# AI News Digest - 2026-03-28

1. Judge Rita F. Lin blocked the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic's AI models, calling the government's security-risk label "Orwellian" and ruling the actions constituted illegal First Amendment retaliation.

2. Meta built an AI model that predicted how the human brain reacted to images, sounds, and speech, and in tests its predictions matched typical brain responses more closely than an actual scan of any single person.

3. Apple obtained full access to Google's Gemini and used distillation to build lightweight on-device AI models for Siri and its devices.

4. Cohere released an open-source speech recognition model that topped benchmark results, surpassing competitors including OpenAI's Whisper.

5. OpenAI added a plugin marketplace to Codex that integrated with work tools such as Slack, Notion, Figma, Gmail, and Google Drive.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-ban-on-anthropic-ai-models-calls-security-risk-label-orwellian/](https://the-decoder.com/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-ban-on-anthropic-ai-models-calls-security-risk-label-orwellian/)

[Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Anthropic AI models, calls security risk label "Orwellian"](https://the-decoder.com/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-ban-on-anthropic-ai-models-calls-security-risk-label-orwellian/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/metas-new-ai-model-predicts-how-your-brain-reacts-to-images-sounds-and-speech/](https://the-decoder.com/metas-new-ai-model-predicts-how-your-brain-reacts-to-images-sounds-and-speech/)

[Meta's new AI model predicts how your brain reacts to images, sounds, and speech](https://the-decoder.com/metas-new-ai-model-predicts-how-your-brain-reacts-to-images-sounds-and-speech/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/apple-gets-full-gemini-access-and-uses-distillation-to-build-lightweight-on-device-ai/](https://the-decoder.com/apple-gets-full-gemini-access-and-uses-distillation-to-build-lightweight-on-device-ai/)

[Apple gets full Gemini access and uses distillation to build lightweight on-device AI](https://the-decoder.com/apple-gets-full-gemini-access-and-uses-distillation-to-build-lightweight-on-device-ai/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/cohere-releases-open-source-model-that-tops-speech-recognition-benchmarks/](https://the-decoder.com/cohere-releases-open-source-model-that-tops-speech-recognition-benchmarks/)

[Cohere releases open source model that tops speech recognition benchmarks](https://the-decoder.com/cohere-releases-open-source-model-that-tops-speech-recognition-benchmarks/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-gets-a-plugin-marketplace-for-slack-notion-figma-and-more/](https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-gets-a-plugin-marketplace-for-slack-notion-figma-and-more/)

[OpenAI's Codex gets a plugin marketplace for Slack, Notion, Figma, and more](https://the-decoder.com/openais-codex-gets-a-plugin-marketplace-for-slack-notion-figma-and-more/)

For the site tree, see the [root Markdown](https://slashpage.com/ixtj-dev.md).