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This Week in… Artificial Intelligence: 4/20/26

Forbes releases its list of top artificial intelligence companies. Not surprisingly, atop the funding category you’ll find OpenAI ($182.6 billion), Anthropic ($60 billion), and Databricks ($20 billion). In a challenge to Figma, Anthropic launches Claude Design, which converts conversational prompts into prototypes, designs, slideshows and marketing materials. The new AI tool arrives after Anthropic decided its frontier model Claude Mythos Preview was too risky to release to the public, a signal that deployments are becoming more security-driven. These are some of the headlines that caught our attention.

Forbes 2026 AI 50 List: Top Artificial Intelligence Companies
Forbes

White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting Amid Fears Over Mythos Model
BBC

Anthropic’s Mythos Moment: How Frontier AI Is Redefining Cybersecurity
World Economic Forum

Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs
Anthropic

Anthropic Launches Claude Design, a New Product for Creating Quick Visuals
TechCrunch

Anthropic Just Launched Claude Design, an AI Tool That Turns Prompts into Prototypes and Challenges Figma
VentureBeat

Alex Bores Rolls Out ‘AI Dividend’ Plan to Share AI Wealth
Axios

Tech CEOs Think AI Will Let Them Be Everywhere at Once
Wired

Who Is Liable When Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes?
Financial Times

UNESCO Launches the Observatory on Artificial Intelligence in Education for Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCO

My Boss Is Addled by ChatGPT. Do I Have to Play Along?
The New York Times

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