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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.

OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora

OpenAI has shut down Sora, its AI video generation platform, discontinuing both the consumer app and developer API with no replacement or migration path announced.

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 expands its record funding round above $120 billion

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

When AI Compounds Faster Than Governance Can Steer It, Value Concentrates, Forecasts Fail, and Institutions Build Walls

The AI Agent Stack Is Being Built Right Now. The Choices That Matter Most Are the Ones Being Made Without Public Debate.

The architectural choices now being embedded in AI agent frameworks — continuous autonomous operation as the default, interoperability protocols controlled by individual companies, and payment rails treating agents as economic actors — are governance decisions with consequences that will outlast the current buildout. This piece maps the three structural choices most likely to prove irreversible and the signals to watch as they settle.

When the AI transition bill comes due: Amazon's code crisis and Meta's workforce cuts expose the same cost