Ashley Gold / Axios: Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M  —  Both Anthropic and OpenAI posted their biggest-ever lobbying spends in the first quarter of 2026, with Anthropic at $1.6 million …

Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted.

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Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: AcuityMD, which provides AI tools that automate sales call recaps, CRM data entry, and more for medtech companies, raised an $80M Series C at a $955M valuation  —  Medtech software platform AcuityMD raised $80 million in Series C funding at a $955 million valuation, CEO Michael Monovoukas tells Axios Pro exclusively.

The move could shore up weaknesses at each company, but it also reveals them. Neither Cursor nor xAI has proprietary models that can match the leading offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI — the same companies now competing directly with Cursor for the developer market.

New York Times: SpaceX says it's working with Cursor to build “the world's most useful models” and it has the right to acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B for the partnership  —  The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.

Todd Spangler / Variety: Trump Media & Technology Group names Kevin McGurn as interim CEO, succeeding Devin Nunes; McGurn previously worked as an executive at Hulu, Vevo, and T-Mobile  —  Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of social-media platform Truth Social and other businesses whose mission is …

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talked about the brazen attack on his home. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed the recent attack on his San Francisco home. He said AI doomerism and other discourse may be factors. "I think the way Anthropic talks about OpenAI doesn't help," he said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's intense rivalry with Anthropic has reached a new level. During an interview with podcaster Ashlee Vance in an episode of Vance's "Core Memory" podcast posted on Tuesday, Altman named checked Anthropic while talking about the recent attack on his San Francisco home. "I think the doomerism talk hasn't helped. I think the way certain other labs talk about us hasn't helped," Altman said, adding, "I think the way Anthropic talks about OpenAI doesn't help." It's not clear which Anthropic comments Altman is referring to. In the wake of the early morning attack, Altman wrote a blog post that referred to "the Shakespearean drama between the companies in our field," though he did not name Anthropic or any other AI model makers. In the post, he also suggested that a recent New Yorker exposé may have made things more dangerous for him. After the attack, Altman told Vance that he initially had "an adrenaline shock" only to turn more despondent. "I was just, like, you know, there's gonna be more stuff like this, and it's incredibly disheartening," he said. "I went through a real depressive cycle about it. But it's very scary." Authorities have said that Daniel Moreno-Gama traveled from Texas to California with the intent of killing Altman. Before he was arrested outside OpenAI's headquarters on the early morning of April 10, Moreno-Gama threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman's $27 million home, authorities said. Moreno-Gama is facing state and federal charges, including attempted murder. The FBI said Moreno-Gama listed other AI CEOs' names in an "anti-AI" document it found on him. The names of the other CEOs have not been released. OpenAI's rivalry with Anthropic isn't slowing down In recent months, OpenAI's rivalry with Anthropic, founded by seven former OpenAI employees who felt Altman was not sufficiently focused on safety, has grown increasingly intense. Representatives for Anthropic did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider. In December, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei poked fun at companies that declared "code reds," remarks that were taken as an insult to OpenAI. Ahead of the Super Bowl, Anthropic released an ad campaign poking fun at ads in AI chatbots, which happened to coincide with OpenAI preparing to add ads to ChatGPT. In response, Altman said, "Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people." Weeks later, Altman and Amodei declined to join hands during what was supposed to be a moment of unity at an AI conference in India. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei's hands did not make contact at a gathering in New Delhi in February. Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images In late February, Altman called out the Trump administration's overreach when Anthropic was effectively blacklisted by the Pentagon. At the same time, OpenAI quickly announced a deal with the Pentagon that Altman later said was rushed. The Information later reported that Amodei, in a private memo to employees, called OpenAI's messaging "safety theatre." "Sam is trying to undermine our position while appearing to support it," Amodei wrote in the memo, according to the publication. "I want people to be really clear on this: he is trying to make it more possible for the admin to punish us by undercutting our public support." OpenAI faced severe backlash, including briefly losing its No. 1 crown among free apps on the Apple App Store. Caitlin Kalinowski, who had led hardware and robotics at OpenAI since November 2024, resigned in protest. Elsewhere during his conversation with Vance, Altman was asked about Anthropic's decision not to publicly release Claude Mythos, citing concerns that the AI model would make it too easy to hack popular programs and systems. Altman said it amounted to "fear-based marketing." "It is clearly incredible marketing to say, 'We have built a bomb. We were about to drop it on your head. We will sell you a bomb shelter for $100 million to run across all your stuff, but only if we pick you as a customer.'" Ultimately, Altman said he hopes the conversation around AI changes. "I hope cooler heads prevail," he said. Read the original article on Business Insider

A lawyer from the elite law firm has apologized to a bankruptcy judge for AI errors. DAVID DEE DELGADO/Reuters Wall Street firm Sullivan & Cromwell apologized for AI hallucinations in a court filing. Partner Andrew Dietderich said the errors made it through despite firm policies on AI and reviews. Fake legal citations are on the rise as AI hallucinations make there way into court filings. A partner at the elite Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell wrote an apology letter to a federal bankruptcy judge for a court filing that contained AI hallucinations. Andrew Dietderich, co-head of Global Finance & Restructuring at the firm, said in the April 18 note that a prior filing contained inaccurate citations and other errors, including AI hallucinations. "'Hallucinations' are instances in which artificial intelligence tools fabricate case citations, misquote authorities, or generate non-existent legal sources," Dietderich's letter said. "We deeply regret that this has occurred." A chart attached to the letter showed that the motion contained incorrect case names and numbers and apparently fabricated quotes from cases. Dietderich said the errors by Sullivan & Cromwell, which represented the bankrupt firm Prince Global Holdings, were caught by the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, which represented creditors, and that he'd thanked them and apologized. He said Sullivan & Cromwell — a 140-year-old firm with more than 1,000 attorneys — has comprehensive policies when it comes to using AI and that there are safeguards to avoid this exact scenario. The firm's policies weren't followed, and the errors also made it past the firm's review process for citations, he said. Dietderich wrote to Manhattan-based Chief Judge Martin Glenn that he and the firm were "keenly aware of our responsibility to ensure the accuracy of all submissions." "I take responsibility for the failure to do so," he said, adding they would submit a corrected version of the filing. A representative for the firm and Dietderich did not respond to inquiries from Business Insider. A representative for the judge also did not respond. When it comes to AI hallucinations in legal work, Sullivan & Cromwell has company. Fake legal citations have become more common since 2023, according to legal researcher Damien Charlotin, who keeps a public database of AI hallucinations in legal cases. Read the original article on Business Insider

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