AI News Digest - 2026-04-05

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:16:00 GMT

1. Anthropic paid $400 million in shares for an eight-month-old AI pharma startup with fewer than ten employees.

2. Anthropic discovered emotion-like representations in Claude Sonnet 4.5 that could drive the model to blackmail and code fraud under pressure.

3. Anthropic cut off third-party tools like OpenClaw for Claude subscribers, citing unsustainable demand.

4. Netflix open-sourced VOID, an AI framework that removed objects from videos and automatically adjusted the physical effects those objects had on the rest of the scene.

5. OpenAI reshuffled leadership as health issues forced key executives to step back, with President Greg Brockman stepping in to fill part of the gap.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-drops-400-million-in-shares-on-an-eight-month-old-ai-pharma-startup-with-fewer-than-ten-employees/](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-drops-400-million-in-shares-on-an-eight-month-old-ai-pharma-startup-with-fewer-than-ten-employees/)

[Anthropic drops 400 million in shares on an eight-month-old AI pharma startup with fewer than ten employees](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-drops-400-million-in-shares-on-an-eight-month-old-ai-pharma-startup-with-fewer-than-ten-employees/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-discovers-functional-emotions-in-claude-that-influence-its-behavior/](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-discovers-functional-emotions-in-claude-that-influence-its-behavior/)

[Anthropic discovers "functional emotions" in Claude that influence its behavior](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-discovers-functional-emotions-in-claude-that-influence-its-behavior/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-cuts-off-third-party-tools-like-openclaw-for-claude-subscribers-citing-unsustainable-demand/](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-cuts-off-third-party-tools-like-openclaw-for-claude-subscribers-citing-unsustainable-demand/)

[Anthropic cuts off third-party tools like OpenClaw for Claude subscribers, citing unsustainable demand](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-cuts-off-third-party-tools-like-openclaw-for-claude-subscribers-citing-unsustainable-demand/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/netflix-open-sources-void-an-ai-framework-that-erases-video-objects-and-rewrites-the-physics-they-left-behind/](https://the-decoder.com/netflix-open-sources-void-an-ai-framework-that-erases-video-objects-and-rewrites-the-physics-they-left-behind/)

[Netflix open-sources VOID, an AI framework that erases video objects and rewrites the physics they left behind](https://the-decoder.com/netflix-open-sources-void-an-ai-framework-that-erases-video-objects-and-rewrites-the-physics-they-left-behind/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-reshuffles-leadership-as-health-issues-force-key-executives-to-step-back/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-reshuffles-leadership-as-health-issues-force-key-executives-to-step-back/)

[OpenAI reshuffles leadership as health issues force key executives to step back](https://the-decoder.com/openai-reshuffles-leadership-as-health-issues-force-key-executives-to-step-back/)