• OpenAI testified in support of an Illinois bill that shields AI labs from liability for products causing 'critical harm,' including potential mass deaths or catastrophic financial losses.
• The legislation is part of a broader industry push amid ramped-up state and federal AI enforcement, such as Florida's probe into OpenAI for potential criminal harm.
• Similar liability-limiting measures are under consideration in at least three other states, according to policy trackers monitoring AI legislation.
• Anthropic launched Claude Mythos, a cybersecurity AI model that has discovered thousands of zero-day bugs, enhancing defenses against exploits.
• The preview version identifies vulnerabilities in open-source projects and will soon charge for detailed release information to clients.
• While boosting cybersecurity, the tool raises concerns over potential misuse by threat actors to weaponize the findings.
• Nava, an AI infrastructure startup, raised $22 million in funding led by Greenoaks Capital to expand its GPU cloud and data center capabilities.
• The investment targets growing US demand for high-performance computing to train and deploy advanced AI models.
• Nava's platform supports AI developers with scalable resources amid chip shortages and cloud competition.
• Zencoder (For Good AI Inc.) unveiled Zenflow Work, expanding its AI orchestration platform to automate planning, coordination, and engineering in business units like product, marketing, sales, finance, and HR.
• The platform addresses tasks beyond coding agents, targeting everyday business workflows.
• This launch positions Zencoder as a comprehensive AI solution for enterprise efficiency in US tech sectors.
• Anthropic launched Project Glasswing, collaborating with Apple, Google, and Microsoft to deploy Claude Mythos Preview in identifying and patching critical software vulnerabilities preemptively.
• The initiative unites rivals to leverage AI against cyber threats targeting US software infrastructure.
• By fixing flaws before exploitation, the project aims to bolster national cybersecurity amid escalating AI-driven attacks.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) achieved a $15 billion annual run rate in AI revenue during Q1 2026, according to CEO Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter.
• Amazon's internal chips business now generates over $20 billion per year, supporting AI infrastructure and custom silicon development.
• The figures underscore Amazon's aggressive push into AI and cloud computing dominance amid intensifying competition from Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
• Qualcomm launched Snapdragon X2 on April 9, 2026, promising 45 TOPS NPU performance for next-gen US AI laptops.
• Chip enables 40-hour battery life and native Copilot+ support, targeting Dell and HP OEMs.
• Challenges Intel/AMD dominance in $50B US PC market amid ARM shift.
• Apple pushed iOS 19.4 on April 9, 2026, introducing Siri 3.0 with on-device multimodal AI for 1 billion US iPhone users.
• Update adds contextual understanding and app automation, processing queries 3x faster without cloud reliance.
• Addresses privacy demands post-EU probes, with Tim Cook stating 'AI belongs on device.'
• CrowdStrike identified a LockBit ransomware campaign targeting 15 major US hospitals on April 8, 2026 evening, disrupting patient records in California and New York.
• Attackers exfiltrated 200TB of data including 500,000 patient records before encryption; no patient harm reported.
• This incident highlights ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in US healthcare, with HIMSS stating 'AI defenses are insufficient against evolving threats.'
• Nvidia unveiled Blackwell Ultra GPUs on April 9, 2026, at GTC US keynote, delivering 50 petaflops for AI training in a single rack.
• Chips target US hyperscalers with 4x inference speed over prior gen, shipping Q4 2026 at $50,000 per unit.
• CEO Jensen Huang called it 'the dawn of agentic AI,' boosting Nvidia's dominance in $200B US AI hardware market.
• Anthropic secured $8 billion in its Series E funding round on April 9, 2026, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from US-based investors including Amazon and Google.
• The funds will accelerate development of Claude 4 AI models and expand enterprise AI infrastructure in US data centers.
• This round values Anthropic at $61.5 billion post-money, solidifying its position as a leading US AI challenger to OpenAI amid intensifying competition.
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