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Meta commits another $21 billion to CoreWeave, bringing total AI cloud spend to $35 billion

In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies’ infrastructure relationship to approximately $35 billion. The new contract will deliver early deployments of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform across multiple sites, and is designed specifically for […]This story continues at The Next Web

OpenAI pauses Stargate UK as energy costs and copyright rules block the path

In short: OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project, citing the high cost of industrial electricity in Britain and an unfavourable regulatory environment around AI copyright. The project, announced in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale, had planned to deploy 8,000 GPUs at sites in north-east England, scalable to 31,000 over time. OpenAI says […]This story continues at The Next Web

After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month

After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers.

Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch

The app was ranking No. 57 on the App Store just before Meta AI's new model launched. Now it's No. 5 — and rising.

Google Cloud deepens AI infrastructure partnership with Intel across Xeon and custom chips

In short: Google Cloud and Intel have announced a deepened multi-year AI infrastructure partnership covering both CPU deployment and custom chip co-development. Google Cloud will continue adopting Intel’s Xeon 6 processors across its global infrastructure for C4 and N4 instances, while the two companies are expanding their joint development of custom Infrastructure Processing Units designed to […]This story continues at The Next Web

Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?

Are real cybersecurity concerns a cover for a bigger problem at the frontier lab?

Amazon’s chip business could be worth $50 billion, Jassy says, and he hints it may sell them externally

In short: Andy Jassy’s annual letter to shareholders, published on 9 April 2026, reveals that Amazon’s custom chip business, covering Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro, generates more than $20 billion in annualised revenue growing at triple-digit rates year-on-year. If sold on the open market like Nvidia, Jassy says, the business would be worth roughly $50 billion a […]This story continues at The Next Web

Mythos autonomously exploited vulnerabilities that survived 27 years of human review. Security teams need a new detection playbook

A 27-year-old bug sat inside OpenBSD’s TCP stack while auditors reviewed the code, fuzzers ran against it, and the operating system earned its reputation as one of the most security-hardened platforms on earth. Two packets could crash any server running it. Finding that bug cost a single Anthropic discovery campaign approximately $20,000. The specific model run that surfaced the flaw cost under $50.Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview found it. Autonomously. No human guided the discovery after the

Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership

The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing global shortage.

Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO to manage its $50 billion AI data centre push

In short: Oracle has appointed Hilary Maxson, former executive vice president and group chief financial officer at Schneider Electric, as its new chief financial officer, effective 6 April 2026. Maxson reports to chief executive Clay Magouyrk and takes on the role at a moment when Oracle is committing $50 billion in capital expenditure for its current […]This story continues at The Next Web

How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless

Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage.

You can now edit your Instagram comments

Instagram users can now edit comments, which is a long-awaited fix for anyone who’s ever had to delete and re-post a comment just to fix a typo.

Rethinking Hospitality Operations Through AI Integration While Preserving the Human Experience at Scale

Hospitality has long been defined by human interaction, but the systems that support those interactions have undergone continuous change. Arran Campolucci-Bordi, owner of Casa Italia, established 50 years ago in Liverpool, UK, frames this evolution through lived experience, tracing a path from handwritten reservation books to digital booking systems and now toward AI-driven operations. In […]This story continues at The Next Web

Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over

Last month, Sierra launched Ghostwriter, an agent designed to build other agents. With this “agent as a service” tool, the startup intends to replace traditional click-based web applications with natural language. Users simply describe what they need, prompting Ghostwriter to autonomously create and deploy a specialized agent to execute the task.

Elon Musk Says AI Will Exceed Human Intelligence to a Degree That Is Impossible to Fully Understand

If possible, Elon Musk’s recent appearance on the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast may be the most sweeping claim he’s ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's secret business weapon: Think about existential threats

In his new book " The Algorithm ," McNeill breaks down what made Tesla so successful, from its processes to how billionaire ...

Elon Musk says Tesla only has 'a few hundred' Model S and X in stock as the vehicles near end of life cycle

The CEO said Tesla only has "a few hundred" units left of its flagship cars. It comes amid a move toward robotics and self-driving cars.

If you saw Elon Musk's head roaming San Francisco, you weren't imagining it

If you saw Elon Musk's head roaming about San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood, no — you weren't imagining it.

Elon Musk takes swipe at Gavin Newsom, says Boring could build LA-SF tunnel at less than 5% cost

Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk has touted that his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, can build a tunnel from Los Angeles to San Francisco that can exceed high-speed rail. Technological Marvel On ...

Elon Musk issues 3-word reaction after Project Hail Mary writer explains why he hated social commentary in movies

Elon Musk backs Andy Weir’s criticism of social commentary in books and films. Know more about Elon Musk’s response to Andy ...