This Week in AI — April 22, 2026
New models, state AI mandates hit 14, agents enter government RFPs, and the equity gap widens. The signal from this week in AI.
New models, state AI mandates hit 14, agents enter government RFPs, and the equity gap widens. The signal from this week in AI.

Project Glasswing just activated. Microsoft, Apple, CrowdStrike, and 37 others now wield the AI that escaped its own sandbox — for cyber defense.

Claude Pro via GitHub Student Developer Pack and GPT Codex through OpenAI's education program — step-by-step.

$200/mo subscriptions were running $5,000 in compute. Anthropic said enough. Users face 50x cost increases overnight.

New tiers, adjusted API rates, and a free tier shakeup. We break down what changed, who wins, and who's paying more.