SpaceX is acquiring xAI and pitching space-based data centers as the long-term play, valuing the combined company at 1.25 trillion dollars per Bloomberg.
Mozilla says Firefox 148 will let users disable all current and future generative AI features, or manage them individually, starting February 24.
Snowflake is committing 200 million dollars to OpenAI in a multi-year partnership, expanding model access for 12,600 customers and reinforcing the enterprise shift toward multi-model stacks....
OpenAI launched a macOS Codex app that runs multiple coding agents in parallel, adds background automations, and aims to match agentic developer tools like Claude Code....
A new wave of hardware recorders pairs microphones with transcription, summaries, and translation to capture in-person meetings without relying on video calls.
AI-powered content creation news
A nonprofit coalition is asking OMB to suspend Grok across federal agencies, citing nonconsensual sexual image generation, bias, and national security concerns.
SpaceX is acquiring xAI and pitching space-based data centers as the long-term play, valuing the combined company at 1.25 trillion dollars per Bloomberg.
Snowflake is committing 200 million dollars to OpenAI in a multi-year partnership, expanding model access for 12,600 customers and reinforcing the enterprise shift toward multi-model stacks....
Indonesia is allowing xAI’s Grok back online under conditions after abuse linked to sexualized deepfake imagery triggered regional bans.
Jensen Huang called reports of Nvidia-OpenAI friction “nonsense” and said Nvidia will join OpenAI’s latest funding round, though he didn’t disclose an amount.
AI-powered data analysis and business intelligence news
India wants hyperscalers to run overseas cloud workloads from Indian data centers by offering a tax holiday through 2047, while warning signs on power and water could cap real capacity....
Handshake acquired Cleanlab in an acqui-hire, adding nine researchers to improve automated label-auditing and raise training-data quality for top AI labs.
Handshake is buying Cleanlab in an acqui-hire to improve human-labeled data quality with automated error detection for foundation model training.
ASML reported 13 billion euros in new bookings, signaling chipmakers are still funding capacity for AI-driven data center buildouts.
NVIDIA released new Earth-2 open models spanning storm nowcasting, 15-day forecasting, and GPU-speed data assimilation, plus open tooling to run and train them.
Workflow automation and AI integration news
The open-source personal AI assistant project has renamed again—now OpenClaw—while maintainers warn it’s still risky outside controlled environments.
Anthropic is bringing plug-ins from Claude Code into Cowork, letting teams standardize specialized workflows like legal review, support replies, and marketing drafts....
ServiceNow signed a multi-year deal with Anthropic to make Claude the preferred default in key workflow products, while keeping model choice after a recent OpenAI partnership....
Google is moving Gemini into a persistent Chrome sidebar, adding grouped tab context, image remixing, and an agentic auto-browse mode for AI Pro and Ultra users in the US....
Chrome is getting a persistent Gemini sidebar plus an agentic auto-browse mode that can complete web tasks like purchasing items, initially for US AI Pro and Ultra users....
AI in online retail and e-commerce news
Meta says new AI models and products will ship in the coming months, with a push into agentic shopping and a 2026 capex plan of 115–135 billion dollars.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will ship new AI models and products within months, with agentic shopping and personalized context as a key commerce wedge.
AI productivity and collaboration news
Mozilla says Firefox 148 will let users disable all current and future generative AI features, or manage them individually, starting February 24.
OpenAI launched a macOS Codex app that runs multiple coding agents in parallel, adds background automations, and aims to match agentic developer tools like Claude Code....
A new wave of hardware recorders pairs microphones with transcription, summaries, and translation to capture in-person meetings without relying on video calls.
A wave of pocket devices, pins, and earbuds brings transcription, summaries, and translation to offline meetings, with pricing clustered around 159 to 200 dollars....
Companies blamed AI for more than 50,000 layoffs in 2025, but analysts say many cuts may be financially driven “AI-washing” without mature deployments ready to replace roles....
