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6 updates · 3 appsApril 4, 2026

Daily AI News Digest: 2026-04-04

Perplexity made search smarter with new media selection controls.

Perplexity

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Expanded summary · Perplexity

Perplexity can now smartly pick between images, videos, or both to show you based on what you're asking.

Smart media selection: Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control: Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter: Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs.

Learn more → You can now choose to turn media selection on or off, and even pick specific types of media you want to see.

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ChatGPT

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“It’s not nearly as vibrant a market as Anthropic right now,” he acknowledged.

As president of the investment bank Rainmaker Securities, whose focus includes private securities markets — it facilitates transactions in roughly 1,000 stocks — Anderson has a front-row seat to one of the most nail-biting mome…

Original reportingAnthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party | TechCrunchRead original

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NEW: OpenAI’s Fidji Simo announced exec changes to staff today: she is taking medical leave for several weeks, COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a new role, and CMO Kate Rouch is stepping down to focus on her cancer recovery.

CEO of AGI development Fidji Simo announced in a memo that Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a new job leading “special projects,” which will involve “complex deals and investments across the company.” He will…

Original reportingOpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead 'special projects' | TechCrunchRead original

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

But the excitement isn’t there. “It’s not nearly as vibrant a market as Anthropic right now,” he acknowledged.

“As I shared when I joined, I had a relapse of my neuroimmune condition a few weeks before starting the job,” Simo said in the note which was sent in OpenAI’s “core” Slack channel.

OpenAI will begin searching for a new CMO, Simo said.

Original reportingOpenAI’s Fidji Simo Is Taking Medical Leave Amid an Executive Shake-UpRead original

Claude

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Anthropic has filed documents to create a new political action committee — a sign that, like its peers, the AI lab is committing significant resources toward influencing policy and regulation.

Anthropic has filed documents to create a new political action committee — a sign that, like its pe…

Original reportingAnthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC | TechCrunchRead original

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Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer.

Coefficient Bio’s founders, Samuel Stanton and Nathan C. Frey, launched the startup eight months ago, having both worked in computational drug discovery at Genentech&#821…

Coefficient Bio’s founders, Samuel Stanton and Nathan C. Frey, launched the startup eight months ago, having both worked in computational drug discovery at Genentech’s Prescient Design.

Original reportingAnthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports | TechCrunchRead original