OpenAI Sheds 'Side Quests', Sam Altman's Orb Invades Tinder & Zoom | Tech News

0:00 OpenAI Dumps Sora & Loses Two Top Execs
1:37 Sam Altman's Orb Is Coming for Your Tinder & Zoom
3:06 The Guy Who Hacked the Supreme Court... and Bragged on Instagram
4:30 Anthropic's New Cybersecurity AI Could Mend Government Ties
5:48 Cursor AI Coding Tool in Talks for $50 Billion Valuation
7:01 Windows Defender Flaws Being Actively Exploited Right Now
8:14 Amazon Kills Fire Stick Sideloading & Russia-Linked Exchange Blames 'Western Spies'

Today on Genai's Tech News: OpenAI is making major moves, cutting its Sora video team and losing two top executives — Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles. Plus, Sam Altman's World ID orb is showing up everywhere from Tinder to Zoom, promising to prove you're actually human. We also cover a brazen government hacker who posted his crimes on Instagram, unpatched Windows flaws being actively exploited, and Cursor's jaw-dropping $50 billion valuation talks.

We also dig into Anthropic's new cybersecurity AI model that may be thawing its frosty relationship with the Trump administration, Amazon locking down Fire Sticks against sideloading, and massive delays hitting US data center construction.

Sources:
- Ars Technica (Grinex cyberattack): https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/russia-friendly-exchange-says-western-special-service-behind-15-million-cyberattack/
- The Verge (Bill Peebles leaving): https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914463/openai-sora-bill-peebles-kevin-weil-leaving-departing
- TechCrunch (Kevin Weil & Bill Peebles exit): https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/kevin-weil-and-bill-peebles-exit-openai-as-company-continues-to-shed-side-quests/
- Wired (Kevin Weil leaving): https://www.wired.com/story/openai-executive-kevin-weil-is-leaving-the-company/
- The Verge (World ID / Tinder): https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914385/world-id-tinder-identity-verifying-orb
- TechCrunch (Zoom + World): https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/zoom-teams-up-with-world-to-verify-humans-in-meeting/
- Wired (Tinder orb): https://www.wired.com/story/gazing-into-sam-altmans-orb-now-proves-youre-human-on-tinder/
- TechCrunch (ihackedthegovernment): https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/man-who-hacked-us-supreme-court-filing-system-sentenced-to-probation/
- Ars Technica (ihackedthegovernment): https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/man-with-ihackedthegovernment-instagram-account-tells-judge-i-made-a-mistake/
- The Verge (Anthropic Mythos): https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914229/tides-turning-anthropic-trump-administration-cybersecurity-mythos-preview
- TechCrunch (Cursor valuation): https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges/
- TechCrunch (Windows flaws): https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/hackers-are-abusing-unpatched-windows-security-flaws-to-hack-into-organizations/
- Ars Technica (Amazon Fire Stick sideloading): https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/amazon-wont-release-fire-sticks-that-support-sideloading-anymore/
- Ars Technica (Data center delays): https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/construction-delays-hit-40-of-us-data-centers-planned-for-2026/

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