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May 4 – May 10, 20266 stories
01 Models · Google AI Blog

The latest AI news we rolled out in April 2026

Here’s a recap of our biggest AI updates from April, including Gemma 4, Deep Research Max and all the big announcements from Cloud Next ‘26.

May 5
02 Business · CNBC Technology

In 2024, Musk sued Altman and OpenAI, alleging they reneged on their promise to keep the artificial intelligence lab

WATCH: Musk fires back at OpenAI attorney.

May 5
03 Business · TechCrunch AI

Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services

On Monday, Anthropic announced a joint venture focusing on deploying enterprise AI services.

May 5
04 Business · The Atlantic Technology

Check out more from this issue and detect your next story to read

A few years earlier, Sacks had described the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol as an “insurrection” and pronounced Trump “disqualified” from ever again holding national office. “What Trump did was absolutely outrageous, and I think it brought him to an ignominious end in American politics,” he said on the…

May 5
05 Business · Tom's Hardware

Trump administration considers mandatory pre-release vetting of AI models

The Trump administration is said to be discussing an executive order that would establish a government review process for new AI models before they’re released to the public, The New York Times has reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials.

May 5
06 Business · Wired

Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’

Two days before the Musk v. Altman trial began, Elon Musk asked OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman about reaching a settlement. When Brockman suggested both sides drop their claims, Musk responded, “By the end of this week, you and Sam [Altman] will be the most hated men in America.

May 5
Apr 27 – May 3, 20266 stories
01 Ai · NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Model, Unifying Vision, Audio and Language for up to 9x More Efficient AI Agents

AI agent systems today juggle separate models for vision, speech and language — losing time and context as they pass data from one model to the other.

Apr 29
02 Microsoft · Fortune Technology

Alphabet raised its full year 2026 capex spending guidance to $180 billion to $190 billion

Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue grew 63% year-over-year to $20 billion, more than doubling its growth rate. Ashkenazi pointed to AI solutions paired with strong demand for Alphabet’s Gemini 3 model as being among the largest contributors to cloud’s growth.

Apr 30
03 Nvidia · NVIDIA Blog

Nemotron Labs: What OpenClaw Agents Mean for Every Organization

Editor’s note: This post is part of the Nemotron Labs blog series, which explores how the latest open models, datasets and training techniques help businesses build specialized AI systems and applications on NVIDIA platforms.

May 1
04 Openai · BBC Technology

A year after OpenAI released the wildly successful ChatGPT, Musk launched a competing AI startup, xAI

Savitt highlighted Musk's decision to launch xAI, the maker of the chatbot Grok, as a for-profit company. The case, which could have far-reaching implications for the industry, is expected to last several weeks.

Apr 30
05 Stargate · OpenAI

When we announced Stargate in January 2025, we committed to securing 10GW of AI infrastructure in the United States

That demand is growing quickly. Our strategy has not changed because the reality has not changed: bringing the benefits of AI to more people requires more compute.

Apr 30
06 Microsoft · TechCrunch AI

After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has signed deals

“These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the statement reads.

May 2
Apr 20 – Apr 26, 20266 stories
01 Anthropic · Ars Technica

Google will invest as much as $40B in Anthropic

Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targets, Bloomberg reports.

Apr 25
02 Apple · Wired

During Cook’s tenure Apple published both the Apple Watch and AirPods, important anchors for the company’s accessories unit

But some of the projects developed under Cook, such as Apple’s self-driving car, were less successful. Apple Vision Pro, the company’s delayed foray into virtual reality headsets, was widely considered to be too expensive and failed to gain traction.

Apr 21
03 Agentic · NVIDIA Blog

At Google Cloud Next, Google announced A5X powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems

A5X will use NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNICs, combined with next-generation Google Virgo networking, scaling to up to 80,000 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs within a single site cluster and up to 960,000 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs in a multisite cluster, enabling customers to run their largest AI workloads on NVIDIA‑optimized infrastructure.

Apr 23
04 Apple · The Information

Three Big Questions for Apple’s Next CEO, John Ternus

The most anticipated CEO transition in Silicon Valley is finally official. Apple on Monday announced that Tim Cook will pass the CEO baton to John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering.

Apr 21
05 Agentic · OpenAI

Speeding up agentic workflows with WebSockets in the Responses API

By Brian Yu and Ashwin Nathan, Members of the Technical Staff.

Apr 23
06 Google · Google Research

Google Research unveiled a new approach for editing images, now live in the Auto frame capability in Google Photos

Have you ever looked back at your camera roll and wished you had captured a scene slightly differently? Maybe you wish you had caught a bit more of one side of a face, or positioned the camera slightly lower to get the perfect shot.

Apr 23
Apr 13 – Apr 19, 20266 stories
01 Amazon · Sherwood News

Per the press release, Amazon’s Leo satellite network will “add direct-to-device (D2D) services to its low Earth orbit satellite

Amazon is aiming to increase the number of satellites it has in Earth’s low orbit to 3,200 by 2029. Reporting, the company currently operates a network of “ more than 200 ” satellites.

Apr 14
02 Github · GitHub Blog

User secrets generate secret scanning alerts when found in public or private repositories

In EMU enterprises, developers often fork organization repositories into their personal namespaces. Push protection now walks the ancestor chain.

Apr 14
03 Nist · NIST AI

Secure.gov websites use HTTPS A lock or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the.gov website

Working collaboratively to maximize efficiency, performance, and impact of data resources and infrastructure. The Data Services and Infrastructure Group is part of the Material Data Division at NIST.

Apr 14
04 Business · Fortune Technology

Mercogliano said there were earlier signs the Navy resupplied its ships via the island of Diego Garcia

While it’s not clear whether the destroyers entered the strait alongside those ships or without them, it still marked an important milestone for the oil trade. “One of the things that commercial ships were waiting to see was whether or not this strait was clear, and sailing two destroyers in is a big one,” he added.

Apr 13
05 Google · Google AI Blog

Gemini's Personal Intelligence now in the Arab World

We are excited to announce the launch of Personal Intelligence in the Arab world. Personal Intelligence securely connects information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos to make Gemini uniquely helpful.

Apr 14
06 Google · Axios

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz once again, fires on tankers

Apr 19
Apr 6 – Apr 12, 20266 stories
01 Microsoft · OpenAI

The agreement preserves key elements that have fueled this successful partnership—meaning OpenAI remains Microsoft’s frontier

It also refines and adds new provisions that enable each company to independently continue advancing innovation and growth. As we step into this next chapter of our partnership, both companies are better positioned than ever to continue building great products that meet real-world needs, and create new opportunity for…

Apr 6
02 Research · NIST AI

IRMOF-8: Effect of Partial Charge Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics

Official websites use.gov A.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Apr 9
03 Microsoft · OpenAI

OpenAI’s planned evolution will see the existing OpenAI nonprofit both control a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and share

As previously announced and as outlined in our non-binding MOU with Microsoft, the OpenAI nonprofit’s ongoing control would now be paired with an equity stake in the PBC. Today, we are sharing that this new equity stake would exceed $100 billion—making it one of the most well-resourced philanthropic organizations in…

Apr 6
04 Microsoft · OpenAI

OpenAI released its first commercial product back in June: an API ⁠ for developers to access furthered technologies for building

In addition to offering GPT‑3 and future models via the OpenAI API, and as part of a multiyear partnership ⁠ announced last year, OpenAI has agreed to license GPT‑3 to Microsoft for their own products and services.

Apr 6
05 Sam · Fortune Technology

While Congress passed, and Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a law regulating deepfakes

But it’s not the first time, OpenAI argues, that technology has threatened to leave workers behind, requiring strong regulation. “Society has navigated major technological transitions before, but not without real disruption and dislocation along the way,” the paper reads.

Apr 6
06 Research · NIST AI

Secure.gov websites use HTTPS A lock or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the.gov website

The purpose of these pages is to provide some explicit results from Monte Carlo simulations for TraPPE Carbon Dioxide. Reproducing these results is a test of the correctness of codes, either written by the user or obtained elsewhere.

Apr 9
Mar 30 – Apr 5, 20266 stories
01 White · Associated Press Technology

Pam Bondi is out as US Attorney General, ending the tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture

Today’s live updates have ended. President Donald Trump said Thursday Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general.

Apr 2
02 Agent · GitHub Blog

Stay up to date on the latest Copilot features by following the Visual Studio blog

Where you’ll find roadmap updates and opportunities to share feedback.

Apr 2
03 Business · GitHub Blog

First launched in public preview in January and broadened to the Issues dashboard in February

Since public preview, the results have spoken for themselves. Not only have users had greater success in finding what they need, but when they are able to search successfully, that desired result is in the top three issues shown 75% of the time, compared to 66% with traditional search.

Apr 2
04 Trump · Associated Press Technology

Rocket lifts off with four Artemis II astronauts on a mission to the moon and back

President Trump promised to cut electricity bills, but prices have risen instead. And the state’s reliance on coal-fired plants contributes to the problem. (AP Video: Jessie Wardarski, Carolyn Kaster)

Apr 2
05 Github · GitHub Blog

Copilot usage metrics now includes per-user GitHub Copilot CLI activity in organization logs - GitHub Changelog

Following our enterprise-level, user-level, and organization-level CLI metrics releases, we’re completing coverage with per-user CLI breakdowns in organization reports.

Apr 2
06 Business · Associated Press Technology

Both Israel and the United States have warned in recent years Iran was experimenting with fentanyl in munitions

Israel alleged Tofigh Daru supplied fentanyl to an advanced research institute in Tehran, known by its acronym SPND. The United Arab Emirates has barred Iranians from entering or transiting the country as the war rages, three major airlines said Wednesday.

Apr 1
May 20266 stories
01 Openai · Wired

As the first week of trial in Musk v. Altman comes to a close

A longtime employee of Musk and the mother to four of his children, Zilis joined OpenAI as an adviser in 2016. When asked about the nature of his relationship with Zilis in court, Musk offered several answers.

May 1
02 Nvidia · NVIDIA Blog

Nemotron Labs: What OpenClaw Agents Mean for Every Organization

Editor’s note: This post is part of the Nemotron Labs blog series, which explores how the latest open models, datasets and training techniques help businesses build specialized AI systems and applications on NVIDIA platforms.

May 1
03 Microsoft · TechCrunch AI

After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has signed deals

“These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the statement reads.

May 2
04 Models · Google AI Blog

The latest AI news we rolled out in April 2026

Here’s a recap of our biggest AI updates from April, including Gemma 4, Deep Research Max and all the big announcements from Cloud Next ‘26.

May 5
05 Business · CNBC Technology

In 2024, Musk sued Altman and OpenAI, alleging they reneged on their promise to keep the artificial intelligence lab

WATCH: Musk fires back at OpenAI attorney.

May 5
06 Google · Google Research

Catalyzing scientific impact through global partnerships and open resources

The Google Research Science team.

May 2
April 20266 stories
01 Anthropic · Ars Technica

Google will invest as much as $40B in Anthropic

Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targets, Bloomberg reports.

Apr 25
02 Apple · Wired

During Cook’s tenure Apple published both the Apple Watch and AirPods, important anchors for the company’s accessories unit

But some of the projects developed under Cook, such as Apple’s self-driving car, were less successful. Apple Vision Pro, the company’s delayed foray into virtual reality headsets, was widely considered to be too expensive and failed to gain traction.

Apr 21
03 Ai · NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Model, Unifying Vision, Audio and Language for up to 9x More Efficient AI Agents

AI agent systems today juggle separate models for vision, speech and language — losing time and context as they pass data from one model to the other.

Apr 29
04 Microsoft · OpenAI

The agreement preserves key elements that have fueled this successful partnership—meaning OpenAI remains Microsoft’s frontier

It also refines and adds new provisions that enable each company to independently continue advancing innovation and growth. As we step into this next chapter of our partnership, both companies are better positioned than ever to continue building great products that meet real-world needs, and create new opportunity for…

Apr 6
05 Research · NIST AI

IRMOF-8: Effect of Partial Charge Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics

Official websites use.gov A.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Apr 9
06 Microsoft · Fortune Technology

Alphabet raised its full year 2026 capex spending guidance to $180 billion to $190 billion

Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue grew 63% year-over-year to $20 billion, more than doubling its growth rate. Ashkenazi pointed to AI solutions paired with strong demand for Alphabet’s Gemini 3 model as being among the largest contributors to cloud’s growth.

Apr 30
20266 stories
01 Anthropic · Ars Technica

Google will invest as much as $40B in Anthropic

Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targets, Bloomberg reports.

Apr 25
02 Apple · Wired

During Cook’s tenure Apple published both the Apple Watch and AirPods, important anchors for the company’s accessories unit

But some of the projects developed under Cook, such as Apple’s self-driving car, were less successful. Apple Vision Pro, the company’s delayed foray into virtual reality headsets, was widely considered to be too expensive and failed to gain traction.

Apr 21
03 Ai · NVIDIA Blog

NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Model, Unifying Vision, Audio and Language for up to 9x More Efficient AI Agents

AI agent systems today juggle separate models for vision, speech and language — losing time and context as they pass data from one model to the other.

Apr 29
04 Microsoft · OpenAI

The agreement preserves key elements that have fueled this successful partnership—meaning OpenAI remains Microsoft’s frontier

It also refines and adds new provisions that enable each company to independently continue advancing innovation and growth. As we step into this next chapter of our partnership, both companies are better positioned than ever to continue building great products that meet real-world needs, and create new opportunity for…

Apr 6
05 Research · NIST AI

IRMOF-8: Effect of Partial Charge Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics

Official websites use.gov A.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Apr 9
06 Microsoft · Fortune Technology

Alphabet raised its full year 2026 capex spending guidance to $180 billion to $190 billion

Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue grew 63% year-over-year to $20 billion, more than doubling its growth rate. Ashkenazi pointed to AI solutions paired with strong demand for Alphabet’s Gemini 3 model as being among the largest contributors to cloud’s growth.

Apr 30