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California Leads the Charge in AI Policy Testing: As the landscape of artificial intelligence policy evolves, California is positioning itself as the national testing ground for AI regulations, making significant strides on the West Coast. Link

Massive Class Action Suit Filed Against Perplexity AI Inc.: A 135-page class action lawsuit against Perplexity AI Inc. was filed in federal court in San Francisco on April 2, 2026, alleging that users' chats with the AI tool are being transmitted to Meta and Google. Link

AI Accounts for a Quarter of Job Cuts in March: According to a new report, layoffs in the U.S. rose 25% from February to March 2026, with artificial intelligence cited in 25% of the job cut announcements. A total of 60,620 jobs were eliminated in March, with 15,341 attributed to AI. Link

AI's New Threat: Anthropic’s Model Could Empower Cyber Attackers: The upcoming Anthropic AI model is raising alarms in cybersecurity. According to a leaked blog post, it may enable hackers to exploit security vulnerabilities at a pace that could surpass current defense efforts. Link

US Venture Funding Hits Historic $267 Billion Fueled by AI Leaders: Venture funding in the US has soared to an unprecedented $267 billion, with significant contributions from AI frontrunners OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI dominating the deal landscape. This surge marks a pivotal moment in the funding arena for AI companies. Link

Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in Japan for AI and Cybersecurity: Microsoft announced plans to invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan from 2026 to 2029. This investment aims to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and enhance cybersecurity collaboration with the government. Link

Google's Gemma 4 Takes on Chinese Open-Weights Models: Equipped with a more permissive license, Gemma 4 offers multi-modality features and supports over 140 languages, enhancing its competitive edge against Chinese open-weights models. Link

Microsoft Launches MAI-Transcribe-1, Leading Transcription Model: Microsoft's new MAI-Transcribe-1 model dominates the FLEURS benchmark, outperforming competitors including OpenAI's Whisper-large-v3 and Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash in 11 core languages. Link

Microsoft Introduces Three New AI Models to Compete with OpenAI and Google: Microsoft has launched three new in-house AI models focusing on transcription, voice, and image generation, providing a direct challenge to established players OpenAI and Google with more cost-effective options. Link