AI News for March 13, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Pentagon CTO calls Anthropic's Claude a supply chain 'pollutant' over built-in ethics: Defense Department CTO Emil Michael said Anthropic's Claude models "pollute" the military supply chain because they carry a "different policy preference" baked into their constitutional AI framework.
[TOOLS] Google launches 'Ask Maps' conversational feature and immersive 3D navigation: Google Maps is getting its biggest redesign in a decade with "Ask Maps," a Gemini-powered conversational feature that handles complex natural-language queries like "Where can I charge my phone without waiting in a long coffee line?" It draws on data from 300M+ locations and 500M+ contributor reviews, personalizing results based on search history and saved places.
[TOOLS] Claude adds interactive charts, diagrams, and visualizations directly in chat: Anthropic launched a beta feature letting Claude generate custom charts, diagrams, and interactive visualizations inline during conversations, without requiring code.
[TOOLS] Microsoft launches Copilot Health connecting medical records and 50+ wearables: Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a dedicated space within Copilot for analyzing lab results, medical records from 50,000+ US hospitals, and data from 50+ wearable devices including Apple Health, Oura, and Fitbit.
[NEWS] ChatGPT's web traffic share drops to 62% as Gemini quadruples to 24%: Similarweb data shows ChatGPT accounted for 61.7% of global AI web traffic in February 2026, down from 75.7% twelve months earlier.
[NEWS] Nvidia plans $26B investment in open-source AI models over five years: An SEC filing reveals Nvidia will spend $26B over five years building open-weight AI models, positioning itself as a Western counterweight to Chinese open-source dominance from DeepSeek and Alibaba.
[NEWS] xAI cofounder exodus leaves only 2 of 11 original cofounders with Musk: Zihang Dai left xAI this week and Guodong Zhang plans to depart in coming days, continuing a string of cofounder departures since January that includes Toby Pohlen, Jimmy Ba, Tony Wu, and Greg Yang.
[NEWS] Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen stepping down after 18 years amid AI pressure: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen announced he will resign once a successor is appointed, ending an 18-year tenure.
[NEWS] Tennessee grandmother jailed six months after AI facial recognition misidentification: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police used facial recognition software to identify her as a suspect in a bank fraud ring.
[TOOLS] Gemini task automation goes live on Samsung S26 and Pixel, controls apps autonomously: Google's Gemini task automation arrived in beta on Samsung Galaxy S26 and Pixel devices, letting users delegate real-world tasks like ordering an Uber or food delivery through simple prompts.

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