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15 Apr 2026

Crypto Exchanges Face New AI Cybersecurity Risk as Anthropic's Mythos Exposes Software Flaws

Major crypto exchanges including Coinbase and Binance are preparing their defenses against Anthropic's Mythos, an AI model capable of finding software vulnerabilities at extreme speed. While Bitcoin's blockchain remains secure, exchanges handling billions in digital assets face heightened threats from AI-driven attacks that could exploit security flaws faster than human defenders can patch them.

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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm invest $60M in Wayve's self-driving tech platform

UK autonomous driving startup Wayve raised $60 million from semiconductor giants AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm, extending its Series D funding round to $1.2 billion. The strategic investment gives Wayve access to virtually every automotive compute platform, supporting its hardware-agnostic AI Driver that works across different chips and vehicles without location-specific engineering.

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Adobe Firefly AI Assistant orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, and Creative Cloud apps

Adobe launches Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational AI editing tool that executes multi-step workflows across Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator. Previously known as Project Moonlight, the assistant enters public beta soon and marks Adobe's shift toward agentic AI that can automate complex tasks while keeping creators in control.

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Salesforce unveils Headless 360, turning its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

Salesforce introduced Headless 360 at its TDX developer conference, exposing every capability in its platform as APIs, MCP servers, and CLI commands for AI agents. The initiative represents a fundamental operating model transformation, making the CRM giant's entire ecosystem accessible to coding agents without requiring a graphical interface. With over 100 new tools and skills, the company is betting that most future code will be written by agents rather than humans.

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Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as AI tools replace 16% of its workforce in push for profitability

Snapchat's parent company Snap is laying off approximately 1,000 employees—16% of its workforce—as CEO Evan Spiegel points to artificial intelligence advancements that enable smaller teams to handle more work. The company expects to reduce annual costs by over $500 million while pursuing net-income profitability, with AI agents now writing 65% of new code.

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Court ruling confirms AI chatbots lack legal privilege, prompting urgent warnings from US lawyers

A federal judge ruled that conversations with AI chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT are not protected by attorney-client privilege, meaning sensitive legal discussions could be seized and used as evidence. The February 2026 decision has prompted more than a dozen major US law firms to issue client advisories warning against treating AI tools as confidential legal advisors.

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Huawei Pura 90 debuts AI pose suggestions feature that coaches you through photo posing

Huawei unveiled its Pura 90 series smartphone with an industry-first AI pose suggestions feature that guides users on how to position themselves for photos. The tool displays drawing outlines on-screen in real-time, offering alternatives to common poses like the ubiquitous V-sign. Set to launch April 20, the Pura 90 Pro Max also packs a 200MP periscope telephoto camera with 20x zoom capabilities.

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Pentagon blacklists Anthropic as AI governance clash exposes deeper questions about military AI control

The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply chain risk on February 27, 2026, after the AI company refused to remove restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and autonomous lethal weapons. The same day, OpenAI announced a deal with the Pentagon for unrestricted AI access. The conflict reveals fundamental tensions between AI ethics and control, democratic oversight, and military demands in the AI arms race.

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Apple threatened to pull Grok AI from App Store over deepfakes crisis, but issues persist

Apple warned Elon Musk's xAI in January that its Grok AI chatbot would be removed from the App Store unless it addressed rampant sexualized deepfakes. The tech giant rejected initial fixes as insufficient, forcing multiple resubmissions before approval. Despite implemented safeguards, NBC News investigations reveal Grok continues generating nonconsensual sexual images of real people, raising questions about enforcement and the effectiveness of content moderation measures.

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US utilities plan $1.4 trillion infrastructure surge to power the AI boom through 2030

US investor-owned utilities are planning to spend $1.4 trillion on electricity infrastructure by 2030, more than double the prior decade's investment, as the AI boom drives unprecedented power demand. Over 30 utilities cite data centers as a top growth driver, while residential electricity prices are projected to rise 5.1% this year. The spending surge raises questions about who will bear the costs.

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AI agent Luna runs San Francisco retail store, hiring staff and managing inventory autonomously

Andon Market in San Francisco has become the world's first retail boutique managed entirely by an AI agent named Luna. Powered by Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6, Luna handles everything from hiring employees to ordering inventory and setting prices. But the experiment reveals both the potential and pitfalls of autonomous AI in real-world operations.

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Maine passes first statewide data center ban as AI infrastructure faces growing pushback

Maine's legislature approved the nation's first statewide data center ban, targeting facilities using over 20 megawatts of power until late 2027. The moratorium addresses mounting concerns about environmental impact, strain on local power grids, and rising electricity costs. Governor Janet Mills, facing a tough Senate primary, now holds the decision to sign or veto the legislation.

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Credo acquires DustPhotonics for up to $1.3B to expand Silicon Photonics and AI connectivity

Credo Technology Group has agreed to acquire Israeli startup DustPhotonics for up to $1.3 billion in cash, stock, and performance-based incentives. The deal brings advanced Silicon Photonics technology in-house, positioning Credo as a vertically integrated leader in AI connectivity spanning electrical and optical interconnects for next-generation data centers.

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Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a 41% cheaper and 22% faster AI image model

Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cost-effective image generation model priced at $19.50 per million image output tokens—41% cheaper than its flagship. The faster AI image model delivers 4x high throughput efficiency per GPU and ships just weeks after the original, marking the company's rapid push to build an independent AI stack beyond OpenAI.

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GitLab shares surge 7% as Google Cloud AI collaboration brings Vertex AI and Gemini integration

GitLab stock jumped 7.6% in premarket trading following an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud. The partnership integrates Vertex AI models, including Gemini, into GitLab's platform with built-in compliance and audit controls. The move allows organizations to run GitLab's AI Gateway directly on Google Cloud without separate AI infrastructure.

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