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• Anthropic’s Claude AI Can Now Generate Charts and Diagrams Inside Chat

  13-03-2026 17:53 via eweek.com
  Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude can now draw its own explanations… literally.The San Francisco-based company this week rolled out a beta feature that lets Claude generate interactive charts, diagrams, and visualizations directly inside chat conversations, no code required, no side panel to hunt for. Ask it how compound interest grows over time, and a curve appears right there in the chat. Ask about the periodic table, and you get a clickable version you can explore element by ele
  
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• 8 Gemini Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

  13-03-2026 17:23 via eweek.com
  A great portrait can say a lot without a single word. And with tools like Google Gemini, you don’t need a studio or a professional photographer to make it happen. A well-written prompt can turn an ordinary photo into something that looks polished, creative, and even business-ready.Whether you need a stronger LinkedIn profile picture, a polished team photo, or something creative for your brand, the right prompt can make all the difference.Below are eight Gemini portrait prompts. Each one ha
  
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• Elon Musk Unveils “Macrohard,” an AI Built to Replace Software Companies

  13-03-2026 16:05 via eweek.com
  Leave it to Elon Musk to once again try to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, with his own flavor of internet dad-humor sprinkled in.Musk has unveiled a new joint initiative between Tesla and xAI that he claims could eventually replicate the core functions of entire software companies. The project, dubbed “Macrohard,” a tongue-in-cheek jab at Microsoft, is also being referred to as “Digital Optimus,” and combines xAI’s Grok large language model with a T
  
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• Tinder’s Biggest Update in Years Lets AI Curate Dating Matches

  13-03-2026 15:48 via eweek.com
  Swiping until your thumb goes numb is getting old, and Tinder knows it.The dating app maker says it is using AI to change how matches find users, handing more of the search, sorting, and surfacing work to recommendation systems built to make connections feel less random.  Tinder introduced the change as part of a larger update to the app.AI is now helping make dating feel more intentional, more personal, and more in step with how people want to date today.With more than half of its users un
  
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• Beyond Search: Perplexity’s Ambitious Plan to Take Over Your Mac

  13-03-2026 15:22 via eweek.com
  Perplexity wants to turn your spare Mac into an always-on AI agent that can run tasks continuously and access apps and files.The AI startup is presenting the Personal Computer agent as a more personalised version of the Perplexity chatbot. By running constantly and having access to a user’s entire setup, it should be able to complete more tasks without human intervention, potentially working as a 24/7 personal assistant.This is similar to what the popular AI agent OpenClaw offers, although
  
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• Anthropic Launches Institute to Examine AI’s Impact on Jobs, Security, and Society

  13-03-2026 14:10 via eweek.com
  As AI companies race to build the future, Anthropic has assembled a team to examine whether that future is what we actually want.On March 11, Anthropic introduced “The Anthropic Institute”, a new research arm focused on confronting the societal challenges AI can or will impose. Co-founder Jack Clark will lead the institute and has taken on a new role as Head of Public Benefit.“It has an interdisciplinary staff of machine learning engineers, economists, and social scientists, br
  
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• Survey: 54% of Companies Plan Employee Pay Cuts to Fund AI in 2026

  13-03-2026 13:36 via eweek.com
  AI comes at a cost… and workers are paying it.A new ResumeBuilder survey finds that 54% of companies have cut or plan to cut employee compensation to free up money for AI investments in 2026. As the race to build and buy AI tools intensifies, the survey points to a striking shift in how some employers are funding that push: not by trimming around the edges, but by putting employee pay directly on the table.Short-term response, longer-term implicationsThe cuts extend far beyond salary.The
  
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