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The AI news for April 28th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Interoperability with Google's Android: European Commission proposes measures.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Interoperabilitaet-mit-Googles-Android-EU-Kommission-schlaegt-Massnahmen-vor-11274212.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI grandparent scam and deepfakes: Interpol warns of an intensified wave of fraud.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Enkeltrick-und-Deepfakes-Interpol-warnt-vor-verschaerfter-Betrugswelle-11274056.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

OpenAI and Microsoft loosen their multibillion-dollar partnership.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-und-Microsoft-lockern-ihre-milliardenschwere-Partnerschaft-11274052.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube
Source: https://www.theverge.com/streaming/919441/google-ask-youtube-ai-chatbot-search

The AI news for April 27th, 2026

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OpenAI launches a bug-bounty program for biosecurity.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/OpenAI-startet-Bug-Bounty-Programm-fuer-Bio-Sicherheit-11272469.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Technology as the state's raison d'État: What Palantir intends with its manifesto.
Source: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Technologie-als-Staatsraeson-Was-Palantir-mit-seinem-Manifest-bezweckt-11272183.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

500 bankers evaluate AI results and find them consistently unusable for customer contact.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/500-banker-bewerten-ki-ergebnisse-und-finden-sie-durchweg-unbrauchbar-fuer-den-kundenkontakt/

A survey shows: 80 percent of Claude users live in households with an annual income of more than $100,000.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/umfrage-zeigt-80-prozent-der-claude-nutzer-leben-in-haushalten-mit-mehr-als-100-000-dollar-jahreseinkommen/

The AI news for April 26th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

The growth of programmer jobs in the USA has nearly halved since ChatGPT.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wachstum-von-programmierer-jobs-in-den-usa-hat-sich-seit-chatgpt-fast-halbiert/

Anthropic experiment shows: Stronger AI models negotiate better prices without anyone noticing.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-experiment-zeigt-staerkere-ki-modelle-verhandeln-bessere-preise-ohne-dass-es-jemand-merkt/

The United Arab Emirates wants to operate half of the government within two years with autonomous AI.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/vereinigte-arabische-emirate-wollen-halbe-regierung-innerhalb-von-zwei-jahren-mit-autonomer-ki-betreiben/

Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/25/maines-governor-vetoes-data-center-moratorium/

The AI news for April 25th, 2026

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Tesla improves queue-length forecasts for the Supercharger network.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Tesla-verbessert-Warteschlangenprognosen-fuer-Supercharger-Netzwerk-11271278.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/nothing-introduces-an-ai-powered-dictation-tool/

Youth protection 2025: Significant increase in reported depictions of abuse on the Internet.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Jugendschutz-2025-Hoher-Anstieg-gemeldeter-Missbrauchsdarstellungen-im-Netz-11271890.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI Update Deep-Dive: Hospitals develop their own language models.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Update-Deep-Dive-Kliniken-entwickeln-eigene-Sprachmodelle-11268822.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for April 24th, 2026

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Meta gives parents insight into their children's AI chats.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-gibt-Eltern-Einblick-in-die-KI-Chats-ihrer-Kinder-11269884.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Social courts grapple with AI lawsuits – often over the citizens' income.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Sozialgerichte-kaempfen-mit-KI-Klagen-oft-zum-Buergergeld-11270332.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/917871/anthropic-claude-personal-app-connectors

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/917328/microsoft-agent-mode-vibe-working-office-word-excel-powerpoint

The AI news for April 23rd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

ChatGPT receives a new image AI that thinks along and searches the Web.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/ChatGPT-erhaelt-neue-Bild-KI-die-mitdenkt-und-im-Web-recherchiert-11266931.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/google-updates-workspace-to-make-ai-your-new-office-intern/

Tiny AI chips made in Germany: Anker announces Thus.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Anker-Thus-Winziger-KI-Speicherchip-verbessert-Geraeuschunterdrueckung-11267979.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/openai-teams-up-with-infosys-to-bring-ai-tools-to-more-businesses/

The AI news for April 22nd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Three draft bills could enable biometric mass surveillance and AI data analyses in Germany.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/drei-gesetzentwuerfe-koennten-biometrische-massenueberwachung-und-ki-datenanalysen-in-deutschland-ermoeglichen/

Deezer: Almost half of all uploaded tracks are AI-generated.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/deezer-fast-die-haelfte-aller-hochgeladenen-tracks-ist-ki-generiert/

Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/youtube-expands-its-ai-likeness-detection-technology-to-celebrities/

The AI news for April 21st, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Google Gemini expands access to El Salvador's healthcare system.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/DoctorSV-El-Salvadors-Gesundheitsdaten-landen-in-den-Haenden-von-Google-11264981.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Chancellor Merz: 'Facilitate European AI regulation'
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Bundeskanzler-Merz-Europaeische-KI-Regulierung-erleichtern-11264933.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Adobe Summit: AI agents for personalized marketing.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/adobe-summit-ki-agenten-fuer-personalisiertes-marketing-11264016.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Chronicle for Codex: OpenAI gives its AI assistant a memory through screenshots.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/chronicle-fuer-codex-openai-gibt-seinem-ki-assistenten-ein-gedaechtnis-durch-screenshots/

The AI news for April 20th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

The NRW Data Protection Officer warns against data usage at any price.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/NRW-Datenschutzbeauftragte-warnt-vor-Datennutzung-um-jeden-Preis-11263297.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI influencers in the U.S. election campaign: hundreds of fake accounts support Trump on social media.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-influencer-im-us-wahlkampf-hunderte-fake-accounts-unterstuetzen-trump-in-social-media/

The court allows AI transformation of a photo into a comic, provided that only the subject matter is carried over.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gericht-erlaubt-ki-umwandlung-von-foto-in-comic-wenn-nur-das-motiv-uebernommen-wird/

Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/914723/vercel-hacked

The AI news for April 19th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff explains the API for the new user interface for AI agents.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-erklaert-die-api-zur-neuen-benutzeroberflaeche-fuer-ki-agenten/

People who use AI as a pure answer machine lose cognitive abilities the fastest, according to the study.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wer-ki-als-reine-antwortmaschine-nutzt-verliert-laut-studie-am-schnellsten-kognitive-faehigkeiten/

Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/tesla-brings-its-robotaxi-service-to-dallas-and-houston/

The RAM shortage could last years
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years