AI News from April 12, 2026

SiFive, backed by Nvidia, reached a $3.65 billion valuation as demand surges for open RISC-V chip architectures designed to power next-generation AI workloads.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin urged AI staff to work 60-hour weeks, saying Google can win the race to artificial general intelligence with the right focus and intensity.

A New York Times investigation reveals the US military's autonomous drone programs are lagging China's, raising urgent concerns about an AI-driven global arms race.

A UK government-backed AI data centre initiative has been paused, with officials citing national infrastructure challenges as a setback to Britain's AI ambitions.

The Trump administration is dismantling civil rights protections used to challenge AI-driven bias in housing lending, raising discrimination concerns.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post rebutting an in-depth New Yorker article and addressing a reported attack on his San Francisco home.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said AI will eliminate many humanities jobs while creating ample opportunities for workers with vocational and technical training.

AI-generated fake music streams now account for 5–10% of all plays on platforms like Spotify, costing the industry billions and impersonating real artists.

A Chinese Nvidia cloud partner acquired 300 servers with banned H100/H200 AI GPUs worth $92M, as Sharetronic shares plummet following a Super Micro smuggling arrest.

Ramp data shows Anthropic's Claude is close to surpassing OpenAI in US enterprise AI spending, with business adoption doubling to $8.4B in six months.

OpenAI disclosed a security issue tied to a March 31 supply chain compromise of the Axios developer library, updating certificates to protect user data.