people & policy. · 98 stories

1. 1Can AI discriminate if it can’t justify itself?78
2. 2US programmer job growth nearly halved since ChatGPT launched, Fed study finds
3. 3AI talent war: Software industry is a new target as top executives jump ship to OpenAI