Amazon boosts Anthropic stake to $5 billion as AI compute race intensifies
Amazon is investing another $5 billion in Anthropic and may add $20 billion more, a deal that turns one of AI’s most important rivalries into a long-horizon bet on compute, cloud capacity and model scale.
Google.org adds $15 million to AI research push as policy and workforce questions intensify
Google.org is expanding its Digital Futures Fund with $15 million in new support for think tanks and academic groups studying how artificial intelligence is reshaping the economy, innovation, security and energy use. The funding arrives as companies and governments face mounting pressure to measure AI’s practical effects beyond model releases and product launches.
OpenAI unveils GPT-Rosalind, a reasoning model aimed at drug discovery and genomics
OpenAI introduced GPT-Rosalind on April 16, 2026, a frontier reasoning model aimed at drug discovery, genomics analysis, protein reasoning, and scientific research workflows. The release extends the company’s model lineup into a more specialized scientific use case.
OpenAI widens access to GPT-5.4-Cyber as it tightens controls for defensive security work
OpenAI on April 14 expanded its Trusted Access for Cyber program and introduced GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted defenders, a move that broadens access to more permissive security tooling while keeping the rollout limited to verified users and teams.
OpenAI expands ChatGPT shopping features with richer product discovery and side-by-side comparisons
OpenAI updated ChatGPT on March 24 with more visual shopping results, image-based product discovery and side-by-side comparisons, sharpening the app’s role as a commerce and research tool.
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.3 Instant Mini as ChatGPT’s fallback model and adds a new $100 Pro tier
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT with GPT-5.3 Instant Mini as the fallback model after users hit rate limits for GPT-5.3 Instant, while also introducing a new $100-a-month Pro plan that expands Codex usage for heavier users. The changes, announced in the April 9 release notes, show how OpenAI is packaging ChatGPT more tightly around both conversational use and developer workflows.