# AI News Digest - 2026-04-25

1. OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.5, described as an agentic model able to coordinate multiple tools, and raised API pricing; reporting indicated the model topped benchmarks but continued to hallucinate.

2. Cohere took over Aleph Alpha after the German startup ousted its founder, and the Schwarz Group invested $600 million in the deal.

3. Meta bought tens of millions of AWS Graviton 5 processor cores from Amazon, making it one of the largest Graviton customers.

4. Deepseek released V4‑Pro and V4‑Flash models with up to 1.6 trillion parameters and a one‑million‑token context window and priced them significantly below competitors.

5. The Trump administration's science advisor said US agencies had found evidence of large‑scale industrial distillation campaigns copying American frontier AI models, attributed China as the primary culprit, and said the administration was moving to respond.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-unveils-gpt-5-5-claims-a-new-class-of-intelligence-at-double-the-api-price/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-unveils-gpt-5-5-claims-a-new-class-of-intelligence-at-double-the-api-price/)

[OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5, claims a "new class of intelligence" at double the API price](https://the-decoder.com/openai-unveils-gpt-5-5-claims-a-new-class-of-intelligence-at-double-the-api-price/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/cohere-takes-over-aleph-alpha-shortly-after-the-german-startup-ousted-its-original-founder/](https://the-decoder.com/cohere-takes-over-aleph-alpha-shortly-after-the-german-startup-ousted-its-original-founder/)

[Cohere takes over Aleph Alpha shortly after the German startup ousted its original founder](https://the-decoder.com/cohere-takes-over-aleph-alpha-shortly-after-the-german-startup-ousted-its-original-founder/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/meta-buys-tens-of-millions-of-aws-graviton-5-processor-cores-from-amazon/](https://the-decoder.com/meta-buys-tens-of-millions-of-aws-graviton-5-processor-cores-from-amazon/)

[Meta buys tens of millions of AWS Graviton 5 processor cores from Amazon](https://the-decoder.com/meta-buys-tens-of-millions-of-aws-graviton-5-processor-cores-from-amazon/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/as-agentic-ai-pushes-rivals-to-raise-prices-and-cap-usage-deepseek-ships-a-good-enough-model-for-almost-nothing/](https://the-decoder.com/as-agentic-ai-pushes-rivals-to-raise-prices-and-cap-usage-deepseek-ships-a-good-enough-model-for-almost-nothing/)

[As agentic AI pushes rivals to raise prices and cap usage, Deepseek ships a good-enough model for almost nothing](https://the-decoder.com/as-agentic-ai-pushes-rivals-to-raise-prices-and-cap-usage-deepseek-ships-a-good-enough-model-for-almost-nothing/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/trump-science-advisor-says-chinese-actors-are-copying-american-ai-at-massive-scale/](https://the-decoder.com/trump-science-advisor-says-chinese-actors-are-copying-american-ai-at-massive-scale/)

[Trump science advisor says Chinese actors are copying American AI at massive scale](https://the-decoder.com/trump-science-advisor-says-chinese-actors-are-copying-american-ai-at-massive-scale/)

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