AI Updates for the Week of 3/22/26

Updates

Below are some of the highlights in AI, robotics, and machine learning for this past week.

3/22

• Delve accused of misleading customers with fake compliance and false AI claims
• Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi
• Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will build ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Austin
• Nvidia showcases robot Olaf at GTC, raising questions about real-world deployment
• Square Enix integrates Google’s Gemini AI into Dragon Quest X
• Mathematician who bet against AI math progress now expects to lose
• AI fears are chilling tech M&A activity
• Adobe CFO turns finance department into AI testing ground

3/21

• FBI director confirms agency buys Americans’ data for surveillance
• Pentagon adopts Palantir’s Maven AI system as official program
• Man pleads guilty to defrauding streaming platforms with AI music
• Kaiser mental health workers strike over AI screening concerns
• AI evolves ‘indestructible’ robot that adapts in minutes
• Anduril opens Ohio factory to manufacture autonomous fighter jets
• L3Harris and Shield AI demo fully autonomous electronic warfare
• TikTok bans 20 AI-generated accounts used to promote explicit content
• Hachette pulls horror novel over AI-generation concerns
• Wall Street drops Nvidia stock despite bullish GTC keynote
• OpenAI’s first advertisers can’t prove ChatGPT ads work
• Leak: OpenAI expects to increase headcount to roughly 8,000 this year
• Microsoft promises to fix biggest Windows 11 issues
• Bay Area AI startups splurge on private parties as valuations soar

3/20

• Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents
• MAGA has been swooning over a beautiful Army soldier and her pro-Trump message. She is AI
• OpenAI to combine ChatGPT, Codex and Browser into ‘SuperApp’
• Anthropic ships an OpenClaw killer called Claude Code Channels
• Mistral releases its open Small 4 model
• Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
• South Korea’s KAIST humanoid robot shows off moonwalk and soccer skills
• New 3D-printed robot uses wind instead of batteries to explore harsh terrains
• WordPress now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more
• Google introduces ‘full-stack vibe coding’ in AI Studio
• Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to launch data centers into space
• Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds

3/19

• Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China
• Cursor launches new coding model Composer 2
• Leak: Jeff Bezos wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI
• Amazon acquires robotics startup
• Meta to cut back on third-party moderators, rely more on AI
• Google Labs overhauls Stitch into a full AI-native design platform
• DoorDash launches a new ‘Tasks’ app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI
• Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors
• Leak: Google is testing a Gemini app for Mac
• Amazon brings Alexa+ to the U.K.

3/18

• A rogue AI agent triggers security alert inside Meta
• Leak: Microsoft grows concerned that OpenAI-AWS product may violate Azure contract
• U.K. reverses course on AI copyright position after backlash
• Mystery AI model Hunter Alpha may be DeepSeek V4 in disguise
• Yahoo’s new AI search tools support the open web, unlike others (cough, Google, cough)

3/17

• OpenAI releases GPT‑5.4 mini and nano
• Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app
• Judge dismisses evidence after witness uses smart glasses for real-time coaching
• Leak: Microsoft overhauls AI leadership
• Report: OpenAI expands government footprint with AWS deal
• Researcher release open model Mamba 3
• Humanoid robot returns tennis shots with 96% accuracy in simulation tests
• Google’s Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all U.S. users
• Nvidia wants to power the next generation of data centers in space
• OpenAI takes steps to reduce ‘teaser-style phrasing’ in ChatGPT responses
• BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue
• Gamma adds AI image-generation tools

3/16

• xAI sued for turning three girls’ real photos into AI CSAM
• Leak: OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed ‘Adult Mode’ launch
• Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI
• Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks
• U.S. Treasury publishes AI risk Guidebook for financial institutions
• Heat sources can trick thermal cameras into seeing obstacles that aren’t there
• Nvidia launches its open-source Agent Toolkit
• z.ai debuts faster, cheaper GLM-5 Turbo model for agents and ‘claws’
• China’s DEEP Robotics unveils robot horse with 110-lb payload carrying capacity
• Nvidia’s DGX Station is a desktop supercomputer that runs trillion-parameter AI models without the cloud
• Nvidia unveils Groq-based chip system to speed up AI tasks like coding
• Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice
• Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security
• Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace
• Claude can now turn your handwriting into a font

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