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10 Feb 2026

Matia raises $21M Series A to build AI-powered data engineer for unified DataOps platform

Israeli startup Matia secured $21 million in Series A funding led by Red Dot Capital to develop an AI-powered data engineer that automates pipeline creation and anomaly detection. The company's unified DataOps platform consolidates data management operations, helping customers reduce costs by 78% while growing revenue 10x in the past year.

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OpenAI's Jony Ive-Designed AI Hardware Delayed to 2027 as Company Drops io Branding

OpenAI's first AI hardware device won't reach customers until February 2027, according to new court filings. The company has also abandoned the io branding following a trademark infringement lawsuit from audio startup iyO. The screen-free gadget, designed by former Apple chief Jony Ive, was originally slated for late 2026.

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DuckDuckGo Launches Private AI Voice Chat on Duck.ai With Encrypted Audio Streaming

DuckDuckGo has rolled out AI voice chat capabilities for Duck.ai, its private AI chatbot platform. The feature enables real-time voice conversations with large language models while maintaining strict privacy protections. Audio streams are encrypted and not stored by DuckDuckGo or OpenAI, addressing growing concerns about data collection in AI applications.

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AMD Appoints Salesforce's Ariel Kelman as Chief Marketing Officer to Capture AI Data Center Market

AMD has hired Ariel Kelman, former president and CMO of Salesforce, as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Kelman, who previously held top marketing positions at Amazon Web Services and Oracle, will lead AMD's global marketing strategy with a clear focus on capturing the AI data center opportunity and strengthening engagement with customers, partners, and developers.

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India hosts massive AI Impact Summit drawing top tech CEOs and 20 world leaders to New Delhi

India is hosting one of the world's largest AI gatherings this week, bringing together tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic with global leaders. The AI Impact Summit marks the first time such an event is held in the Global South, with 250,000 expected visitors and $68 billion in commitments already on the table. Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to position India as a critical player in shaping AI's future.

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Square launches AI assistant in UK to help SMEs turn data into smarter business decisions

Square has launched Square AI in the UK and Ireland, a free conversational AI assistant integrated into its commerce platform. The tool addresses a critical gap: while 53% of UK SMEs have experimented with AI, only 30% use it regularly. Square AI enables business owners to query sales, customer, and labour data in plain language, helping them combine instinct with insight without manual analysis.

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Arcane AI-Generated Video Condemned as Soulless by Netflix Show Animators

An AI-generated video created using Seedance 2.0 that mimics Netflix's Arcane has sparked backlash from the show's production team. Kammelin, a former Arcane production assistant, called the video soulless and deeply disrespectful, urging fans to create original art instead of relying on generative AI tools that scrape handmade work.

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Cisco unveils Silicon One G300 chip to challenge Broadcom and Nvidia in AI networking race

Cisco launched its Silicon One G300, a 102.4Tbps switching chip designed to compete with Broadcom and Nvidia in the booming AI infrastructure market. The chip features advanced congestion management and can support deployments of up to 128,000 GPUs using just 750 switches. Cisco claims its implementation achieves 33% better link utilization and can cut training times by up to 28%.

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European Insurer Stocks Tumble as AI-Powered Tool Triggers Selloff Across Insurance Sector

European insurance stocks fell sharply on Tuesday following a steep selloff in US insurance brokers after Insurify launched an AI-powered comparison tool built on ChatGPT. Major brokers like Willis Towers Watson, Aon, and Arthur J. Gallagher saw shares plunge 9-12% on Monday, triggering investor concerns about accelerating disruption within the insurance sector and sparking a broader market downturn.

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Vitalik Buterin Rejects 'Race to AGI,' Proposes Ethereum-Led Alternative for Safer AI Development

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is challenging Silicon Valley's AGI acceleration narrative, calling the 'race to AGI' a flawed framework that prioritizes status over safety. In a detailed post on X, he outlined a four-part roadmap positioning Ethereum as infrastructure for private, verifiable AI interactions, an economic layer for AI agents, and enhanced governance systems—offering a decentralized alternative to centralized AI development.

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AI Safety Concerns Drive Wave of Resignations as Researchers Warn of Existential Threats

Mrinank Sharma, head of Anthropic's safeguards research team, resigned citing concerns about AI safety and company values. His departure joins a growing exodus from major AI labs including OpenAI and xAI, with researchers warning about existential threats, ethical concerns, and the rapid advancement of AI systems capable of self-improvement.

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John Carmack proposes fiber optic cache to replace DRAM for streaming AI model weights

John Carmack, cofounder of id Software, has proposed using 200km fiber optic loops as a cache alternative to traditional DRAM for AI workloads. The concept leverages 256 Tb/s data rates to keep 32GB of data continuously streaming to AI accelerators, potentially offering significant power savings and addressing the ongoing memory crisis affecting AI development and consumer hardware costs.

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Ring's Search Party Super Bowl ad triggers mass surveillance fears and widespread backlash

Amazon's Ring aired a 30-second Super Bowl ad promoting its AI-powered Search Party feature designed to help find lost dogs using neighborhood cameras. But the heartwarming pitch backfired spectacularly, drawing fierce criticism from privacy advocates, lawmakers, and viewers who see it as a dystopian step toward mass surveillance. Combined with Ring's facial recognition rollout and Flock Safety partnership, the feature raises urgent questions about how quickly pet-finding technology could morph into tools for tracking humans.

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Anthropic faces lawsuit in India as local firm claims name rights since 2017

AI giant Anthropic is facing a legal challenge in India from a Bengaluru-based software company that says it has used the name since 2017. The local firm has filed a lawsuit seeking recognition of its prior use and ₹10 million in damages, citing customer confusion as Anthropic expands operations in the country.

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Samsung and Micron begin shipping HBM4 memory as race for AI acceleration hardware intensifies

Samsung and Micron have started mass production and shipping of HBM4 memory, the next-generation high-bandwidth memory critical for AI acceleration hardware. Samsung claims industry-first status with 11.7Gbps speeds and up to 3.3TB/s bandwidth, while Micron confirms it delivered product a quarter ahead of schedule. The development signals readiness for Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin accelerators launching in Q2 2026.

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