AI News Flash for April 25, 2026 at 15:00 UTC.
Topics:
1. xAI hires Emmy and Hugo level writers at up to 125 dollars per hour to train Grok
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/musk-job-listing-novelists-22224801.php
2. Half of AI health answers wrong even when convincing, study warns
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ai-health-wrong-convincing.html
3. Coinbase's Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/04/25/coinbase-s-jesse-pollak-says-ai-agents-are-the-next-big-wave-for-crypto-payments
4. Choice Hotels makes AI core to operations, first US hospitality firm to standardize on AWS AgentCore
https://hoteltechnologynews.com/2026/04/choice-hotels-moves-ai-technology-beyond-pilot-projects-and-into-the-core-of-hotel-operations/