WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026 Vol. 2026.04.22

Today's Top Stories

Bloomberg.com

Zhipu Hikes Prices Again as China AI Monetization Wave Quickens - Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com

Optiver Steps Toward AI, Crypto Startup Exposure with VC Stake - Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com

Siemens Threatens to Skip Europe for AI Spending Due to Rules - Bloomberg.com

The New York Times

Opinion | Anthropic Wants Claude to Be Moral. Is Religion Really the Answer? - The New York Times

The New York Times

Job Cuts Driven by A.I. Are Rising on Wall Street - The New York Times

Financial Times

Anthropic and Amazon agree $100bn AI infrastructure deal - Financial Times

The Verge

OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web - The Verge

CNBC

A leadership change at Apple was needed to lead it into the AI era, says LightShed’s Walter Piecyk - CNBC

CNBC

AI startup Cursor in talks to raise $2 billion funding round at valuation of over $50 billion - CNBC

The Times of India

Godfather of AI and Meta's most popular ex-employee Yann LeCun says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 'knows abs - The Times of India

AI Layoff Tracker

Reuters

Exclusive: Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026 - Reuters

The New York Times

Job Cuts Driven by A.I. Are Rising on Wall Street - The New York Times

CNBC

AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts - CNBC

Fortune

Tech investor Bill Gurley says workers who went through the ‘college conveyor belt’ and chased safe jobs are at high risk of AI automation - Fortune

Fortune

Nvidia CEO says that AI agents will make workers busier than ever—they’ll ‘harass’ and ‘micromanage’ you, instead of take your job - Fortune