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TechCrunch · THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026

OpenAI's Codex now controls your desktop, positioned directly against Anthropic

Two companies are competing to determine which one gets to be inside your computer. No one was surprised. This is the problem.
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AI hardware expansion will significantly accelerate the existing global e-waste emergency
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OpenAI continues asking questions it has already answered
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The 'AI is inevitable' framing forecloses choices that have not yet been made
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Every existing software vulnerability now functions as an AI-exploitable vulnerability as well
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Mozilla launches Thunderbolt to sell enterprise AI access from multiple providers through one interface
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Anthropic's vulnerability-hunting AI has found an unaudited number of vulnerabilities
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