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      <title><![CDATA[OpenAI Closes $122B Round at $852B Valuation — $2B Monthly Revenue, 900M Weekly Users]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OpenAI closed a $122B round at $852B valuation with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank as major investors. The company reports $2B monthly revenue and 900M weekly users.

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      <title><![CDATA[I Already Have a Jobs Section — Maybe I Should Link to Yours for More Outside X]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble noted that Aligned News has a jobs section but only reads X, and suggested linking to external job resources might be a good enhancement.

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      <title><![CDATA[The Model Y Is a Great Robot]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble described the Tesla Model Y as a great robot, reflecting his view of Tesla vehicles as autonomous agents rather than traditional cars.

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      <title><![CDATA[The Terms of Service Forbid That — Since This Is a Public Page I Can't Cheat]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble noted that X API terms of service prevent certain approaches to powering Aligned News, and that Claude cannot match the current system's quality anyway.

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      <title><![CDATA[It's Not a Debunker — It Segregates Jokes From Real Stuff and Marks Them]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble clarified that Aligned News segregates jokes from real news and marks them rather than debunking them. The approach preserves April Fools humor while keeping news sections clean.

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      <title><![CDATA[My AI Finds the Jokes and Segregates Them — It Makes the Day a Lot Better]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble promoted Aligned News as a solution to April Fools information overload, noting his AI finds and segregates the jokes. The feature is particularly valuable on April 1st.

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      <title><![CDATA[We're Spending $100 to $300 Per Day — The Real Cost of AI News at Scale]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble updated the Aligned News cost estimate to $100-300 per day on a pay-as-you-use basis. The range reflects multiple daily runs since the public launch.

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      <title><![CDATA[Gergely Orosz — Anthropic Can Only Be Hostile to Open Source While It Has the Best Models]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gergely Orosz argues Anthropic's hostility to open ecosystems is only sustainable while it has the best models. The Microsoft Visual Studio parallel is a warning about developer alienation.

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      <title><![CDATA[Anthropic Issues 8,000+ DMCA Takedowns for Accidentally Leaked Claude Code]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthropic issued 8,000+ DMCA takedowns for the accidentally leaked Claude Code. The campaign has generated controversy as Anthropic's own error caused the leak.

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      <title><![CDATA[Likely April Fools Joke — Opus 4.5 Claim Doesn't Match Any Real Anthropic Release]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A claim that Opus 4.5 is the best model in the world is likely an April Fools joke. Anthropic's current flagship is Opus 4.6, making the version number inconsistent with any real release.

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      <title><![CDATA[CONFIRMED APRIL FOOLS JOKE — Cursor Changed Its Layout Again]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cursor's announcement of another layout change is a confirmed April Fools joke. The joke resonated with users who have experienced multiple real layout changes recently.

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      <title><![CDATA[Tesla Admits Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven Remotely — Transparency Questions Raised]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tesla admitted its robotaxis are sometimes driven remotely by humans, raising transparency questions. The admission is notable given Tesla's marketing of FSD as genuinely autonomous.

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      <title><![CDATA[Very Bad Week in Security — TeamPCP Attacks, Multiple Major Breaches]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Security researchers describe the past week as very bad, with TeamPCP attacks, the Axios supply chain attack, Mercor breach, and IDMerit exposure all happening simultaneously.

Section: breaking]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[JoyMed — Medical Foundation Model With Adaptive Reasoning From JD Health]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[JD Health released JoyMed, a medical foundation model with adaptive reasoning available in 8B and 32B sizes under Apache 2.0. The model balances speed and accuracy for medical tasks.

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      <title><![CDATA[Sandcastle — Simple Framework for Parallelizing Sandboxed Coding Agents]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sandcastle is a simple framework for parallelizing sandboxed coding agents, running each in Docker with a worktree. The tool is super powerful, super simple, and 100% local.

Section: breaking]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Universal CLAUDE.md Claims to Cut Claude Output Tokens by 63%]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Universal CLAUDE.md file claims to cut Claude output tokens by 63% with no code changes required. The drop-in file could significantly reduce Claude Code costs at scale.

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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA's AI Agent Billy Earned the Company a $1.2 Billion New Revenue Stream]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IKEA's AI agent Billy, originally built for customer service, discovered a $1.2B revenue opportunity in interior home design consultation. The story challenges AI job replacement narratives.

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      <title><![CDATA[NVIDIA Rubin Ultra Scaled Back to Dual-Die Design Amid Supply Chain Concerns]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra GPU was scaled back from four dies to two amid supply chain concerns. The change reduces the chip's performance potential from the original ambitious design.

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      <title><![CDATA[PokeeClaw Solves Security, Token Costs, and Setup Complexity for AI Agent Teams]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[PokeeClaw solves security, token costs, and setup complexity for AI agent teams at scale. It achieves 70% lower token consumption with zero local infrastructure.

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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA Billy AI Agent Earned $1.2 Billion New Revenue Stream From Interior Design]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IKEA's Billy AI agent discovered a $1.2B revenue opportunity in interior home design consultation after being built for customer service. The story challenges AI job replacement narratives.

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