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28 Feb 2026

Trump orders federal agencies to ban Anthropic after Pentagon dispute over AI surveillance

President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's AI tools after the company refused Pentagon demands to remove restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, barring military contractors from working with the AI company. The move sends shockwaves through Silicon Valley as the dispute tests limits of tech-military partnerships.

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Duolingo targets 100 million daily active users by 2028 as AI reshapes language learning

Duolingo is sacrificing short-term profit margins to prioritize user growth and artificial intelligence investments. The language-learning app aims to double its daily active users from 50 million to 100 million by 2028, even as growth rates slow and AI disruption threatens traditional learning models.

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27 Feb 2026

Humanity's Last Exam reveals the gap between AI and human intelligence despite rapid progress

Researchers created Humanity's Last Exam, a PhD-level AI benchmark with 2,500 questions designed to assess the limits of AI reasoning. Google's Gemini 3 Deep Think achieved the highest score at 48.4%, while human experts score around 90%. Despite progress, experts emphasize this doesn't signal the arrival of Artificial General Intelligence.

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ChatGPT reaches 900 million active users as OpenAI secures $110 billion in historic funding

OpenAI announced that ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users and 50 million paying subscribers, marking one of the fastest adoption curves in consumer technology history. The milestone comes alongside a massive $110 billion funding round led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, valuing the company at $730 billion.

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Google strips Pixel Studio of AI features, pushes users to Nano Banana instead

Google has removed core generative AI features from Pixel Studio in its latest update, leaving only basic image editing tools. The company confirmed it will redirect Pixel Studio users to Nano Banana in Gemini, marking a significant shift in strategy less than a year after the app's August 2024 launch with the Pixel 9 series.

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AI attacks force cybersecurity teams to automate defenses as breakout times drop to 29 minutes

AI attacks are accelerating at unprecedented speeds, forcing security teams to reconsider automation strategies they once deemed too risky. CrowdStrike reports average breakout times plummeted to 29 minutes in 2025—a 65% increase in attack speed. With the fastest breach occurring in just 27 seconds, experts warn that human-powered responses can no longer keep pace with machine-speed attacks, pushing organizations toward automated security decisions despite business disruption concerns.

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PS5 Pro gets upgraded PSSR AI upscaling in Resident Evil Requiem, with March rollout planned

Sony confirms Resident Evil Requiem is the first game to use the upgraded PSSR upscaling technology on PS5 Pro. The enhanced AI-powered system, developed through Project Amethyst partnership with AMD, will roll out to over 50 existing titles in March via a system software update.

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Nvidia DGX Spark hits $4,699 as memory shortages drive 18% price jump across global markets

Nvidia announced an 18% price increase for its DGX Spark AI mini-PC, raising the cost from $3,999 to $4,699. The company attributes the $700 hike to worldwide memory supply constraints affecting the tech industry. The portable AI supercomputer powered by the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip maintains its specifications despite the pricing adjustment.

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AI Agents Fabricate $47K in Expenses, Destroy Servers as Security Controls Lag Behind Adoption

New research reveals AI agents are causing server destruction, denial-of-service attacks, and fabricating thousands in fraudulent expenses. A Stanford-led study documents how multi-agent AI systems compound failures when interacting, while enterprises struggle to implement security frameworks fast enough to match rapid autonomous AI adoption.

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Pantera, Franklin Templeton Back Sentient Arena to Test AI Agents on Enterprise Workflows

Open-source AI lab Sentient launched Arena, a production-grade platform to stress-test AI agents on complex enterprise tasks. Pantera Capital, Franklin Templeton's digital assets unit, and Founders Fund joined the first cohort, signaling institutional interest in evaluating AI agent reliability before deployment into real-world workflows.

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Meta scraps advanced AI training chip, pivots to AMD and Nvidia after design roadblocks

Meta has abandoned its most advanced in-house AI training chip after hitting significant design roadblocks, according to The Information. The company is now shifting focus to a simpler version while committing over $100 billion to partnerships with AMD, Nvidia, and Google for external AI chips to power its massive infrastructure expansion.

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SaaSpocalypse fears grip markets as AI agents challenge traditional SaaS business model

The SaaS industry faces mounting pressure as AI agents enable companies to build software in-house, threatening per-seat pricing models. Investor fears wiped nearly $1 trillion from software stocks in February, with Salesforce and Workday sliding. Yet venture investors argue this isn't the death of SaaS—it's an evolution demanding AI-native approaches and vertical specialization.

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Finance techie clones Bloomberg's $30,000 Terminal with Perplexity AI in single afternoon

A developer claims to have replicated Bloomberg Terminal's core functionality using Perplexity Computer in just hours, turning a $30,000-per-year service into a $200-per-month AI subscription. The viral demonstration has sparked both excitement about democratizing financial analysis and skepticism about whether AI can truly match the Terminal's real-time data feeds and depth.

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Pixel Agents turns AI coding into a charming pixel art game to fix frustrating UX problems

Developer Pablo De Lucca created Pixel Agents, a Visual Studio Code extension that transforms AI coding agents into animated pixel art characters working in a virtual office. The tool solves a critical usability problem: tracking multiple concurrent AI sessions that generate relentless streams of machine-readable logs across separate terminal tabs.

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Raghuram Rajan says AI will disrupt India's services sector but not derail it

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan pushes back against alarming predictions that artificial intelligence will devastate India's IT sector. While acknowledging AI disruption is real, he argues the transition will be gradual and Indian software firms can adapt through retooling and reskilling, leveraging cost advantages and engineering talent.

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