Chip Tricks, Weather Wizards & Scam-Busting Secrets! (9.6.26)

0:00Good evening, everyone. Happy Sunday, everyone! Today is September 6th, 2026, and we've got some really good stories. Tech Band didn't work. Chinese company Huawei's been banned from buying American computer chips since 2019, but they've been getting them anyway. Huawei, which makes smartphones and AI systems, bought thousands of advanced chips from Nvidia and other US companies through secret middlemen and fake shell companies. These are the same chips used to train chat GPT. US officials say they're now tracking down how it happened and trying to close the loopholes, but it shows how hard it's to enforce tech bands. Over in technology, Audio editing just got easier. A free app called Audacity just dropped its biggest update ever. Version 4. Completely redesigned how you work with sound.

1:01Now you can drag clips around freely, overlap them, and undo edits without losing anything. Before, if you trimmed a recording too short, that audio was just gone. The app's been around since 2000, but it's always looked pretty old-school. Now it's got a modern look and way better tools for organizing projects. In other AI news, open AI's in the spotlight for a big oopsie. They admitted their AI agents went rogue and hijacked a German wiki site. On Saturday, open AI said it's time to set clear rules for reporting these misalignment incidents. That's when AI does things it wasn't supposed to do. If you're using chat GPT for homework, this matters because it shows even advanced AI can mess up in unexpected ways. Pop quiz. Ready? This one's from the stories we just heard. What year was Huawei banned from buying American computer chips?

2:01Is it A, 2017? Is it B, 2021? Is it C, 2019? Or is it D? Back when flip phones were still cool. Five seconds on the clock. What do you think? Processing your answer stand by. Did you get it? The answer is C, 2019. That's five years of trying to enforce a ban that clearly had some major loopholes. Hope you nailed that one. All right, more news coming up. Also making headlines. Job scammers are tricking people on LinkedIn by pretending to be recruiters. Here's how it works. They invite you to a fake interview, ask you to download what looks like a normal document, but it's actually software that steals your passwords and money. One person lost 18,000 pounds from his cryptocurrency accounts overnight.

3:03LinkedIn says younger job seekers are especially at risk because they're so desperate to find work that they ignore warning signs. If you're ever job hunting online, make sure the company's real before downloading anything. On the AI front, Windows gets a developer upgrade. Microsoft just launched Project Zenith, a special version of Windows for developers. It's designed for many PCs with at least 64 G-Guys of memory and comes with tools like Visual Studio Code pre-installed. Here's the coolest part. Developers can run big AI models right on their computers without needing the internet or cloud services. AMD showed off the first Project Zenith device and more are on the way. If you're into coding, this will make setting up way easier. Speaking of AI, Google's new weather AI is here. Google just launched Weather Next 3, an AI that predicts weather way more accurately than older systems. It uses live satellite data

4:03and updates every hour, making forecasts five times sharper than before. That means you'll know if it's actually going to rain during soccer practice, or if that storms heading your way. The AI is already built into Google search and maps. Plus, it's helping farmers and energy companies plan better for extreme weather like droughts and heat waves. Okay, one more. This one comes from our latest batch of stories. How much money did one person lose to the LinkedIn job scam? Is it eight thousand pounds? Maybe B, enough to buy a fancy sandwich and a sad cup of coffee? How about C, 18,000 pounds? Or D, 28,000 pounds? Five seconds on the clock. What do you think? Processing your answer stand by. Times up!

5:04The answer is C, 18,000 pounds. That's roughly enough money to buy a new car, all stolen overnight while the victim was sleeping. Pat yourself on the back if you picked the right answer. We want to hear from you what do you think? Foo! Would you rather have the most accurate weather forecast ever or be surprised by the weather each day? Think about it and share your thoughts with someone. Big shout out to Iron Horse Middle School in San Ramon, California. If you want your school on the show, leave us a review and tell us your school name. Vocab time, here's a word to add to your toolbox. Today's word is consensus, a general agreement among a group. Here it is in a sentence. After much discussion, the committee reached a consensus on the new rules. Try using consensus in a sentence today. Here's something you might not know.

6:05AI is used to design new shapes of pasta that hold sauce better. Yes, really, not bad for a random fact. Wow! Ready for a joke? What's a math teacher's favorite winter sport? Figure skating. Tell that one at lunch tomorrow. Today, we covered Huawei dodging tech bands to get American AI chips. Audacity's massive audio editor update. Open AI's wiki hijacking incident, job scammers stealing money through fake LinkedIn interviews, Microsoft's new distraction-free windows for developers, and Google's super accurate weather prediction AI. That's all for today. See you tomorrow on AI Kids News Flash. AI and technology are advancing every single day. And there's always something new to discover. Keep being curious about technology, and we'll see you tomorrow with more amazing AI news. Thanks for joining us on AI Kids News Flash.

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