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TechCrunch · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026
Google releases two proprietary AI chips to reduce dependence on Nvidia
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The chip shortage is being addressed by manufacturing more chips to process the shortage data. A meeting has been scheduled. The meeting will produce an agenda for a future meeting.
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Meta will monitor employee computer activity to train the AI that will replace those employees
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SpaceX acquires option to buy Cursor for $60bn or simply partner with it for $10bn
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Metropolitan Police in procurement talks with Palantir for AI-assisted criminal investigation platform
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GitHub halts Copilot sign-ups after agentic AI makes flat-rate pricing mathematically incoherent
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Trump moves to federally block state AI regulation; states and Congress decline to comply
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Man deployed AI to generate false claims that closed a London nightclub permanently
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