AI News from April 27, 2026

Intel's stock is up 110% year-to-date as the chipmaker stages a remarkable turnaround, reflecting the broader shift in the AI chip landscape beyond Nvidia.

Bipartisan opposition is mounting in Georgia as 47% of local voters oppose massive AI data center developments, creating a new political battleground over AI infrastructure.

A new U.S. bill proposes stricter penalties for distributing deepfake images and establishes baseline standards for AI software development and deployment.

South Korea and Google agree to establish an AI campus in Seoul to foster collaboration between the tech giant and local engineers and startups.

Beijing orders Meta to unwind its $2B acquisition of Singaporean AI agent startup Manus, citing national security concerns over Chinese-rooted technology.

DeepSeek V4's million-token reasoning at lower cost signals a shift in AI competition from raw parameter counts toward cost-efficient, long-context intelligence.

The Canadian province of Manitoba announced plans to prohibit young people from accessing social media platforms and AI chatbots, citing safety concerns.

A rigorous new benchmark tested top AI models on investment banking tasks; not one output was deemed client-ready, though half of bankers found value as a starting point.

The AI boom is driving massive energy consumption, pushing tech giants toward natural gas plants for data centers, raising environmental and climate concerns.

Anthropic ran a week-long internal marketplace with 69 AI agents; more capable models consistently negotiated better outcomes while weaker-model users never noticed.

DeepSeek previews its most powerful model yet, V4, with 1.6 trillion parameters built on Huawei hardware amid escalating US AI theft accusations.