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Daily Recap — March 17, 2026

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  1. Claude charts a new course with charts, of course The Register

    Conversations with Anthropic's models may now be accompanied by interactive apps Seeing is believing, or so it was said up until AI required questioning everything.

  2. Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages TechCrunch

    When buyers inquire about an item’s availability, sellers can use Meta AI to automatically draft replies using information from their listing, such as the description, availability, pickup location, a

  3. Facebook Marketplace adds AI auto-replies for annoying ‘Is this still available?’ messages The Verge

    Facebook Marketplace is adding a bunch of new AI-powered tools that are supposed to make selling items on the platform a little more efficient.

  4. Anthropic’s Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals now The Verge

    Anthropic's latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations during your conversation.

  5. Microsoft’s Copilot Health can connect to your medical records and wearables The Verge

    Microsoft announced on Thursday that it's launching Copilot Health, a "separate, secure space" in Copilot for asking questions about lab results and medical records, searching for providers, analyzing

  6. Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information The Register

    It's safe and secure, Redmond insists, but don't expect medical advice Microsoft wants to store your healthcare data so that its AI "delivers personalized health insights that you can act on," but wit

  7. Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’ TechCrunch

    Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were "wrappers" as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.

  8. Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks TechCrunch

    AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.

  9. Why physical AI is becoming manufacturing’s next advantage MIT Tech Review

    For decades, manufacturers have pursued automation to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and stabilize operations. That approach delivered meaningful gains, but it is no longer enough.

  10. India tests whether AI can stop trains hitting elephants The Register

    PLUS: SAP expands Japanese cloud; SK hynix close to shipping LPDDR6; Lenovo’s biggest ever IaaS deal; and more India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change last week staged a two-day nat

  11. Google's AI Search Results Love to Refer You Back to Google WIRED

    The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers.

  12. The Download: how AI is used for military targeting, and the Pentagon’s war on Claude MIT Tech Review

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

  13. China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies WIRED

    Hype around the open source agent is driving people to rent cloud servers and buy AI subscriptions just to try it, creating a windfall for tech companies.

  14. Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True WIRED

    From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.

  15. AI Mistake Throws Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Nearly Six Months Futurism

    Dumb AI meets even dumber cops. The post AI Mistake Throws Innocent Grandmother in Jail for Nearly Six Months appeared first on Futurism.

  16. Future AI chips could be built on glass MIT Tech Review

    Human-made glass is thousands of years old. But it’s now poised to find its way into the AI chips used in the world’s newest and largest data centers.

  17. Netflix Buys Startup That Modifies Footage Using AI Futurism

    They're willing to dig deep into their pockets. The post Netflix Buys Startup That Modifies Footage Using AI appeared first on Futurism.

  18. Trump Supporters Getting Scammed by AI-Generated Foot Fetish Model Futurism

    "Btw I respond to every message but be patient since I'm not a robot haha." The post Trump Supporters Getting Scammed by AI-Generated Foot Fetish Model appeared first on Futurism.

  19. E.SUN Bank and IBM build AI governance framework for banking AI News

    E.SUN Bank is working with IBM to build clearer AI governance rules for how artificial intelligence can be used inside a bank. The effort reflects a wider shift in finance.

  20. BMW puts humanoid robots to work in Germany–and Europe’s factories are watching AI News

    Europe’s factory floors have a new kind of colleague.

Sources

The Register (18), Futurism (15), OpenAI Blog (15), TechCrunch (14), AI News (12), The Verge (10), WIRED (10), MIT Tech Review (8), The Rundown AI (8), IEEE Spectrum (5), VentureBeat (5)