DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, March 21, 2026

Today's top AI stories: (1) White House unveils national AI policy framework calling on Congress to preempt state AI laws. (2) OpenAI ditches side quests to focus on enterprise and coding amid Anthropic pressure. (3) Super Micro Computer shares plunge 33% after co-founder charged with smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China. (4) Accenture posts record $22.1B bookings on surging AI demand, beats revenue estimates. (5) Mistral AI launches Forge platform for enterprises to build custom AI models on proprietary data. (6) Anthropic on track to surpass OpenAI in revenue by mid-2026, per Epoch AI analysis. (7) AI energy investment emerges as top opportunity as power demand set to rise 175% by 2030. (8) Morgan Stanley warns transformative AI breakthrough is imminent, most of the world unprepared. (9) OpenAI enlists McKinsey, BCG, Accenture, and Capgemini for Frontier AI agent platform alliances. (10) Apple acquires Israeli AI startup Q.ai for $2B to enable silent speech interaction with Siri. (11) Tech layoffs hit nearly 40,000 in Q1 2026 across 60 companies, many citing AI. (12) Goldman Sachs projects AI hyperscaler capex to exceed $527B in 2026.