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OpenAI Shuts Down Sora and Kills the $1 Billion Disney Deal

OpenAI announced it is shutting down its Sora AI video generation app, ending a turbulent six-month run that saw deepfake controversies, copyright battles, and a rapid decline from 3.3 million downloads at peak to just 1.1 million by February. The closure also kills a $1 billion Disney partnership that would have brought over 200 licensed characters to the platform — no money ever changed hands. OpenAI said it will redirect resources toward robotics and autonomous systems, while estimated inference costs of $15 million per day against just $2.1 million in lifetime revenue made the math unsustainable.

Source: TechCrunch

Arm Launches First-Ever In-House Chip: The AGI CPU for AI Data Centers

After 35 years of exclusively licensing chip designs, Arm made history by announcing its first production silicon: the AGI CPU, a 136-core data center processor built on TSMC's 3nm process and designed for agentic AI workloads. Meta is the lead customer, with OpenAI, Cerebras, and Cloudflare also signed on. More than 50 ecosystem partners including AWS, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung have backed Arm's expansion into production silicon, with servers expected in the second half of 2026.

Source: Arm Newsroom

OpenAI Plans to Double Workforce to 8,000 as Anthropic Captures 73% of First-Time Enterprise Spending

OpenAI is planning to nearly double its headcount from 4,500 to 8,000 by year-end, according to the Financial Times, with new hires spanning engineering, research, sales, and a new "technical ambassadorship" program. The aggressive expansion comes as fintech data from Ramp shows Anthropic now captures over 70% of first-time enterprise AI spending — a shift that reportedly prompted CEO Sam Altman to issue an internal "code red." OpenAI is on track for $25 billion in 2026 revenue, but Anthropic's $19 billion is closing the gap fast.

Source: CNBC

Google Gemini Launches Memory and Chat History Import from ChatGPT and Claude

Google rolled out new switching tools for Gemini that let users import their memories, context, and full chat history from rival AI apps including ChatGPT and Claude. Users can export their data as a ZIP file (up to 5GB) and upload it directly, or use a copy-paste prompt to transfer stored preferences and personal context. The move directly targets the "cold start" problem that keeps users locked into their current AI assistant and signals that data portability is becoming the next competitive battleground.

Source: Google Blog

Mistral Releases Voxtral TTS — An Open-Source Speech Model Small Enough for a Smartwatch

French AI startup Mistral released Voxtral TTS, an open-source text-to-speech model that can run on smartwatches, smartphones, and laptops. The 4-billion-parameter model supports nine languages, clones voices from under five seconds of audio, and delivers 90ms time-to-first-audio latency for real-time performance. Mistral is positioning Voxtral as a direct competitor to ElevenLabs and OpenAI's speech models, betting that open-source customization and on-device inference will win enterprise adoption.

Source: TechCrunch

Anthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Computer to Perform Tasks

Anthropic expanded Claude's computer use capabilities, allowing the AI to directly control desktop applications — clicking, typing, navigating, and completing multi-step workflows across software on behalf of users. The feature moves Claude beyond chat-based assistance into genuine agentic territory where it can operate your machine to get work done. Combined with this week's announcement that Claude's integrated work tools (Figma, Canva, Amplitude) are now available on mobile, Anthropic is rapidly expanding Claude's surface area across devices and workflows.

Source: CNET

OpenAI Is Building a Desktop "Superapp" for macOS

OpenAI is developing a unified desktop application for macOS that bundles ChatGPT, coding tools, file management, and agentic capabilities into a single interface. The "superapp" approach signals OpenAI's ambition to move beyond browser-based chat and embed itself as a persistent operating system-level assistant. The move comes as the company doubles its workforce and pivots aggressively toward enterprise, competing directly with Anthropic's growing ecosystem of desktop and mobile integrations.

Source: 9to5Mac