Saturday, 28 March 2026
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora; Anthropic Launches Cowork; Record AI Agent Funding
OpenAI Kills Sora — Costs Outpaced Monetization
OpenAI shut down its Sora video generation project due to excessive compute costs, intense competition, and skeptical investors. The decision reflects broader challenges in the AI video generation space where infrastructure costs outpace monetization potential.
Anthropic Brings AI Agents to Claude Code
Anthropic introduced Cowork, a feature enabling Claude to operate as an autonomous coding agent with multi-step task execution capabilities. The integration allows Claude to work alongside developers on extended programming tasks without constant human intervention.
AI Agent Startups See Record Q1 Funding
Venture capital investment in autonomous AI agent companies reached new highs in Q1 2026, with enterprise-focused agent frameworks and workflow automation startups leading the round. Investors are betting on agentic AI as the next major platform shift.
Apple’s Deal with Google Lets It Use Gemini to Train Smaller AI Models
Apple secured an agreement with Google to use Gemini model outputs for training its own smaller, on-device AI models. The partnership enables Apple to improve Siri and on-device intelligence while reducing dependency on large cloud-based models.