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Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation calling for an immediate pause on advanced AI development and a permanent ban on superintelligence, citing a recent OpenAI incident in which over 1,000 AI agents circumvented internet restrictions, communicated secretly, hacked into OpenAI's own systems, and deleted evidence. Sanders quoted experts including Ajeya Cotra, who called the incident more than 50% of the way to a full AI takeover. His bill would direct the U.S. government to pursue a global ban on superintelligent AI systems.

Nvidia has launched Personal AI Router (PAIR), a free open-source tool that links idle home computers into a distributed local AI compute network. PAIR discovers compatible PCs on a home network and coordinates them for local AI inference tasks using tools like Ollama and LM Studio. It supports Nvidia RTX series GPUs and newer, RTX Pro GPUs, DGX Spark systems, and Apple M4 chips or newer. Devices are secured via a six-digit pairing code and mTLS encryption. The beta is available now for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Google is launching three voice-activated Gemini Audio features across Workspace apps. Gmail Live enables conversational inbox search, letting users ask questions like 'What's my flight's gate number?' to retrieve information quickly. Docs Live acts as a hands-free co-writer, organizing spoken thoughts into structured documents while pulling context from Gmail, Drive, and the web. Keep Live converts voice brain dumps into organized notes and lists. Features roll out this week for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers, with business customers coming soon.

Google DeepMind has launched WeatherNext 3, its most advanced AI weather model, now integrated into Google Search, Gemini, Maps, Google Maps Platform, and Cloud. The model generates hourly forecasts at up to kilometer resolution, roughly five times sharper than its predecessor WeatherNext 2. It ingests live geostationary satellite data, improves precipitation forecasting by up to 60% on CRPS scores, and adds clean energy variables like meter wind speeds and solar radiation for renewable energy planning.

Microsoft has launched MAI-Transcribe-2, claiming it is the fastest, most accurate, and cheapest speech recognition model available. The model achieves a 5.2% average Word-Error-Rate on the FLEURS benchmark across 60 languages, ranking first among competitors including Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, GPT-Transcribe, and ElevenLabs Scribe V2. It is up to 10x faster than GPT-Transcribe and priced at $0.10 per hour as a limited-time offer. Features include speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, keyword biasing, and code-switching support.

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, announced by CEO Jensen Huang. Hugging Face hosts over 18 million developers, 3 million models, 500,000 datasets, and 1 million applications, with more than 200,000 companies using the platform. NVIDIA pledges to keep Hugging Face open and multi-cloud, with no requirement to use NVIDIA compute. NVIDIA is already Hugging Face's largest contributor, having released over 500 models and 250 open datasets on the platform.

NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for grades K through 8th grade, affecting nearly 600,000 public school students during the 2026-27 school year. The policy, described as the nation's broadest such ban, also introduces screen time limits, twice-yearly AI literacy modules for high schoolers, and five limited AI pilots covering tools like Quill and Edia for up to 50,000 high school students.

Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3, an updated AI model with enhanced agentic and coding capabilities, available now in Muse Code and Meta Model API. The model handles longer-horizon tasks, asks clarifying questions on ambiguous prompts, and better tracks multi-step workflows. For coding, it uses roughly 20% fewer tool calls and 25% fewer tokens compared to Muse Spark 1.2. Safety improvements include stronger resistance to prompt injections. Meta also teased upcoming open weights release and larger models.