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Meta launches initiative to support entrepreneurship with AI tools for 250 million small businesses

Meta unveils Meta Small Business, a company-wide initiative focused on driving AI adoption among its 250 million global small business users. Led by Dina Powell McCormick and Naomi Gleit, the program aims to help entrepreneurs leverage AI to build new businesses as Meta pivots toward SMBs amid mounting regulatory pressures and shifts away from its Metaverse division.

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Claude AI suffers another widespread outage affecting thousands of users globally

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced another significant outage on March 25, with Downdetector reports spiking from 150 to over 5,318 within minutes. Users across multiple regions encountered error messages preventing them from sending prompts or receiving responses. Anthropic confirmed the service disruptions on its status page, noting elevated errors under investigation, but provided no timeline for restoration.

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Trump appoints Zuckerberg, Huang, and Ellison to tech-heavy science council focused on AI

Donald Trump unveiled his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, naming 13 prominent tech industry leaders including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Oracle's Larry Ellison. The panel, heavily focused on AI policy, marks a sharp departure from previous administrations with only one academic scientist and raises questions about federal research priorities.

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Granola raises $125M at $1.5B valuation, expanding from AI notetaker to enterprise AI platform

Granola, the AI-powered meeting application that records conversations without visible bots, secured $125 million in Series C funding led by Index Ventures, reaching a $1.5 billion valuation. The London-based startup is expanding beyond meeting transcription to become an enterprise AI context layer, introducing Team Spaces, new APIs, and planning agentic AI features within the next year.

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Harvey secures $11 billion valuation as Sequoia triples down on legal AI with $200 million raise

Legal AI startup Harvey has raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation, marking a 3.5x jump in just over a year. Co-led by Sequoia and GIC, the funding will expand Harvey's AI agents that automate complex legal workflows. With total funding exceeding $1 billion, Harvey serves over 100,000 lawyers and demonstrates how specialized AI applications can capture significant value beyond model companies like OpenAI.

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AI Dividend program launches $1,000 monthly payments for workers displaced by AI

The AI Dividend program has begun issuing $1,000 monthly basic income payments to workers impacted by AI job displacement. Run by nonprofits AI Commons Project and What We Will, the initiative currently supports 25-50 recipients with $300,000 in initial funding, aiming to distribute $3 million by 2026.

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CPU shortage deepens as Intel and AMD prioritize AI servers over consumer PCs

Intel and AMD are grappling with a severe CPU shortage as surging demand for AI computing drives processor prices up by 10% to 15%. Lead times have jumped from two weeks to six months, with gaming PC makers warning the situation rivals the memory chip crisis. Server processors are being prioritized, leaving consumer PC markets struggling for supply.

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Meta smart glasses blocked in Europe as battery rules and AI regulations stall launch

Meta's new Ray-Ban Display glasses won't reach European markets anytime soon. The European launch delay stems from EU regulations requiring removable batteries by 2027 and restrictions on AI features. While Meta cites supply shortages, the company is seeking exemptions for AI wearables as regulatory challenges mount in both Europe and the U.S.

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Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 GPUs Target AI Workloads with 32GB Memory at Half NVIDIA's Price

Intel unveiled its Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 workstation graphics cards featuring 32GB of memory for AI inference workloads and professional applications. Priced at $949, the Arc Pro B70 undercuts NVIDIA's RTX Pro 4000 by nearly half while offering more memory capacity. The cards mark Intel's first deployment of its larger Battlemage GPU architecture, though aimed at AI and pro markets rather than gaming.

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Intel launches Panther Lake vPro platform with AI capabilities to reclaim commercial PC market

Intel officially released its Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake processors with vPro certification, targeting the commercial PC market where AMD has gained ground. The chipmaker also launched Xeon 600 workstation CPUs and introduced new vPro features including a certification program for apps and accessories, promising improved power efficiency and AI-driven security capabilities.

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Samsung unveils Exynos 1680 SoC with AI boost, 200-megapixel camera and 144Hz display support

Samsung has introduced the Exynos 1680 chipset, the successor to last year's Exynos 1580, featuring a 4nm process and significant upgrades across CPU, GPU, and AI capabilities. The new processor delivers up to 16 percent GPU performance improvement and supports 200-megapixel cameras, with the chipset expected to power the upcoming Galaxy A57 5G smartphone.

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SLB and Nvidia expand partnership to build AI infrastructure for energy industry

Oilfield services giant SLB is deepening its collaboration with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure and models for the energy sector. The expanded partnership will create an AI Factory for Energy platform and modular data centers, helping oil and gas producers process massive volumes of operational data while cutting costs and reducing emissions.

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Sanders and AOC introduce bill to halt AI data center construction until regulations are in place

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are introducing companion legislation to impose a national moratorium on new data center projects with peak power loads exceeding 20 megawatts. The bill aims to pause construction until Congress enacts comprehensive AI regulation addressing environmental impact, rising electricity prices, and job displacement concerns.

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Origin raises $30M to solve the $750M blind spot in corporate benefits spending with AI

London-based Origin has raised $30 million in Series A+ funding to expand its AI platform that transforms fragmented employee benefits data into actionable intelligence. Founded by the team behind Darwin, the startup helps multinational companies gain visibility into their second-largest cost after headcount, with one client expecting to save $75 million annually using the platform.

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Colleges revive oral exams to combat generative AI as students submit perfect work but can't explain it

Universities across the U.S. are bringing back Ancient Greek-style oral exams as professors notice a troubling pattern: students submit flawless AI-generated assignments but struggle to explain their work. From Cornell to NYU, educators are combining traditional Socratic methods with AI-powered assessments to verify genuine learning and address declining critical thinking skills.

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