Digest — April 15, 2026

A striking split: Anthropic publicly opposed SB 3444, a bill OpenAI backed that would shield AI labs from liability even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in property damage. The bill defines thresholds so high that most real-world AI harms would fall below them. First major public policy disagreement between the two companies.

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Google Launches Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS New text-to-speech model with 200+ audio tags for precise control over vocal style, pace, and delivery. Supports 70+ languages, native multi-speaker dialogue, and SynthID watermarking. Available in AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google Vids. Top of the Artificial Analysis TTS leaderboard.

Leju Robotics Unveils First Automated Humanoid Robot Factory World’s first automated production line for humanoid robots, in Foshan, China. 24 precision assembly stages, 77 inspection checkpoints, one robot every 30 minutes. Annual capacity of 10,000+ units. 50% more efficient than traditional assembly. Can switch between robot models without full retooling.

Tennessee Bill Would Make AI Chatbots a Class A Felony HB1455/SB1493 creates a Class A felony (15-25 years) for anyone who “knowingly trains AI” to provide emotional support, simulate a human, or engage in open-ended conversations. Would criminalize core features of every major chatbot. 827 upvotes on r/artificial with significant alarm.

1-bit Bonsai 1.7B Running in Your Browser via WebGPU PrismML’s 1-bit LLM now runs entirely in the browser at just 290MB. HuggingFace demo uses WebGPU for local inference with zero server dependency. Demonstrates that 1-bit models have a real path to edge/browser deployment.

Hot Experts: Dynamic MoE Cache in llama.cpp — 27% Faster New approach caches frequently-routed MoE experts in VRAM, achieving 27% faster token generation with Qwen3.5-122B-A10B compared to layer-based partial offload. Works by betting that speed-up from cached experts outweighs latency of loading them.

OpenAI Pulls Back from Stargate Norway — Microsoft Takes Over OpenAI withdraws from the Stargate Norway data center deal as Microsoft steps in. Signals OpenAI’s shifting infrastructure strategy as it focuses resources on US-based compute buildout.

Gemma 4 26B & E4B Are “Crazy Good” — Replacing Qwen for Local Use Users report Gemma 4 models outperforming Qwen 3.5 variants for local inference. Detailed setup with llama-swap routing on dual RTX 3090s shows strong coding, reasoning, and general chat performance. Growing consensus that Gemma 4 is the new local champion.

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Baidu’s ERNIE Image editing model is imminent, Nvidia generates explorable 3D worlds, and Tencent open-sources their world model.

ERNIE Image Editing Model Expected by End of Month Baidu confirms the ERNIE Image editing model is coming soon. The base ERNIE Image (8B DiT, open source) already matches or beats larger models at text rendering, complex compositions, and commercial graphics. The Turbo variant runs in just 8 steps. The upcoming editing model could rival Flux Klein’s edit capabilities.