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4 May 2026 Vol 19

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OpenAI Should Stop Naming Its Creations After Products That Already Exist

In September, OpenAI launched a way for users to generate a digital likeness of themselves they could use to create…

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund

Tiger Global, the investor that spurred the VC bull market of 2020-2021, is reportedly raising a fresh $2.2 billion fund.…

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature,…

For the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness

A team of physicians specializing in genetics and neurology discovered that mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are closely linked to…

Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features

An increasing number of browsers are experimenting with agentic features that will take actions on your behalf, such as booking…

TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’

TikTok is launching “Shared Collections,” a new way for users to share and organize TikTok content in one place with…

Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more 

Last week, pet products and services giant Petco confirmed that it experienced a data breach involving customers’ personal information, without…

The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030

(As part of this series, join MIT Technology Review’s editor in chief, Mat Honan, and editor at large, David Rotman,…

‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback

President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from…

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), days after Warner agreed…