The Download: reawakening frozen brains, and the AI Hype Index returns

Pfizer Lyme disease vaccine fails trial, company to seek FDA approval

Hacker News · 3/26/2026

Qualified Health raises $125M to scale enterprise AI at health systems

Hacker News · 3/25/2026

Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas

Hacker News · 3/25/2026

Health NZ staff told to stop using ChatGPT to write clinical notes

Hacker News · 3/25/2026

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora, Refocuses on Code AGI and Model Spud

fiveVibin: The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News · 3/26/2026

OpenAI **discontinues Sora and all video generation products** to redeploy compute resources toward competing with Anthropic in enterprise coding and knowledge work. CEO Sam Altman **narrows his role to focus on capital, supply chains, and data centers**; Fiji Simo's product division becomes 'AGI Deployment' team. New model 'Spud' completes pre-training with expectations to 'accelerate the economy'; **Disney cancels $1B investment partnership** following Sora shutdown.

The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm

governmentHacker News · 3/26/2026