Microsoft launches Copilot Health to synthesize medical records and fitness data with AI

Perplexity made Computer for Enterprise generally available to enterprise customers on March 12, claiming an internal study of 16,000+ queries showed $1.6 million in labor cost savings and 3.2 years of equivalent work completed in four weeks. The service integrates with Gmail, Outlook, GitHub, Linear, Slack, Notion, Snowflake, Databricks, and Salesforce, orchestrating tasks across 20 frontier models with agentic internet access.

OpenAI and Anthropic are shifting their flagship AI chatbots from text-only interfaces to interactive visual learning tools. ChatGPT now offers dynamic explanations for over 70 math and science concepts with adjustable variables, while Claude generates custom charts and diagrams inline within conversations.

Anthropic has launched Code Review, a new service that deploys multiple specialized agents to scan pull requests for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and regressions. According to Anthropic, reviews average $15-25 per PR and take approximately 20 minutes to complete, scaling with code complexity.

Alibaba has consolidated its AI operations into a new business unit called "Alibaba Token Hub" (ATH), reporting directly to CEO Eddie Wu. The restructuring merges the Qwen research team, consumer apps, DingTalk communication platform, and Quark-branded devices to accelerate collaboration and monetization across the company.

OpenAI confirmed its forthcoming "adult mode" will permit text-based erotic conversations in ChatGPT but explicitly block generation of pornographic images, audio, and video. The feature, first announced by CEO Sam Altman in October 2024, has been delayed multiple times—most recently in March 2025—as the company grapples with safety concerns including a 12% error rate in age verification systems.

Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 4, the latest iteration of its small-scale language model. The company claims improvements in reasoning and coding capabilities, though specific benchmark scores and pricing details have not been publicly disclosed.

OpenAI Codex subagents reached general availability after weeks of preview, enabling developers to define custom agents as TOML files and parallelize task execution. The feature mirrors Claude Code's implementation with default subagents for exploration, worker, and default operations.

Anthropic is temporarily doubling Claude's usage limits outside peak hours through March 27, 2026. The promotion applies to Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans, with non-peak hour limits increasing from 5 to 10 hours. Peak hours (weekdays 8am-2pm) remain unchanged.

OpenAI has delayed its planned "adult mode" for ChatGPT, originally announced for this quarter. The feature will support text-based adult conversations only—not images, voice, or video—due to internal concerns about child safety and technical challenges with age verification systems that misclassify minors as adults about 12% of the time.

Anthropic is doubling usage limits for Claude across all subscription tiers (except Enterprise) from March 13 to March 27, 2026. The promotion applies during a five-hour off-peak window outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET, automatically benefiting users on web, desktop, mobile, and integrated applications like Claude Code and Claude for Excel.

ByteDance has suspended the global rollout of Seedance 2.0, its AI video generator, according to The Information. The pause follows cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance alleging the model was trained on copyrighted materials.

Google has integrated Gemini AI directly into Maps through Ask Maps, a conversational query feature that lets users ask natural language questions like "Where can I charge my phone without a long wait?" The update also includes Immersive Navigation, a photorealistic 3D turn-by-turn experience that renders buildings, traffic lights, and lane markings. The rollout begins now in the US and India on Android and iOS.