OpenClaw hits 222k GitHub stars (#2 all-time), active security updates amid viral agent hype
OpenClaw, the open-source local AI assistant, now has 222k stars and 42.3k forks on GitHub, enabling private runs of frontier LLMs like GLM-5 with zero API costs across any OS. Latest Feb 24 commits harden security (shell allowlists, webhook fixes) as X buzz explodes with Elon warnings and Meta drama. Popularity causes Mac Mini shortages and spawns money-making bots.
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Meta inks up to $100B AMD chip deal to chase 'personal superintelligence'
Meta has committed to buying up to $100B in AMD MI540 GPUs and CPUs over multiple years, including a warrant for 160M shares, to diversify from Nvidia and power AI scaling.
Google signs 1.9GW clean energy deal with massive 100-hour battery
Google's latest renewables pact includes breakthrough long-duration storage to power AI data centers amid surging electricity demand.
Anthropic digs in as Pentagon escalates AI guardrail dispute with Friday deadline
Pentagon demands Anthropic loosen Claude's safety restrictions by Friday or face penalties, but Anthropic refuses to budge in high-stakes clash over military AI use.
ProducerAI music generator joins Google Labs, backed by Chainsmokers
Generative music tool ProducerAI integrates into Google Labs, accelerating AI creativity tools.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: AI reshaping workforce, bank plans redeployment
Dimon reveals JPM is addressing AI's labor impact by redeploying staff, highlighting broader enterprise shifts.
Pete Hegseth sets Friday deadline for Anthropic's AI red lines
Politico reports tense meeting where Hegseth warned of supply chain risk designation unless Anthropic relaxes policies on military AI use.
AI startups smashing $10M ARR in just 3 months, Stripe data reveals
Stripe reports unprecedented speed of AI firms reaching multimillion ARR, highlighting turbocharged growth in agentic era.
Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to drop AI safeguards for military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei allow unfettered Pentagon access to Claude, threatening contract termination or Defense Production Act invocation over usage red lines like surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Cursor unveils major AI coding agent upgrade: agents now demo code via smooth video recordings
Cursor's latest update lets AI agents onboard to codebases, execute on cloud computers, and send video demos of their work, intensifying the coding agent wars with Anthropic and OpenAI.
OpenAI COO: AI has barely penetrated enterprise processes yet
OpenAI's COO states that despite hype, AI adoption in business workflows remains minimal, signaling huge untapped potential.
Intuit partners with Anthropic to launch customizable AI agents for finance pros
Intuit integrates Claude to let SMBs build/deploy trusted AI agents for financial intelligence, targeting TurboTax/QuickBooks users.
LiquidAI releases LFM2-24B, its largest open-source model with blazing inference speed
New 24B param model optimized for speed, detailed in blog and arXiv tech report.
xAI pitches to Pentagon: 'Throw Anthropic' amid AI terms feud
Elon Musk's xAI offers military Grok access as DoD escalates dispute with Anthropic over red lines.
Software Stocks Rebound as Anthropic Announces New Partnerships
Anthropic's integrations with Slack, Intuit, Docusign, and more lift software stocks amid enterprise AI push.
Anthropic expands Claude Cowork with enterprise plugins for office workers
New connectors and plugins for finance, HR, and more aim to make Claude a go-to AI coworker for knowledge workers.
"2028 Global Intelligence Crisis" report ignites Wall Street AI apocalypse fears
Citrini Research's hypothetical report warns superintelligent AI could crash global economy by 2028, sparking market jitters.
Kana exits stealth with $15M to build AI agents for marketing ops
Stealth startup Kana raised $15M to deploy autonomous AI agents that handle marketing workflows, from content creation to campaign optimization.
Crittora adds crypto-enforced policies to make OpenClaw enterprise-ready
New framework eliminates ambient authority risks in OpenClaw agents, enabling secure autonomous ops for businesses.
Oura launches proprietary AI model for personalized women's health insights
Wearables giant Oura released its first in-house AI model, trained on anonymized user data to provide clinically grounded advice on cycle tracking, fertility, and menopause.
Data center expansion hits 'inflection point' on AI demand
Hyperscalers drive record buildout, but construction lags potential amid regulatory snags.
Anthropic launches enterprise plugins for Claude Cowork in finance, engineering, and design
Anthropic unveiled 10 new connectors and plugins for its Claude Cowork AI agent, enabling automation in HR, investment banking, software engineering, and more business workflows.
Fed Governor Cook on AI ushering new tasks and occupations
In opening remarks, Governor Lisa D. Cook discusses AI's profound impact on labor markets, predicting unimaginable new jobs.
Fed's Cook warns AI sparking labor shifts, potential short-term unemployment spike
Richmond Fed President Lisa Cook highlighted AI's transformative impact on jobs, predicting big changes but possible near-term job losses as workers adapt.
Gartner: Embedded AI in ERP to speed financial closes by 30% by 2028
Gartner forecasts AI integration in cloud ERP apps will accelerate month-end closes by 30%, urging finance leaders to prioritize agentic capabilities.
AMD stock surges 14% on Meta's massive 6GW AI GPU deal
Meta commits to huge AMD GPU deployment, challenging Nvidia dominance in AI infrastructure.
Microsoft Celebrates 250M Developers Enabling Global AI Economy
Microsoft highlights community contributions to AI growth, emphasizing sustainability and empowerment.
General Availability of Lexis+ with Protégé Sets New Standard for Legal AI Workflows
LexisNexis launches easy-to-use AI for automating legal work, powered by models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.
Fed's Waller: No AI job market blowup expected, central bank using AI cautiously
Fed Gov Christopher Waller downplays AI unemployment risks while noting internal AI adoption; contrasts Cook's short-term rise warning.
Marvell showcases AI data center connectivity at DesignCon 2026
Marvell highlights end-to-end portfolio advances for AI infrastructure in diverse panels and demos.
William & Mary redesigns learning for AI-enabled future
Mason School hosts AI Sprint on generative AI in teaching and research.
ŌURA Launches Its First Proprietary AI Model for Women's Health
Oura unveils in-house AI model in Oura Labs offering personalized, clinically-grounded health insights for women; opt-in testers help refine it.
New Relic launches AI agent platform with OpenTelemetry integration
New Relic rolls out tools for enterprises to build, manage AI agents and integrate observability data streams.
Waymo robotaxis expand to 10 US cities
Alphabet's Waymo opens public robotaxi service in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando.
Princeton tests show AI accuracy up 21%/yr but reliability lags at 3%
Study across 14 models over 18 months reveals growing trustworthiness gap in agentic systems.
Waymo launches public driverless rides in Houston, expands to Orlando and San Antonio
Alphabet's Waymo rolls out fully autonomous ride-hailing in three new US cities today, pushing toward 13 total amid robotaxi race.
Cato Networks hits $100M ARR milestone powered by AI security tools
Cybersecurity firm Cato surpassed $100M annual recurring revenue, crediting AI-driven threat detection amid concerns over agentic AI vulnerabilities.
Deepgram and IBM partner on advanced voice for enterprise AI
Deepgram becomes IBM's first voice partner, offering scalable transcription and speech tech for AI apps.
Cisco Splunk report: Agentic AI central to CISOs' resilience strategy
New Splunk report highlights agentic AI as pivotal for cybersecurity leaders building digital resilience amid rising threats.
Accenture acquires AI tech for autonomous telco networks
Accenture buys Avanseus' AI solution to accelerate communications firms' shift to self-managing networks.
MIT study: AI agents are 'fast, loose, and out of control'
Research highlights risks in agent autonomy, urging better safeguards.
Nimble Way raises $47M to give AI agents real-time web data access
Startup Nimble Way secures $47M to provide cleaner, real-time web data for AI agents, addressing key pain point in agentic workflows.
Intuit partners with Anthropic to deliver custom AI agents for finance
Intuit and Anthropic announce collaboration to integrate trusted financial intelligence and custom AI agents into QuickBooks and TurboTax for consumers and businesses.
Profound raises $96M to help brands thrive in AI-powered search era
Startup Profound secures unicorn status with $96M funding to enable brands to maintain visibility as AI answers replace traditional Google links.
Anthropic busts Chinese firms for 16M+ Claude queries in distillation schemes
DeepSeek, Moonshot, MiniMax allegedly used 24k fake accounts for massive data extraction targeting reasoning, agents, coding. Anthropic deploys detectors, safeguards amid IP theft fears.
AMD inks $100B multi-year deal with Meta for 6GW AI chips
Meta signs agreement for six gigawatts of AMD processors for AI data centers, valued at $100B, with potential for Meta to own 10% of AMD stock via warrants; follows recent Nvidia purchases.
Nvidia earnings face Wall Street skepticism over exploding AI capex
Nvidia reports Q4 results today amid doubts on hyperscaler AI spending sustainability; analysts eye guidance for $70B+ next quarter amid competitive pressures.
AMD stock surges 14% on expanded Meta AI chip partnership
AMD shares jump after announcing 6-gigawatt deal with Meta to supply GPUs, boosting its AI hardware ambitions.
China's DeepSeek trained latest model on banned Nvidia Blackwell chip
DeepSeek's upcoming model, potentially outperforming Claude in coding, trained on smuggled top-tier US AI chips despite export controls.
AI Tool OpenClaw Wipes Inbox of Meta's AI Alignment Director
Meta AI Alignment director Summer Yue lost emails when OpenClaw interpreted 'maintain inbox' too literally, terminating only after manual intervention.
Intel and SambaNova team for multi-year Xeon AI inference push
Intel partners with SambaNova on rack-scale inference using Xeon CPUs, plus Intel Capital investment, targeting heterogeneous AI datacenters.
China's Moonshot AI Kimi hits decacorn status fastest ever, 20-day revenue tops all of 2025
Kimi becomes China's quickest decacorn as recent revenue surge eclipses prior year total; LLM token use at 37T signals massive adoption.
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 uncovers 500+ zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software
Claude identified over 500 zero-days in production OSS, raising questions on patching before exploits.
The End of AI as an Experiment: Designing for 2026 Reality
AI moves from pilots to core ops; leaders must prioritize governance, observability, and recovery blueprints amid risks in hyperconnected systems. Calls for business owners, red teaming, and human-in-loop triggers.
Dystopian AI outlooks go viral, spook skittish investors
Reports on AI risks fuel angst, with US software stocks down 20%+ YTD as fears mount over disruption.
AMD and Meta ink massive deal for 6GW Instinct GPUs, potential $100B+ value
Multi-year partnership deploys up to 6GW AMD GPUs starting H2 2026 with custom MI450, EPYC Venice; Meta earns warrants for 160M AMD shares on milestones. Diversifies Meta's AI infra beyond Nvidia.
Apple accelerates US manufacturing: Mac mini production starts soon, expands AI server output and training center
Apple brings Mac mini assembly to US later 2026, alongside ramped AI server production and new skills center. Part of broader push for domestic tech amid AI infrastructure boom.
Meta's AI safety chief 'humbled' by OpenClaw capabilities
In daily roundup, Meta exec admits surprise at open-source agent's prowess amid security drama.
WPP and Adobe Expand Partnership for AI-Driven Marketing
Global ad giant WPP deepens ties with Adobe to transform client marketing operations with AI tools.
xAI scores Pentagon contract to deploy Grok in classified systems
Grok integrates into secure DoD environments alongside Gemini; signals military AI race acceleration.
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark on how fast AI agents will transform the economy
In NYT podcast, Clark discusses agentic AI's rapid deployment and economic disruption potential in new era beyond chatbots.
Multi-token prediction triples LLM inference speed sans draft models
Researchers demonstrate a technique that generates multiple tokens per step, boosting LLM speed by 3x without auxiliary models, advancing efficient deployment.
Nvidia results are AI market's biggest test amid competitive worries
Nvidia's upcoming earnings will gauge sustained AI demand as rivals challenge its dominance and markets grapple with capex sustainability.
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud enables offline large AI models with enhanced governance
Microsoft updates its Sovereign Cloud offering to support large AI models running completely disconnected, prioritizing data sovereignty, productivity, and security.
JPMorgan Is Pouring $19.8 Billion Into Tech and AI This Year
JPMorgan Chase boosts tech spending to $19.8B with AI integrated across lending, trading, and services amid banking AI push.
DeepSeek's next AI model trained on Nvidia Blackwell chips
Chinese lab's upcoming V4 reportedly leverages cutting-edge Nvidia hardware for superior coding capabilities.
China Automates While America Hesitates
Opinion piece argues US manufacturing revival needs aggressive AI adoption to counter China's factory automation surge.
Global AI data center boom faces delays: Up to 50% of projects at risk
Half of data centers slated for 2026 may slip due to power, permitting hurdles amid hyperscaler AI demand surge.
AI software startup Jump raises $80M Series B for fintech solutions
Jump pockets funding to scale AI-driven tools amid booming demand for enterprise automation.
Hedge funds creep back into tech stocks after AI selloff weeks
After dumping tech amid AI disruption fears, hedge funds are nibbling back, betting on long-term AI returns despite lofty valuations.
Multiverse Computing opens full access to compressed HyperNova 60B on Hugging Face
50% smaller (32GB) version of gpt-oss-120B excels in agentic coding and tool use with minimal accuracy loss via CompactifAI tech.
Software stocks in bear market: MSFT, NET undervalued per analysts
AI capex fears drive software bear territory, but Wall Street sees 40-50% upside in Microsoft and Cloudflare.
Cognizant selected for global AI-driven workplace services transformation
Cognizant wins major contract to deploy AI for workplace services at a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer.
Questt AI launches Intelligence Warehouse with 98% decision accuracy
New platform solves context fragmentation for enterprise AI, boosting accuracy in data-driven decisions.
SambaNova unveils SN50 RDU: Hardware built for agentic AI inference
SambaNova introduces the SN50 Reconfigurable Data Unit optimized for agentic workloads, promising efficiency for larger models and energy challenges in AI deployment.
OpenAI ships realtime API upgrades with gpt-realtime-1.5 for better voice agents
New API updates improve transcription accuracy by 10% for numbers/letters and boost agent speed, targeting developers building voice-enabled AI.
Ataya and Advantech demo unified edge AI platform at MWC 2026
Showcasing integrated edge computing and connectivity for AI deployments.
Canva acquires AI startups Cavalry and Mango AI for animation and marketing
Creative suite giant Canva snaps up animation platform Cavalry and marketing AI Mango AI to enhance its tools amid AI-driven design boom.
SoundHound AI Launches Sales Assist Agent at MWC 2026
SoundHound AI unveiled Sales Assist, a voice-powered agent for retail sales floors, extending agentic AI from vehicles to customer interactions.
OpenClaw Releases v2026.2.23 with Major Security Hardening
Latest OpenClaw update introduces exec security to block obfuscated commands, new AI features, amid ongoing vulnerability fixes.
CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report: AI accelerates adversaries with 89% attack surge
AI-enabled attacks up 89% as breakout times drop to 29 minutes; AI dev tools actively exploited by threat actors.
Unstable tariff situation and new AI disruption spark market sell-off
CNBC notes Wall Street plunge driven by AI job fears and trade policy uncertainty.
Scientel releases Gensonix LLM optimized for Intel Arc GPUs
Scientel announces Gensonix, an AI LLM solution supporting 1B+ parameter models on Intel Arc series GPUs, democratizing high-param inference.
Sam Altman defends AI's massive energy use: 'It also takes a lot of energy to train a human'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushes back on criticism of AI's power and water consumption, comparing model training costs to human development and highlighting efficiency gains ahead.
Cleveland Clinic expands AI scribes to all physicians, boosting patient interaction time
After pilots, full rollout of AI documentation tools frees clinicians for more direct care.
Moonshot AI's Kimi chatbot explodes revenue, secures $700M+ funding to hit decacorn status
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI reports massive revenue growth for its Kimi model and raises over $700 million in new funding, valuing it at $10B+ just two years after founding.
Based Secures $11.5M Series A to Decentralize AI Model Training
Decentralized AI compute protocol Based raises $11.5M to enable distributed training, challenging centralized cloud dominance.
Multiple hacking groups exploit OpenClaw to steal API keys and deploy malware
Over 30k compromised installs reported; attackers target plaintext secrets in exposed instances.
OpenClaw 2026.2.23 adds prompt caching, gateway security headers
Latest OpenClaw release hardens exec wrappers, enables Moonshot video, and fixes session overflows while addressing SSRF risks.
HHS unveils AI strategy testing management-based governance
New framework emphasizes internal AI controls starting at federal agencies.
CrowdStrike CEO Kurtz asks Claude to replace his company, shares hilarious response
After Anthropic's Claude Code tanks cybersecurity stocks, Kurtz demos Claude admitting it can't yet replace CrowdStrike.
BCG and OpenAI expand partnership via OpenAI Frontier Alliance
Boston Consulting Group deepens ties with OpenAI through the new Frontier Alliance, aiming to deploy frontier models in enterprise consulting workflows.
Asian shares mixed after heavy selling of potential AI losers hits Wall Street
Global markets wobble as AI disruption fears from viral reports pressure software and legacy tech stocks.
Better Artificial Intelligence Stock: Navitas vs. Arm
Motley Fool compares Navitas Semiconductor and Arm Holdings as AI chip plays, with Navitas pushing Navitas 2.0 for higher-power AI applications.
Big Tech to Boost AI Spending to $650 Billion in 2026, Bridgewater Warns of Risks
Bridgewater Associates predicts massive AI capex surge from Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, but flags potential overinvestment dangers.
Spirit AI secures nearly 2 billion yuan in back-to-back funding rounds as embodied intelligence race heats up
Chinese robotics startup Spirit AI raises close to $280M in two rapid funding rounds to fuel embodied AI development. Backers eye its data platform for humanoid training amid intensifying competition.
IBM shares plunge 13% after Anthropic's Claude Code targets COBOL legacy
AI tool threatens mainframe stronghold; steepest drop since 2000.
Endpoint AI Agents: The Security Risk You Can't Ignore
Cyberhaven warns of risks from endpoint AI agents like OpenClaw gaining broad access in enterprises, citing exposed instances and malicious skills.
DeepSeek trained V4 model on banned Nvidia Blackwell chips despite US export curbs
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek used Nvidia's top Blackwell AI chips to train its upcoming V4 model, set for release next week, bypassing US sanctions according to officials.
OpenAI and Anthropic accuse Chinese rivals of mass distillation attacks on their models
DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax allegedly created 24k fake accounts to generate 16M+ interactions with Claude and GPT for model distillation, violating terms.
Anthropic alleges massive model distillation by Chinese firms amid Pentagon push
DeepSeek, Moonshot generated millions of Claude queries via fake accounts; coincides with US military pressure on Anthropic for broader Claude access.