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Today's lead: GNews Dario Amodei — Anthropic CEO visits White House amid hacking fears over new AI model - The Washington Post

In this episode:

- GNews Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO visits White House amid hacking fears over new AI model - The Washington Post

- GNews Elon Musk AI: Elon Musk’s proposal of ‘universal high income’ to combat AI job losses baffles economists: ‘So wrong on this’ - New York Post

- GNews Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO Meets Trump Administration Officials as Feud Thaws - WSJ

- GNews Elon Musk AI: Elon Musk calls for government cash to counter AI job losses - Yahoo News New Zealand

- GNews Dario Amodei: White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid rising fear about Mythos model - Reuters

- GNews Sam Altman: Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. - TechCrunch

- GNews Elon Musk AI: Musk Backs 'Universal High Income' as Best Way to Counter AI Layoffs - GV Wire

- GNews Elon Musk AI: Elon Musk Pushes 'Universal High Income' Checks as Ultimate Solution for AI Unemployment - Bitcoin News

Question:

What's the one AI story today that you think most people are missing?

Sources (selection):

1. GNews Dario Amodei — Anthropic CEO visits White House amid hacking fears over new AI model - The Washington Post

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2. GNews Elon Musk AI — Elon Musk’s proposal of ‘universal high income’ to combat AI job losses baffles economists: ‘So wrong on this’ - New York Post

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3. GNews Dario Amodei — Anthropic CEO Meets Trump Administration Officials as Feud Thaws - WSJ

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4. GNews Elon Musk AI — Elon Musk calls for government cash to counter AI job losses - Yahoo News New Zealand

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5. GNews Dario Amodei — White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid rising fear about Mythos model - Reuters

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6. GNews Sam Altman — Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. - TechCrunch

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7. GNews Elon Musk AI — Musk Backs 'Universal High Income' as Best Way to Counter AI Layoffs - GV Wire

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8. GNews Elon Musk AI — Elon Musk Pushes 'Universal High Income' Checks as Ultimate Solution for AI Unemployment - Bitcoin News

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9. GNews Mark Zuckerberg AI — Meta Isn't Struggling, It's Cutting Anyway: Why AI Could Eliminate 8,000 Jobs in May - International Business Times UK

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10. GNews Sam Altman — ‘The face thing is probably going to break’: Sam Altman-backed firm says AI could make FaceID-style security obsolete - TechRadar

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11. Ars Technica AI — US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/russia-friendly-exchange-says-western-special-service-behind-15-million-cyberattack/

12. GNews Mark Zuckerberg AI — Meta prepares to lay off a tenth of its workforce - The Times

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13. GNews Jensen Huang — Jensen Huang Nvidia CEO Argues AI Adoption Is Key to Professional Success in the Automated Workplace - Technetbook

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14. GNews Elon Musk AI — Elon Musk's mistaken call for a 'universal high income' if AI kills jobs - Reason Magazine

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15. GNews Dario Amodei — White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO about dangerous new Mythos model, official says - Fortune

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16. GNews Mark Zuckerberg AI — Meta to cut 8,000 jobs — 10% of workforce — in major bloodbath next month: report - New York Post

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17. GNews Sam Altman — Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date? - The Verge

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18. GNews Mark Zuckerberg AI — Meta to cut 10% workforce May onwards amid Zuckerberg’s AI move: Full statement here | World News - Hindustan Times

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19. GNews Elon Musk AI — Grok's child-focused chatbot can have sexually explicit conversations with minors, advocates say - Christian Post

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20. GNews Sam Altman — 20-year-old charged with attempted murder of Sam Altman had posted about AI fears - MS NOW

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21. GNews Sam Altman — Sam Altman’s World project launches major upgrade to fight deepfakes and bots - CoinDesk

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22. GNews Dario Amodei — White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO over its new Mythos AI model - PBS

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23. Wired AI — OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-executive-kevin-weil-is-leaving-the-company/

24. GNews Sam Altman — Sam Altman's World Teams With Zoom, Tinder to Better Verify Humans in the AI Age - Decrypt

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25. GNews Dario Amodei — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei arrives at White House for talks - ThePrint

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