The brief · 25 March 2026

The AI brief, 2026-03-25

Today one model is learning materials chemistry, another is composing full pieces of music, and Congress is getting a proposal to rein in AI data centers.

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Google launches Lyria 3 Pro, generating up to 3 minutes of music with full song structure

Until now, AI music generators churned out 30-second loops with no real structure. Lyria 3 Pro builds intro, verse, chorus, and bridge across full 3-minute tracks, starting from either text or an image prompt. That turns a vague creative brief into a track you can actually drop into a video or podcast.

practitioners › Available in the Gemini app (paid subscribers), Google Vids, and via the Gemini API in preview as lyria-3-clip-preview and lyria-3-pro-preview, with 48kHz stereo audio.

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Push to Freeze Construction of Giant AI Data Centers

The proposed bill would block any new AI data center of 20 MW or more until Congress passes safeguards on security, energy, jobs, and electricity prices. There's no guarantee it will pass, but it puts a real power struggle on the table, one that hits home the moment your electricity bill spikes because of a data center nearby.

practitioners › The 20 MW threshold would cover nearly every AI data center under construction in the US in 2026.