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Midweek Fellows, this is what we have. Many companies are eyeing a potential Google breakup, hoping to acquire any businesses that may go up for sale. Independent investors also want in on the AI boom—even if that means backing tools that help users cheat. Meanwhile, Anthropic is focused on the next frontier: managing fully autonomous AI employees. Let’s dive in.

• OpenAI Wants to Buy Chrome.

• 🧰 AI Tools - Investment.

• Investors Pour Millions into Controversial AI Cheating App.

• 🧠 Learning Corner - AI For Educators and Professionals.

• Anthropic wants fully AI Employees.

• 📰 News and Trends.

OpenAI Wants to Buy Chrome.

OpenAI said it would consider buying Chrome if Google were forced to sell it as part of the DOJ’s antitrust case. At trial, OpenAI testified that Google blocked its request to use search tech for ChatGPT. The DOJ argues that Google’s search monopoly could give it an unfair edge in AI while pushing for stronger remedies like banning pay-for-default deals.

The landscape is changing quite rapidly. Google’s AI Overviews are quietly draining clicks from top sites, new data shows. As tech giants face antitrust pressure, AI innovation may accelerate—but so could privacy risks. If OpenAI gains access to browsing data, how that data is used becomes a key concern. The DOJ’s push to force Google to share search data could reshape the AI landscape by giving more companies access to critical training data. This signals a major shift in digital power as regulation begins to shape the future of AI.

🧠 Learning Corner.

AI For Educators and Professionals.

• IBM SkillsBuild - Offers over 1,000 free courses, including AI fundamentals and ethics, with digital credentials.​

• Microsoft Learn AI Hub - Provides role-based learning paths for developers, IT pros, and business leaders.​

• Career Essentials in Generative AI (LinkedIn Learning) - A 5-hour course introducing generative AI concepts and tools.​

Investors Pour Millions into Controversial AI Cheating App.

A suspended Columbia student, Chungin “Roy” Lee, raised $5.3M for his AI startup Cluely, which helps users "cheat" on job interviews, exams, and sales calls using a hidden browser tool. The tool, originally called Interview Coder, helped Lee land an Amazon internship and now claims $3M+ in ARR. Both Lee and co-founder Neel Shanmugam dropped out of Columbia amid disciplinary action. The startup is drawing Black Mirror-like criticism for promoting AI-assisted deception. You never know where your money is going to come from.

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📰 AI News and Trends

• xAI’s Grok now supports real-time vision on iOS, letting users ask questions about what their phone camera sees.

• New Huawei AI Chip Ships to Chinese Customers as Soon as May.

• AI Startup Mechanize Aims for Automation of All Work.

• This AI Founder Has Unseated Taylor Swift As The World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire.

• These analysts are using AI to psychologically profile elite players.

• Robots are cleaning houses and doing great at it.

🌐 Other Tech news

• Instagram launches Edits app for video, rivaling TikTok.

• The European Union fined Apple €500 million ($570 million) and Meta €200 million ($230 million) for breaching competition rules by directing consumers away from competitors to its app store, and for requiring EU users to pay to access ad-free versions of its products, respectively.

• The first signs of a US “brain drain” are showing up. American scientists submitted 32% more applications for overseas jobs in Q1 2025 than in the same period last year.

• Sam Altman is stepping down as chair of the board of directors of Oklo, a nuclear fission startup he has backed.

• Meta debuted a new video editing tool, Edits, to compete with TikTok’s CapCut.

• Intel Plans to Cut More Than 20% of Staff.

Google to pay the Max to have Gemini on all Samsung Phones.

Google is paying Samsung a large monthly sum and sharing ad revenue to make Gemini the default AI assistant on Galaxy S25 phones. This deal, revealed during Google’s antitrust trial, started in January and runs for two years. The DOJ argues such deals help maintain Google’s monopoly and wants stricter penalties, possibly banning default placements, forcing a Chrome sale as stated above, and requiring Google to license its search data.

🧰 AI Tools

Investments.

• Zen Ratings (WallStreetZen) - Evaluates nearly 4,600 stocks using 115 factors, including an AI component that identifies high-potential stocks. Best for Retail investors seeking data-backed stock recommendations.

• Trade Ideas (HOLLY AI) - Offers real-time trade signals and backtesting through its AI system, HOLLY. Best for active traders looking for AI-driven trading strategies.

• FinChat - An AI-powered investment research platform that generates equities research, charts, and presentations through natural language queries. Used by firms like VanEck to enhance ETF business operations.

• Magnifi - Provides personalized investment recommendations and portfolio analysis using AI. Best for Individuals looking for a user-friendly AI investment assistant.

• AlphaQuant AI -Utilizes deep learning to predict stock performance with over 85% accuracy. Best for Investors seeking advanced predictive analytics.

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Anthropic wants fully AI Employees.

Anthropic warns that fully autonomous AI “virtual employees” could start appearing in companies within a year. These AI agents would have their roles, memories, accounts, and passwords, raising major cybersecurity concerns. Companies will need to rethink how they manage access, monitor AI behavior, and assign responsibility for their actions. Anthropic is focusing on testing its Claude models for resilience and minimizing misuse risks. The rise of these AI workers could drive major investment in security tools that track and control non-human identities on corporate networks.