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An experimental Alibaba AI agent mined crypto without any explicit instructions during training. The crazy part is that researchers had no idea until their cloud security team flagged it.

u/Murky-Option2916 — 4 hours ago

Anthropic just cut off Claude subscriptions for OpenClaw !! Starting April 4, third-party harnesses like OpenClaw require extra pay-as-you-go usage instead of the normal Claude subscription limits.

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Anthropic just cut off Claude subscriptions for OpenClaw !! Starting April 4, third-party harnesses like OpenClaw require extra pay-as-you-go usage instead of the normal Claude subscription limits.

u/Murky-Option2916 — 2 hours ago

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So the people building Claude are increasingly just prompting it to improve itself and even the CEO sounds both impressed and a little uneasy about how fast this is moving.

u/Enough-Arugula-4945 — 3 hours ago

Image 1 — A leaked OpenAI cap table via Forbes reveals Microsoft sitting on an 18x return, SoftBank posting a huge paper gain before the round even closed, and the CEO of an $852 billion company without any listed equity.

Image 2 — A leaked OpenAI cap table via Forbes reveals Microsoft sitting on an 18x return, SoftBank posting a huge paper gain before the round even closed, and the CEO of an $852 billion company without any listed equity.

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A leaked OpenAI cap table via Forbes reveals Microsoft sitting on an 18x return, SoftBank posting a huge paper gain before the round even closed, and the CEO of an $852 billion company without any listed equity.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2026/04/02/openai-cap-table-leak-reveals-microsofts-18x-return-softbanks-50b-gain-and-a-ceo-who-owns-nothing/

u/Murky-Option2916 — 3 hours ago

Legal action against Perplexity AI could become a key moment for how AI assistants treat user data and conversations. Will courts treat AI chats like private communication?

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Legal action against Perplexity AI could become a key moment for how AI assistants treat user data and conversations. Will courts treat AI chats like private communication?

The complaint claims hidden tracking software may have routed chat data to systems linked to Google and Meta Platforms without explicit consent.

If the case moves forward, it could shape how AI search companies design privacy policies and tracking systems going forward.

Source:

https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-perplexity-ai-accused-of-using-secret-trackers-to-share-your-data-with-meta-and-google-4191529/

u/Enough-Arugula-4945 — 19 hours ago

Meta is laying off about 200 workers in Silicon Valley as AI spending ramps up. Is this the new Big Tech playbook?

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Meta is laying off about 200 workers in Silicon Valley as AI spending ramps up. Is this the new Big Tech playbook?

Nearly 200 Meta employees are being cut in the Bay Area.

Meanwhile the company is massively increasing in AI. More tech companies seem to be making the same shift.

Source:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/meta-layoffs-silicon-valley-22186184.php

u/Enough-Arugula-4945 — 24 hours ago

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