The 10 most important AI stories of March 11, 2026, hand-curated from the day's coverage. Every story links to its primary source.
Nvidia is planning to spend $26 billion on open-weight AI models, according to filings. The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.
Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1 billion in ARR by year's end. The AI-powered coding platform has tripled its valuation in six months.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a 120-billion-parameter open model with 12 billion active parameters designed to run complex agentic AI systems at scale. Perplexity offers users access to the model.
Nvidia Corp. will invest $2 billion in Nebius Group NV as part of a strategic partnership to develop and build AI data centers, as the chip giant continues to pour money into companies that buy its chips.
Uber will let customers hail robotaxis from Amazon's Zoox, starting in Las Vegas this summer and expanding to Los Angeles next year. The partnership brings fully autonomous rides to the Uber app.
The White House is preparing an executive order targeting the AI startup, even as its earlier actions against the company face a major test in court. Anthropic's lawsuit over the Pentagon blacklist continues.
Anthropic is opening a Sydney office to support growing demand for Claude across APAC, with customers including Canva, Quantium and Commonwealth Bank. The expansion comes as Anthropic scales globally amid its legal battle with the Pentagon.
The MTIA processors are Meta's latest attempt to build its own AI hardware, even as it continues spending billions on gear from industry leaders like Nvidia. Four new chip generations will deploy by end of 2027.
Nvidia is reportedly planning its own open-source OpenClaw competitor. The GPU maker is courting corporate partners for NemoClaw ahead of its annual GTC conference, leaning into the agentic AI craze.
A study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate found Character.AI urged violence in response to prompts—'use a gun' or 'beat the crap out of him'—deeming it uniquely unsafe among 10 chatbots tested. The findings raise concerns about AI safety guardrails.
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