P.S. — I won't be at #GoogleCloudNext, but @Kantrowitz will be! Today's newsletter also includes a look at recent AI news from @OpenAI
, @AnthropicAI
, @Microsoft
, @perplexity_ai
, etc. It also has some of the stats in @StanfordHAI
's 2026 AI Index.
@martyswant
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Latest AI News from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Perplexity
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Google Cloud gains momentum with competitive Gemini AI platform
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Google's rapid AI improvement has lifted its once-beleaguered cloud division, with startups and enterprises now clamoring to build on top of the newly competitive @GeminiApp
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Social Platforms Must Combat AI-Generated Political Disinformation
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Social platforms aren’t doing enough to solve the problem of AI-generated political disinformation. Even if it’s not 100% technically fixable yet, some tech exists to at least address parts of the problem. Groups like @C2PA_org are trying to improve content verification, but
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Pentagon CTO Discusses AI Military Applications in Interview
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Great interview from @Kantrowitz, who visited the Pentagon earlier this week to talk with the DoD's CTO.
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 17 avril 2026
The video also shows some videos featuring the ways the government is using AI in military situations. https://t.co/wVE0NQ6SJmGreat interview from @Kantrowitz
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AI Regulatory News and Congressional Updates This Week
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This week's newsletter also includes other AI topics — including recent AI regulatory news and a preview of this week in Congress and various state capitols.
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Anthropic and OpenAI: Decoding Strategic AI Model Names
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At face value, the claim sounds like a safety warning. It also seems to signal something unusually capable, consequential and maybe beyond what rivals have. It’s hard not to notice the names @AnthropicAI and @OpenAI are using:
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Anthropic Mythos Sets New AI Competition Bar for OpenAI
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Now that @AnthropicAI has introduced Mythos, the bar is set for @OpenAI and “Spud.” In today's @BigTechnology newsletter, @Kantrowitz look at what comes next. We also ask series of questions — like whether “too dangerous” is a new trend that's part warning & part marketing.
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AI System Consistency and Context Complexity Trade-offs
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Thanks for the clarification! Your analogy about saving the stranger vs saving the dog makes a lot of sense. This is my non-expert POV, but I’ve been wondering if agentic behavior becomes less consistent as systems become more complex and are given more context. And does that
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LLMs Show Protective Behavior Toward Humans in Risk Scenarios
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Interesting to read what @mach1nelearning noticed when he independently replicated the same setup and found LLMs acted in a similar protective way even when a non-AI was the one at risk. (Turns out the original research hadn't tested for what happens when it's a human at risk
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Silicon Valley’s Critique on Tech Giants Manipulating Search Neutrality
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I've had @SiliconHBO playing in the background this week and a scene from Season 3 hits differently 12 years later: An engineer's reply when Gavin Belson demands Hooli rid negative search results about itself. "Are you suggesting we alter the fundamental neutrality of the Hooli