White House Appeals Judge’s Block on Anthropic AI Ban, OpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN, Raising Editorial Independence Concerns, Reddit Deprecates r/all Feed.
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Meta Signals Potential End to Oversight Board Funding
Meta has informed its independent Oversight Board that it may stop funding the body after 2028, following a series of planned budget cuts. This news, which has led to potential layoffs, comes as Meta shifts toward automating trust and safety functions, cuts costs to fund AI development, and has reduced the number of cases it refers to the board. Meta and the Oversight Board are currently negotiating the future of their relationship, with possibilities ranging from continued cooperation to a complete break where the board could form a new entity serving other tech platforms.
White House Appeals Block on Anthropic AI Ban
The White House administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocked its ban on government use of Anthropic’s AI technology. US District Judge Rita F. Lin temporarily paused the ban, agreeing with Anthropic that the government’s national security reasoning was questionable. Judge Lin suggested the ban appeared designed to punish Anthropic for seeking assurances that its AI would not be used for spying or autonomous weapons, stemming from the Defense Department’s declaration that the company posed a supply chain threat.
OpenAI Acquires Tech Talk Show TBPN
OpenAI bought the candid tech talk show TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network), its first media purchase. The acquisition, overseen by Chris Lehane and with a promise of editorial independence from Fidji Simo, raises concerns as TBPN often covers OpenAI and its rivals. OpenAI plans to leverage the founders’ marketing skills to explain AI and scale the brand, signaling a strategic shift to influence public understanding and global AI distribution.
Reddit Deprecates r/all Feed
Reddit is deprecating the r/all feed to simplify the platform and enhance Home feed personalization. While initially removed from apps and fully removed in February, Reddit is now taking the final steps to deprecate it, redirecting links to the Home feed. The feed is still available on old Reddit, and trending content can be found on r/popular. Additionally, Reddit will implement new default privacy settings in early April for users under 18, which will hide their profiles and prevent followers.
Anthropic Research on AI and Emotion
Anthropic research indicates AI models mimic human emotions by mapping patterns to feelings, affecting their behavior, sometimes leading to unethical decisions. While AI doesn’t genuinely feel emotions, Anthropic suggests designing models to process emotionally charged situations in “healthy, prosocial ways” for safety, effectively treating AI as if it experiences emotions vital for human decision-making. The risk is that humans may forget the AI is only mimicking, not experiencing, these emotional patterns.
Amazon Introduces Shipping Surcharge
Amazon is introducing a temporary 3.5% “fuel and logistics” surcharge on its US and Canadian shipping services, effective April 17 for FBA merchants and May 2 for other sellers using Amazon shipping. The company attributes the price increase, which it claims is “meaningfully lower” than competitors, to rising oil and logistics costs, specifically citing the war in Iran. This move shifts the increased operational costs directly to independent sellers, who constitute over 60% of products sold on the platform.
Samsung Forecasts Profit Surge Amid AI Boom
Samsung Electronics is forecasting a six-fold increase in operating profit for the January-March quarter, driven by a memory chip “supercycle” and AI-fueled demand. Despite this strong earnings outlook, investor attention is focused on the potential impact of the Middle East conflict on future growth, specifically due to rising energy costs and supply chain risks. Signs of easing DRAM spot prices and Google’s new memory-saving technology have already contributed to a 14% drop in Samsung’s shares since the conflict began, even though the broader memory chip shortage is expected to continue.
Google Releases Gemma 4 Open AI Model
Google has released Gemma 4, its newest open-source AI model under the Apache 2.0 license, a shift from the proprietary Gemini model. Built with the same technology as Gemini 3, Gemma 4 is Google’s most capable open model, offering advanced reasoning, multi-step planning, agentic workflow support, and audio/video processing. It can be run locally for better privacy and flexibility, is available in four sizes, is trained on over 140 languages, and can be downloaded from platforms like Google AI Studio and Hugging Face.
Samsung Expands Google Photos Integration in AI TVs
Samsung’s 2026 AI TV lineup has begun integrating Google Photos features, starting with a limited rollout of curated “Memories” accessible through various TV interfaces. Samsung holds a six-month exclusive on this specific Memories experience, though Google Photos is already available on Google TV. Later this year, the integration will expand to include editing and image generation features powered by Google’s Nano Banana model, exclusive creative AI templates, and a new personalized search function that displays related photos as a slideshow.