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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 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, 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 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
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
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
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
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
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