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Google's Lyria 3 Pro extends AI music from a jingle to an actual song
Google announced Lyria 3 Pro on March 25, 2026, raising its AI music generator's output limit from 30 seconds to 3 minutes — six times longer than the base model released five weeks ago. The upgrade also teaches the model how songs are structured. That combination moves Lyria from novelty into something closer to a production tool.
OpenAI's next model is nearly ready, and Altman says it can move the economy
OpenAI has completed pre-training on a new model codenamed "Spud," which CEO Sam Altman described to employees as "very strong" and capable of meaningfully accelerating the economy. The release is expected within weeks. The announcement comes with a consequential governance shift: Altman is stepping back from direct oversight of safety and security teams to focus on fundraising and infrastructure.
Disney ends OpenAI partnership after Sora app and API shut down
Disney has ended its partnership with OpenAI following the discontinuation of Sora's consumer app and developer API, which were shut down months after their December 2024 launch. Disney had integrated Sora into production creative workflows; OpenAI has announced no replacement.
OpenAI killed Sora because the IPO math didn't work
OpenAI shut down Sora, its AI video app, on March 24, 2026 — six months after launch. Both the consumer app and the full API are gone. The shutdown is not a product failure story. It is a cost story, and it tells you where OpenAI's priorities are heading.
Arm is building its own chips for the first time in 35 years
AI Coding Tools Access Your Filesystem. You Can't See It.
Fine-Tuning Undoes AI Safety Training — and Unlocks Copyrighted Books
Meta Is Buying Agent Talent While Betting That Agents Make Managers Obsolete
Researchers demonstrate an AI agent autonomously running full particle physics analyses
White House Releases AI Rulebook Before Congress Writes Its Own
Alibaba Shipped 470,000 AI Chips and Admitted They Fall Short
Alibaba CEO Yongming Wu disclosed that T-Head has shipped 470,000 AI chips while stating the company's silicon still lags behind foreign counterparts. No benchmarks were cited — the gap is Alibaba's own qualitative assessment. Chinese AI developers dependent on domestic supply under US export controls have no better alternative.
Apple Reportedly Blocked AI Coding App Updates, and the Precedent Matters More Than the Story
Apple has reportedly blocked update submissions from Replit and Vibecode, two AI-assisted development platforms, citing App Store Guideline 2.5.2. Apple denies targeting vibe-coding apps as a category and says it is enforcing longstanding rules. The specific apps are less important than what the reported action reveals: distribution infrastructure is now a structural constraint on the AI developer ecosystem.