Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can ‘talk to the boss’
Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can ‘talk to the boss’

The photorealistic digital character is trained on Zuckerberg’s mannerisms, tone, and his own thinking on company strategy. He is personally involved in testing it. The effort, described by four people familiar with the matter, is separate from a ‘CEO …

The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic – and is now telling banks to use its AI
The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic – and is now telling banks to use its AI

In short: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell are urging Wall Street’s biggest banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos AI model for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, even as the Pentagon fights Anthropic in court after branding it a supp…

Why opinion on AI is so divided

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In an industry that doesn’t stand still, Stanford’s AI Index, an annual roundup of key results and trends, is a chance to take a breath. (It’s a marathon, not a sprint, after…

Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts.
Want to understand the current state of AI? Check out these charts.

If you’re following AI news, you’re probably getting whiplash. AI is a gold rush. AI is a bubble. AI is taking your job. AI can’t even read a clock. The 2026 AI Index from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, AI’s annual report card, comes out today and cuts through some of that noise. …

ElevenLabs VP warns sales candidates: 20x quota, long hours, or get out
ElevenLabs VP warns sales candidates: 20x quota, long hours, or get out

In short: Carles Reina, ElevenLabs’ head of go-to-market and one of the company’s earliest employees, has issued a candid warning to candidates considering sales roles at the $11 billion voice AI company: expect long hours, constant travel, and an annu…

OpenAI to move to first permanent London office, with capacity to more than double headcount

OpenAI says it’s moving into its first permanent London office, which has the capacity to more than double its current 200-strong headcount, days after pausing its flagship data centre project in the …

Accenture and Google Cloud unveil Brussels centre to accelerate sovereign AI adoption

Today, Accenture, in partnership with Google Cloud, is launching a new Accenture and Google Cloud Sovereign Centre in Brussels, with a dedicated training facility. The new centre comes as governmen…

OpenAI’s new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan targets Claude Max with five times the Codex access
OpenAI’s new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan targets Claude Max with five times the Codex access

In short: OpenAI launched a new $100 per month Pro plan for ChatGPT on 9 April 2026, inserting a new tier between the existing $20 Plus plan and the $200 Pro plan and directly targeting Anthropic’s Claude Max, which is also priced at $100 per month. Th…

Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word, and legal contract review leads its use cases
Anthropic brings Claude into Microsoft Word, and legal contract review leads its use cases

In short: Anthropic has released a beta add-in that places Claude directly inside Microsoft Word, with every AI-generated edit appearing as a native tracked change and legal contract review listed first among the tool’s example applications. The add-in…

Opaque recurrence, and other AI terms that you should probably know

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.