Three new things happened in the AI world today, all within the past 24 hours. 1) OpenAI's latest funding round pushed its valuation to about $862 billion. The funding war among top companies is still accelerating. 2) Cognichip announced on April 1st that it secured $60 million, aiming to use specialized models for chip design. AI is now starting to create the foundational tools for AI itself. 3) On the same day, Anthropic accidentally wiped out a large number of GitHub repositories while cleaning up leaked code, bringing engineering governance issues back into the spotlight. My take: Going forward, AI competition won't just be about model capabilities but also about funding, chips, and execution details. For everyday users, the most immediate changes in the short term will be faster and cheaper tools, but product stability and trustworthiness will become increasingly important.