Sorry, Sergey, but we're nowhere near the final sprint in the AI race.
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Latest AI News from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Perplexity
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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
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Memory as AI’s Critical Bottleneck: Open Access Imperative
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memory will be the great lock in
— Harrison Chase (@hwchase17) 20 avril 2026
and everyone knows it, so are rushing to get there first
memory should be open! https://t.co/uKDq4ChMWNmemory will be the great lock in and everyone knows it, so are rushing to get there first memory should be open!
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Free AI Training Access Despite Data Center Concerns
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People can feel how you want about data centers while still taking advantage of free training that opens up more options for them.
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LangSmith Observability Reveals Agent Development Patterns Across Billions Runs
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We analyzed this information from LangSmith Observability data across billions of agent runs, and we’re just getting started. Stay tuned for more LangSmith Signals as we share how devs are building agents, by the numbers.
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Humanoid Robots Learning to Feel: Sensory Innovation Breakthrough
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Humanoid #Robots Are Learning to Feel—And It Changes Everything
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 20 avril 2026
by @XRoboHub#Robotics #Sensors #Innovation #EmergingTech #Tech #Technology pic.twitter.com/JMVvQM7gIbHumanoid #Robots Are Learning to Feel—And It Changes Everything
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AGI-First Company Foundry: Autonomous Research and Validation System
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A company foundry for the AGI-first world: a system that finds frontier work, runs it, proves it, settles it, and gets stronger from every validated cycle. #AGIALPHA
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AdaGen: AI-Powered Optimization for Faster Image Generation
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Can AI learn to optimize its own creative process for faster and higher-quality image generation? AdaGen is here to move beyond the rigid, manually designed rules currently used in models like Diffusion and Transformers. AdaGen uses a lightweight reinforcement learning policy
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Google DeepMind Forms Strike Team to Compete with Anthropic
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Google has formed a dedicated strike team within Google DeepMind to improve its AI coding models, driven partly by pressure from Anthropic, whose tools are seen internally as more advanced. Leadership, including Sergey Brin (!), is pushing urgently toward “agentic” AI systems
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SAS Educator Portal: Free Analytics Resources for Students
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Get access to comprehensive resources to easily integrate analytics into your curriculum. The SAS Educator Portal provides free software, e-learning courses, certification pathways, exam discounts + more to help put your students on the path to success. http://
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