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18 Feb 2026

Google expands Gemini AI split-screen to regular phones, ending constant app switching

Google is expanding Gemini AI's split-screen feature beyond foldables to regular Android smartphones. The update allows users to run Gemini alongside another app, enabling contextual assistance without switching apps. A new "Share screen and app content" option lets the AI chatbot analyze content on the second screen and answer queries in real time.

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Meta Platforms commits millions of AI GPUs from Nvidia in expanded infrastructure partnership

Meta Platforms and Nvidia announced an expanded long-term AI infrastructure partnership that commits Meta to deploying millions of Nvidia GPUs, CPUs, and networking hardware across its global data centers. The deal reinforces Nvidia's position in the AI chip market as Meta pursues its goal of delivering personal superintelligence, while raising questions about chip supply allocation for competitors attempting to reduce Nvidia dependence.

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Meta strikes up to $100 billion AI chips deal with AMD, could acquire 10% stake in chipmaker

Meta has signed a massive multi-billion dollar AI chips deal with AMD that could see the social media giant acquire up to 10% of the chipmaker's stock. The agreement covers 6 gigawatts of custom computing power as Meta races to build AI infrastructure for what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls 'personal superintelligence.' The chips-for-stock arrangement mirrors AMD's earlier deal with OpenAI and signals Big Tech's push to diversify away from Nvidia's dominance.

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17 Feb 2026

Alpha School's AI-powered education model faces scrutiny over faulty lessons and data concerns

Alpha School, endorsed by the Department of Education, promises to teach K-12 students in just two hours daily using AI tutors. But leaked internal documents reveal the AI-powered school generates flawed lesson plans that employees say do "more harm than good." Former staff describe students as "guinea pigs" while raising concerns about constant student monitoring and inadequate data security.

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Palo Alto Networks acquires Koi Security for $400M to advance agentic endpoint security

Palo Alto Networks has acquired Koi Security, a file security startup, for a reported $400 million to bolster its AI security capabilities. The Tel Aviv-based startup, which raised $48 million from Battery Ventures, specializes in protecting enterprises from risky file downloads and securing AI agent usage on endpoint devices. The acquisition strengthens Palo Alto Networks' Prisma AIRS and Cortex XDR platforms.

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Godot Game Engine Maintainers Struggle With Flood of AI Slop Pull Requests

The Godot game engine faces a crisis as maintainers drown in AI-generated code contributions. Rémi Verschelde warns the open source project can't sustain the onslaught of low-quality pull requests, with over 4,600 currently open. GitHub's AI promotion compounds the problem while maintainers question every new contribution's authenticity.

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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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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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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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Apple Music debuts Playlist Playground AI tool to generate playlists from text prompts

Apple Music is testing Playlist Playground in iOS 26.4 beta, an AI-powered tool that creates playlists from text prompts. The feature generates 25-song playlists based on moods, genres, or themes, and works even on non-Apple Intelligence devices. Apple is also adding a Live Events hub for concert discovery, catching up to features Spotify has offered for years.

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Samsung teases Galaxy S26 AI camera with image editing, stickers, and low-light video tools

Samsung has released teasers showcasing Galaxy AI features coming to the Galaxy S26 series at Unpacked on Feb. 25. The new Galaxy camera experience promises AI image-editing features like turning day to night, generating custom stickers, and improved low-light video capture—though one teaser controversially used AI-generated footage instead of real camera samples.

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