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17 Feb 2026

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 with human-level computer use and coding improvements

Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.6, bringing frontier-level AI capabilities to free and Pro users. The update delivers improved coding skills that rival its premium Opus model, human-level performance in computer use tasks, and a 1 million token context window. Developers prefer the new model 70% of the time over its predecessor, with major gains in security against prompt injection attacks.

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Apple accelerates AI wearables push with smart glasses, camera AirPods, and pendant in the works

Apple is ramping up development of three AI-powered wearables: smart glasses with dual cameras, AirPods equipped with infrared sensors, and a camera-enabled pendant. All three devices will rely on Visual Intelligence and deeper Siri integration, targeting releases between late 2026 and 2027 as Apple enters the AI hardware race against Meta and Google.

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WordPress.com rolls out AI Assistant to edit sites, generate images with natural language prompts

WordPress.com has launched a built-in AI assistant that allows site owners to modify site layouts, adjust styles, create and edit images, and update content using simple natural language commands. The feature integrates with Google's Nano Banana AI models for image generation and editing, and works within the site editor and media library to understand website content and layout.

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The AI Doc trailer shows Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and AI experts debating humanity's precarious future

Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's new documentary features OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis discussing whether AI will save or doom humanity. The film, titled 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,' premieres March 27 from Focus Features after its Sundance debut.

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Japanese toilet maker Toto emerges as unexpected AI semiconductor supplier with 40% stock surge

Toto, the Japanese company known for Washlet bidets and heated toilet seats, is being repositioned as a critical AI infrastructure player. Activist investor Palliser Capital claims the company's advanced ceramics business—producing precision components for semiconductor manufacturing—makes it the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary. Shares have jumped nearly 40% in early 2026 as investors recognize the connection between Toto's ceramic parts and the booming demand for memory chips in AI data centers.

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Eric Trump Backs Israeli Drone Maker XTEND's $1.5B Merger to Bring AI Defense Robotics to Nasdaq

Eric Trump is investing in a $1.5 billion merger between Israeli drone maker XTEND and Florida-based JFB Construction Holdings. The deal aims to take XTEND public on Nasdaq under the ticker XTND, providing investors exposure to autonomous defense systems. The merger positions AI defense robotics as Wall Street's next major investment frontier.

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Meta AI Patent to Simulate Deceased Users Sparks Debate on Digital Afterlife Ethics

Meta secured a patent in 2023 for AI technology that could simulate deceased users' social media activity using large language models. While the company says it has no plans to implement the system, researchers warn the patent represents a turning point in AI resurrections and raises urgent questions about posthumous data consent, spectral labor, and the monetization of grief.

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Mistral AI acquires Koyeb in first deal to accelerate its cloud infrastructure push

Mistral AI, valued at $13.8 billion, has acquired Paris-based Koyeb to strengthen its position as a full-stack AI provider. The deal brings serverless deployment technology and 13 engineers to accelerate Mistral Compute, the company's AI cloud infrastructure platform launched in June 2025. This marks Europe's push to build sovereign AI infrastructure independent of U.S. hyperscalers.

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Apple's AI strategy bets on restraint while Big Tech burns $700 billion on infrastructure

While Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet collectively spend over $700 billion on AI infrastructure, Apple allocates just $12.7 billion annually. The spending gap reveals a fundamental disagreement about AI's future: will foundation models become commodities, or sources of lasting advantage? Apple's approach may signal strategic discipline or a costly miscalculation.

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SurrealDB 3.0 raises $23M to replace five-database AI agent stacks with one unified system

SurrealDB launched version 3.0 of its multimodel database alongside a $23 million Series A extension, bringing total funding to $44 million. The company aims to solve a critical challenge for AI agents: eliminating the complexity of running multiple databases for structured data, vectors, and graph relationships by consolidating everything into a single Rust-native engine with transactional consistency.

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Figma partners with Anthropic on Code to Canvas as stock plunges 85% amid AI disruption fears

Figma and Anthropic unveiled Code to Canvas, a feature that converts AI-generated code into editable designs directly in Figma's platform. The partnership aims to bridge AI coding tools with design refinement, but comes as Figma's stock has fallen 85% from its peak amid broader software sector concerns about AI automation displacing traditional workflows.

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Temporal raises $300M at $5B valuation as AI agents demand durable execution infrastructure

Temporal secured $300 million in Series D funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, doubling its valuation to $5 billion. The infrastructure startup addresses reliability challenges as AI agents move from generating responses to executing real-world tasks. With customers including OpenAI and Netflix, Temporal's platform has processed 9.1 trillion lifetime action executions.

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Sarvam AI unveils Made-in-India smart glasses, partners with HMD and Bosch for AI expansion

Indian AI startup Sarvam AI showcased its first hardware product, Sarvam Kaze smart glasses, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tested the device, which is designed and built entirely in India. The company announced partnerships with HMD to bring AI to Nokia feature phones, with Bosch for in-car AI assistants, and with Qualcomm for chipset optimization.

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Unity unveils AI tool that generates entire games from text prompts, sparking industry debate

Unity announces a beta release at GDC in March that will let developers create full casual games using only natural language prompts, eliminating the need for coding. CEO Matthew Bromberg claims the AI-driven authoring tool will democratize game development, but the move faces skepticism from an industry where over half of workers view generative AI negatively.

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European Parliament Blocks AI on Lawmakers' Devices Over Data Security and Privacy Concerns

The European Parliament has disabled built-in AI features on lawmakers' work devices, citing unresolved cybersecurity and privacy concerns. The IT department cannot guarantee data security when AI tools send sensitive information to cloud servers. The move reflects growing unease about how AI systems handle confidential data and highlights tensions between AI integration and data protection in government institutions.

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