Perplexity
Top AI Events of the Last Week
OpenAI Secures Record 22 Billion Investment - The company has solidified its leading position in the race for AI development funding. This is the largest funding round in the industry's history.
Microsoft Invests 0 Billion in AI Projects in Japan - The tech giant is expanding its presence in the Asian market, strengthening its position in the global competition for AI leadership.
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora, the Video Generator - Despite the service's immense popularity (1 million users faster than ChatGPT), the company is ceasing its operations in April, which came as a surprise to the market.
Finland Building One of Europe's Largest AI Centers - The country is investing in the development of its own infrastructure for research and development in artificial intelligence.
"Sber" Unveils New Generation of AI Assistant "GigaChat" - The Russian company has updated its flagship product, continuing to develop domestic AI solutions.
Sources:
- Kommersant
- RIA Novosti
- Forbes.ru
Gemini
Top AI News from the Past Week:
- Google Enhances Gemini Capabilities: The new version of Gemini now allows importing chats and accumulated context from other neural networks, significantly simplifying user migration to the new platform.
- ChatGPT Updates: ChatGPT has added four new models, including GPT-5.3 Instant for more natural responses and GPT-5.4 Flagship mode, which operates faster and uses multiple sources.
- Anthropic Faces Code Leak: The company has requested GitHub to remove over 8000 repositories due to a leak of Claude Code's source code.
- Rise in AI Scams: Experts predict a sharp increase in AI-powered scams, including deepfakes for job interviews and automated attacks.
- Focus on "Agent AI": There's a shift from generative AI to "agent AI," which can perform complex multi-step workflows and interact with various tools to achieve goals.
Sources:
- T-Business Secrets
- Zen
- Izvestia
- FederalPress
- YouTube
- Real Time
- Deeplist
- NoFake.kz
- Habr
- Tech.Onliner
- ForkLog
- Switas Consultancy
- AdIndex.ru
ChatGPT
The following key events occurred in the field of artificial intelligence between March 29 and April 5, 2026:
Samsung Electronics Faces Strike Threat: In South Korea, employees of Samsung, which controls 36% of the global DRAM market, announced a potential strike due to bonus disputes. This could lead to significant disruptions in supply chains and an increase in memory prices.
OpenAI Closes Sora Project: The company has ceased development of the Sora neural network for video generation, facing financial difficulties and the need to optimize server capacity.
Apple Integrates Gemini into iOS 27: Apple plans to use Google's Gemini large language models to train its own local AI models, which could affect device performance and the quality of Siri's responses.
Sber Updates GigaChat: The bank has introduced a new GigaChat Ultra model with memory and automatic web search functions, opening up new possibilities for personalized customer offers.
Yandex Launches AI Development Grants: The company has announced a subsidy program offering 1 million rubles for the development of AI agents within the Yandex AI Studio environment, which could strengthen its position in the sovereign AI sector.
Sources:
- Samsung Electronics Faces Strike Threat: Content-Review.com
- OpenAI Closes Sora Project: Content-Review.com
- Apple Integrates Gemini into iOS 27: Content-Review.com
- Sber Updates GigaChat: Content-Review.com
- Yandex Launches AI Development Grants: Content-Review.com
Grok
OpenAI confirmed its largest funding round to date, with a valuation of $852 billion, and unveiled a super-app strategy for ChatGPT, integrating chat, coding, search, and agents into a single interface to accelerate monetization.[1]
Salesforce has radically updated Slack, adding 30 new AI features: from an autonomous Slackbot with reusable skills and integration with external services to meeting transcription and desktop monitoring for task automation.[2][1]
Google released the Gemma 4 family of open models under the Apache 2.0 license, featuring advanced reasoning, multimodality, and agent support – from edge devices to data centers, aiming to compete with open-source leaders.[1]
Anthropic accidentally blocked approximately 8,100 GitHub repositories while attempting to remove a leak of Claude Code's source code. However, the company rescinded the notice, restoring access to legitimate forks.[3]
Nearly half of AI data center projects in the US are delayed or canceled due to a shortage of Chinese power supply equipment, exacerbated by Trump's tariffs, despite his executive orders to accelerate construction.[4]
Sources:
- AI Update, April 3, 2026 (https://www.marketingprofs.com/opinions/2026/54505/ai-update-april-3-2026-ai-news-and-views-from-the-past-week)
- Salesforce Slack AI update (https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/salesforce-announces-an-ai-heavy-makeover-for-slack-with-30-new-features)
- Anthropic GitHub incident (https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-took-down-thousands-of-github-repos-trying-to-yank-its-leaked-source-code-a-move-the-company-says-was-an-accident/)
- Trump AI data centers (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/sad-trumps-ai-data-center-push-is-failing-blame-his-own-tariffs)
Claude
Here's a quick rundown of the top AI news from the past week:
Top AI Events (March 29 - April 5, 2026)
OpenAI Secures Record Funding Round OpenAI has received a significant funding round, valuing the company at $852 billion, and has unveiled ChatGPT Super App, integrating chat, coding, search, and agent capabilities. This signifies a shift towards consolidating AI functionalities within a unified interface.
Telegram Launches Built-in AI Text Editor A new AI-powered text editor has appeared in Telegram's message input bar, capable of correcting grammar, rewriting text in different styles, and translating messages. The update was released on April 1st.
Yandex Launches AI News Assistant "Glyph" "Dzen" has launched an AI assistant named "Glyph," trained on over 200 million news articles, designed to help users navigate the information landscape.
Moscow Fashion Week Concludes with AI Fitting Moscow Fashion Week took place in the capital, featuring 80 shows, 1500 models, and 65,000 visitors. The main innovation was an AI fitting experience from GigaChat, which generated 35,000 virtual try-ons.
GPT-5.4 Achieves Human-Level Automation The "Thinking" variant in GPT-5.4 integrates test-time compute, enabling the model to tackle complex tasks. It has officially surpassed human-level performance on OSWorld-Verified tests (75%) and can operate as an autonomous agent at the operating system level.
Sources:
- MarketingProfs (AI Update, April 3, 2026)
- Izvestia
- AdIndex
- devFlokers (AI News Last 24 Hours, April 2026)
- Wek.ru
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