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OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil and Sora Lead Bill Peebles Are Both Leaving
Two of OpenAI's senior leaders are leaving within days of each other. Bill Peebles, who ran the Sora video generation team, announced Friday he's departing. Kevin Weil, OpenAI's Chief Product Officer since 2024, is also heading out.
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora and Loses Two Leaders in Push Toward Enterprise
Sora launched to worldwide attention in early 2024. Two years later, it's being shut down.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview May Be Warming a Cold Relationship with Washington
Two months ago, the Trump administration publicly branded Anthropic a "RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY" and a menace to national security. That hostility may be softening - and The Verge reports the reason is a new cybersecurity AI model called Claude Mythos Preview.
OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil Is Leaving, Science Division Absorbed Into Codex
Kevin Weil, OpenAI's Chief Product Officer, is leaving the company. Weil joined OpenAI in 2024 after serving as VP of Product at Instagram, and had been one of the most senior product executives at the Sam Altman-led company. Wired reports that OpenAI is simultaneously absorbing the AI science application he led into Codex, its coding-focused product line.
Cursor in Talks to Raise $2B+ at $50B Valuation as Enterprise Deals Surge
$50 billion. That's the valuation Cursor is reportedly targeting in a new funding round that would raise more than $2 billion, according to sources cited by TechCrunch. Returning backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Thrive Capital are expected to lead.
Tokenmaxxing: More AI-Generated Code Is Costing Developers More Than It Saves
9.4x. That's how much more code churn - rewrites, reversions, and deletions - regular AI coding tool users are producing compared to colleagues who don't use AI, according to a January report from GitClear. GitClear also found that churn exceeded actual productivity gains by more than double. That ratio is what happens when you optimize for output volume instead of output quality.
Claude Opus 4.7's New Tokenizer Adds 20-30% to Your API Bill
20 to 30 percent. That's how much more you're paying per Claude Opus 4.7 session through the API - and the per-token price hasn't changed. Analysis published by Claude Code Camp measured real-world token usage across multiple prompt types and found that Opus 4.7's new tokenizer generates significantly more tokens from the same input text.
Claude Design Launches in Research Preview: Visual Creation Built Into Claude
Anthropic just shipped Claude Design, a visual creation tool powered by Claude Opus 4.7, now in research preview as of April 17, 2026. It lives inside Claude and is available to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers at no additional cost beyond their existing plan.
Anthropic Launches Claude Design for Non-Designers
Anthropic just launched Claude Design, a new visual creation product aimed at people who need to communicate ideas quickly without knowing how to use design software. According to TechCrunch's report, the primary targets are founders and product managers - people who have ideas but get stuck translating them into something that looks presentable.
Free Tool Scans Your Website for AI Agent Compatibility
A free scanner at isitagentready.com checks whether your website plays nicely with AI agents - the automated bots that browse, click, and complete tasks on behalf of users.