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1.	Nasdaq Rule Change Would Speed Index Entry for SpaceX IPO By Theo Wayt Source: The Information

Nasdaq will change a rule for its flagship stock index to allow newly public companies to gain entry much more quickly, in a move that would help SpaceX and other companies expected to have gigantic initial public offerings this year.

In a rule change outlined Monday and effective May 1, Nasdaq-listed companies will be able to join the index after 15 days of trading, down from three months currently. Nasdaq said that industry professionals it had surveyed were “mostly supportive” of the proposal, but that some had raised concerns about whether the change would reduce price discovery for IPOs or “direct passive investment flows to  unproven or overvalued securities.” In addition to the fast entry change, Nasdaq will remove a rule requiring 10% of companies’ shares to be publicly floated.

The rule change comes as SpaceX lays the groundwork to go public as soon as June, with bankers discussing anIPO that could raise more than $75 billion at a valuation of more than $1.25 trillion, The Information has reported. The Nasdaq rule change would likely force managers of large passively managed funds that track the Nasdaq 100 to buy SpaceX shares shortly after it goes public. It could also drive up demand for shares of OpenAI and Anthropic if those companies follow through with plans to go public later this year.

2.	Microsoft Debuts New Copilot Upgrades Combining Anthropic, OpenAI Models By Aaron Holmes Source: The Information

Microsoft on Monday announced new features in its 365 Copilot software, which uses AI features from both OpenAI and Anthropic to automate work in its Office and Teams products.

One new feature, called Critique, uses OpenAI’s models to compile research on a topic, and then directs Anthropic’s models to double check that work, which Microsoft said leads to more accurate results. Another new feature called Council lets users see responses to the same query from different OpenAI and Anthropic models side by side and choose which is best.

The upgrades come as Microsoft aims to convince more businesses to pay extra to use Copilot in their existing Office 365 subscriptions. Microsoft said earlier this year that it has 15 million paying users of 365 Copilot, which costs an additional $30 per user per month on top of an Office 365 subscription. By contrast, more than 450 million Office users worldwide. Microsoft has also been racing to incorporate more features into Copilot that resemble Anthropic’s viral Claude Cowork product released earlier this year.

3.	Apple Kicks Out Vibe Coding App By Aaron Tilley Source: The Information

Last week, Apple removed vibe coding app Anything from the App Store, The Information reported Monday. Apple told the app maker that it had violated an App Store rule prohibiting apps from rewriting code that changes the functionality of the app.

The move comes in the midst of a broader crackdown by Apple on vibe coding apps in the App Store, The Information reported earlier this month. In recent months, the company has begun stopping vibe coding apps from making updates. It’s not certain why Apple decided to just remove Anything from the App Store, while allowing earlier versions of the other apps to remain in it.

4.	DeepSeek’s Chatbot Goes Dark for Over 10 Hours By Qianer Liu Source: The Information

DeepSeek’s AI chatbot suffered its longest outage since the Chinese company’s flagship model went viral early last year, with users reporting that both its website and app were down for over 10 hours from Sunday night. The service was restored Monday morning.

DeepSeek offered no public explanation. Such disruptions can stem from a range of causes, including malfunctioning servers or bugs introduced through a software update.

The timing of the outage has sparked speculation in developer communities that the downtime may be related to backend preparations for DeepSeek’s next-generation model. The global AI industry has been closely watching for a new release, but the company has given no indication of when that might happen.

5.	Alibaba’s New Multimodal AI Model is Not Open-Source By Juro Osawa Source: The Information

Alibaba Group has released the new generation of its large language model that can understand text, audio, images and video. But this time, the Chinese tech giant is releasing the model, Qwen3.5-Omni, as a proprietary model—unlike its open-source predecessor.

The fact that Alibaba decided not to open-source Qwen3.5-Omni signals a potential change in the company’s AI model strategy, which has focused heavily on open-source models in the past few years. Now, instead of allowing users to download the latest model for free, the company is focusing on generating more revenue from enterprise customers who will pay for it. Alibaba’s previous-generation Omni model released in September, Qwen3-Omni, was an open-source model.

Alibaba’s AI business is going through major changes after its top AI researcher Junyang Lin, who helped establish the company as a global leader in open-source models, left earlier this month, raising questions from Qwen users about whether Alibaba will continue to commit to its open-source strategy. Two weeks ago, Alibaba announced a major reorganization of its AI businesses by moving all of its major AI-related teams under one new division managed by CEO Eddie Wu.

Alibaba said its new Qwen3.5-Omni, which can process 10 hours of continuous audio input, will be suitable for diverse applications, including generating video captions, managing live-streaming content and powering customer service voice assistants. The company said the new model can understand input in 113 languages and dialects and generate speech content in 36 languages.