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☀️ On this day: On April 20, 1940, Vladimir Zworykin, research director at RCA, publicly demonstrated the first practical electron microscope in Philadelphia. While the electron microscope had originally been invented in 1931, the first model could only produce a magnification of 400x; RCA's model was the first to reach 100,000x, and stood 10 feet tall and weighed half a ton. Today, electron microscopes are essential to semiconductor manufacturing, vaccine development, and materials science, capable of resolving individual atoms.
What’s happening:
🌐 Google adds AI Mode to Chrome for side-by-side web browsing
🚪 OpenAI just lost three senior execs in a single day
🪪 New US bill would require age verification to use computer
🎵 Deezer says 44% of new uploads are AI tracks, mostly fraud
🔐 The NSA is using Anthropic's model despite a White House ban
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🌐 Google upgrades AI Mode in Chrome ↗️LINK
Google updated AI Mode in Chrome so clicking a search result opens websites side-by-side with your AI chat, letting you ask follow-up questions without losing your search context.
The update also lets users pull in open tabs, images, and PDFs as context for AI Mode searches, mixing multiple inputs in a single query from the new "plus" menu.
Early testers said they stopped constantly switching tabs to get help with long articles or videos, which is either a win for focus or a sign Google is quietly becoming your browser's co-pilot.
🚪 OpenAI lost three senior execs in a single day ↗️LINK
OpenAI lost ex-CPO Kevin Weil, Sora lead Bill Peebles, and enterprise apps chief Srinivas Narayanan in one day, capping a month of leadership changes as the company narrows its focus.
Weil's science division is being folded into other teams, Sora's video app was cut last month over cost, and Narayanan is leaving after three years to care for aging parents in India.
Sam Altman recently declared OpenAI "a major platform, not a scrappy startup" — losing the CPO who led its science push suggests that pivot is more than a blog post.
🪪 New US bill would require age verification to use computer ↗️LINK
A bipartisan House bill called the Parents Decide Act would require Windows, MacOS, and Linux users to submit their date of birth to set up and use an operating system, then share that data with any app requesting it.
The bill leaves key details like verification method and data protection standards to be figured out after it passes, giving a committee 180 days to sort out the parts that matter most.
Open-source Linux distros have no clear way to comply with a corporate-designed ID system, meaning the bill could effectively ban an entire category of computing to protect kids from TikTok.
🎵 Deezer says 44% of new uploads are AI tracks ↗️LINK
Deezer now receives 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day, up from 10,000 in January 2025, with AI music making up 44% of all new uploads but only 1-3% of actual streams.
Deezer detects 85% of those AI streams as fraudulent and demonetizes them, and now strips hi-res versions of AI tracks to further reduce their footprint on the platform.
An AI track topped iTunes charts in five countries last week, while 97% of surveyed listeners couldn't tell AI music from human-made, which makes the labeling debate a lot more urgent.
🔐 The NSA is using Anthropic's model ↗️LINK
The NSA is using Anthropic's new Mythos Preview model, making it one of roughly 40 organizations with access, even though Trump ordered agencies to drop Anthropic back in February over contract disputes.
Anthropic built Mythos as a general-purpose model with strong computer security capabilities, and CEO Dario Amodei met White House officials just days before this news surfaced to discuss it.
Anthropic is still suing the Pentagon in two courts over being labeled a "supply chain risk," meaning the NSA is now running software from a company the government is actively fighting in court.
Today’s Poll:
Should Congress decide what age can use a computer?
Vote and find out about the result tomorrow.
Yesterday’s Poll Result:
Do you think OpenAI will do better under a different CEO?
A) Yes, it needs focused, conflict-free leadership - 81% 🏆
B) No, Altman's vision is what got them here - 19%
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