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Below are some of the highlights in AI, robotics, and machine learning for this past week.
2/8
- U.S. companies accused of ‘AI washing’ in citing AI for job losses
- Bad Bunny burning U.S. flag hoax spreads before Super Bowl halftime show
- Jack Dorsey’s Block looking to cut up to 10% of workforce
- Anthropic launches ‘Fast Mode’
- OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal Scanning to add security it was missing
2/6
- Waymo uses Google’s Genie 3 simulations to test its autonomous vehicles
- Leak: Apple scales back AI health coach plans
- 16 Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
- 4% of GitHub public commits are being authored by Claude Code
- Leak: Apple will allow third-party AI assistants in CarPlay
- Security concerns and skepticism are bursting the bubble of Moltbook
- Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles
2/5
- Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
- OpenAI launches platform to manage AI agents
- OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Codex, a new agentic coding model for software developers
- Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn over the next year (day after laying off 1/3 of WaPo staff)
- Meta tests a stand-alone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos
- Leak: Nvidia won’t release new graphics cards this year
- MLB players strike deal to be turned into AI characters that can chat with fans
- AI tracks icebergs from birth to breakup to expose hidden climate effects
- Humanoid unveils single AI brain system designed to run humanoid robot fleets
2/4
- Anthropic roasts OpenAI about adding ads in a 4-pack diss track
- Washington Post lays off 1/3 of its staff
- Anthropic declared a plan for Claude to remain ad-free
- Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
- Elon Musk and Grok face ‘deeply troubling questions’ from UK regulators over data use and consent
- Pinterest fires two engineers for creating software to identify fired workers
- Alphabet plans to double spending in 2026 to keep pace with AI demands
- Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn over the next year
2/3
- French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his AGI claims were a ‘spiritual statement’
- Fitbit founders launch AI platform to help families monitor their health
- Svedka’s fembot to make Super Bowl history
- Alibaba announces new vibe coding model Qwen3-Coder-Next
- Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia
- Xcode partners with OpenAI and Anthropic to offer agentic coding
- Lego-like mechanical blocks let robots reprogram stiffness and swimming paths
- Thomson Reuters shares sink after Anthropic unveils AI-enhanced legal tool
2/2
- SpaceX officially acquires xAI with plan to build data centers in space
- OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding
- Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners
- Leak: Google accused of helping Israel’s campaign in Gaza
- Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants
- Leak: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives
- Leak: xAI’s safety team consisted of 2 or 3 employees for most of 2025
- Snowflake lands $200M OpenAI partnership
- Smart drones and robots backed by German military track radioactive waste in minutes
2/1
- OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding
- India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads
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