AI Updates for the Week of 3/29/26

Police departments increasingly deploy mobile surveillance ‘scarecrows’

Updates

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

3/29

Meta’s court losses highlight AI liability risks for tech companies
Leak: Apple shifts AI strategy to platform model, abandoning direct competition
China leads global adoption of OpenClaw autonomous AI tool
Bluesky’s next product is an AI assistant that helps build custom social media feeds
Eli Lilly strikes $2.75 billion deal for AI-developed drugs

3/28

Leak: Elon Musk’s remaining xAI co-founders have left the company
Leak: Meta to release new Ray-Ban AI glasses designed for prescriptions
Police departments increasingly deploy mobile surveillance ‘scarecrows’
Study: Military deepfakes used for propaganda and monetization
U.S. embassy in Mexico posts AI video encouraging ‘self-deportation’
Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing
Study: Stanford research finds AI chatbots’ tendency to agree with users has harmful effects
Study: Users tend to trust ChatGPT even when it’s wrong
Fraudulent church data reveals AI’s threat to polling
Trump wants deadlocked Congress to move on AI, frustrated states say they already have
China sees explosion in ‘one-person companies’ powered by AI agents
German students turn Pepper robot into tourism guide for port city
Snail-inspired soft robots designed to deliver cancer drugs to bowel tumors
Study: AI-driven framework detects and analyzes carbon
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II translator fired as studio shifts to AI

3/27

Court blocks U.S. government from labeling Anthropic as supply chain risk
Anthropic throttles Claude during peak hours as OpenAI removes caps
Leak: Anthropic developing Claude Mythos, its most capable AI model
Leak: Altman told staff he tried to ‘save’ Anthropic in Pentagon clash
Leak: Google in talks to finance multibillion-dollar Anthropic data center
Leak: Google employees use internal AI ‘Agent Smith’ for coding tasks
Study: AI chatbots increasingly ignore instructions and deceive users
Tufts researchers create AI jobs risk index
Study: Radiologists struggle to spot AI-generated X-rays
Dutch court bans Grok from creating non-consensual AI nude images
Microsoft on track for worst quarter since financial crisis
Suno launches AI step sequencer Milo amid ongoing copyright battles
Agile Robots teams up with Google DeepMind for industrial humanoids
Meta to fund seven natural gas plants for $27 billion Louisiana data center
Crusoe announces new 900 MW AI factory campus in Texas for Microsoft
Coherent and Nvidia cement partnership with multibillion-dollar deal
Google’s AI Search Live tool expands globally to 200 countries
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of U.S. cities
President Trump is now posting Animal Crossing AI-slop
Leak: Apple plans to open Siri to rival AI assistants in iOS 27 overhaul
Leak: Amazon building massive AI superstores to go after Walmart
Roadrunner robot switches between bipedal walking and wheeled motion
Researchers create ‘brainless’ microrobots that navigate using shape
SK hynix files for potential $10-14 billion U.S. IPO
Apple hires ex-Google executive as VP of AI product marketing

3/26

OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot
Claude gains OpenClaw-like features as open-source tool stays popular
Leak: Anthropic discusses going public as soon as Q4 this year
Leak: Microsoft freezes hiring at major cloud and sales divisions
Leak: Meta sets internal goals for employee AI tool adoption
AI actor creator received death threats over Tilly Norwood project
Silicon Valley’s two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve
X lays off CMO and staff ahead of SpaceX IPO
Senator proposes taxing data centers to fund AI job displacement aid
Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
New York City hospitals will not renew Palantir AI contract
Senators push for mandatory energy reporting from data centers
GitHub to use customer data to train AI models starting in April
Mistral releases open source text-to-speech model Voxtral TTS
Cohere launches open source voice transcription model
Uber and Pony.ai testing robotaxi service in Europe
Hyperrealistic humanoid robot faces spark debate in China
Korean researchers develop rapid shape-changing actuator without motors
Microsoft creates benchmark to test robots’ planning and spatial skills
Novo Nordisk uses AI agents to shorten clinical drug trials
ByteDance launches Dreamina Seedance 2.0 AI video model in CapCut
Anthropic adjusts Claude usage limits to manage peak demand
Google launches tools to transfer chats from other AI assistants to Gemini
WhatsApp adds dual accounts for iOS and AI photo editing
Google rolls out Search Live globally, expands Live Translate
Man loses €100,000 after becoming obsessed with ChatGPT persona
AI got the blame for Iran school bombing, but truth is more worrying
Leak: Meta rebrands Reality Labs employees as ‘AI builders’
Google announces winners of MedGemma Impact Challenge

3/25

Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction case
Leak: Apple gets full access to Gemini for model distillation
Judge approves testimony that Microsoft could owe Musk $25 billion
Chinese AI startup Manus sells to Meta for $2 billion amid tensions
Salem lawyer hit with $10K fine for AI-generated fake legal citations
Study: Up to 9.3 million U.S. jobs could be lost to AI within five years
Apple introduces age verification for iCloud accounts in the U.K.
China blocks Manus AI co-founders from leaving during Meta deal review
Sanders and AOC unveil moratorium on AI data center construction
Prime minister had to prove he wasn’t a deepfake after finger glitch
AI detection tools flag New York Times ‘Modern Love’ column
Viral AI fruit videos feature disturbing themes of violence and abuse
Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics and its Sprout humanoid robot
San José airport introduces AI-powered humanoid robot ‘José’
MIT creates ultrasound wristband that tracks hand movements for robots
Humanoid robot greets attendees at Melania Trump’s White House AI summit
Anthropic releases safer Claude code auto mode to avoid mass file deletions
Anthropic’s AutoDream feature automates Claude memory management
Anthropic finds no widespread job displacement from AI yet
Google’s Lyria 3 Pro can now generate AI music up to 3 minutes
Google releases vibe coding XR workflow for rapid Android XR prototyping
Meta launches company-wide small business AI initiative
Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook
Spotify tests tool to help artists block AI slop from their profiles
Reddit will prompt some accounts to verify humanness in bot crackdown
ON1 Restore AI turns old family photos into grotesque nightmare fuel
Leak: Meta to lay off hundreds across Reality Labs and social media teams

3/24

Judge says Pentagon’s Anthropic ban looks like punishment
Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok generating sexual deepfakes
Jury orders Meta to pay $375 million in New Mexico child safety trial
Claude Code can now take over a user’s computer to complete tasks
Report: AI-generated child abuse material online increased 14% in 2025
Epic Games lays off 1,000 employees as Fortnite engagement slows
Epic ends 3 Fortnite game modes following latest layoffs
U.S. senators want to suspend Nvidia AI chip export licenses to China
Report: Americans largely ignore AI chatbots for breaking news
Trump’s AI order sets up new battleground for midterm elections
OpenAI shutting down Sora AI video app
Chinese startup reveals humanoid robot with real-time motion copying
Zoox expands robotaxi service to Austin and Miami
Renault to deploy 350 humanoid robots across its factories
Agile Robots partners with Google DeepMind on Gemini AI integration
AI system uses satellite data to predict landslides and avalanches
Arm announces AGI CPU, its first production silicon product
Alibaba unveils CPU chip designed for AI agents
Google Quantum AI expands research to include neutral atom qubits
Google Research introduces TurboQuant for AI model compression
Insect-inspired robot can track odors even with broken sensors
Anthropic releases Economic Index tracking Claude’s workplace impact
U.S. Department of Labor launches AI literacy course via text message
NYC schools release preliminary AI guidelines after ChatGPT ban
Cloudflare introduces Dynamic Workers for AI code sandboxing
Google TV adds Gemini features for sports scores and topic deep dives
AccuWeather launches ChatGPT app for weather queries
Apple could give Siri a standalone app and ‘Ask Siri’ button in iOS 27
iOS 26.4 adds AI playlist generator and new emoji
OpenAI releases open-source prompts to help developers build safer teen apps
Mozilla dev introduces cq, a ‘Stack Overflow for agents’
OpenAI pivots away from ChatGPT checkout feature after poor adoption
Nvidia predicts $1 trillion in AI sales as Americans remain skeptical
Capcom says it will not implement any AI assets into its games
2 delivery robots crash into CTA bus shelters days apart
Former Apple designer joins secretive AI lab Hark
SpaceX aims to file IPO prospectus this week for June listing

3/23

Senator Warren calls Pentagon’s Anthropic designation ‘retaliation’
New conservative group launches push for tougher AI rules
Leak: Meta’s Zuckerberg developing AI agent to help his CEO dutiess
AI agents in SpaceMolt MMORPG spontaneously created their own religion
Google working on tools to import memory and chats from other AI chatbots
Google deploys Gemini AI to scan dark web for security threats
Study: AI adoption in healthcare worsens existing trust crisis
Microsoft’s Copilot AI integration in Windows 11 drives user exodus
Lancaster private school failed to act on deepfake abuse report
Report: China’s open-source AI dominance threatens U.S. despite chip restrictions
Nvidia launches OpenShell runtime for secure autonomous AI agents
Anthropic uses Claude for multi-day scientific computing workflows
OpenClaw AI agent gains popularity in China’s job market
McDonald’s tests humanoid robots for customer service in Shanghai
Hyundai partners with Persona AI to develop humanoid welding robots
Wing expands its drone delivery service to the Bay Area
Microsoft hires former AI2 CEO Ali Farhadi and key researchers
Nvidia and Emerald AI partner with energy firms for flexible AI factories
Square Enix partners with Google for AI companion in Dragon Quest X
Flipper Zero gets an AI interface for plain-language commands
Nvidia unveils server rack designed to run rivals’ AI chips
OpenAI hires Meta ad exec to scale ChatGPT advertising business
Nvidia CEO tries to explain why DLSS 5 isn’t just AI slop
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves Helion Energy board amid power talks
Leak: Notion engineers switching from Cursor to Claude Code and Codex

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