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# AI's Growing Pains, Money Moves & Market Mayhem, The Lighter Side
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-04-08-am/
- Published: 2026-04-08T11:21:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-08T11:33:11.000Z
- Description: The AI arms race is getting expensive, messy, and legally complicated — just as regulators are trying to figure out how to tax last year's prediction market winnings. Meanwhile, someone fired shots at a datacenter opponent's house, because apparently infrastructure debates have gotten that heated.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

# Adjacent Morning Scan — April 8

The AI arms race is getting expensive, messy, and legally complicated — just as regulators are trying to figure out how to tax last year's prediction market winnings. Meanwhile, someone fired shots at a datacenter opponent's house, because apparently infrastructure debates have gotten that heated.

> **$64B** — Bill Ackman's bid for Universal Music Group, at a 77% premium to Monday's close. *(Ankler)*

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## AI's Growing Pains

### [Anthropic Unwraps Mythos, Its Most Powerful Model Yet](https://newsletter.strictlyvc.com/p/anthropic-unwraps-mythos-its-most-powerful-model-yet?ref=adjacent.media)

Too risky for public release but perfect for hunting software vulnerabilities — the new normal for cutting-edge AI. *(Strictlyvc)*

### [Anthropic's New TPU Deal, Anthropic's Computing Crunch, The Anthropic-Google Alliance](https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropics-new-tpu-deal-anthropics-computing-crunch-the-anthropic-google-alliance/?ref=adjacent.media)

When you need compute and Google has the most, partnerships write themselves. *(Stratechery)*

### [OpenAI President Greg Brockman: Doubling Down on Text Models, The Superapp Plan, Codex's Potential](https://bigtechnology.substack.com/)

Another strategic shift for the company that's supposedly going public this year — or maybe not. *(Big Technology)*

### [Meta, Anthropic & OpenAI hit by unexpected 4TB Data Breach](https://aigovernance.substack.com/)

This kind of failure doesn't come from bad luck, and the timing couldn't be worse. *(AI Governance)*

> "This kind of failure doesn't come from bad luck." — *AI Governance newsletter on the 4TB breach*

## Money Moves & Market Mayhem

### [The Music Business Has a Problem. Bill Ackman Just Pounced](https://ankler.com/?ref=adjacent.media)

Pershing Square's 77% premium bid suggests Universal Music Group has been structurally undervalued — or Ackman sees something others don't. *(Ankler)*

### [The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered "Trump Accounts"](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/business/trump-accounts-bny-robinhood.html?ref=adjacent.media)

The new children's savings accounts launch this summer, because apparently everything needs a presidential brand now. *(New York Times)*

### [The US IRS is yet to issue guidelines on whether prediction market gains should be taxed as derivatives, gambling winnings, or income](https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-knows-how-to-file-taxes-on-prediction-market-wins-and-losses/?ref=adjacent.media)

Americans flocked to prediction markets last year and now tax season is a nightmare for accountants. *(Wired)*

### [Why America Inc. should be wary of Trump's latest trade push](https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2026/why-america-inc-should-be-wary-of-trumps-latest-trade-push?ref=adjacent.media)

The proposed Board of Trade sounds nice until you realize it's another layer of bureaucracy between you and China. *(Semafor)*

## The Lighter Side

### [Shots fired – literally – over proposal to build datacenter in Indianapolis](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/indianapolis%5Fdatacenter%5Fshots%5Ffired/?ref=adjacent.media)

Datacenter protests have officially jumped the shark when city councilors need security details. *(The Register)*

### [MLB rolls out "robot umps" using Sony cameras, but it often validates human umpires](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-06/baseball-s-robo-umpires-show-the-mlb-professionals-competence?ref=adjacent.media)

Turns out professional umpires are actually pretty good at their jobs — who could have predicted that? *(Bloomberg)*