Today in AI: Gemini Takes the Wheel, Commerce Pivots, and the Pentagon Standoff

Generative AI is moving from chatbots to actual task execution—and Wall Street is watching closely. Here’s what matters today.

1. Gemini task automation is live (and it’s clunky but compelling)

Google’s Gemini can now actually use your apps for you—booking food delivery, calling rideshares, handling routine tasks without you typing a command. It’s limited right now (DoorDash, Uber, a few others), but this marks a shift from AI as a writing tool to AI as an agent. For sales teams and business analysts, this signals where productivity tools are heading: automation that understands context and executes workflows. The question isn’t whether it works perfectly yet—it’s whether your workflows are ready for AI agents that can act independently.

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/tech/898282/gemini-task-automation-uber-doordash-hands-on

2. OpenAI and Google are retreating from direct commerce plays

Both tech giants are pulling back from their early “buy directly in ChatGPT” strategies and refocusing on retail partnerships. This is a crucial reminder that AI adoption isn’t linear—companies experiment, fail, and recalibrate. For investors and business development teams evaluating AI commerce startups, this shows us which approaches the giants are abandoning and where real opportunity gaps remain.

Read more: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/openai-and-google-refine-early-ai-commerce-strategies/

3. Anthropic vs. Pentagon: Court battle over AI safety escalates

The Department of Defense claims Claude could be weaponized or sabotaged; Anthropic’s legal filing pushes back hard, arguing the DoD misunderstands the technology. This isn’t just policy drama—it shapes how enterprises and government contractors vet AI vendors. Due diligence on AI suppliers just got more complex.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput/

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