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Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/ant… via @techcrunch

OpenAI introduces AI-generated pets for its Codex app engadget.com/2162796/openai…

Arize AI and Google Cloud lay down standardized telemetry mandate to keep enterprise agents in check thenewstack.io/ai-agent-telem… via @thenewstack

GameStop makes $56 billion offer to acquire eBay theverge.com/games/922935/g… | The unsolicited offer is part of GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s plans to turn eBay into a rival to Amazon

200,000 MCP servers expose a command execution flaw that Anthropic calls a feature venturebeat.com/security/mcp-s… via @VentureBeat

The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants restofworld.org/2026/china-tec…

Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred theregister.com/2026/05/01/myt… via @theregister | Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it

Y Combinator built its empire on software. Its latest investment thesis says the garage is no longer enough thenextweb.com/news/yc-summer… via @thenextweb

There’s a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true? arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/t…

‘Awkward and humiliating’: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews theguardian.com/technology/202…

Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch techcrunch.com/2026/05/02/bey…

Apple appears to have discontinued its cheapest Mac mini engadget.com/2162334/apple-…

"Like taking your Ferrari to buy milk": IBM's Neel Sundaresan on the case for Bob thenewstack.io/ibm-bob-agenti… via @thenewstack

How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others wired.com/story/super-pa…

Claude Code, Copilot and Codex all got hacked. Every attacker went for the credential, not the model. venturebeat.com/security/six-e… via @VentureBeat

An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa restofworld.org/2026/lobito-ra…

Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub ‘no longer a place for serious work’ theregister.com/2026/04/29/mit… via @theregister

Musk calls himself ‘a fool’ on the stand as OpenAI’s lawyer dismantles his nonprofit narrative thenextweb.com/news/musk-open… via @thenextweb

RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel arstechnica.com/health/2026/04…

I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me? theguardian.com/technology/202…