AI Updates for the Week of 3/8/26

Updates

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

Claude overtakes ChatGPT in first-time mobile downloads
OpenAI delays ChatGPT ‘adult mode’
Leak: OpenAI and Oracle abandon plan to expand data center in TX
Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non-defense customers
North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says
Leak: U.K. government delays AI copyright rules amid artist outcry
Anthropic’s Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeks

Leak: The Pentagon officially labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk
Leak: U.S. reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls
Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
Alibaba launches AI model task force as top researcher resigns
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions
OpenAI’s ‘stunning admission’: Maybe people don’t want to book stuff inside ChatGPT
Leak: Oracle plans thousands of job cuts in face of AI cash crunch
Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool
Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models
Leak: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon
AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare
Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change
Netflix acquires AI filmmaking start-up founded by Ben Affleck

Leak: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’
Leak: Sam Altman admits OpenAI can’t control Pentagon’s use of AI
Google Search rolls out Gemini’s Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users
The U.S. military is still using Claude but defense-tech clients are fleeing
Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
Leak: Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music
Hyundai reveals firefighting robot built to withstand 1,472 deg F
OpenAI brings its Codex coding app to Windows

Study: AI models opt for nuclear weapon deployment in 95% of simulated war scenarios
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says ‘mission’ helps fend off rivals
OpenAI changes deal with U.S. military after backlash
Google releases Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability
OpenAI releases GPT‑5.3 Instant
Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push
Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’
LLMs can unmask sock puppet social media accounts at scale with surprising accuracy
X says it will suspend creators from revenue-sharing program for unlabeled AI posts of ‘armed conflict’
Supreme Court denies case seeking copyrights for AI-generated art
AI companies are spending millions to thwart a former tech exec’s congressional bid
OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer: “I’m proud to be joining Anthropic”
Leak: OpenAI is developing its own internal version control solution after GitHub outage

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal
Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply-chain risk
The Information exposes loopholes in OpenAI’s Pentagon deal
Claim: 1.5 million users leave ChatGPT
Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage
Alibaba announces small, open source Qwen3.5-9B
AI spurs plans for extra-high-voltage power lines
Meta workers say they’re seeing disturbing things through users’ smart glasses
Anthropic makes it easy for ChatGPT users to switch with chat imports
Leak: Australia will consider requiring app stores to block AI services without age verification
Anthropic brings memory to Claude’s free plan
Apple announces new budget-friendly iPhone and iPad
Fake images and video from the war with Iran take over social media
Leak: Apple may use Google servers on site to host Siri

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