AI News. April 9, 2026

OpenAI Foundation is finalizing over $100M in grants across six research institutions to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease prevention and treatment research

Jacob Trefethen@JacobTref

Alzheimer’s is one of medicine's hardest unsolved problems, and one of the most devastating. At the OpenAI Foundation, we believe AI is well suited to its complexity. We're directing over $100M to scientists mapping the disease, designing drugs, & more. I wrote about it here:

1:52 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 183K Views

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Anthropic launched Claude Managed Agents, a composable API suite that lets developers quickly build and deploy scalable cloud agents from prototype to production. Early adopters include Notion, Asana, Rakuten, Sentry, and Vibecode.

Claude@claudeai

Introducing Claude Managed Agents: everything you need to build and deploy agents at scale. It pairs an agent harness tuned for performance with production infrastructure, so you can go from prototype to launch in days. Now in public beta on the Claude Platform.

5:14 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 5.09M Views

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Visa and Nevermined enabled AI agent card payments. Agents can autonomously make card purchases within cardholder-defined policies using Visa Intelligent Commerce and Coinbase’s x402 protocol.

Nevermined@Nevermined_ai

1/8 🚨Announcement🚨 @Nevermined_ai unlocks autonomous agent payments using @Visa Intelligent Commerce, @coinbase x402 and @getVGS . AI agents can hold persistent delegated card spending authority with safe policy enforcement set by the cardholder. 🧵👇

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HeyGen launched Avatar V. 15-second clip captures your likeness for unlimited video generation

HeyGen@HeyGen

We solved character consistency. Forever Avatar V captures you in 15 seconds and holds your identity across every video. Change the look, outfit, and setting to create unlimited versions of you. RT + comment "AvatarV" below and I'll DM 100 credits to test it out (must follow)

3:00 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 472K Views

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Perplexity’s revenue surges 50% in one month after shifting to AI agents, now at $450M+ ARR.

The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter

BREAKING: Perplexity's revenue has reportedly surged +50% in one month after shifting into AI agents, per FT. As a result, Perplexity's revenue has doubled in one quarter to more than $450 million in ARR. This follows Anthropic's push into the space which said its ARR hit $19

4:07 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 402K Views

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Meta launched Muse Spark. Their most powerful AI model yet, rolling out across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and AI glasses.

Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom

Today we’re introducing Muse Spark, our most powerful model yet, giving you a faster and smarter Meta AI. Muse Spark currently powers the Meta AI app and website and will be rolling out to @WhatsApp, @instagram, @facebook, @messenger, and AI glasses in the coming weeks.

4:02 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 95.9K Views

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AI at Meta@AIatMeta

Introducing Muse Spark, the first in the Muse family of models developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs. Muse Spark is a natively multimodal reasoning model with support for tool-use, visual chain of thought, and multi-agent orchestration. Muse Spark is available today at

4:05 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 1.9M Views

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Virtuals Protocol launchpad goes modular. Developers can now toggle individual launch features, anti-sniper protection, 60-day experiments, structured fundraising, airdrops, robotics launches, and more.

Virtuals Protocol@virtuals_io

Your Agent, Your Way. The Virtuals launchpad is now fully modular. Every launch feature is an independent toggle. Configure your launch exactly the way you want it.

2:20 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 24K Views

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Genspark introduced AI Workspace 4.0. Enabling AI employee to work on your desktop (computer use), inside Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), with live meeting translation, and faster automation workflows.

Genspark@genspark_ai

🚀 Introducing Genspark AI Workspace 4.0: Your AI Employee, Now Everywhere In 3.0, we gave you your first AI employee on a cloud computer. In 4.0, your AI employee leaves the cloud — and meets you where you actually work: on your desktop, inside Microsoft Office, in every

10:27 AM · Apr 8, 2026 · 52.7K Views

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Adult AI startup Ohdotxyz raised $7.5M Series A with total funding hits $12M, led by Maven11. To built cheaper and personalized, and cheaper than human-produced content.

Oh@ohdotxyz

Today we announce our $7.5m Series A, bringing total funding to $12m - the most raised by any adult AI startup globally - as we extend our lead as the dominant player in adult AI The round was led by @Maven11Capital, with participation from @L1D_xyz, @Auros_global,

10:19 AM · Apr 8, 2026 · 106K Views

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Unity and Meta extended their multi-year partnership to keep powering Meta’s VR platform.

Unity@unity

Unity and @Meta Extend Multi‑Year Partnership to Power Next‑Generation VR Experiences 🤝

12:00 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 151K Views

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Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Columbia, and others launched the Agentic Risk Standard (ARS) a framework for escrow, underwriting, and collateral when AI agents transact autonomously. Simulations showed up to 61% reduction in user losses.

t54.ai@t54ai

Today, we're announcing Agentic Risk Standard (ARS) research: bringing escrow, underwriting and collateral to the agentic economy. Co-authored by researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Columbia University, Virtuals Protocol, and t54 Labs. t54.ai/ars

1:17 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 16.8K Views

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Morpho launched AI agent-native tooling “Morpho Agents” so developers can integrate lending protocols via natural language.

Morpho 🦋@Morpho

Introducing Morpho Agents in Beta Integrate Morpho with natural language and ship products in minutes using your preferred AI agents. Built for institutions, developers, and app builders.

3:29 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 49.6K Views

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Google integrated NotebookLM directly into Gemini, letting users manage notebooks and use Gemini chats as sources, rolling out to paid tiers first.

Google Gemini@GeminiApp

Project organization is here: Introducing notebooks in Gemini. You can now keep multiple projects organized and even add past chats and relevant files as sources, so you have a dedicated space to focus on the task at hand. Select “New notebook” in the side panel to get started.

8:54 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 129K Views

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Josh Woodward@joshwoodward

Most Al chatbots give you basic "projects." Gemini just built you a second brain. 🧠 Introducing Notebooks: some of the magic from @NotebookLM, integrated directly into @GeminiApp. Here's what changes for you today: 📚 Upload 100 sources for free 📂 Organize your chats - the

8:51 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 131K Views

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Factory launched a native desktop app for autonomous AI agents (Droid), with persistent machines, computer use, multi-agent sessions, and AI-native visualizations available on macOS and Windows.

Factory@FactoryAI

Today we're releasing the Factory desktop app. A native interface for autonomous AI agents that work across every part of your software business.

5:17 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 155K Views

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Hermes Agent v0.8.0 released with self-optimizing benchmarking, live model switching, background task notifications, and more.

Nous Research@NousResearch

Hermes Agent v0.8.0 is here. Full changelog below ↓

6:45 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 132K Views

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Perplexity announced the “Billion Dollar Build” an 8-week competition using Perplexity Computer to build a billion-dollar company, with up to $1M in seed investment at stake.

Perplexity@perplexity_ai

Today we're announcing the Billion Dollar Build. An 8-week competition where teams will use Perplexity Computer to build a company with a path to $1B. Finalists have the opportunity to secure up to $1M in investment from the Perplexity Fund and up to $1M in Computer credits.

5:20 PM · Apr 8, 2026 · 1.35M Views

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OpenClaw v2026.4.9 shipped with memory/dreaming upgrades, SSRF and node exec injection hardening, character-vibes QA evals, and an Android pairing overhaul​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

OpenClaw🦞@openclaw

OpenClaw 2026.4.9 🦞 🧠 Dreaming: REM backfill + diary timeline UI 🔐 SSRF + node exec injection hardening 🔬 Character-vibes QA evals 📱 Android pairing overhaul your agent now dreams about you. romantic or terrifying? yes. 🦞github.com/openclaw/openc…

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Release openclaw 2026.4.9 · openclaw/openclaw

2:50 AM · Apr 9, 2026 · 57.8K Views

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