AI News for April 23, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Google splits 8th-gen TPU into training and inference chips to challenge Nvidia: Google unveiled its eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units at Cloud Next '26, splitting the line into the TPU 8t for training frontier models and TPU 8i for low-latency agentic inference.
[TOOLS] OpenAI launches Workspace Agents in ChatGPT, evolving beyond custom GPTs: OpenAI rolled out Workspace Agents to ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans.
[NEWS] Anthropic hits $1 trillion valuation on secondary markets, overtaking OpenAI: Anthropic's valuation reached roughly $1 trillion on private marketplace Forge Global, with one shareholder offering to sell at a $1.15 trillion mark and a major growth fund bidding at $1.05 trillion.
[TOOLS] Google launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to manage agents at Kubernetes-style scale: Google unveiled the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Cloud Next, a governance-focused control plane for building and operating autonomous agents with cryptographic identities, anomaly detection, and long-term memory.
[RESEARCH] Sony AI's Ace robot beats elite table tennis players in Nature-published milestone: Sony AI unveiled Ace, a table tennis robot that won three of five matches against elite players and secured one game against professionals competing under official ITTF rules.
[NEWS] Tesla triples capex to $25B to fund AI, Optimus factory, and Terafab: Tesla reported Q1 revenue of $22.4 billion, up 16% YoY, with net income of $477 million.
[TOOLS] Google ships Workspace Intelligence, AI Overviews in Gmail, and Chrome auto-browse agents: Google bolted an AI layer called Workspace Intelligence across Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Drive, Docs, Slides, and Sheets, with admin controls over what data the system can access.
[NEWS] SoftBank seeks $10B margin loan backed by OpenAI shares: SoftBank is negotiating a $10 billion loan secured by its stake in OpenAI, taking on more debt to fund its AI push.
[NEWS] Microsoft commits $18B to Australian AI capacity, its biggest-ever local investment: Microsoft pledged to spend A$25 billion ($17.9 billion) in Australia by the end of 2029, its largest investment in the country.
[NEWS] Nvidia-backed Vast Data raises $1B at $30B valuation, triples in months: AI data infrastructure startup Vast Data closed a $1 billion funding round led by existing backer Nvidia, tripling its valuation to $30 billion.

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