# AI News Digest - 2026-03-29

1. OpenAI set a two-stage shutdown for Sora, its AI video generation tool, scheduling the app to close in April 2026 and the API to be discontinued in September 2026.

2. Meta and several universities developed "hyperagents," AI systems that optimized both task performance and the mechanisms used to improve, demonstrating cross-domain self-improvement capabilities.

3. Cohere released an open-source speech recognition model that topped benchmark results and outperformed competitors, including OpenAI's Whisper, according to reported evaluations.

4. Google released a Gemini API "Agent Skill" designed to address models' knowledge gaps about their own SDKs, which improved coding outcomes in demonstrations.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-sets-two-stage-sora-shutdown-with-app-closing-april-2026-and-api-following-in-september/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-sets-two-stage-sora-shutdown-with-app-closing-april-2026-and-api-following-in-september/)

[OpenAI sets two-stage Sora shutdown with app closing April 2026 and API following in September](https://the-decoder.com/openai-sets-two-stage-sora-shutdown-with-app-closing-april-2026-and-api-following-in-september/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/metas-hyperagents-improve-at-tasks-and-improve-at-improving/](https://the-decoder.com/metas-hyperagents-improve-at-tasks-and-improve-at-improving/)

[Meta's hyperagents improve at tasks and improve at improving](https://the-decoder.com/metas-hyperagents-improve-at-tasks-and-improve-at-improving/)

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/googles-new-gemini-api-agent-skill-patches-the-knowledge-gap-ai-models-have-with-their-own-sdks/](https://the-decoder.com/googles-new-gemini-api-agent-skill-patches-the-knowledge-gap-ai-models-have-with-their-own-sdks/)

[Google's new Gemini API Agent Skill patches the knowledge gap AI models have with their own SDKs](https://the-decoder.com/googles-new-gemini-api-agent-skill-patches-the-knowledge-gap-ai-models-have-with-their-own-sdks/)

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