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OpenAI Kills Sora — Disney Blindsided
In the biggest AI news this week, OpenAI has officially discontinued Sora, its AI video generation platform — less than two years after its splashy debut. The move blindsided Disney, which had signed a multiyear deal just three months ago to bring its characters to the platform.
Reuters reports Disney is now pulling its planned $1 billion equity investment into OpenAI. The Sora team posted on X: “We’re saying goodbye to Sora… we know this news is disappointing.” OpenAI is pivoting hard toward coding tools and enterprise customers ahead of a potential IPO later this year. The abrupt shutdown signals that consumer-facing AI video may not be the cash cow everyone assumed.
Arm Builds Its First Chip Ever — Meta Gets Dibs
After 35 years of licensing designs to others, Arm Holdings is finally making its own silicon. The company unveiled the Arm AGI CPU at its “Arm Everywhere” event, with Meta confirmed as the launch customer. Arm expects this chip line to generate $15 billion in annual revenue by 2031.
This is a seismic shift. Arm is going from the company behind everyone else’s processors to a direct competitor of Intel, AMD, and Nvidia in the data center. Stock jumped 13% in premarket on the announcement.
Agentic AI Could Need 4x More CPUs Per Data Center
Arm’s chip launch wasn’t just about hardware — it came with a bold claim about the future of AI infrastructure. The company estimates that agentic AI workloads will require roughly 120 million CPU cores per gigawatt, compared to 30 million for traditional AI tasks. That’s a 4x increase in compute density.
As autonomous AI agents handle increasingly complex, multi-step tasks — from coding to customer service to research — the demand for CPU-side processing is exploding alongside GPU demand. This could reshape data center economics for years to come. For a deeper look at the best AI agents available right now, check out our comparison on BetOnAI.net.
Google AI Mode Crosses 75 Million Users
Google’s AI Mode — the conversational search experience baked into Google Search — has quietly crossed 75 million monthly active users. Meanwhile, the March 2026 broad core update is rolling out alongside Google’s first-ever Discover Core Update, which could shake up traffic patterns for publishers everywhere.
If you’re building content for AI-driven search, understanding how these tools actually rank and surface information is critical. We break down free vs paid AI tools in detail at AiToolCrush.com.
Zuckerberg Launches Meta Small Business AI Push
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Small Business as a company-wide priority, putting AI tools directly in the hands of entrepreneurs and small business owners. The initiative is led by Dina Powell McCormick and aims to drive AI adoption among the millions of businesses already advertising on Meta’s platforms.
It’s a smart play — small businesses are the backbone of Meta’s ad revenue, and giving them AI-powered tools for ad creation, customer engagement, and automation could lock them deeper into the Meta ecosystem.