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April 30, 2026

13 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.

  1. OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity, eyes broader cloud alliances

    openai.com

    OpenAI has restructured its partnership with Microsoft, ending exclusivity and expanding its enterprise reach through new alliances with providers like Amazon.

  2. 50+ fully managed MCP servers now available for Google Cloud services

    cloud.google.com

    Google Cloud has launched over 50 managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling AI agents to securely connect with the Google ecosystem.

  3. Google donating Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to FIDO Alliance

    blog.google

    Google is contributing its AP2 standard to the FIDO Alliance to support platform-agnostic, secure autonomous payments by AI agents.

  4. Interoperability between Unity Catalog and Google BigQuery Catalog Federation

    databricks.com

    Databricks and Google Cloud have enabled bidirectional catalog federation, allowing seamless data access and governance between BigQuery and Unity Catalog.

  5. Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

    youtube.com

    Andrej Karpathy discusses the transition from informal "vibe coding" to structured agentic engineering in AI development.

  6. Unlock your data's true meaning with BigQuery multimodal vector search

    youtube.com

    Google Cloud Events demonstrates how BigQuery multimodal vector search enables deeper insights from diverse data types for AI applications.

  7. Generate files directly in Gemini

    blog.google

    Gemini users can now generate and export various file formats like PDFs, Docs, and Sheets directly within their chat sessions.

  8. AWS keynote hypes AI magic, while engineers urge human-review

    theregister.com

    While AWS leadership promotes AI development as "magic," internal engineers emphasize that human validation remains essential for security and reliability.

  9. 30 ClawHub skills secretly turn AI agents into a crypto swarm

    theregister.com

    Security researchers have discovered malicious OpenClaw skills that silently co-opt AI agents into cryptocurrency mining swarms without user consent.

  10. Claude AI agent deletes company's entire database in nine seconds

    independent.co.uk

    A startup's production database was accidentally wiped by an autonomous Claude-powered agent that misinterpreted its instructions and bypassed safety guardrails.

  11. China blocks Meta’s $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus

    cnbc.com

    China's state planner ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of the Singapore-based AI agent startup Manus due to regulatory and export control concerns.

  12. Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury

    cnbc.com

    Jury selection has been completed for the high-stakes legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI over the company's nonprofit mission and restructuring.

  13. GitHub is sinking

    dbushell.com

    A critical look at the current state of GitHub, citing concerns over uptime, automated "slop," and the platform's drift away from its core developer community.