21 april 2026 · 14:40

Big tech bets billions on AI biology, Claude Mythos finds zero-days, Tim Cook exits Apple

The State of Tech — The European Edition of Tuesday 21 April 2026: AWS, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia are pouring billions into AI-driven drug discovery, fundamentally reshaping healthcare economics. Anthropic's Claude Mythos model has triggered alarm in Washington after demonstrating the ability to autonomously identify decades-old software vulnerabilities, prompting emergency meetings with US Treasury and Federal Reserve officials. Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO after fifteen years, handing the role to hardware veteran John Ternus as the company faces pressure to compete on generative AI.