OpenAI Raises $122B, Claude Code Source Code Leaks, Americans Are Using AI More But Trusting It Less

Today we’re covering the biggest AI stories of April 1st, 2026. OpenAI closed the largest single fundraise in venture history — $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation — with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank anchoring the round, and the company announcing plans to merge ChatGPT, Codex, and its agent tools into one unified superapp. Anthropic had its second major leak in a week, with Claude Code’s full source code accidentally published to a public registry — exposing 500,000 lines of code, unreleased features, and an internal AI terminal pet named BUDDY that nobody saw coming. Plus, a new Quinnipiac poll shows AI usage jumped 14% but job anxiety, public trust, and optimism are all moving in the opposite direction — and a community workflow from a 58-year-old self-described technophobe who used Claude to launch an entire skincare business from scratch after being made redundant.