AI News Roundup – March 13, 2026
Scientists built the hardest AI test ever and the results are surprising
A global team of researchers created ‘Humanity’s Last Exam,’ a brutally difficult 2,500-question test filled with highly specialized questions that even the smartest AI models are bombing, proving human expertise is still irreplaceable
Science Daily
Mar 13, 2026
‘God’s view’: The rise of AI war dashboards
AI-powered war dashboards like ‘World Monitor’ are surging in popularity by aggregating real-time global crisis data, though experts caution users not to treat them as absolute truth due to the risk of AI hallucinations
Courthouse News Service
Mar 13, 2026
Key findings about how Americans view artificial intelligence
Pew Research surveys indicate that Americans are increasingly anxious about the rapid rise of AI and its potential harm to human creativity, relationships, and the job market, prompting widespread calls for more control and regulation
Pew Research Center
Mar 12, 2026
Lobster buffet: China’s tech firms feast on OpenClaw as companies race to deploy AI agents
Chinese tech giants and local governments are heavily backing the rapid adoption of OpenClaw, a new open-source AI agent that proactively handles tasks and helps Chinese AI models close the gap with American rivals
CNBC
Mar 12, 2026
Microsoft Sides With Anthropic Against Trump Admin’s Supply Chain Risk Designation
Microsoft is throwing its legal weight behind Anthropic’s battle against the Pentagon’s blacklist, arguing that applying a national security designation to a US startup sets a dangerous precedent that could freeze the tech industry’s supply chain
Decrypt
Mar 11, 2026
Introducing The Anthropic Institute
Anthropic has launched The Anthropic Institute, an interdisciplinary initiative designed to study how super-powerful AI will disrupt jobs, the economy, and the legal system while helping society navigate the rapid pace of technological change
Anthropic
Mar 11, 2026
Nvidia plans open-source AI agent platform ‘NemoClaw’ for enterprises: Wired
Nvidia is preparing to launch ‘NemoClaw,’ an open-source platform that teams up with software heavyweights to help enterprises unleash AI assistants capable of independently tackling complex, multi-step tasks
CNBC
Mar 10, 2026
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has raised over $1 billion for his startup AMI to build open-source ‘world models,’ betting that true human-level intelligence requires AI that understands the physical world
Wired
Mar 10, 2026
Oracle denies reports of Abilene data center troubles
Oracle strongly denies rumors that its massive new AI data center in Abilene, Texas, is facing expansion troubles or financing hiccups, insisting the project is fully on schedule
Investing.com
Mar 09, 2026
Employees across OpenAI and Google support Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon
Nearly 40 employees from rival AI giants Google and OpenAI are rallying behind Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon, arguing that the ‘supply chain risk’ label is unfair retaliation and demanding better guardrails for lethal military tech
The Verge
Mar 09, 2026
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