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CoreWeave expanded its infrastructure deal with Meta to $21 billion through 2032, bringing their total partnership value to roughly $35 billion. The deal underscores how hyperscalers are locking in massive GPU capacity years ahead as AI training costs continue to spiral.
*Source: [Tech Startups](https://techstartups.com/2026/04/10/top-tech-news-today-april-10-2026/)*
The three biggest frontier AI labs are sharing intelligence through the Frontier Model Forum to detect and block adversarial distillation — where Chinese competitors extract capabilities from US models to train cheaper clones. It's a rare moment of cooperation among fierce rivals, driven by a shared threat.
*Source: [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-06/openai-anthropic-google-unite-to-combat-model-copying-in-china)*
Anthropic is giving CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Apple, and Google early access to a Claude Mythos2 preview model specifically for defensive cybersecurity. The model has reportedly already uncovered thousands of severe vulnerabilities in major operating systems and browsers.
*Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/07/openai-drama-sam-altman-ipo-anthropic-cybersecurity-risks-eye-on-ai/)*
News Corp will let Meta use content from the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and other publications to train AI products, in a deal worth $150 million. The media-AI licensing market continues to mature as publishers trade content access for guaranteed revenue.
*Source: [NYC Today](https://nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/04/10/news-corp-embraces-ai-signs-150m-deal-with-meta/)*
Florida's Attorney General has opened a full investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT over their alleged role in last year's FSU mass shooting that killed two and injured five. This is one of the most serious government investigations yet into real-world harms attributed to an AI chatbot.
*Source: [Tech Startups](https://techstartups.com/2026/04/10/top-tech-news-today-april-10-2026/)*
Anthropic signed new agreements with Google and Broadcom to add multiple gigawatts of TPU compute starting in 2027. The deal reflects Anthropic's meteoric growth and the infrastructure arms race needed to keep pace with demand for frontier models.
*Source: [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/anthropic-adds-compute-power-google-151729696.html)*
Perplexity's annual recurring revenue jumped 50% in a single month to hit $450 million in March, fueled by over 100 million monthly users. The AI-native search engine is proving that the traditional search market is genuinely up for grabs.
*Source: [OpenTools AI News](https://opentools.ai/news)*
**Big Picture:** The day's theme is consolidation and entrenchment. The biggest AI players are locking in tens of billions in infrastructure, forging unprecedented alliances against foreign competitors, and absorbing media content at scale — all while governments are finally beginning to investigate real-world AI harms. The era of scrappy AI experimentation is giving way to an industry that looks increasingly like Big Oil: capital-intensive, geopolitically charged, and under growing regulatory scrutiny.
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