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Claude Suffers Major Outage with 5,000 Downdetector Reports Before Anthropic Restores Service in Under 30 Minutes

Mar 25, 2026

Tom's Guide

Claude suffers a major outage on March 25, 2026, with nearly 5,000 Downdetector reports flooding in before Anthropic restores service in under 30 minutes, though secondary issues with Cowork and Claude Opus 4.6 briefly emerge before engineers confirm a full recovery.

Consumer Products Business

OpenAI Surpasses $120 Billion In Funding As Company Eyes IPO And Cuts Sora To Prioritize Profits

Mar 25, 2026

CNBC

OpenAI surpasses $120 billion in total funding, blowing past its $100 billion target with backers like Microsoft and Andreessen Horowitz, as the AI giant eyes a potential IPO and makes tough cuts — including shutting down its Sora video app — to prioritize profitability.

Funding Business

OpenAI Launches $1 Billion Philanthropic Push Amid Criticism It's Funding Fixes to Its Own AI Problems

Mar 25, 2026

The Deep View

OpenAI launches a $1 billion philanthropic push through its non-profit Foundation, targeting life sciences, economic impact, and community programs, but critics argue the tech giant is simply funding fixes to problems its own AI is creating.

Business Ethics Labor & Jobs

Microsoft Secures 700MW Texas Data Center Deal as OpenAI and Oracle Retreat from Stargate Expansion

Mar 25, 2026

The Deep View

Microsoft secures a massive 700MW data center lease in Abilene, Texas from neocloud firm Crusoe, stepping in after OpenAI and Oracle retreat from Stargate expansion plans, as power grid constraints tighten competition in the AI infrastructure race.

Data Centers Energy Business

Amazon's Zoox Launches Robotaxi Service in Austin and Miami, Eyes Commercial Fares and Uber Partnership

Mar 25, 2026

CNBC

Amazon's Zoox is expanding its robotaxi service to Austin and Miami, scaling its fleet to 100 vehicles, pursuing NHTSA approval for 2,500 self-driving cars, and partnering with Uber to offer commercial rides in Las Vegas this summer.

Autonomous Vehicles Transportation & Logistics Business

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora Months After Launch as Disney Pulls $1 Billion Deal, Boosting Google's AI Video Dominance

Mar 25, 2026

The Hollywood Reporter

OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app just months after launch as Disney pulls a $1 billion investment deal, handing Google a major advantage in the rapidly evolving AI video generation market.

Image & Video Business Funding

Arm Breaks With Tradition, Launches Its First Self-Produced CPU With Meta as Lead Partner

Mar 24, 2026

The Verge

Arm breaks decades of tradition by launching its first self-produced CPU, the Arm AGI CPU, with Meta as lead partner, boasting 136 cores and double the performance per watt of x86 chips, set for deployment in AI data centers later this year.

Hardware Data Centers Business

OpenAI Warns Investors of Microsoft Dependency, Legal Battles, and $665B Compute Costs Ahead of IPO

Mar 24, 2026

CNBC

OpenAI is warning prospective IPO investors of major risks, including heavy Microsoft dependency, $665 billion in compute costs through 2030, and mounting legal battles — even as the company boasts a $730 billion valuation and $13.1 billion in 2025 revenue.

Funding Business Regulation Data Centers

OpenAI Pursues Massive Fusion Energy Deal With Helion, Targeting 50 Gigawatts By 2035

Mar 24, 2026

Axios

OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy up to 50 gigawatts of fusion energy from startup Helion by 2035, a landmark deal that could reshape AI's power future — though key milestones, including a production site, remain unresolved.

Energy Data Centers Funding Business

OpenAI Pursues Fusion Power Deal With Helion, Targeting 50 Gigawatts By 2035 Amid AI Energy Crisis

Mar 24, 2026

The Deep View

OpenAI is in talks to buy fusion energy from startup Helion, targeting 5 gigawatts by 2030 and 50 gigawatts by 2035, as skyrocketing AI energy demands push the US toward a 13-gigawatt power shortfall by 2028.

Energy Data Centers Business