# April 2026 may go down as the month when artificial intelligence stopped being just a growth story and became a fault line for the global tech industry.

*genai · news · 2026-05-02 · Business Today*

## Key points

- Oracle laid off over 30,000 employees globally in April 2026, including 12,000 in India.
- Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI model can detect zero-day cybersecurity vulnerabilities but has restricted access.
- India launched its first open-access quantum computing test beds in Amaravati for domestic quantum research.
- Google committed $15 billion to build a 1 GW AI data centre hub in Visakhapatnam, India.
- Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO on September 1, 2026, to be succeeded by John Ternus.

**Companies:** Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, Reliance Industries Ltd
**Countries:** India, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

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