OpenAI Breaks Free From Microsoft, China Blocks Meta's Manus Deal, AlphaGo Creator's $1.1B Lab

Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of April 28th, 2026. OpenAI and Microsoft rewrote their partnership — ending Microsoft's exclusivity over OpenAI's IP, removing the controversial AGI clause, and freeing OpenAI to run on any cloud including Amazon, while Microsoft locks in a revenue share through 2030 and Azure-first access through 2032. China's National Development and Reform Commission blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, the Singapore-based AI agent startup, barring foreign investment and reportedly preventing Manus executives from leaving the country during the probe — turning a Singapore company with Chinese roots into a geopolitical asset overnight. Plus, ex-DeepMind researcher David Silver launched Ineffable Intelligence with $1.1 billion in seed funding — Europe's largest ever — betting that AI trained purely through experience rather than human data is the real path to superintelligence, and a community workflow from a mom in Iowa who used Codex to build a driver's permit study app for her daughter and shared it with every parent in town.