Patera Daily Report, 11 March 2026
Autonomous systems and Middle East conflict
Developments in autonomous AI agents and mixed reality tools continue to gain traction. Meanwhile regional instability in the Strait of Hormuz and Iraq drives concerns about global energy supplies.
Autonomous AI agent development
Users are exploring autonomous systems through OpenClaw tutorials and use cases. Developers are also building mixed reality applications using the Meta Quest Passthrough Camera API.
Rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz
Escalating conflict involves Iranian strikes on ships and unmanned suicide boat attacks in Iraqi waters. Trump urges oil companies to continue using the Strait as the US releases 172 million barrels from the Strategic
NVIDIA releases Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B
The new open agentic model outperforms GPT-OSS-120B in Japanese tasks. It is well-suited for OpenClaw applications.