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DeepSeek is preparing to release V4 in late April — a one-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with a 1M token context window, where only 32–37B parameters are active per token. The model runs natively on Huawei Ascend processors, marking a significant step toward Chinese AI chip independence from the CUDA ecosystem. Pricing is aggressive at $0.28/M input tokens.
Meta launched Muse Spark, the first model from its new Superintelligence Labs unit led by Alexandr Wang, code-named Avocado and built over nine months. The model is proprietary — a dramatic reversal from Meta's open-source Llama strategy — and is rolling out across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Meta AI glasses. Meta's AI capex for 2026 is projected at $115–135 billion, nearly double last year.
Microsoft launched MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 through its Foundry platform, covering speech transcription, voice synthesis, and image generation. The move follows a September 2025 renegotiation of Microsoft's OpenAI contract that freed the company to build competing frontier models. This signals Microsoft hedging its $13B OpenAI bet with its own model stack.
A new PwC study of 1,217 senior executives across 25 sectors finds a stark AI wealth divide: the top 20% of companies capture nearly three-quarters of AI's economic value. Leading firms use AI for growth and business reinvention rather than just efficiency, and are increasing autonomous decision-making at 2.8x the rate of peers.
NVIDIA is hosting Quantum Day today (April 14, World Quantum Day) focused on AI-accelerated quantum hardware calibration, error correction breakthroughs, and hybrid quantum-GPU supercomputing. The event signals NVIDIA's bet that AI and quantum computing are converging, with sessions on building quantum-ready applications.
Governor Ferguson signed HB 2225 regulating AI companion chatbots — requiring disclosure that users are talking to AI, banning sexually explicit conversations with minors, and mandating crisis intervention protocols for users expressing suicidal ideation. The law takes effect January 2027 and includes a private right of action, giving individuals the power to sue.
