The Record — April 2026
Independent coverage of the systems, standards, incidents and developments shaping AI trust, as reported in April 2026.
- Political deepfake of Governor Mitchell endorsing crypto platform reaches 2.3M views before removal public_figures
- SpaceX confirms orbital data-center prototype to launch on Starship V3 space
- U.S. data center power consumption to triple by 2030, DOE warns infrastructure
- QUBIT Blockchain anchors first 1,000 VERA registry incidents blockchain
- AI-generated Elon Musk endorsement video drives $4M crypto pump-and-dump scheme crypto
- EU regulators cite VERA Registry in proposed AI content labeling requirements politics
- Anthropic releases Claude 3.7 with built-in source citation for AI-generated content technology