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AI News Digest - 2026-04-21

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Google built an elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic and planned nearly two million new AI chips, entering talks with Marvell for custom designs for its data centers.

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OpenAI added a Chronicle feature to Codex that tracked users' on-screen activity to remember their work context for future tasks, and the feature amplified familiar security risks.

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Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.6 as an open-weight model designed to match GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on coding benchmarks and to run up to 300 agents in parallel.

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Adobe unveiled a new enterprise agent platform to counter AI-native competitors while the company sought a new chief executive.

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Chinese tech workers were being instructed by employers to train AI agents to replicate colleagues, a trend that went viral via the Colleague Skill project and provoked worker pushback and the creation of anti-distillation tools.

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https://the-decoder.com/google-builds-elite-team-to-close-the-coding-gap-with-anthropic/ https://the-decoder.com/google-plans-nearly-two-million-new-ai-chips-as-it-turns-to-marvell-for-custom-designs/

Google plans nearly two million new AI chips as it turns to Marvell for custom designs

Google is in talks with chip designer Marvell Technology to develop two new specialized chips for its data centers, according to The Information, citing two sources.

the-decoder.com

Google builds elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic

Google is doubling down on AI coding and betting on models that can eventually improve themselves. Sergey Brin is once again leading the charge to keep Google's AI competitive.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-now-watches-your-screen-to-remember-what-youre-working-on/

OpenAI's Codex now watches your screen to remember what you're working on

OpenAI is giving Codex a memory of what's on screen. The new Chronicle feature tracks what users are working on and remembers it for future tasks, but it also amplifies familiar security risks.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/open-weight-kimi-k2-6-takes-on-gpt-5-4-and-claude-opus-4-6-with-agent-swarms/

Open-weight Kimi K2.6 takes on GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 with agent swarms

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.6 as an open-weight model. It's built to match GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on coding benchmarks, and it can run up to 300 agents in parallel.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/adobe-fights-ai-disruption-of-its-own-business-model-with-new-enterprise-agent-platform/

Adobe fights AI disruption of its own business model with new enterprise agent platform

The software giant is responding to growing pressure from AI-native competitors with a new enterprise agent platform. At the same time, the company is looking for its next chief executive.

the-decoder.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1136149/chinese-tech-workers-ai-colleagues/

Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles–and pushing back

A viral GitHub project that claims to clone coworkers into a reusable AI skill is forcing Chinese tech workers to confront deeper fears.

technologyreview.com

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