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Below are some of the highlights in AI, robotics, and machine learning for this past week.
2/15
- OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
- Leak: NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice
- IBM is tripling the number of Gen Z entry-level jobs
2/14
- ByteDance releases Doubao 2.0 AI model for ‘agent era’
- Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care
- China is expected to produce only 2% of AI chips in 2026
2/13
- Leak: Pentagon’s use of Claude during Maduro raid sparks Anthropic feud
- OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission
- OpenClaw agent attacks developer who rejected its code
- SAG-AFTRA reacts to the viral Seedance 2.0 AI-generated Pitt-Cruise fight
- Leak: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0
- Leak: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses
- Alibaba enters physical AI race with open-source robot model RynnBrain
- Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the U.S. and Canada
- AI companion community grieves official retirement of ChatGPT 4o
2/12
- The Economist used AI to analyze Jeffrey Epstein’s network
- Gemini 3 Deep Think gets ‘major upgrade’ aimed at practical applications
- MiniMax’s new open M2.5 and M2.5 Lightning costs roughly 1/20th of Claude Opus 4.6
- UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over U.S. objections
- OpenAI deploys Cerebras chips for ‘near-instant’ code generation in first major move beyond Nvidia
- Anthropic puts $20 million into a Super PAC Operation to counter OpenAI
- Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December
- Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini
- Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
- Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI and landed on Moonbase Alpha
- AI-generated docs aren’t covered by attorney-client privilege, judge says
2/11
- Leak: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team
- Disney just shut down AI image prompts for its characters
- Anthropic’s Claude Cowork finally lands on Windows
- Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation
- Leak: Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again
- Anthropic beefs up Claude’s free tier as OpenAI prepares to stuff ads into ChatGPT’s
- Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets users personalize their feeds
- Claude could be misused for ‘heinous crimes’ Anthropic warns
- Man behind satirical Crewkerne Gazette AI videos was jailed in U.K. for hate crimes
2/10
- Facebook adds new AI features
- Leak: Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies
- Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps in U.K. deal
- OpenAI upgrades its Responses API to support agent skills and a complete terminal shell
- Anthropic safety leader resigns, warns ‘the world Is in peril’
- OpenAI executive who opposed ‘Adult Mode’ fired for sexual discrimination
- Robot dogs to assist Mexican police with early threat checks at 2026 World Cup
2/9
- ChatGPT rolls out ads
- ByteDance launches Seedance 2.0 video generation model
- Study: AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
- EU warns Meta over blocking rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp
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