Thursday, April 9, 2026

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 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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 …



OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the high energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced it in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the high energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced it 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 …



YouTube launches a Shorts feature to let creators generate photorealistic AI avatars using a "live selfie" recording of their face and voice, powered by Veo (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube launches a Shorts feature to let 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.  This feature was teased earlier this year.



Monday, April 6, 2026

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion  —  Videos show A7 office in Nigeria, while company also claims new branch in Zimbabwe  —  A recent vacancy posted …



Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of persistent lying and more: some defend him, others call him a sociopath (New Yorker)

New Yorker:
Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of persistent lying and more: some defend him, others call him a sociopath  —  New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.



OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, strengthened safety nets, and more (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI unveils policy proposals for a world with superintelligence: higher capital gains taxes, a public AI investment fund, strengthened safety nets, and more  —  ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from rapid advancements in artificial intelligence



Sunday, April 5, 2026

Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices  —  AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing  —  and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:



Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit  —  Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital …



A profile of Mikko Hyppönen, a cybersecurity veteran who pivoted from fighting malware to developing anti-drone systems for law enforcement and the military (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
A profile of Mikko Hyppönen, a cybersecurity veteran who pivoted from fighting malware to developing anti-drone systems for law enforcement and the military  —  Mikko Hyppönen is pacing back and forth on the stage, with his trademark dark blonde ponytail resting on an impeccable teal suit.



TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in three years, with listings up about 2x since mid-2023 (Alistair Barr/Business Insider)

Alistair Barr / Business Insider:
TrueUp data shows over 67,000 software engineering job openings, up 30% so far in 2026 and the most in three years, with listings up about 2x since mid-2023  —  Follow Alistair Barr … - A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.  —  The US jobs report on Friday was surprisingly strong.



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 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on t...