Digest: March 22-25, 2026

OpenAI shut down Sora and raised its round to $120B, Anthropic released Auto Mode and Computer Use, Apple revealed Siri relaunch plans, Arm released its own chip.

Author: Michael Kokin ·

OpenAI shut down Sora and raised its round to $120B, Anthropic released Auto Mode and Computer Use for Claude, Apple revealed Siri relaunch plans, and Arm released its own chip for the first time in 35 years.

AI

Anthropic released two major Claude updatesAuto Mode lets Claude Code make autonomous decisions with safety filters, and Computer Use provides macOS computer control.

OpenAI shut down Sora six months after launch — the service consumed too many compute resources. Disney cancelled a planned $1B investment. CNBC

Apple revealed Siri relaunch plans for iOS 27 — a standalone app with iMessage-style text chat and an "Ask Siri" button. Presentation scheduled for WWDC on June 8. MacRumors

Judge questioned legality of US government's Anthropic ban — in her opinion, the administration's actions were punitive. The ban has already cost the company hundreds of millions. TechCrunch

Google launched Lyria 3 Pro — music generation up to 3 minutes — the model creates full tracks with intros, verses, and choruses. Available in Gemini, AI Studio, and via API at $0.08 per track. TechCrunch

Software

Cursor admitted Composer 2 is built on Kimi 2.5 — Moonshot AI's model fine-tuned with RL. TechCrunch

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Library — cloud file storage for Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers (unavailable in EU and UK). The Verge

Robots and Hardware

Amazon bought Fauna Robotics and entered the humanoid market — the startup created the 106cm Sprout robot for $50,000, clients included Disney and Boston Dynamics. CNBC

Arm released its own chip for the first time in 35 years — AGI CPU with 136 cores. Meta became the first customer, orders from OpenAI and Cloudflare. Stock jumped 20%. CNBC

Musk announced $20B Terafab — joint Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI chip fab in Austin, Texas. Engadget

Business

OpenAI raised record round to $120B — additional $10B from a16z, DE Shaw, and T Rowe Price. Company offered PE firms guaranteed 17.5% returns. CNBC

OpenAI hired ex-Meta ad executive — Dave Dugan leads global ad solutions. Company seeking new revenue sources ahead of IPO. FT