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Summary

• AI-Powered Coding Assistants: Anysphere, the developer of Cursor, is in talks to raise capital at a valuation of nearly $10 billion, signaling booming investor interest in AI coding assistants. This indicates a significant shift in software development, with AI playing an increasingly crucial role.
• Microsoft vs. OpenAI: Microsoft is intensifying its AI efforts to compete with OpenAI, developing its AI models and exploring alternatives for powering products like Microsoft’s Copilot. This competition could lead to faster innovation and more diverse AI solutions.
• AI Agents in the Enterprise: Several sources discuss the rise of AI agents and their potential impact on various industries. There's also discussion around security and compliance for enterprises adopting AI agents.
• Investment in Superintelligence: Reflection AI has emerged, joining Safe Superintelligence (SSI) in directly pursuing superintelligent AI systems, indicating a shift from commercially oriented AI development.
• AI Copyright Lawsuit: A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, with authors alleging that Meta violated their intellectual property rights by using their books to train its Llama AI models. This has major implications for how AI models are trained and the rights of content creators.
• AI in Education: Schools in Beijing will introduce AI courses to primary and secondary students, strengthening China’s goal to dominate the sector. This move highlights the growing importance of AI education for future generations.
• Google's AI Initiatives: Google can keep its existing investments in AI startups like Anthropic, but will be required to notify antitrust enforcers before investing in any more AI companies. Also, mentions of “diversity” and “equity” have been removed from Google's Responsible AI team webpage. Gemini AI is also coming to Google Calendar.
• New AI Trading Agent: An AI Agent is being built using Anthropic’s MCP and Solana AgentKit that can trade USD and EUR stablecoins.

Spotlight on AI Agents:

• Manus AI: Developed by Chinese startup Monica, is demonstrating capabilities in handling complex tasks without human intervention. Some are calling it China's second DeepSeek moment.
• Challenges with AI Agents: Dr. Andriy Burkov explains that multi-agent systems and LLM-based AI agents are destined to fail because errors propagate without visibility, making it impossible to trace and fix issues.

Actions to Consider:

• For Businesses: Evaluate how AI coding assistants like Cursor can improve software development efficiency.
• For Investors: Keep an eye on startups focused on superintelligent AI, such as Reflection AI and Safe Superintelligence (SSI).
• For Content Creators: Stay informed about the AI copyright lawsuit against Meta and its potential impact on intellectual property rights.
• For Educators: Explore opportunities to integrate AI education into curricula, following the example of Beijing schools.
• For AI Developers: Consider the ethical implications of AI development and the importance of transparency and accountability. Be aware of challenges related to security, data privacy, and compliance when building AI Agents for enterprises.
• For AI Agencies: Focus on building useful agents that solve real problems.

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Articles

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1. [Prompt Decorators: A Structured Approach for Stronger AI Responses](https://rohanpaul.substack.com/p/prompt-decorators-a-structured-approach)

2. [Why Time Series Analysis Still Matters in the Age of Generative AI and LLMs](https://odsc.medium.com/why-time-series-analysis-still-matters-in-the-age-of-generative-ai-and-llms-dd787ee0c3c2?source=rss-2b9d62538208------2)

3. [DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers](https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/)

4. [LWiAI Podcast #202 - Qwen-32B, Anthropic's $3.5 billion, LLM Cognitive Behaviors](https://lastweekin.ai/p/lwiai-podcast-202-qwen-32b-anthropics)

5. [Last Week in AI #302 - QwQ 32B, OpenAI injunction refused, Alexa Plus](https://lastweekin.ai/p/last-week-in-ai-302-qwq-32b-openai)

6. [‘Vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work’: how AI can undermine peer review](https://theconversation.com/vague-confusing-and-did-nothing-to-improve-my-work-how-ai-can-undermine-peer-review-251040)

7. [Is AI Weird Enough to Actually Make Scientific Discoveries?](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nathaniel-whittemore/episodes/Is-AI-Weird-Enough-to-Actually-Make-Scientific-Discoveries-e2vtkg9)

8. [AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/08/ai-wingmen-bots-to-write-profiles-and-flirt-on-dating-apps)

9. [New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/new-doj-proposal-still-calls-for-google-to-divest-chrome-but-allows-for-ai-investments/)

10. [Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/google-scrubs-mentions-of-diversity-and-equity-from-responsible-ai-team-webpage/)

11. [Judge allows authors’ AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/judge-allows-authors-ai-copyright-lawsuit-against-meta-to-move-forward/)

12. [Week in Review: OpenAI could charge $20K a month for an AI agent](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/week-in-review-openai-could-charge-20k-a-month-for-an-ai-agent/)

13. [9 US AI startups have raised $100M or more in 2025](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/08/9-us-ai-startups-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2025/)

14. [Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/cursor-in-talks-to-raise-at-a-10b-valuation-as-ai-coding-sector-booms/)

15. [Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/microsoft-reportedly-ramps-up-ai-efforts-to-compete-with-openai/)

16. [#241 Patrick M. Pilarski: The Alberta Plan’s Roadmap to AI and AGI](https://aneyeonai.libsyn.com/241-patrick-m-pilarski-the-alberta-plans-roadmap-to-ai-and-agi)

17. [OpenAI Introduces Software Engineering Benchmark](https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/03/openai-swe-benchmark/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=AI%2C+ML+%26+Data+Engineering)

18. [The Sequence Radar #506: Honor to Whom Honor is Due: AI Won the Nobel Prize of Computing](https://thesequence.substack.com/p/the-sequence-radar-506-honor-to-whom)

19. [AI doesn't really 'learn'—and knowing why will help you use it more responsibly](https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-ai-doesnt-responsibly.html)

20. [What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI](https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-finnish-church-ai.html)

21. [Mistral AI Launches New Mistral OCR API](https://pub.towardsai.net/mistral-ai-launches-new-mistral-ocr-api-cfc305a1de98?source=rss----98111c9905da---4)

22. [ChatGPT hits nearly 4 billion monthly visitors as growth slows to a crawl](https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-hits-nearly-4-billion-monthly-visitors-as-growth-slows-to-a-crawl/)

23. [Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI models "are getting commoditized"](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-says-ai-models-are-getting-commoditized/)

24. [Manus AI agent could be the next "Deepseek moment" for Western AI labs](https://the-decoder.com/manus-ai-agent-could-be-the-next-deepseek-moment-for-western-ai-labs/)

25. [Investors bet big on new superintelligent AI startups](https://the-decoder.com/investors-bet-big-on-new-superintelligent-ai-startups/)

26. ["Highlighted Chain of Thought" prompting boosts LLM accuracy and verifiability](https://the-decoder.com/highlighted-chain-of-thought-prompting-boosts-llm-accuracy-and-verifiability/)

27. [Russian fake news network floods western AI chatbots with millions of propaganda articles](https://the-decoder.com/russian-fake-news-network-floods-western-ai-chatbots-with-millions-of-propaganda-articles/)

28. [As a virtual vending machine manager, AI swings from business smarts to paranoia](https://the-decoder.com/as-a-virtual-vending-machine-manager-ai-swings-from-business-smarts-to-paranoia/)

29. [Building an AI Trading Agent Using Anthropic’s MCP - Part II](https://hackernoon.com/building-an-ai-trading-agent-using-anthropics-mcp-part-ii?source=rss)

30. [NVIDIA’s New AI Grows Stuff Out Of Nothing!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB3J9EivZN0)

31. [Developer Review of Warp for Windows, an AI Terminal App](https://thenewstack.io/developer-review-of-warp-for-windows-an-ai-terminal-app/)

32. [How to turn AI innovations into measurable business outcomes](https://bdtechtalks.com/2025/03/08/ai-innovation-business-outcomes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-innovation-business-outcomes)

33. [The State of LLM Reasoning Models](https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/state-of-llm-reasoning-and-inference-scaling)

34. [Gemini AI is coming to Google Calendar - here's what it can do and how to try it](https://www.zdnet.com/article/gemini-ai-is-coming-to-google-calendar-heres-what-it-can-do-and-how-to-try-it/)

35. [Surprise! People don't want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/ai_kidney_transplant_moral_decisions/)

36. [AI FILM changed FOREVER!!! - Runway ReStyle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbawnYnaZU)

37. [AI is at RISK - You need to KNOW this!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxcRwQrxuw)

38. [Beijing to Roll Out AI Courses for Kids to Boost Sector’s Growth](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-09/beijing-to-roll-out-ai-courses-for-kids-to-build-on-deepseek-boom)

39. [Google Can Keep Anthropic AI Investment Under Antitrust Plan](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/google-can-keep-anthropic-ai-investment-under-antitrust-proposal)

40. [A look at Manus, which its Chinese creators claim is the world's first fully autonomous AI agent, as some say it might be China's second DeepSeek moment (Craig S. Smith/Forbes)](https://www.techmeme.com/250309/p10#a250309p10)

41. [Starting September 1, schools in Beijing will offer at least eight hours of AI classes per academic year for primary and secondary students (Bloomberg)](https://www.techmeme.com/250309/p3#a250309p3)

42. [NYC-based Firsthand, whose tools let marketers and publishers engage consumers through AI agents on their own sites or other sites, raised a $26M Series A (Kerry Flynn/Axios)](https://www.techmeme.com/250309/p1#a250309p1)

43. [A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which authors allege Meta violated IP rights by using their books to train Llama models, to move forward (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)](https://www.techmeme.com/250308/p16#a250308p16)

44. [A Step by Step Guide to Build a Trend Finder Tool with Python: Web Scraping, NLP (Sentiment Analysis & Topic Modeling), and Word Cloud Visualization](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/09/a-step-by-step-guide-to-build-a-trend-finder-tool-with-python-web-scraping-nlp-sentiment-analysis-topic-modeling-and-word-cloud-visualization/)

45. [Google AI Introduces Differentiable Logic Cellular Automata (DiffLogic CA): A Differentiable Logic Approach to Neural Cellular Automata](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/09/google-ai-introduces-differentiable-logic-cellular-automata-difflogic-ca-a-differentiable-logic-approach-to-neural-cellular-automata/)

46. [Meet Manus: A New AI Agent from China with Deep Research + Operator + Computer Use + Lovable + Memory](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/08/meet-manus-a-new-ai-agent-from-china-with-deep-research-operator-computer-use-lovable-memory/)

47. [Microsoft and Ubiquant Researchers Introduce Logic-RL: A Rule-based Reinforcement Learning Framework that Acquires R1-like Reasoning Patterns through Training on Logic Puzzles](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/08/microsoft-and-ubiquant-researchers-introduce-logic-rl-a-rule-based-reinforcement-learning-framework-that-acquires-r1-like-reasoning-patterns-through-training-on-logic-puzzles/)

48. [This AI Paper from MIT and UCL Introduces a Diagrammatic Approach for GPU-Aware Deep Learning Optimization](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/08/this-ai-paper-from-mit-and-ucl-introduces-a-diagrammatic-approach-for-gpu-aware-deep-learning-optimization/)

49. [Finer-CAM Revolutionizes AI Visual Explainability: Unlocking Precision in Fine-Grained Image Classification](https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/08/finer-cam-revolutionizes-ai-visual-explainability-unlocking-precision-in-fine-grained-image-classification/)

50. [How IIT Madras is Producing India’s Top AI Minds ft. Balaraman Ravindran | Tech Talks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVMOEE2UteI)

51. [India is Building Its Own GPUs – Challenging NVIDIA & AMD! | FrontPage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxhwih5Poc)

52. [Build a workspace of AI agents](https://share.transistor.fm/s/b1865616)

53. [Manus AI Agent TESTED | First Impression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYCJV6iYvMk)

54. [Manus AI: The First-Ever General AI Agent - Automate Your Life!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyT_ZxF-3h0)

55. [DOGE Threat: How Government Data Would Give an AI Company Extraordinary?Power](https://gizmodo.com/doge-threat-how-government-data-would-give-an-ai-company-extraordinary-power-2000573609)

56. [Whistleblower Alleges Meta Was Ready to Censor Content for Chinese Government](https://gizmodo.com/whistleblower-alleges-meta-was-ready-to-censor-content-for-chinese-government-2000573582)

57. [DOGE Is Replacing Fired Workers With a Chatbot](https://gizmodo.com/doge-is-replacing-fired-workers-with-a-chatbot-2000573510)

58. [From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet](https://www.theverge.com/23610427/chatbots-chatgpt-new-bing-google-bard-conversational-ai)

59. [Featured Data Center and Cloud Sessions at NVIDIA GTC 2025](https://nvda.ws/3F79OFQ#new_tab)

60. [Why is Manus AI so viral?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqCCQQ6-Qg0)

61. [How #ai AI viral games are made! #games with cursor!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbipvebXtfE)

62. [Meta has various 'block' lists for former employees — and it's sparking debate](https://www.businessinsider.com/bi-today-meta-block-lists-for-former-employees-2025-3)

63. [The Biggest Challenge with Multi-Agent AI Systems Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRCpb7_HcA)

64. [Eliminating AI Hallucinations: The Key to Trustworthy Agents (with Andriy Burkov)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KQki_LJk8)

65. [AI Singularity and the End of Moore’s Law: The Rise of Self-Learning Machines](https://www.unite.ai/ai-singularity-and-the-end-of-moores-law-the-rise-of-self-learning-machines/)

66. [Vibe Coding: How AI is Changing Software Development Forever](https://www.unite.ai/vibe-coding-how-ai-is-changing-software-development-forever/)

67. [Akool Avatar Review: The Most Lifelike AI Avatar Yet?](https://www.unite.ai/akool-avatar-review/)

68. [What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/what-does-phd-level-ai-mean-openais-rumored-20000-agent-plan-explained/)

69. [The great software rewiring: AI isn’t just eating everything; it is everything](https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-great-software-rewiring-ai-isnt-just-eating-everything-it-is-everything/)

70. [DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers](https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/)

71. [Elon’s Grok Chatbot Calculates Probability That Trump Is a Russian Asset](https://futurism.com/grok-trump-russian-asset)

72. [Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted](https://futurism.com/pinterest-data-photos-train-ai)

73. [Freelancers Are Getting Ruined by AI](https://futurism.com/freelancers-struggling-compete-ai)

74. [NEW L1 LLM w/ GRPO to LCPO for Scaling RL (CMU)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLBScrWDm6M)

75. [Bengaluru Might Become the Biggest Victim of AI](https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/bengaluru-might-become-the-biggest-victim-of-ai/)

76. [Microsoft Lays Foundation for New India Development Centre in Noida, To Double Down on AI and Cloud Capabilities](https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/microsoft-lays-foundation-for-new-india-development-centre-in-noida-to-double-down-on-ai-and-cloud-capabilities/)

77. [How ‘Women in Cloud’ Flips the Script on AI and Gender Bias](https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-features/how-women-in-cloud-flips-the-script-on-ai-and-gender-bias/)

78. [Google AI Studio in 26 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EPujO40iE)

79. [AI Governance Is Too Vague. It’s Time to Get Practical](https://www.aiwire.net/2025/03/07/ai-governance-is-too-vague-its-time-to-get-practical/)

80. [Show HN: Evolving Agents Framework](https://github.com/matiasmolinas/evolving-agents)

81. [Doge Is Replacing Fired Workers with a Chatbot](https://gizmodo.com/doge-is-replacing-fired-workers-with-a-chatbot-2000573510)

82. [Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"](https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/state-department-ai-revoke-foreign-student-visas-hamas)

83. [Russian fake news network floods western AI chatbots with millions of propaganda articles](https://the-decoder.com/russian-fake-news-network-floods-western-ai-chatbots-with-millions-of-propaganda-articles/)

84. [Russian propaganda floods popular AI chatbots, spreading disinformation — NewsGuard report](https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-propaganda-infiltrates-ai-chatbots-posing-risks-for-millions-newsguard-report-50496264.html)

85. [For people building AI Agents, how are you securing your infrastructure](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j7gsx0/for_people_building_ai_agents_how_are_you/)

86. [I used my 100-line framework to "vibe code" AI agents (Video Walkthrough)](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j7g77b/i_used_my_100line_framework_to_vibe_code_ai/)

87. [Thinking big? No, think small with Minimum Viable Agents (MVA)](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j76ql5/thinking_big_no_think_small_with_minimum_viable/)

88. [Why Most CRMs Fail, Even with AI (And How to Actually Fix Yours)](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j7dq07/why_most_crms_fail_even_with_ai_and_how_to/)

89. [Impressed by the Concept of a General AI Agent, What Are the Real Limitations in Making It a Reality?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j7c8p9/impressed_by_the_concept_of_a_general_ai_agent/)

90. [Best AI agents framework for an MVP](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j7b0qb/best_ai_agents_framework_for_an_mvp/)

91. [Thinking About Building AI Agents? Make Sure You Understand Software First.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j76kz3/thinking_about_building_ai_agents_make_sure_you/)

92. [Agentic AI in Healthcare: The Silent Revolution Saving Lives and Transforming Medicine](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j75wqy/agentic_ai_in_healthcare_the_silent_revolution/)

93. [To Build AI Agents do I have to learn machine learning](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j757r6/to_build_ai_agents_do_i_have_to_learn_machine/)

94. [tips for agents restarting while consulting work](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j74jld/tips_for_agents_restarting_while_consulting_work/)

95. [Anyone building AI agents for enterprises?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j70i6b/anyone_building_ai_agents_for_enterprises/)

96. [Wanting To Start Your Own AI Agency ? - Here's My Advice (AI Engineer And AI Agency Owner)](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6vjvf/wanting_to_start_your_own_ai_agency_heres_my/)

97. [How can AI agents adapt, improve or change through interactions?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6u5zt/how_can_ai_agents_adapt_improve_or_change_through/)

98. [Looking to build a business around an AI Agent](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6tdr3/looking_to_build_a_business_around_an_ai_agent/)

99. [AI app store (YC RFQ)](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6qikt/ai_app_store_yc_rfq/)

100. [How can I assure my employers that the personal data of their clients will be safe when exposed to AI APIs? Any ideas folks?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6qijc/how_can_i_assure_my_employers_that_the_personal/)

101. [I tested Grok 3's new voice feature - Here's my detailed breakdown of how it compares to ChatGPT & others](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6o8zm/i_tested_grok_3s_new_voice_feature_heres_my/)

102. [Your AI Agent is losing users. This onboarding flow keeps them hooked (free template).](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1j6pysa/your_ai_agent_is_losing_users_this_onboarding/)

103. [Manus: China’s NEW Autonomous AI Agent is INSANE](https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2025/03/manus-ai-agent/)