Good morning. It’s Friday, April 24. Today we are covering:
DeepSeek V4: China’s AI lab releases its long-awaited new model, claiming world-class reasoning and frontier-level performance
Meta layoffs: Zuckerberg announces 8,000 job cuts, 10% of the company, to fund a massive AI push
Microsoft buyout: the company’s first-ever voluntary retirement program targets up to 7% of its US workforce
