[4/12 03:00] Liquid AI releases ultra-compact edge vision-language model / Over 70% of Japanese high schoolers now use AI

AI News Flash for April 12, 2026 at 03:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Liquid AI releases ultra-compact edge vision-language model https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/04/11/liquid-ai-releases-lfm2-5-vl-450m-a-450m-parameter-vision-language-model-with-bounding-box-prediction-multilingual-support-and-sub-250ms-edge-inference/ 2. Over 70% of Japanese high schoolers now use AI https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFB3TGpXVFhZMnFsXzFIbUYwV3ktMnRISlZ1alR2amFlQVh6LVl6c3VRMWlNV1JrQXZkd21ldi1GT21pNlFQdkRtRU5GVHV0LUVDZERjOVJDY3JJQQ?oc=5 3. AI vulnerability scanning overwhelming open-source projects https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/11/how-ai-is-getting-better-at-finding-security-holes/ 4. Software stocks continue falling on AI seat compression fears https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNWHVqYmNpRDZsbEEzeUlOMVl3ckpGWXJwTjVYMjZUVDhMZGhocWpCSi1mTTFPS1BGbVZuYmpWazRjRXZqR042MmVSRVhMWkRGS1VRLU9LZF9mUWR0RlpOVFRSbmdudDd0RFRTTmR6S2ZBLUxpbkp0aDdBaEdfSFBHVHBGc3hVMmFvYktFcVFha2dwcTdLdzdaTGZlV3RiblAtelVJaQ?oc=5