Episode 58

In Episode 58 of AI for the Humanities, we cover all the major AI developments from February 9, 2026-April 1, 2026 that humanities educators, scholars, and students need to know about. Topics include: new model releases from Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6) to Google (Gemini 3.1 Pro, Nano Banana 2, Lyria 3), and OpenAI (GPT-5.3 through GPT-5.4 nano); the Anthropic-Department of Defense confrontation over ethics and surveillance; the White House national AI policy framework and EU AI Act streamlining; copyright rulings and lawsuits involving Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Disney, and the Bartz settlement; Yale and MIT bias research; the Dartmouth study on model national loyalties; World Economic Forum warnings on deepfakes; Human Artistry Campaign polling on creator rights; and new Anthropic and Harvard research on AI and the labor market. For each story we discuss what it means for the humanities classroom, with implications for the discipline going forward.
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