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Microsoft enables 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' in VS Code by default, sparking developer backlash; Kimi K2.6 and MiMo V2-Pro beat Western models in AI coding contest; California DMV announces first-in-nation rules to ticket autonomous vehicles; AI hiring tools show 67–82% self-preference bias against human resumes.
OpenAI's o1 model diagnoses 67% of ER cases vs 50-55% by human doctors in Harvard trial; SAG-AFTRA secures new AI guardrails in studio deal; Academy Awards bars AI from acting categories; AI-generated podcasts flood platforms at 39% of new feeds.
Moonshot AI's open-weights model dominates AI Coding Contest; Uber blows through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months on Claude Code and Cursor; Anthropic rolls out Claude Security for enterprise codebase scanning. Plus: Spotify adds human artist verification, California to ticket driverless cars, OpenAI adds passkey support for high-risk users.
A Cambridge startup's robot claw can now screw in a light bulb — naturally. Plus: Musk v. OpenAI reveals Nvidia supercomputer giveaway and Gabe Newell emails, US government drops Anthropic from classified AI contracts, and a new 24B-parameter open model fits in 32GB RAM.
Jared Birchall contradicts Musk on stand; Uber's CTO confirms entire 2026 AI budget consumed by Claude Code and Cursor in just four months. Plus: Spotify verifies human artists, the Academy bars AI from Oscar contention, Anthropic launches enterprise code security.
AI digest covering 2026-04-30 06:00 to 2026-05-01 18:00
