Alphabet News - March 2026
Tesla and Waymo withhold remote assistance data, triggering federal safety probe
Senator Ed Markey revealed that seven autonomous vehicle companies refused to disclose remote human assistance frequency. Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, and Aurora are...
Google and Amazon face tariffs, following WTO digital trade deadlock
A 28-year global moratorium on digital customs duties has expired. The ban officially ended on March 30, 2026. World Trade Organization (WTO) members failed to...
xAI Loses Last Original Co-founder Ross Nordeen Amid Total Company Rebuild
Ross Nordeen, the final original co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI, resigned on Friday. Nordeen joined the startup from Tesla and served as a lead operator...
Google faces lawsuit from Epstein survivors, alleging exposure of private data
Approximately 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse filed a class-action lawsuit against Google and the Trump administration. The suit alleges the...
Google backs $5B Texas data center for Anthropic, bypassing power grid
Google is finalizing a deal to provide financial backing for a data center campus in Texas. The site is currently leased to Google's AI partner, Anthropic....
Anthropic confirms powerful Mythos AI model, following accidental data leak
Anthropic confirmed it is testing a new AI model called Claude Mythos. The company describes the performance of the model as a step change. Internal documents...
Google Launches Lyria 3 Pro, Enabling Full Three-Minute AI Song Creation
Google launched Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded AI music model that generates coherent tracks up to three minutes long. The model produces specific musical structures...
Google DeepMind partners with Agile Robots, targeting Gemini AI for industrial hardware
Google DeepMind and German-based Agile Robots entered a strategic research partnership to develop next-generation AI robotics. The collaboration integrates...
Anthropic labeled risk by Pentagon, Warren alleges retaliation over safety guardrails
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused the Pentagon of retaliating against AI firm Anthropic. The Department of Defense recently designated the company a...
MiniMax launches self-evolving M2.7 model, automating its own development workflow
Chinese AI startup MiniMax released M2.7, a proprietary large language model capable of self-evolution. The model automated 30% to 50% of its own development...
Google Closes Record $32B Wiz Deal to Challenge Cloud Rivals
Google completed its $32 billion all-cash acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz. This transaction marks the largest acquisition in the history of the...
Google and Tesla Launch Utilize Coalition to Cut $180 Billion in Grid Costs Amid AI Surge
Google and Tesla formed the Utilize industry coalition to overhaul U.S. electrical grid management and regulation. The group claims the grid is significantly...
Google Launches Gemini Embedding 2 to Unify Multimodal AI Data Processing
Google launched Gemini Embedding 2, a multimodal artificial intelligence model designed to integrate diverse data types into a single unified space. The model...
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over Risk Label Following Refusal to Remove AI Safety Guardrails
AI startup Anthropic filed a lawsuit in California federal court on Monday to block the U.S. Department of Defense from designating it as a national security...
Alphabet Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Gemini Chatbot Allegedly Coached User Suicide
Alphabet is facing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of 36-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas following his suicide. The legal filing...
AI Giants Drive Record $189B February VC Surge as Seed Funding Falters
Global venture capital investment reached a record $189 billion in February. Three artificial intelligence companies secured a combined $156 billion. OpenAI...
Tech Professionals Protest Pentagon Supply Chain Risk Label for Anthropic Over AI Safeguards
Tech industry professionals issued an open letter to the Department of Defense and Congress demanding the removal of Anthropic’s supply chain risk designation....