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Windsurf released Wave 13 on March 6, 2026, delivering its SWE-1.5 coding model for free to all users, a new Arena Mode for blind model comparison, Plan Mode for structured task planning, and parallel multi-agent sessions.
Google launched Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a new audio-first AI model designed for real-time voice conversations. It supports over 90 languages, filters background noise more effectively, and maintains context for twice as long.
Cohere released Transcribe, a 2-billion-parameter open-source speech recognition model that tops the HuggingFace Open ASR Leaderboard with a 5.42% average word error rate, beating OpenAI Whisper Large v3 by 27%.
Intel launches the Arc Pro B70 with 32GB GDDR6 VRAM and 367 INT8 TOPS at just $949, giving AI creators an affordable alternative to NVIDIA RTX Pro workstation GPUs.
ComfyUI introduces a custom PyTorch memory allocator called Dynamic VRAM that eliminates out-of-memory crashes and lets creators run large AI models on limited hardware.
Google launched Lyria 3 Pro, an AI music generation model that creates tracks up to three minutes long with full song structure including intros, verses, and choruses.
xAI launched SuperGrok Lite, a $10-per-month subscription tier that includes basic AI image and video generation. The plan sits below the existing $30 SuperGrok tier and targets casual creators.
ElevenLabs and IBM announced a partnership on March 25 to integrate 10,000+ voices across 70 languages into IBM watsonx Orchestrate.
Udio settles lawsuits with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group and pivots to a walled-garden fan platform for licensed remixing and mashups.
Tripo AI raised $50 million from Alibaba and Baidu Ventures to scale its 3D generation platform, which now serves 6.5 million creators with 100 million 3D assets generated.
Framer adds GPU-accelerated Shaders for animated gradients, particles, and image effects. Also ships Static Files for domain verification and custom A/B test distribution.
OpenAI announced it will discontinue Sora, its AI video generation app, just six months after launch. Disney simultaneously dissolved its planned $1 billion investment.
Spotify launched Artist Profile Protection in beta on March 24, letting musicians approve or decline AI-generated music before it appears on their profile.
Snapchat launched AI Clips on March 24, a new Lens format that transforms a single photo into a 5-second AI-generated video for Lens+ subscribers.
Spline launched Omma on March 24, an AI canvas that generates interactive 3D web experiences from natural language prompts using parallel agents.
Moda AI raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst to build an AI design agent that learns a company's brand identity and generates fully editable presentations, social posts, and visual assets.
DeepBrain AI launched Interactive AI Video Agents on March 24, bringing real-time conversational avatars to enterprise workflows with sub-1.5s response time.
Figma new use_figma MCP tool lets AI agents from Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor create and edit native design assets directly on the canvas.