The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud [31d]
• U.S. officials have discussed trading oil futures, Burgum says [31d]
• Judge quashes Fed subpoenas, saying DOJ has ‘produced essentially zero evidence’ against Powell, who hints at future as board governor [31d]
• U.S. to send 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to Mideast, pulling them from waters near Taiwan [31d]
• All 6 crew members on KC-135 refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, bringing U.S. death toll to at least 13 service members [31d]
• U.S. debt is like a Hallmark movie boyfriend who eventually gets dumped for a small town firefighter, budget watchdog warns [32d]
• Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang says it’s time to ‘stop taxing labor’ and make AI foot the bill instead [32d]
• Americans are demanding refunds from the $180 billion in tariffs they paid for, and they’re suing companies like Costco to make it happen [32d]
• BlackRock’s Larry Fink predicts AI bankruptcies: ‘That’s capitalism’ [32d]
• Flagship Dubai crypto conference Token2049, in sudden reversal, cancels due to Iran war [32d]
• Meet Chresten Wilson, the airline captain set to become United’s most senior female pilot ever—the job pays $400K and doesn’t require a college degree [32d]
• The Strait of Hormuz is an Iranian ‘kill box,’ preventing the U.S. Navy from securing it right now and letting tankers pass through freely [32d]
• AI isn’t reducing workloads for employees, it’s straining them—time spent on emailing has doubled, while deep-focus work has fallen by 9% [32d]
• The weather sampler platter will wallop the U.S. this week: extreme heat in the south, downpours and snow in the east—with a side of the polar vortex [32d]
• More people will own a humanoid robot than a car by 2060, BofA predicts [32d]
• Why right now is the best time ever to work in software [32d]
• Meet the executive behind AT&T’s $250 billion bid to become essential AI infrastructure [32d]
• Current price of oil as of March 13, 2026 [32d]
• Thrivent bucks the AI layoff trend and plans to add 600 financial advisors this year: This is ‘how we grow our business’ [32d]
• Trump bragged about gas $2.30 a gallon just a month ago. He’s changed his tune [32d]
• How the Iran war cuts off Southeast Asia’s tourism industry [32d]
• CEOs are mandating that employees use AI. They’re hardly using it themselves [32d]
• OpenAI’s original VC bet: How Vinod Khosla stepped in after Elon Musk balked [32d]
• Trump again pushes Powell to drop interest rates ‘IMMEDIATELY’ — but a zero-cut year looks increasingly likely [32d]
• Wall Street buckles in for a long war as Hormuz remains closed and Trump says he has ‘plenty of time’ [32d]
• Being the office overachiever is backfiring—workers are burning out so hard they’re calling it a ‘competence hangover’ [32d]
• When Jamie Dimon was fired from Citigroup, his daughters asked: ‘Will we be homeless? Can I still go to college? Can I have your phone?’ [32d]
• Europe’s second chance on AI: building an opportunity in factories, labs, and the real economy [32d]
• Jamie Dimon just turned 70. Here’s how a brush with death reshaped the JPMorgan CEO’s outlook and made him realize he had no regrets [32d]
• Former Indeed CEO Chris Hyams thinks AI’s risk doesn’t come from the tech, but from those ‘responsible for driving it’ [32d]
• ‘What a waste of money’: Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary urges couples to ditch the extravagant wedding and do this instead [32d]
• Iran’s dumbest weapon is now holding the global economy hostage [32d]
• Oil and fertilizer prices are climbing. Your grocery bill may follow [32d]
• Morgan Stanley warns an AI breakthrough Is coming in 2026 — and most of the world isn’t ready [32d]
• Microsoft’s IPO turns 40 today. If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 1986, you’d have $5.5 million today [32d]
• Billionaire Vinod Khosla says ‘follow your passion’ is bad career advice for kids today—but could be the best in 15 years [32d]
• The national debt isn’t $39 trillion. One economist says it’s actually $100 trillion [32d]
• The Oscars’ Best Picture category exposes a harsh new reality for Hollywood [32d]
• Morgan Stanley sees AI jobs surge in 3 areas related to AI—even though there’s not enough revenue yet [32d]
• If you want a promotion at Accenture, CEO says you’ve got to use AI [32d]
• ‘The conflict in Iran demonstrates why we need to keep our national debt at a reasonable level’: think tank sees economic emergency around the corner [32d]