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04 Feb 2026

Google's Gemini gains screen automation to control Android apps and perform tasks for you

Google is developing screen automation capabilities for Gemini that would let the AI agent control other apps on Android devices. Codenamed bonobo, the feature will initially handle tasks like booking rides and placing orders through Uber and food delivery apps. Users maintain full control with manual override options, but privacy concerns emerge as screenshots may be reviewed by human reviewers.

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Microsoft and ServiceNow vulnerabilities expose AI agents as enterprise cybersecurity's newest threat

Major tech firms are scrambling to secure AI agents after critical vulnerabilities surfaced. ServiceNow patched its 'BodySnatcher' flaw that allowed unauthenticated attackers to impersonate administrators using just an email address. Microsoft issued guidance on securing its agentic AI control plane. The incidents reveal how autonomous AI agents create unprecedented security challenges through lateral movement and contextual privilege escalation.

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OpenAI fills $555,000 safety role with Anthropic hire as AI advances rapidly

OpenAI has appointed Dylan Scandinaro from rival Anthropic as its new Head of Preparedness, filling a role advertised at up to $555,000 annually. CEO Sam Altman warns that things are about to move quite fast with extremely powerful models, requiring robust safeguards to mitigate severe risks as the company pushes toward artificial general intelligence.

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RentAHuman Lets AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks, Sparking Debate on Future of Work

A new platform called RentAHuman allows AI agents to hire humans for real-world tasks, from picking up packages to holding promotional signs. Built by crypto engineer Alexander Liteplo, the site has attracted over 70,000 human signups but only 81 AI agents. While some see it as filling a gap in AI capabilities, others view it as a dystopian shift where machines manage human labor for cryptocurrency payments.

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Intel hires chief GPU architect to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI and data center markets

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed the chipmaker is actively developing GPUs with newly hired chief architect Eric Demers from Qualcomm. The move signals Intel's commitment to compete in the lucrative AI and data center GPU market, where Nvidia currently dominates. Intel plans to manufacture these chips internally through its foundry business.

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Supermicro Revenue Growth Soars 123% as AI Boom Drives Record Q2 Results

Supermicro delivered a stellar second quarter with revenue jumping 123% to $12.7 billion, fueled by surging demand for AI infrastructure. The company raised its annual revenue forecast to at least $40 billion as GPU-based systems accounted for 84% of quarterly revenue. Despite margin pressures, CEO Charles Liang sees strong growth ahead with Data Center Building Block Solutions.

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AMD revenue forecast disappoints investors despite strong AI chips sales and China boost

AMD reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates with revenue rising 34% to $10.3 billion, driven by its data center business and AI chip sales. But the company's first-quarter revenue forecast of $9.8 billion, while above consensus, fell short of some investor expectations who sought bigger AI gains. Shares tumbled 13% as concerns emerged about AMD's ability to compete with Nvidia in the booming AI market.

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Sam Altman says OpenAI may invest in AI drug discovery firms and take royalties on breakthroughs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the company may invest in or subsidize firms using its AI for drug discovery, taking royalties on successful discoveries instead of charging upfront costs. Speaking at Cisco's AI conference, Altman outlined a potential shift from traditional software pricing to outcome-based financial returns, where OpenAI shares both risk and reward in scientific breakthroughs.

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ChatGPT recovers from major outage as OpenAI resolves elevated error rates affecting thousands

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a significant outage affecting more than 12,000 users, with Down Detector recording peak disruption reports. The AI chatbot faced elevated error rates impacting logins, conversations, and voice mode before OpenAI resolved the issue at 5:14 PM ET. Anthropic's Claude AI also experienced similar service failures on the same day.

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Google introduces Gemini Labs section to organize experimental features across platforms

Google is rolling out a dedicated Labs section in Gemini to distinguish experimental features from stable tools. The update separates the Tools menu into two sections, with Gemini Labs highlighting features like Agent, Dynamic View, and Personal Intelligence. The redesign is now live on web, Android, and iOS platforms.

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Lotus Health AI raises $35M to scale free AI doctor service with board-certified oversight

Lotus Health AI announced $35 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered primary care model that provides free medical consultations 24/7. Founded by KJ Dhaliwal, the platform uses AI for diagnoses and prescriptions while board-certified physicians from Stanford, Harvard, and UCSF review all final decisions. The company claims its AI doctor service can see 10 times more patients than traditional practices.

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Dassault NVIDIA Partnership Merges Virtual Twin Tech With Industrial AI to Transform Engineering

Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA announced a long-term strategic partnership to build a shared industrial AI architecture that combines Virtual Twin technologies with AI infrastructure. The collaboration will establish science-validated industry World Models and deploy skilled virtual companions across biology, materials science, engineering and manufacturing, fundamentally changing how millions of professionals design and simulate complex systems.

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Orion Security raises $32 million from IBM to redefine data loss prevention with AI agents

Israeli startup Orion Security secured $32 million in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from IBM. The company replaces traditional policy-based data loss prevention with AI agents that use real-time contextual intelligence to detect and prevent data exfiltration, serving customers across finance, healthcare and technology sectors.

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Sam Altman feels useless and sad using his own AI tools, exposing a new kind of tech anxiety

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed he felt obsolete after his company's AI coding agent Codex generated better feature ideas than his own. The admission sparked fierce backlash from workers facing job insecurity due to AI, while tech executives like former Dropbox CTO Aditya Agarwal echoed similar feelings of grief and disorientation as artificial intelligence rapidly transforms professional identity.

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03 Feb 2026

Sam Altman dismisses Moltbook as fad but says autonomous AI bots are the future

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called the viral AI social network Moltbook a likely fad at the Cisco AI Summit, but strongly backed the underlying technology behind autonomous AI bots like OpenClaw. Despite growing use cases from medical research to AI-generated coding, Altman admitted AI adoption has been slower than expected, calling himself naive about the pace of change.

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