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March 24, 2026, 8:25 PM

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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI plans to discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT  —  OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney ends its partnership with OpenAI, signed in December 2025, in which it pledged to invest $1B and agreed to license some characters to Sora  —  OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision.
The Information:
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
A New Mexico jury finds that Meta violated state laws by failing to safeguard its platforms from child predators and orders it to pay $375M in damages  —  A jury has reached a verdict in a major New Mexico trial in which the state's attorney general alleged that Meta failed to safeguard its family of apps from child predators.
Financial Times:
Arm unveils its own AI chip called the AGI CPU, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI will be early customers  —  SoftBank-owned tech group projects fivefold revenue increase in five years  —  Meta and OpenAI will be among the first customers …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's plans for a Siri reboot include a standalone Siri app, an overhauled interface in the Dynamic Island, and Ask Siri and Write with Siri features  —  Apple Inc. is testing a standalone app for its Siri voice assistant alongside a new “Ask Siri” feature that will work across …
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Two versions of LiteLLM, an interface for accessing LLMs, have been removed from PyPI after a supply chain attack injected them with credential-stealing code  —  Two versions of LiteLLM, an open source interface for accessing multiple large language models, have been removed from the Python Package Index …
Bloomberg:
Maria Curi / Axios:
At a hearing, a US federal judge says the Pentagon's treatment of Anthropic is “troubling” and that “it looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic”  —  A federal judge on Tuesday called the Pentagon's treatment of Anthropic “troubling” as the AI company urged the court …
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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces acquisitions of security startups Antimatter and SiftD  —  Databricks has grown from startup into major software company, generating billions by processing data and running generative artificial intelligence models for clients.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple plans to launch Apple Business, a free platform that consolidates its business tools, on April 14, and plans Apple Maps ads in summer in the US and Canada  —  Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps, starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer.
Carly Nairn / Courthouse News Service:
A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Meta by Attaullah Baig, former head of cybersecurity at WhatsApp, who alleged Meta ignored critical security flaws  —  A judge ruled WhatsApp's former head of cybersecurity did not bring sufficient facts to the case when claiming violations by Meta and retaliation after the disclosure.
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin  —  Quick Take  — Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves.
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its “AI for Work” initiative, which aims to drive AI adoption across its workforce, replacing Guy Rosen  —  Andrew Bosworth, Meta's chief technology officer, will oversee the company's ‘AI For Work’ initiatives as focus shifts away from the metaverse
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Google launches Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles, expanding its “open infrastructure” from infotainment to non-safety internal systems  —  Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles is an ‘open architecture’ for non-safety parts of the car's internal computer.
The Information:
Source: SpaceX is aiming to file its IPO prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, and could try to raise more than $75B  —  SpaceX is aiming to file its initial public offering prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans.
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI plans to invest $1B in AI-related causes in 2026 via the OpenAI Foundation, and names co-founder Wojciech Zaremba to lead its AI resilience initiatives  —  OpenAI plans to invest $1 billion in various AI-related causes this year through its nonprofit arm, dramatically increasing …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, allowing artists to review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks from being attributed to them  —  At a time when AI slop is flooding music streaming platforms, Spotify is beta testing a new “Artist Profile Protection” …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases iOS 26.4, with Playlist Playground, which generates an Apple Music playlist from a prompt, 8 new emojis, improved keyboard accuracy, and more  —  Apple has released iOS 26.4, bringing 13 enhancements to your iPhone.  The new software update includes 8 new emoji characters …

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