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18 Feb 2026

Musk Makes Rare Direct Appeal to South Korea's Chip Talent as Tesla Expands AI Silicon Push

Elon Musk personally recruited South Korean semiconductor professionals on X, urging them to join Tesla's in-house AI chip design efforts. The unusual direct appeal comes as Tesla ramps up custom silicon development for autonomous driving and robotics, including plans for a massive Terafab facility and 2nm chip production.

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NPCI partners with Nvidia to build sovereign AI infrastructure for India's digital payments

NPCI has partnered with Nvidia to develop a payments-native AI foundation model aligned with India's regulatory and data sovereignty requirements. The collaboration will use Nvidia Nemotron to create a foundational AI layer for the payments ecosystem, building on the UPI Help Assistant pilot that supports grievance resolution at scale.

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AI-Generated Passwords Are Fundamentally Weak and Vulnerable to Cracking Within Hours

AI cybersecurity firm Irregular reveals that ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini produce passwords with predictable patterns despite appearing strong. Research shows these AI-generated passwords have entropy as low as 20-27 bits compared to 98-120 bits for truly random passwords, making them crackable within hours even on decades-old computers. Experts urge immediate password changes for anyone using LLM password generation.

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Sarvam AI launches India-first models to challenge OpenAI, Gemini with multilingual capabilities

Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI unveiled two large language models at the India AI Impact Summit, marking a shift toward locally-controlled AI infrastructure. The Sarvam-30B and Sarvam-105B models support 22 Indian languages and were trained from scratch on trillions of tokens. With over $50 million in funding, the startup aims to reduce India's reliance on foreign AI platforms while offering cost-efficient alternatives for enterprise deployments.

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OpenAI partners with MakeMyTrip and Ixigo to transform India's travel sector with AI integration

MakeMyTrip and Ixigo have both announced partnerships with OpenAI to deploy advanced AI capabilities across their travel platforms. MakeMyTrip's Myra assistant now handles over 50,000 conversations daily across multiple languages, with 45% of queries from Tier-2 cities. The collaborations mark a significant shift toward AI-led discovery in India's travel sector.

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Google AI updates NotebookLM with prompt-based slide editing and PowerPoint export

Google has addressed a major limitation in NotebookLM by introducing prompt-based customization for slide decks. Users can now refine individual slides without regenerating entire presentations. The AI-powered NotebookLM also gains PPTX export capabilities, enabling seamless integration with PowerPoint workflows, while Google Slides support arrives soon.

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Google reveals Glimmer design system for Android XR AI glasses ahead of 2026 launch

Google has detailed its Glimmer design language for Android XR AI glasses, introducing a physics-aware UI philosophy built specifically for transparent displays. The system prioritizes voice-first interaction, eye-tracking, and glanceable transient UI elements that appear only when needed, marking a departure from traditional Material Design principles.

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Mihup and Qualcomm Partner to Deliver On-Device Voice AI for BFSI Sector

Indian Voice AI company Mihup has partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to develop multilingual, on-device Voice AI solutions for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sector. The collaboration promises an 80% cost reduction while delivering low-latency, secure customer interactions that run directly on devices, addressing critical challenges in cloud-only deployments around data privacy and bandwidth constraints.

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Yotta Data Services invests $2 billion to build Asia's largest AI hub with Nvidia Blackwell chips

Yotta Data Services is deploying over 20,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs in a $2 billion investment that will create one of Asia's largest AI superclusters. The facility, going live by August 2026 in Greater Noida, includes a $1 billion four-year DGX Cloud engagement and marks India's first deployment of Blackwell B300 GPUs, positioning the country as a major AI infrastructure node.

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Palo Alto Networks CEO says enterprise AI adoption lags consumers by years, coding assistants only

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora revealed that enterprise AI adoption significantly trails consumer uptake, with coding assistants being the only widespread business application. Despite posting $2.6 billion in Q2 revenue with 15% year-over-year growth, the cybersecurity giant is preparing for an AI-driven future through strategic acquisitions including Koi and the $25 billion CyberArk deal.

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Fintechs race to enable AI payments as agentic commerce awaits regulatory green light

Payment firms including Razorpay, Cashfree, Visa, Mastercard and Pine Labs are building infrastructure for agentic commerce, where AI agents complete transactions autonomously. While end-to-end AI-driven transactions aren't yet allowed by the Reserve Bank of India, companies are preparing pipelines ahead of wide-scale adoption, with regulatory clarity expected in the coming months.

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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 and Nvidia expand partnership with millions of GPUs for AI infrastructure buildout

Meta Platforms and Nvidia announced an expanded multiyear partnership to deploy millions of GPUs, CPUs, and networking hardware across Meta's global data centers. The deal reinforces Nvidia's dominance in AI infrastructure while raising concerns about chip supply allocations for competitors. Both companies saw their stock prices rise following the announcement.

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Nvidia and Meta forge massive chip deal as computing power demands reshape AI infrastructure

Nvidia and Meta have announced an expanded multi-year partnership that will see Meta deploy millions of Blackwell and Rubin GPUs alongside a large-scale rollout of Nvidia's Grace CPUs as standalone processors. The deal marks Meta as the first major tech company to commit to Nvidia's standalone CPUs at scale, signaling a shift in how AI infrastructure is built as agentic AI and data-intensive workloads demand more diverse computing power beyond traditional GPUs.

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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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