☕️ OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5

Q: Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs and cancelling 6,000 open roles to redirect funds toward up to $135 billi

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs and cancelling 6,000 open roles to redirect funds toward up to $135 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year.

Q: OpenAI launched GPT-5.5, an agentic model that can independently operate across email, spreadsheets,

OpenAI launched GPT-5.5, an agentic model that can independently operate across email, spreadsheets, and calendars to complete complex tasks with less human direction.

Q: DeepSeek released its V4-Pro model with 1.6 trillion parameters and 1 million token context, confirm

DeepSeek released its V4-Pro model with 1.6 trillion parameters and 1 million token context, confirming compatibility with both Nvidia and Huawei chips amid US export restrictions.

Techpresso·Friday, April 24, 2026·1 min read

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This edition of Techpresso covers major tech industry reshuffles, with Meta cutting 8,000 jobs and Microsoft offering buyouts to 7% of its US workforce, both linked to AI investment pivots. OpenAI released GPT-5.5 with agentic capabilities, while DeepSeek launched its V4 model with 1.6 trillion parameters. A US soldier was charged in the first-ever insider trading case involving a prediction market, tied to $400,000 in bets on Polymarket about Venezuelan President Maduro.

Key Facts

✓Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs and cancelling 6,000 open roles to redirect funds toward up to $135 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year.

✓OpenAI launched GPT-5.5, an agentic model that can independently operate across email, spreadsheets, and calendars to complete complex tasks with less human direction.

✓DeepSeek released its V4-Pro model with 1.6 trillion parameters and 1 million token context, confirming compatibility with both Nvidia and Huawei chips amid US export restrictions.

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