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Zoox and Uber Partner to Bring Autonomous Robotaxis to Las Vegas and Los Angeles

Mar 12, 2026

Zoox

Zoox and Uber are joining forces in a multi-year deal to bring fully autonomous, all-electric robotaxis to Las Vegas this year and Los Angeles by 2027, making Zoox's self-driving fleet bookable directly through the Uber app.

Autonomous Vehicles Business

OpenAI Integrates Sora Video Generator Into ChatGPT Amid Deepfake Fears and Rising Competition

Mar 11, 2026

The Verge

OpenAI is integrating its Sora video generator directly into ChatGPT, sparking deepfake fears as the tool has already been used to create realistic fake videos of historical figures, while the move signals a competitive push against Anthropic's rapidly growing Claude platform.

Image & Video Consumer Products Trust Business

Meta Acquires AI Agent Social Network Moltbook Amid Revelations of Major Security Flaws

Mar 11, 2026

TechCrunch

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook, but the viral platform's alarming posts of AI agents plotting secret languages turn out to stem from major security flaws that allowed humans to easily impersonate the bots, raising serious questions about what exactly Meta is buying.

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Nvidia Backs Thinking Machines with Multiyear Partnership and Major Investment Despite Internal Turmoil

Mar 11, 2026

The Deep View

Nvidia doubles down on a high-stakes bet, announcing a multiyear partnership and major investment in AI startup Thinking Machines — valued at over $12 billion — even as the company faces internal turmoil including the firing of its CTO and multiple employee resignations.

Funding Hardware Business

Meta Acquires AI Agent Social Network Moltbook, Bringing Founders Into Superintelligence Labs

Mar 11, 2026

Axios

Meta acquires viral AI agent social network Moltbook, bringing founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs on March 16, as the tech giant doubles down on autonomous AI agent infrastructure.

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Oracle and OpenAI Scrap 600MW Stargate Expansion as Nvidia Swoops In With $150M Deposit to Secure Capacity

Mar 10, 2026

Tom's Hardware

Nvidia pays a $150 million deposit to seize 600MW of data center capacity in Abilene, Texas after Oracle and OpenAI scrap a planned Stargate expansion following failed financing negotiations and weather-related infrastructure setbacks, with Nvidia reportedly eyeing Meta as a tenant to keep the site exclusively running its own silicon.

Data Centers Hardware Business Funding

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Groundbreaking Features As Claude Hits #1 On App Store And OpenAI's $110B Round Proves More Complex Than Advertised

Mar 10, 2026

The AI Report

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer-use and 1M token context as rival Claude hits #1 on the US App Store with record signups, while OpenAI's massive $110B funding round turns out to contain only ~$15B in immediately deployable cash.

Foundation Models Funding Business

Viral Forbes Claim That Anthropic Loses $5,000 Per Claude User Is Misleading, Actual Compute Costs Estimated At $500

Mar 10, 2026

Martin Alderson

A viral Forbes claim that Anthropic loses $5,000 per Claude Code Max user is misleading, as actual compute costs are estimated at just $500 — and on average, Anthropic is likely profitable on most Claude Code subscribers, with typical developers costing only $18 per month to serve.

Business Finance Coding & Developer Tools

OpenAI Ditches Oracle Stargate Expansion as AI Infrastructure Faces Obsolescence Crisis

Mar 10, 2026

CNBC

OpenAI is abandoning plans to expand its Stargate data center with Oracle in Texas, choosing newer Nvidia GPU clusters elsewhere as the AI industry faces a growing crisis where data centers become obsolete faster than they can be built, leaving Oracle — which carries over $100 billion in debt and …

Data Centers Hardware Business Funding

Anthropic Fights Back With Lawsuits After Pentagon Supply-Chain Label Triggers Billions in Potential Revenue Losses

Mar 10, 2026

WIRED

Anthropic is fighting back with two lawsuits against the Trump administration after the Pentagon labels it a supply-chain risk, triggering billions in potential revenue losses as major clients pause or cancel deals involving its Claude AI.

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