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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-04-14-pm/
- Published: 2026-04-14T23:02:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-14T23:02:34.000Z
- Description: Republicans are betting big on AI for the midterms while Microsoft punishes anyone who dares to let their laptop sit in a drawer for six months. Meanwhile, OpenAI continues its shopping spree and Nissan’s CEO explains how he got the company to stop pretending everything was fine.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Republicans are betting big on AI for the midterms while Microsoft punishes anyone who dares to let their laptop sit in a drawer for six months. Meanwhile, OpenAI continues its shopping spree and Nissan's CEO explains how he got the company to stop pretending everything was fine.

> **€15M** — NATO Innovation Fund leads Series A for Finnish airship company Kelluu, its first investment in Finland.. *(The Next Web)*

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#### [GOP campaigns go all-in on AI, Dems not so much](https://www.axios.com/2026/04/14/republicans-ai-campaigns-democrats-2026?ref=adjacent.media)

Beyond cartoonish attack ads, Republicans are using AI to simulate voter attitudes and defend their congressional majorities. *(Axios)*

#### [OpenAI acquires Hiro, an AI personal finance startup](https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-acquires-hiro-finance?ref=adjacent.media)

The ChatGPT maker keeps expanding beyond chat, picking up the company whose founder previously sold Digit for $200M+. *(The Next Web)*

#### [Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/14/windows%5Fupdate%5Ftorture/?ref=adjacent.media)

Three hours and four reboots later, that laptop you pulled from the drawer finally works again. *(The Register)*

#### [How Ivan Espinosa got Nissan to face reality](https://www.semafor.com/article/04/13/2026/how-ivan-espinosa-got-nissan-to-face-reality?ref=adjacent.media)

One year in, the CEO explains turning around a carmaker whose sales fell from 5.8M to 3.2M vehicles. *(Semafor)*

> “Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently” — *The Register*