Sunday, March 22, 2026
TL;DR
Today’s briefing covers 21 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics; Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive; Amazon is making an Alexa phone.
Top Stories
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics
The Verge AI
Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she didn’t fully understand the technology, she was curious about what it could do, and she saw that other artists were building online communit
Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive
The Verge AI
I’ve been testing out Gemini’s new task automation on the Pixel 10 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which for the first time lets Gemini take the wheel and use apps for you. It’s limited to a small subset right now - a handful of food delivery and rideshare services - and it’s still in […]
Amazon is making an Alexa phone
The Verge AI
Over 10 years after shelving the Fire Phone, Amazon is reportedly planning to launch another smartphone, this time focused on Alexa. According to Reuters, the phone, which is code-named “Transformer,” will center around Amazon’s AI assistant, but Alexa won’t “necessarily be the primary operating sys
News & Analysis
- Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business? (TechCrunch AI)
- Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns (TechCrunch AI)
- Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’ (TechCrunch AI)
- Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference (TechCrunch AI)
- I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work (Wired AI)
- Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck (Wired AI)
- ‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Almost Makes Corporate Culture Seem Fun (Wired AI)
- WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more (TechCrunch AI)
Deep Dive: Today’s AI Landscape
Synthesized from multiple research sources
AI Breakthroughs and Launches in March 2026
March 2026 has been marked by significant advances across frontier models, infrastructure, and enterprise AI applications.
Frontier Models
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