AI News Archive: April 29, 2026 — Part 19
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- Musk accuses Altman of stealing a charity as courtroom battle begins
The case over OpenAI's history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
- Elon Musk tried to ‘bully’ Sam Altman for control of OpenAI
Elon Musk tried to ‘bully’ Sam Altman for control of OpenAI The Telegraph
- Who Controls AI? Elon Musk vs OpenAI Turns Into a Power Battle
Who Controls AI? Elon Musk vs OpenAI Turns Into a Power Battle YourStory.com
- Letting OpenAI win risks 'losing every charity in America' Elon Musk says in court, as his lawsuit hearing begins
Elon Musk is taking on OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, and has had some choice words to say on the opening day.
- Musk accuses Altman of betraying promise to keep OpenAI as nonprofit during trial
Musk testified about the company’s early years
- Musk accuses Altman of betraying promise to keep OpenAI as nonprofit during trial
Musk testified about the company’s early years
- Elon Musk testifies he has "extreme concerns" about who controls AI in trial vs. Altman
Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday in a trial against fellow billionaire Sam Altman that could change the future of AI. Musk accused the OpenAI co-founder of lying and stealing, adding that he has "extreme concerns" about AI and who controls it.
- Sam Altman Can’t Escape Controversy at OpenAI and It’s Giving the Stock Market Jitters
Sam Altman Can’t Escape Controversy at OpenAI and It’s Giving the Stock Market Jitters Barron's
- Musk recounts losing trust in motives of OpenAI’s other leaders
Musk recounts losing trust in motives of OpenAI’s other leaders The Mercury News
- Musk recounts losing trust in motives of OpenAI’s other leaders
Musk recounts losing trust in motives of OpenAI’s other leaders East Bay Times
- Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future
Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future Austin American-Statesman
- Elon Musk Testifies He Was a ‘Fool’ to Fund OpenAI
The billionaire said that OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman wasn’t honest about nonprofit mission.
- Goldman Sachs and Bain Lead Investment in AI Marketing Startup
The Trade Desk also invested in Hightouch, which is now valued at $2.75 billion .
- AI Growth Agent LeapMind Growth Raises Angel+ Round Led by CMC Capital
LeapMind Growth raises an angel+ round led by CMC Capital to scale its AI agent GrowthGPT, which automates end-to-end marketing and cuts acquisition costs by up to 70%.
- How a Seattle VC firm broke into the $1.1B seed round for a DeepMind legend’s superintelligence startup
Flying Fish Partners, a Seattle-based VC firm with less than $250 million under management, broke into the $1.1 billion seed round for Ineffable Intelligence, the new startup from AlphaGo creator David Silver. Here's how they got in. Read More
- Early-stage AI agents startup plans IPO
Vida Global raised $4 million last year from Trammell Venture Partners. The company plans to offer 3.3 million shares at $4.50 to $5 per share.
- A.I. Helps Online Ad Businesses Boom
Google and Meta are enjoying a digital ad boom, as artificial intelligence automates marketing and drives record sales.
- Omnicom leans into principal media buying as AI reshapes the economics of advertising
As automation and artificial intelligence begin to redraw the contours of the media marketplace, Omnicom’s leadership signalled a renewed focus on principal media buying, positioning it as a critical lever in both efficiency and control.While the term surfaced briefly during the company’s first-quarter earnings call, the discussion around it revealed a deeper strategic intent: to move closer to the supply side of media, reduce dependency on intermediaries, and capture greater value within the advertising chain.Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Wren framed the shift in the context of a broader industry inefficiency. “There are intermediaries today that stand between us and the publishers, and they take a toll,” he said. “The toll is paid for by the clients and by the industry itself.”Read: Layoffs, rival narratives and culture questions: Inside Omnicom’s integration of IPGAlso read: Omnicom’s John Wren: “Our strong Q1 reflects successful integration of Interpublic”Moving closer
- Omnicom says agent-to-agent AI framework has executed live media buys; aims to shorten ad supply chain
Omnicom Group has said it has already executed real-world media transactions using an agent-to-agent artificial intelligence framework, marking a move toward automating parts of the media buying process and reducing reliance on intermediaries in the ad supply chain.The development was disclosed during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call, where management said the system has been tested and deployed for select clients.Chief Technology Officer Paolo Yuvienco said Omnicom has executed “real media buys for several clients using our agent framework,” describing it as a step toward shortening the media supply chain and improving efficiency in media execution.The framework allows AI systems to interact and transact across parts of the media ecosystem, enabling automated buying decisions within defined parameters. The company said the approach is designed to increase working media dollars for clients by reducing friction in the transaction process.Also read: Omnicom’s John Wren: “Our strong Q1
- Inside Omnicom’s bet on “agentic” media: cutting out the middle and rewriting how ads are bought
As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to execution in advertising, Omnicom’s latest earnings call offered a clear signal of where the industry may be headed next: toward “agentic” media buying, where machines transact, optimise and plan campaigns with minimal human intervention.For Omnicom’s leadership, this is not a distant vision but an emerging operating model already being tested with clients.Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Wren framed the shift as a structural correction to a long-standing inefficiency in the media ecosystem. “There are intermediaries today that stand between us and the publishers, and they take a toll,” he said. “The toll is paid for by the clients and by the industry itself. That is something we’re clearly working on.”Also read: Omnicom’s John Wren: “Our strong Q1 reflects successful integration of Interpublic”Read more: Omnicom says it has merged or sunset over 20 agency brands; targets $3.2 bn portfolio exits post IPG integrationShort
- Omnicom expands AI-led Omni platform across organisation; targets $900 mn cost synergies in 2026
Omnicom Group has scaled its AI-enabled Omni platform across its global organisation in the first quarter of 2026, with John Wren, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Omnicom, saying the system is now in the hands of all employees and is driving stronger media performance, measurement and client outcomes.Speaking on the earnings call, Wren said, “We’ve scaled our next generation of Omni across the entire organisation in Q1, putting the latest agentic AI tools in the hands of all of our employees.”He added that the platform is improving addressability, accelerating speed to activation and enhancing return on investment, supported by integrations such as Acxiom’s Real Identity, and partnerships with platforms including Adobe and Amazon.Also read: Omnicom Q1 revenue jumps to $6.2 billion on IPG deal; adjusted EBITA up 69.5%Omni, which is positioned as Omnicom’s AI-enabled intelligent sales and marketing platform, connects talent, data and services across the group and is being used to
- Stop Scaling Mediocre Ads: How AI Can Actually Elevate Performance Marketing
In a largely creative industry like advertising, performance marketing can seem a bit soulless. Algorithms, tracking and optimization can help us reach targets quicker and more efficiently. But the creative used in performance campaigns can often look or feel … off. When there are metrics to hit and placements to fill, creative often takes a […] The post Stop Scaling Mediocre Ads: How AI Can Actually Elevate Performance Marketing appeared first on AdExchanger .
- Medialister Changes the Way Brands Approach Their Media Plans, Integrating Its Platform With AI Agents
Medialister Changes the Way Brands Approach Their Media Plans, Integrating Its Platform With AI Agents USA Today
- AI Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons
Chatbots have described in lucid, bullet-pointed detail how to buy raw genetic material, turn it into deadly weapons and deploy them in public spaces.
- Designing the AI-native cloud: What enterprise architects are learning the hard way
A few years ago, enterprise cloud conversations followed a familiar pattern. Teams discussed migrating legacy applications, modernizing infrastructure and reducing data center costs. The goal was clear: Move workloads to scalable cloud platforms and gain operational flexibility. But in recent months, the tone of these conversations has shifted dramatically. In architecture reviews and infrastructure planning sessions I’ve participated in, the questions now sound very different: Where will the model training run? Do we have access to GPU clusters? Can our data pipelines support real-time inference? The reason is simple: Artificial intelligence — particularly generative AI — is pushing enterprise infrastructure beyond what traditional cloud architectures were designed to handle. What many organizations are discovering is that the future isn’t just cloud-first. It’s AI-native. When AI becomes the workload that breaks the cloud In many organizations, the turning point arrives when a team a
- DigitalOcean Introduces AI-Native Cloud Platform
DigitalOcean Introduces AI-Native Cloud Platform Built In
- Tesla promises HW3 owners a lite version of FSD, but its months away
Tesla's HW3 owners paid up to €6,400 for autonomous driving. Seven years later, what's on offer is a supervised, stripped-down update that still requires a human behind the wheel.
- AWS unveils trio of key AI strategy announcements
AWS on Tuesday announced an expansion of its partnership with OpenAI and launched a major new agentic AI push with the introduction of a new desktop app for Amazon Quick, a personal AI assistant, and an expansion of Amazon Connect from a single product into four distinct offerings. News of the enhanced partnership comes 24 hours after OpenAI and Microsoft stated they were changing their contract terms and revising certain exclusivity and revenue sharing conditions. OpenAI’s agreement with AWS will see the latest OpenAI models, as well as its Codex coding agent, available on Amazon Bedrock , and the addition of new Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents, an AI agent builder for cloud environments powered by OpenAI. Amazon Connect is being expanded, and will now include Amazon Connect Decisions, Amazon Connect Talent, Amazon Connect Customer, and Amazon Connect Health. Colleen Aubrey, SVP of applied AI solutions at AWS, wrote in a blog post that the four Connect components “draw on our expertise
- AWS keynote hypes AI as magic. Its own engineers tell a different story
No shortcuts, human-review everything, says internal team - and keep hiring junior developers Interview Steve Tarcza, director of Amazon Stores, says his team — StoreGen — exists to help the retail giant's developers move faster and cut friction. But despite the AI mandate, one principle is non-negotiable: nothing ships without a human checking it first.…
- 'The storm is here': Why you and your neighbors may be paying multibillion-dollar bill for AI data centers right now — but that may not last long as more US states join revolt against unjust 'socialist' approach to electricity bills
The hidden cost of AI: How data centers are driving electricity prices higher across multiple states, affecting you and your neighbors.
- ADNOC eyes US gas deals as AI power demand reshapes energy: Reports
ADNOC eyes US gas deals as AI power demand reshapes energy: Reports Gulf News
- Kairos Power's bet on nuclear and the AI data center sector
Kairos Power's bet on nuclear and the AI data center sector marketplace.org
- Dark Cloud Gathers as Bill Comes Due for AI Industry
Cheap AI access is "no longer sustainable." The post Dark Cloud Gathers as Bill Comes Due for AI Industry appeared first on Futurism .
- Elon Musk says OpenAI betrayed its mission
Musk took the stand in a lawsuit that has him seeking billions in damages, CEO Sam Altman's removal from OpenAI's board, and the company's reversion to a nonprofit
- Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to 'trick' him in combative testimony
Elon Musk was cross-examined on the third day of the trial over his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
- Elon Musk says OpenAI betrayed him, clashes with company’s attorney over questioning during trial
Elon Musk says OpenAI betrayed him, clashes with company’s attorney over questioning during trial San Francisco Chronicle
- Elon Musk blasts OpenAI 'bait-and-switch' during heated Day 2 testimony
Elon Musk blasts OpenAI 'bait-and-switch' during heated Day 2 testimony Business Insider
- AI divisions deepen between US and China
The partitions between the US and China tech ecosystems appear to be hardening further.
- China-U.S. tensions build over Iran and AI before Trump meets Xi
China-U.S. tensions build over Iran and AI before Trump meets Xi The Japan Times
- New DeepSeek model marks AI milestone. Is China closing the gap with the US?
New DeepSeek model marks AI milestone. Is China closing the gap with the US? The Straits Times
- Microsoft reports AI business is strong amid record spending
Microsoft smashed Wall Street expectations and said its AI business is up 123%. But investment costs are still much higher than in previous years.
- The divided AI race nobody wins: How businesses can navigate the US-China tech divide
We are in the midst of the most consequential technological shift in a generation, and the world is already splitting along familiar fault lines. The world’s two greatest powers are in a battle once again — and this time, the “battlefield” is artificial intelligence (AI). On one hand, the United States (US) is adopting an […] The post The divided AI race nobody wins: How businesses can navigate the US-China tech divide appeared first on e27 .
- Exploring Instability Risks in the U.S.-China AI Rivalry
This paper presents an overview and observations on Breakwater , a game that explores instability risks in the U.S.-China rivalry and race to artificial general intelligence.
- Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple face AI test in high-stakes Earnings Week
This earnings cycle represents the first meaningful test of whether the AI trade can continue to justify elevated valuations
- Big Tech earnings test record stock market rally as AI spending takes center stage
Market watchers looking for clarity about the direction of Big Tech and the AI investment boom didn’t get much Wednesday afternoon amid a barrage of key earning reports
- Musk v. Altman trial is reverse Gladiator
Instead of Gladiators fighting for our entertainment, the emperors are shadowboxing before an angry populace.
- AI decides what we see online. It's time digital platforms tell us exactly how they do it
If you suffer from information overload, or are unsure what to trust online, you're not alone. Australians are increasingly disengaging from traditional news, turning instead to social media, influencers and—more recently—generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and summaries.
- Manus-Meta breakup could spell trouble for AI startups
The breakup is a reminder of how distinct the Chinese and American tech markets are today — and the divergence is only widening.
- Can China really block Meta’s Manus AI acquisition?
Can China really block Meta’s Manus AI acquisition? The Straits Times
- South Africa withdraws AI policy over AI-generated sources
The communications minister admitted that the department failed to spot the fabricated references before releasing the draft policy for public comment.