AI News for April 11, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] CoreWeave signs multi-billion dollar deal with Anthropic to power Claude: CoreWeave secured a multi-year cloud contract with Anthropic to supply computing capacity for the Claude model family, starting later this year.
[NEWS] OpenAI backs Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability for catastrophic harms: OpenAI testified in favor of Illinois SB 3444, which would protect frontier AI developers from liability for "critical harms" (100+ deaths or $1B+ property damage) as long as they didn't intentionally cause the incident and published safety reports.
[NEWS] Sam Altman's home targeted with Molotov cocktail; suspect arrested at OpenAI HQ: San Francisco police arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27M Russian Hill home around 4:12 a.m., then threatened to burn down OpenAI's Mission Bay headquarters an hour later.
[NEWS] Japan raises Rapidus chip subsidies to $16.3B, betting on AI manufacturing: Japan approved an additional $4B in subsidies for chip startup Rapidus Corp., raising total government investment to $16.3B by March 2027.
[OPINION] Hassabis: AGI will hit like 10 industrial revolutions compressed into a single decade: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told the 20VC podcast he quantifies AGI as "10 times the industrial revolution at 10 times the speed, unfolding over a decade instead of a century." He sees a "very good chance" of reaching it within five years, consistent with co-founder Shane Legg's 2010 prediction of 20 years.
[NEWS] CIA integrating AI assistants into all analysis platforms, produced first autonomous intelligence report: CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis revealed the agency recently produced its first fully autonomous intelligence report using AI, Politico reports.
[NEWS] Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger from Claude: OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger posted on X that Anthropic suspended his account for "suspicious" activity, sparking conspiracy theories given that Steinberger now works at rival OpenAI.
[NEWS] Amazon creates 'Project Houdini' to modularize AI data center construction: Amazon is building core server rooms as preassembled factory modules under an initiative called Project Houdini, aiming to cut months off data center construction timelines and eliminate tens of thousands of on-site labor hours.
[NEWS] OpenAI accuses Musk of 'legal ambush' after he pivots demands weeks before trial: OpenAI accused Elon Musk of a "legal ambush" — abruptly shifting what he's seeking in his lawsuit just weeks before trial is set to begin in Oakland.
[RESEARCH] Scientists invented a fake disease; AI chatbots told patients it was real: University of Gothenburg researcher Almira Osmanovic Thunstrom created a fictitious skin condition called "bixonimania" and uploaded two fake studies to a preprint server in early 2024.

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