Google Expands Personal Intelligence. Britannica Sues OpenAI. OpenAI Joins AWS for Government. Germany Plans Data Center Buildout.

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Today is March 18, 2026, and here are the latest AI updates.

Google expands personal intelligence.

Britannica sues open AI.

Open AI joins AWS for government.

Germany plans data center build out.

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Google is expanding personal intelligence to all free users in the United States, moving it out of a paid tier.

The feature lets Gemini draw on your personal Google data, Gmail, Google Photos and Connected Apps, to tailor responses in AI mode in search, the Gemini app and Gemini in Chrome.

Personal intelligence is off by default and limited to personal Google accounts, not workspace accounts.

Google says Gemini does not train directly on your inbox or photo library.

It learns only from prompts you give in Gemini and the models replies.

Examples include suggesting all weather tires after spotting road trip photos, or building a family friendly itinerary from hotel confirmations and travel memories.

Encyclopedia Britannica and Miriam Webster have sued open AI in Manhattan federal court, accusing the company of massive copyright and trademark violations tied to chat GPT's training.

The complaint alleges open AI used nearly 100,000 online encyclopedia articles and dictionary entries without permission, and that chat GPT produced near verbatim reproductions that divert readers and revenue from the publishers.

Britannica also accuses chat GPT of generating invented material falsely attributed to its brands, and of presenting incomplete reproductions alongside those brands, invoking the Lanamact.

The suit seeks unspecified damages and an injunction. The case adds to a string of media lawsuits against AI firms, while some publishers have chosen licensing deals instead.

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Open AI signed a deal with Amazon Web Services to sell its AI products to the US government for classified and unclassified work.

AWS will distribute open AI models across public sector customers, including Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud and AWS classified regions for secret and top secret workloads.

Open AI will choose which models are offered, require notice before enabling especially sensitive agencies, and coordinate deployment terms and safeguards with customers.

The agreement strengthens Open AI's Pentagon contract and expands its federal footprint, while placing it in the same AWS cloud ecosystem that hosts Anthropic, an AWS partner which received at least $4 billion and is in a defense department dispute.

Germany plans to quadruple AI-focused data center capacity and double overall data center capacity within the next four and a half years, measured by grid connection power.

In 2025, data centers used 21 terawatt hours, about 4% of national electricity.

Main constraints are high voltage connections and overloaded permitting, where applications are processed by arrival date and create phantom projects.

Plant responses include reusing old power plant and industrial sites with existing connections, splitting business tax revenue with host municipalities, and boosting European supply chains.

Unresolved issues include heat reuse, impacts on energy prices, and details of tax sharing. The cabinet will consider the strategy on Wednesday.

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