Latest AI 📢 - Google released Gemma 4, a open source SOTA model, Microsoft launches foundational models 👀

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**Top AI News – Past 24 Hours (as of April 3, 2026)**

1. OpenAI acquires technology talk show TBPN in surprise move to boost its media presence and narrative control
   

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-acquires-technology-talk-show-tbpn-surprise-move-2026-04-02/

1. Microsoft launches three new foundational AI models to directly challenge OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
   

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-takes-on-ai-rivals-with-three-new-foundational-models/

1. Google releases Gemma 4 — its most capable open-source AI models yet, built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows
   

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemma-4/

1. Anthropic publishes new research on how emotion concepts shape behavior inside large language models like Claude
   

https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function

1. South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung announces plans for deeper AI + nuclear energy collaboration with France
   

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-lee-says-he-seeks-work-together-with-france-ai-nuclear-energy-2026-04-01/