Ant Group drops trillion-parameter Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T: Open-source reasoning/math SOTA models
Ant Group released Ling-2.5-1T, a 1T-param MoE for agentic tasks with 1M context and ultra-efficient reasoning, and Ring-2.5-1T, the first hybrid linear-architecture 'thinking' model hitting gold-medal IMO/CMO scores. Both open-source on Hugging Face/ModelScope, matching frontier performance with far fewer tokens.
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Gartner: Global AI regulations to fuel billion-dollar governance platforms market
Rising AI regulations worldwide will drive a billion-dollar market for AI governance platforms by 2030, as unmanaged risks escalate costs.
Cohere launches Tiny Aya family of open multilingual models
Cohere Labs unveiled 3.35B parameter open-weight models supporting 70+ languages, running offline on laptops with regional variants for Africa, South Asia, and more; launched at India AI Summit.
ByteDance adds safeguards to Seedance 2.0 AI video tool amid IP concerns
ByteDance pledged enhanced safeguards for its Seedance 2.0 AI video generator following backlash and threats over Hollywood IP infringement.
Unilever and Google Cloud Partner to Pioneer Next Generation of Consumer Goods Technologies
Unilever entered a landmark five-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents and advanced tech across its global brands, focusing on agentic commerce and innovation.
India's Adani Group plans $100B investment in AI-ready data centers by 2035
Adani Group announced a massive $100 billion investment to build hyperscale, green-powered data centers optimized for AI over the next decade.
Stock Market Today: Futures Slide on AI Disruption Fears
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall into shortened week amid AI disruption concerns in focus. Tech-heavy indices pressured by valuation worries.
India targets $200B data center investments for AI ambitions
Government pushes massive infra buildout to position India as global AI hub amid ongoing AI Impact Summit.
India targets $200B data center investments to build AI hub
Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw pushes for massive data center funding to position India as a global AI leader.
Mark Cuban dismisses fears of AI wiping out software jobs
Billionaire Mark Cuban argues AI won't eliminate roles at 33M US tech companies, urging adaptation over panic.
Travel tech firms debate Chief AI Officer vs CTO roles amid AI surge
Expedia, Airbnb, and others reshape C-suites as AI drives philosophical divides in leadership.
Assessing Microchip Technology Valuation After Fresh Analyst Optimism And New Edge AI Moves
Microchip (MCHP) surges on analyst upgrades tied to edge AI expansions and automotive integrations, boosting valuation outlook.
Data center REITs rally on AI inference demand boom
Equinix and Digital Realty surge as AI shifts to inference drives metro data center growth.
Accountability era dawns for AI as execs face budget cuts without ROI
71% of CIOs warn AI budgets may be slashed by mid-2026 if targets unmet; new audits loom.
AI poised to revolutionize education if governments and tech collaborate
Former EU Commission head and edtech exec call for joint efforts to harness AI for learning transformation.
US Stocks Today: Big Tech Faces Valuation Reset as AI Spending Scrutiny Rises
Big tech stocks lose billions as fears mount over excessive AI spending and potential disruptions. Investors question the ROI on massive datacenter investments fueling the AI boom.
Report dismisses AI climate fixes as greenwashing hype
A new report criticizes tech firms' claims that generative AI will solve climate issues, noting most references are to traditional ML, not energy-intensive LLMs.
Rampant AI memory demand fuels global chip crisis
Tech giants racing for HBM and DRAM amid AI surge, with supply chains strained into 2026.
Infosys and Anthropic partner to accelerate enterprise AI adoption
Infosys collaborates with Anthropic to integrate Claude AI into solutions for telecom, finance, and other sectors, aiming to unlock generative AI value.
AI Is Magnifying Google and Meta's Edge in Ads
AI enhancements are boosting Google and Meta's ad dominance, with tools improving targeting and performance amid shifting market dynamics.
PM Modi at India AI Impact Summit Day 2: AI must benefit every citizen
Modi calls for inclusive AI during live updates from Delhi summit, amid ongoing global leader discussions on ethical deployment.
Roundup: Trillion-dollar Wall Street crash sounds alarm over AI mob mentality
Xinhua reports on market jitters from trillion-dollar Big Tech losses tied to AI spending fears and mob mentality.
Alibaba's Qwen3.5 pushes agentic AI with multimodal MoE outperforming GPT-5.2
Alibaba launched Qwen3.5 series, a multimodal mixture-of-experts model claiming superiority in agent tasks and benchmarks over leading Western models.
India AI Impact Summit: Scaling AI for 1B+ users, not just billion-dollar firms
Event highlights India's push for inclusive AI adoption beyond elite enterprises.
The rise of China's coordinated AI power
CGTN highlights China's rapid AI iteration with models like Seedance 2.0 and GLM-5, positioning it as a coordinated powerhouse in global AI race.
Alibaba Unveils Major AI Model Upgrade Ahead of DeepSeek Release
Alibaba launched Qwen3.5 ahead of rival DeepSeek's next model, emphasizing agentic features and efficiency. The move sharpens China's lead in rapid AI iterations.
OpenAI quietly drops 'safely' from mission statement amid ethics scrutiny
OpenAI updated its charter, removing emphasis on 'safely' building AGI, sparking debates on shifting priorities as agent tech advances.
Fujitsu automates entire software development lifecycle with new AI-Driven Software Development Platform
Fujitsu launched an AI platform powered by Takane LLM and agentic AI that automates software dev from requirements to testing. It will overhaul 67 medical/gov products by FY2026, slashing modification time from 3 person-months to 4 hours in PoC.
Wall Street futures climb amid AI disruption fears in shortened week
Dow, S&P, Nasdaq futures rise as markets eye AI spending shake-up across sectors.
German studio claims 100% AI movie rivals $200M Hollywood blockbusters
A German team unveils full AI-generated film made in one day, boasting Hollywood-level quality and sparking production revolution talks.
ChatGPT is getting a Lockdown Mode for enhanced privacy
OpenAI is rolling out Lockdown Mode in ChatGPT, which prevents conversation data from being used for model training and adds stricter privacy controls amid growing user concerns.
Global AI race heats up as China's Alibaba launches next-generation Qwen3.5 AI model
Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.5, a new open AI model with major performance and cost improvements targeting agentic tasks. The release intensifies competition amid a flurry of Chinese AI advancements.
Big Tech Loses $1.3 Trillion in 2026 as AI Spending Fears Trigger Selloff
Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and others shed massive market value amid investor worries over ballooning AI capex and disruption risks.
ByteDance faces Hollywood backlash over AI video tool Seedance 2.0
ByteDance's new video-generation model Seedance 2.0 draws ire from Hollywood over potential IP infringement, sparking debates on AI content creation ethics.
Meta Integrates Manus AI In Ads Manager
Meta has rolled out its $2B-acquired Chinese AI startup Manus into Ads Manager, enhancing ad targeting and generation capabilities.
Amtelco releases Ellie AI-powered intelligent virtual agent
Amtelco unveiled Ellie, an IVA platform for contact centers with advanced conversational AI and enterprise scalability.
Liquid Transformers enable infinite context windows without memory explosion
New research demonstrates 'Liquid Transformers' handling unlimited sequence lengths linearly, revolutionizing long-context AI applications.
ByteDance pledges restrictions on AI video tool after Disney IP threat
ByteDance will curb IP usage in its Seed2.0 AI video generator following warnings from Disney over Hollywood-style outputs. The model, praised for cinematic quality, highlights growing tensions in AI content generation.
Alibaba releases multimodal Qwen3.5 mixture of experts model
Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.5-397B-A17B, a 397B param MoE multimodal model (17B active) supporting 262k tokens, 210+ languages, images; tops GPT-5.2/Claude 4.5 Opus on IFBench, HMMT.
India hosts high-stakes AI summit in New Delhi with global leaders
India is hosting a major AI summit featuring PM Modi, Macron, and Lula, aiming to shape global AI rules and showcase its ambitions amid rising geopolitical tensions.
Alibaba's New AI Model Runs 8x Faster While Sentiment Hits 60.6
Alibaba's Qwen3.5 processes 8x faster than predecessors, boosting agentic AI at lower costs ahead of earnings.
New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs
MIT researchers created a large language model that generates targeted protein binders for drug development, potentially reducing costs by enabling precise structure prediction without extensive lab work.
Chip Stocks Split: AMAT and TSMC Gain While NVDA and Intel Retreat
Semis up 1.5% weekly avg but NVDA dips on spending jitters; TSMC, AMAT rally on AI fab demand.
AI minister seeks new investments in Germany, Saudi Arabia, India
Canada's AI Minister is touring Germany, Saudi Arabia, and India to secure investments amid global AI infrastructure race.
OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger to build next-gen agents
Sam Altman announced Peter Steinberger, the solo dev behind viral open-source agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI to drive personal AI agents. This acqui-hire signals OpenAI's aggressive push into real-world autonomous systems beyond chatbots.
How AI Could Shape Future Olympics
AI poised to revolutionize Olympic judging, athlete training, and broadcasting, but raises fairness and privacy concerns.
A stock market doom loop is hitting everything that touches AI
AI hype is turning to fear as Big Tech's $600B+ 2026 capex on datacenters triggers valuation selloffs, creating a doom loop for software and infra stocks reliant on AI spend.
BharatGen launches Param 2: Smaller models for real-world Indian use cases
BharatGen CEO argues most business/gov use cases don't need trillion-param models, unveiling Param 2 optimized for India-specific tasks. Emphasizes practical AI over frontier scale.
Human AI Co-Innovation Summit launches in Paris
Paris summit advances AI from pilots to production at enterprise scale, highlighting bottlenecks beyond model capability amid accelerating deployments.
Blackstone leads $1.2B funding in AI platform Neysa ahead of India AI Summit
Blackstone invests $1.2 billion in Indian AI startup Neysa, fueling infrastructure ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
AI Boom Fuels DRAM Shortage and Price Surge
AI datacenters consuming 70% of 2026 memory production, driving DRAM prices sky-high despite new fabs; shortage to linger into 2027.
Pentagon Threatens to Cut Anthropic Over AI Safeguards Dispute
US Defense Dept. eyes terminating $200M deal with Anthropic unless Claude enables military uses like weapons dev and intel; ethics clash escalates.
Tesla becomes Wall Street's most controversial AI stock pick for 2026
Analysts split on Tesla's AI potential via robotaxis, with Wolfe calling 2026 catalyst-rich despite valuation debates.
Raytheon uses AI to speed up inspections, boosting efficiency
RTX deploys AI tools to automate manual inspections, generating reports for human review and accelerating workflows.
OpenAI debuts Frontier platform for enterprise AI agents
New end-to-end tool helps businesses build, deploy, and manage AI agents at scale.
IBM's New FlashSystem Blueprint for AI-Driven Storage Resilience
IBM unveils FlashSystem with AI-optimized storage to handle massive datacenter demands and ensure resilience for AI workloads.
Lenovo Q3 FY2026 earnings beat driven by AI infrastructure surge
Lenovo reported record $22.2B revenue up 18% YoY, with AI servers +59% and hybrid AI PCs booming amid strong datacenter demand.
New AI model gains agency over its own memory, managing context like humans
Researchers develop an AI system that autonomously manages its memory and context, mimicking human-like agency in handling long-term interactions.
Alibaba launches Qwen3.5 AI model claiming performance gains over Western rivals
Alibaba's latest Qwen3.5 multimodal MoE model claims superior benchmarks against GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5 Opus in key tasks.
AI disruption fears slam software stocks; Citi spots buying opportunities
Investors flee software firms amid worries AI will cannibalize revenues, but analysts see oversold names as bargains.
These Might Be the Winners from Latest Round of Chinese New Year AI Launches
Amid wave of Chinese models, analysts spotlight stocks poised to benefit from hardware and cloud demand surge.
China's humanoid robots take centre stage for Lunar New Year showtime
Humanoid robots from Chinese firms starred in Lunar New Year galas, demonstrating singing, dancing, and interaction capabilities amid booming robotics investments.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on transforming science with AI tools like AlphaFold
In a Fortune interview, DeepMind's CEO discusses creating cutting-edge AI science tools and the future impact of models like AlphaFold on research.
Anterior raises $40M to accelerate AI adoption in health plans
Health AI startup Anterior secured $40M in funding, bringing total to $64M, to deploy AI agents for operational efficiency in healthcare administration.
Flapping Airplanes raises $180M seed for radically different AI approaches
New AI lab Flapping Airplanes, founded by young entrepreneurs, secured $180M to develop data-efficient training methods inspired by the human brain, targeting robotics and discovery. They aim to break beyond transformers with creative, non-product-focused research. Positioned as complementary to big labs.
After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting
AI agent enthusiasts face backlash as experts question OpenClaw's cybersecurity risks and real-world utility, sparking debate on agentic AI's practical limits.
Alibaba Rolls Out Qwen-3.5 AI Model as Stock Dips 2.93%
Alibaba's latest Qwen-3.5 multimodal agent model launches amid market skepticism, with shares falling despite benchmark gains.
Big Tech Will Spend $700 Billion on AI in 2026
Analysts forecast massive capex from hyperscalers on AI infrastructure, highlighting opportunities in the supply chain.
AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them
Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier push shift to supervising AI agents over casual chat interfaces.
AI evolving fast, may bring fourth industrial revolution
Recent AI breakthroughs, fake news incidents, and tech resignations signal 2026 as pivotal year for AI impact on jobs and society.
AI boom triggers hard drive shortage — Western Digital says supply is gone for 2026
Western Digital sold out all hard drive capacity for 2026 due to surging AI datacenter demand. Highlights infrastructure bottlenecks as AI training scales up massively.
EuroHPC JU to collaborate with the European Commission to launch second competition to advance European AI
Frontier AI Grand Challenge funds one project to train a frontier model. Launched Feb 13, focuses on European sovereignty.
TSMC momentum surges on global AI datacenter fever
Nvidia supplier TSMC's momentum score hits 92.92 amid Big Tech's $600B+ AI spend forecasts.
Human AI Co-Innovation Summit Launches in Paris
The Human AI Co-Innovation Summit kicked off in Paris, gathering leaders to explore collaborative AI advancements beyond pure tech, focusing on human-centric applications.
Proposed State AI Law Update: February 16, 2026
Chatbot bills advance in VA/WA; TN Senate passes AI mental health ban; new bills in CA/IL/MD/SC/KY/ID on chatbots/pricing/employment/health. UT AI Transparency Act faces Trump opposition.
Cadence unveils ChipStack AI Super Agent to revolutionize chip design
Cadence introduced ChipStack, an agentic AI workflow designed to shorten chip design timelines dramatically amid surging AI hardware demand.
MBZUAI receives $1M Google.org grant for linguistically grounded AI in MENA
Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI gets funding to develop culturally attuned AI models advancing research in the Middle East and North Africa.
As AI use surges across the EU, who are the countries and age groups using it most?
Generative AI adoption is booming in the EU, led by Greeks, Danes, and Estonians, highlighting regional disparities in AI engagement.
China's AI surge threatens US monopoly, exec warns
Chinese models like Doubao rival or beat US frontiers on key benchmarks at lower costs, per execs. Investments and open-source push accelerate catch-up. US leads in innovation but China dominates deployment scale.
OpenAI's $1T compute pledge shocks markets, hits Oracle, MSFT, Broadcom
Investors punish AI infrastructure plays after OpenAI's massive backlog reveal, fearing unsustainable spending on Altman’s ambitious plans.
Fractal Analytics IPO debuts flat amid AI disruption fears in India
AI analytics firm Fractal's $1.6B valuation debut saw muted response, reflecting investor caution on AI's impact on software services.
Critical metals rally on AI and electrification demand surge
Copper, lithium, and rare earths spike as AI datacenters and EVs fuel industrial boom, with analysts forecasting sustained shortages.
Software Market Selloff: Trillion-Dollar AI Wipeout as Investors Rethink Winners
AI hype leads to a broad tech selloff, with investors questioning if every software firm benefits equally from the boom.
Key updates from India AI Impact Summit: partnerships, infrastructure pledges
Day 1 highlights include Anthropic's airline and Cognizant deals, AMD-Tata AI rack expansion, and PM Modi's inauguration of massive expo drawing 100+ countries.
AI Governance in China Not Just Top-Down, Research Finds
New study reveals bottom-up influences shaping China's AI regulations, blending state control with local innovation and societal input.
Why the 'AI scare trade' might not be done
CNN reports investors dumping Big Tech stocks over fears of ballooning AI infrastructure costs without near-term profits, signaling potential market rotation.
India's AI Impact Summit kicks off with Modi, global CEOs in Delhi
Delhi hosts high-stakes AI summit drawing 20+ leaders, OpenAI/Google execs, focusing on impact, ethics, and global standards.
Ant Group unleashes Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T trillion-param models
New open-source models excel in reasoning and agents, matching frontiers on math benchmarks with far fewer tokens; Ring hits gold on IMO/CMO.
Auto Model: Automatically Pick the Right AI Model for Any Task
Kilo.ai launches Auto Model to dynamically select optimal LLMs for coding and tasks, reducing manual model switching.
JD.com launches open-source JoyAI-LLM-Flash for Lunar New Year
JD.com released JoyAI-LLM-Flash, a lightweight LLM optimized for speed and efficiency, now available in GGUF and MLX quantizations.
Ant Group Releases Ling-2.5-1T, Expanding Open-Source AI Family
New trillion-parameter models Ling-2.5-1T and Ring-2.5-1T push boundaries in multimodal and agentic tasks, available openly.
Moonshot AI launches Kimi Claw, a new AI agent development platform
Moonshot AI released Kimi Claw, enabling developers to build advanced AI agents with enhanced capabilities for complex tasks.
Big Tech stocks shed billions as AI spending fears intensify
Microsoft, Nvidia, and others dropped amid concerns over massive AI capex and competition risks, with MSFT down 17% YTD.
2026 Global Strategy Briefing for Boards on Quantum and AI
Expert guest post outlines strategic imperatives for corporate boards navigating the convergence of quantum computing and AI in 2026.
Lenovo expands global R&D with new AI innovation centers
Lenovo announced expansion of its R&D footprint with new AI-focused facilities in Europe and the Middle East to accelerate hybrid AI development. The move aims to enhance personalized, perceptive, and proactive AI technologies amid growing enterprise demand.
Mozilla open-sources 'any-llm-go' library for multi-model AI apps
Mozilla's new Go library enables seamless integration of OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and other LLMs via a unified API.
Skygen.AI emerges from stealth with $7M seed, 19yo founder ends 'chatbot era'
19-year-old founder raises $7M for Skygen.AI, building agentic platforms to replace chatbots with autonomous task agents.
Tavus introduces Raven-1 with multimodal perception for real-time AI conversations
Tavus launched Raven-1, enabling lifelike AI humans that see, hear, and respond in real-time, advancing conversational AI.
GLM-5 open-source model turns AI into full software engineers
Zhipu AI's new GLM-5 excels in generating complete codebases and debugging, signaling LLMs evolving from assistants to autonomous engineers.
Alphabet's moves boost Nvidia and Broadcom investor confidence
Google's AI advancements signal continued demand for high-end chips from NVDA and AVGO.
India hosts AI Impact Summit with world leaders and top AI CEOs
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the five-day AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, drawing 20 national leaders including Macron and Lula, plus execs like Altman, Pichai, Hassabis, and Amodei. The event focuses on global AI governance, ethics, jobs, and bridging Global South with advanced economies.