Spielberg Says He Has Never Used AI in His Films
Steven Spielberg made a definitive statement about artificial intelligence during his appearance at SXSW 2026 on March 13: he has never used AI in any of his films
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Anthropic Drops Long-Context Premium: 1M Tokens at Standard Price
Anthropic announced on March 13 that its full 1 million token context window is now generally available for Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 at standard API pricing. The company eliminated the long-context surcharge that previously added up to 100% to the cost of requests exceeding 200,000 tokens
EU AI Act Adds Ban on AI Nudification Tools
The European Union Council released its amended AI Act proposal on March 13, 2026, adding an explicit prohibition on AI nudification tools and non-consensual intimate imagery. A committee vote is scheduled for March 18 before the proposal advances to parliamentary and Council approval stages
Musk Admits xAI 'Not Built Right,' Starts Over
Elon Musk stated on March 13, 2026 that "xAI was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up." The admission came as 10 of the company's 12 original co-founders have departed, and xAI is now recruiting engineers from Cursor to rebuild its AI coding tools
Amazon Investigates AI Coding-Linked Service Outages
Amazon is reviewing service outages tied to AI-assisted coding tools after disruptions hit thousands of customers. Here is what it means for creators relying on AI coding.
NVIDIA Cosmos 2.5 Adds Synthetic Video and Physical AI
NVIDIA releases Cosmos 2.5 world foundation models for synthetic data generation and physical AI reasoning, now available on Hugging Face.
Canva Magic Layers Turns AI Images Into Editable Designs
Canva launched Magic Layers on March 13, 2026, a beta feature that converts flat AI-generated images into fully editable multi-layer designs
Lovable Hits $400M ARR With Just 146 Employees
Lovable, the vibe coding platform that lets users build applications through natural language commands, reached $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February 2026. The company did it with just 146 employees and 8 million users, adding $100 million in revenue in a single month
Meta Delays Avocado AI Model to May After Falling Behind
Meta has delayed the launch of its next-generation AI model, codenamed "Avocado," from March to at least May 2026. Internal testing revealed the model falls short of competitors from Google and OpenAI, landing somewhere between Google's Gemini 2.5 and Gemini 3 in performance
Google Maps Adds Gemini AI and 3D Navigation
Google launched Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation on March 12, 2026, bringing Gemini AI to Google Maps for the first time. Ask Maps lets users ask complex conversational questions, and Immersive Navigation replaces flat 2D directions with photorealistic 3D views of the road ahead
Cursor Targets $50B Valuation as AI Coding Revenue Hits $2B
Cursor, the AI coding assistant built on Claude and GPT models, is in talks for a new funding round at a $50 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported on March 12, 2026. The company crossed $2 billion in annualized revenue in February, doubling its revenue run rate in three months
Google Releases Gemma 3: Open Multimodal Models Up to 27B
Google released Gemma 3 on March 12, 2026, a family of open-weight multimodal models in four sizes (1B, 4B, 12B, 27B) built on Gemini 2.0 technology. The models support 128k token context, 140+ languages, and image-plus-text input, with open weights on Hugging Face and Kaggle
Anthropic Invests $100M in Claude Partner Network
Anthropic launched the Claude Partner Network on March 12, 2026, committing $100 million in 2026 funding to enlist major consulting firms as enterprise AI deployment partners
OpenAI Brings Sora Video Generation Into ChatGPT
OpenAI is planning to integrate its Sora AI video generator directly into ChatGPT, according to a report from The Information. The move would bring AI video creation capabilities to ChatGPT's hundreds of millions of active users, dramatically expanding Sora's reach beyond its standalone app
Runway Labs Takes AI Video Beyond Filmmaking
Runway launched an internal incubator called Runway Labs on March 12, 2026, to explore applications of its generative video and world model technology outside filmmaking
Anthropic Launches Institute to Study AI's Societal Impact
Anthropic launched The Anthropic Institute on March 11, 2026, a new research organization focused on studying how advanced AI is reshaping jobs, economies, legal systems, and society at large
Nvidia Invests $2B in AI Cloud Startup Nebius
Nvidia invested $2 billion in Nebius, an Amsterdam-based AI cloud company, in a strategic partnership announced March 11, 2026. The deal commits to deploying more than 5 gigawatts of Nvidia systems through Nebius by 2030, adding a major new full-stack AI cloud alternative to the existing hypersca...
ElevenLabs Pledges 1 Million Free Voice Restorations at SXSW
ElevenLabs pledged to restore 1 million voices for free at SXSW 2026, launching the initiative on March 11 alongside the premiere of "11 Voices," a docuseries where people with voice loss narrate their own stories using AI-generated versions of their voices