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Internal doc: the State Department moved its internal chatbot from Claude Sonnet 4.5 to GPT-4.1, following Trump's directive to cancel Anthropic contracts (Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offlo…

State offloads Claude as underpinning model in flagship StateChat
The agency moved its chatbot to operate on OpenAI’s GPT 4.1, internal document shows.

US military 'drawing up additional options' to keep strait of Hormuz open, says White House
Karoline Leavitt said that Donald Trump is committed to allowing the free flow of oil through the strait of Hormuz,
and reiterated that the US president has offered for the navy
“to escort tankers when necessary”.
“The US military is drawing up additional options following the president’s directive to continue keeping the strait of Hormuz open,” Leavitt said.
I wil…

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

It's #TacoTuesday 🌮
Trump announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges for ...(wait for it) ... two weeks.
The New York Times is reporting that Iran has accepted Pakistan’s two-week cease-fire proposal following frantic diplomatic efforts.
The newspaper quotes Iranian officials as saying the ceasefire was approved by the new sup…

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625 Billion Reasons to Buy the Dip in Microsoft Stock Right Now | The Motley Fool
Microsoft stock is getting hammered following its recent earnings report.

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

I would encourage Filipinos worldwide not to gate keep & judge the accents of Perlah, Princess & Trinity on The Pitt. I've known immigrants who lost their ability to speak in <2 years, others who still have an accent after 20 years, & others who seamlessly switch between English & their Filipino language(s) in the middle of a sentence even after 20 years. Fluency is prismatic not a binary switch :-) Of course it's not just Filipinos! It happens to German, French sp…

Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Iran shot down a US fighter jet
A search is under way for the crew of a US fighter jet that was shot down by Iran, a person familiar with the matter has confirmed.
Iran claimed that it had shot down a US fighter jet, with state media reporting it was an F-35 warplane.
The fate of the crew remains unclear.
It follows reports by Iranian state media that the US military is searching for an American pilot of a downed aircraft in Iran, following earlier reports that Tehran h…

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, which it says can scrutinize company data, regulatory filings, and market info; Anthropic now has 300K business users (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…