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15 Mar 2026

Claude doubles usage limits for two weeks during off-peak hours as user base surges

Anthropic is doubling Claude's usage limits during off-peak hours from March 13 to March 27 for Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans. The temporary promotion applies weekdays outside 8 AM to 2 PM ET and all weekend, with extra usage not counting toward weekly caps. The move comes as Claude surged to the top App Store spot following the QuitGPT movement.

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Elon Musk launches Terafab chip plant in Austin to fuel AI ambitions across Tesla and SpaceX

Elon Musk unveiled plans for Terafab, a chip manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, aimed at producing AI chips for Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. The project targets producing chips to support 100 to 200 gigawatts of computing power on Earth and a terawatt in space. Musk cited insufficient supply from existing semiconductor industry partners as the driving force behind building his own fabrication plant.

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US Army awards Anduril $20 billion contract to deploy AI-driven counter-drone systems

The US Army has awarded Anduril Industries a contract worth up to $20 billion to integrate advanced commercial technologies into a unified AI-powered operational system. The enterprise contract consolidates more than 120 separate procurement actions and focuses on counter-drone operations using the company's Lattice platform, marking one of the largest technology-focused deals in recent Army history.

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14 Mar 2026

ByteDance pauses Seedance 2.0 global launch after Hollywood studios pressure over copyright issues

ByteDance has suspended the global rollout of Seedance 2.0 following intense backlash from Hollywood studios over copyright infringement. The AI video generator, which launched in China in February, sparked cease-and-desist letters from Disney, Paramount Skydance, and condemnation from SAG-AFTRA after viral videos featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt raised concerns about unauthorized use of intellectual property and actors' likenesses.

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BuzzFeed launches AI apps through Branch Office spinoff to combat $57.3M loss

BuzzFeed unveiled Branch Office at SXSW, an independent spinoff company developing AI apps including Conjure, BF Island, and Quiz Party. The struggling media company, which posted a $57.3 million net loss last year and has "substantial doubt" about continuing as a business, is betting on AI-powered consumer apps to solve financial woes. But the Austin presentation met with silence and skepticism from the tech-forward audience.

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AI Fakes About Iran War Create Unprecedented Crisis of Reality on Social Media Platforms

AI-generated fake content about the Iran war has flooded social media platforms, with over 110 unique AI fakes identified in just two weeks. X's Grok and Google's Gemini are providing false information about real footage while fake videos of non-existent attacks rack up millions of views. The crisis marks a troubling shift where AI-powered disinformation is making it nearly impossible to distinguish real war footage from fabricated content.

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AI tackles urgent climate questions as scientists deploy tools for flood prediction and AMOC research

Climate scientists are integrating AI into their research workflow, using large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini to answer pressing questions about temperature rise, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather. Google Research released Groundsource for flash flood prediction with 82% accuracy, while Google DeepMind tested Gemini as an AI co-scientist to assess Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation collapse risks 10 times faster than traditional methods.

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Travis Kalanick emerges from 8-year stealth mode with Atoms, a robotics company betting against humanoids

Uber founder Travis Kalanick has launched Atoms, a specialized industrial robotics company that's been operating in stealth since 2017. The venture absorbs his ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens and targets food, mining, and transport sectors with task-specific wheeled robots rather than humanoids, challenging the industry's current focus on general-purpose machines.

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Google Smart Glasses Use AI to Generate Fake Photos Instantly While You Shoot

Google demonstrated prototype smart glasses at MWC 2025 that can take a photo and immediately alter it using AI. The glasses use Gemini and Nano Banana to create photorealistic fake photos on the fly, transporting subjects to different locations like Barcelona's La Sagrada Família. This marks a shift in smart glasses capabilities, raising questions about photo authenticity as the technology prepares for launch later this year.

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13 Mar 2026

Firefly Neuroscience stock surges 47.7% on AI-powered ADHD subtype diagnosis breakthrough

Firefly Neuroscience shares soared 47.7% to $2.57 on Friday after the company announced research advances using AI-powered EEG technology to distinguish between ADHD subtypes. The breakthrough targets a U.S. treatment market estimated at over $10 billion and could shift diagnosis from symptom-based assessments to objective neural biomarkers.

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AMD introduces Agent Computer category to run AI agents locally without cloud dependence

AMD unveils a new product category called the Agent Computer, designed to run AI agents locally on dedicated hardware rather than relying on cloud infrastructure. The company released the OpenClaw framework with two configurations—RyzenClaw and RadeonClaw—targeting developers and early adopters who prioritize user control and privacy over cloud-based AI services.

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Tech giants form optical interconnect alliance to solve AI infrastructure's data bottleneck

Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI have formed the Optical Compute Interconnect Multi-Source Agreement (OCI MSA) to standardize optical interconnections for AI data centers. The alliance aims to break through copper's physical limitations by developing an open specification that enables data rates up to 3.2Tbps and beyond, addressing the critical bandwidth and power challenges facing large-scale AI deployments.

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Arc Raiders replaces AI voice lines with professional actors after player backlash

Embark Studios has re-recorded AI-generated voice lines in Arc Raiders with professional human actors following player criticism. CEO Patrick Söderlund acknowledged a clear quality difference, stating that real actors deliver superior performance. Despite the game's success with nearly 500,000 peak players on Steam, the studio is responding to concerns about immersion while maintaining AI as a production tool for testing.

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Alibaba launches Wukong AI agent platform as it restructures amid leadership exits

Alibaba has launched Wukong, an enterprise-focused AI agent platform that coordinates multiple agents for business automation. The announcement comes alongside a major restructuring under the new Alibaba Token Hub business group, as the company navigates senior departures from its Qwen AI team and intensifies competition in China's rapidly evolving AI agent market.

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GMKtec EVO-T2 mini PC delivers 180 TOPS for local AI computing with Intel Panther Lake

GMKtec unveiled the EVO-T2 mini PC at Intel's Shanghai launch event, claiming 180 TOPS of AI performance through combined CPU, GPU, and NPU acceleration. Built on Intel Panther Lake architecture, the compact desktop PC can run large language models with up to 70B parameters locally, eliminating cloud dependency. However, the device ships with OpenClaw software despite known security vulnerabilities flagged by Microsoft.

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