Meta patented LLM that would post for users after they die
mashable - Meta recently won a patent for an LLM that would simulate users' accounts and post, like, and comment on their behalf, including for the accounts of people who have died.
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Anthropic and Infosys team up to build AI agents for regulated industries
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic and Indian IT giant Infosys are jointly developing AI agents for regulated industries.The article Anthropic and Infosys team up to build AI agents for regulated industries appeared first on The Decoder.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19293 / 3 stories in 17 days
Ireland's Data Watchdog Joins Global Regulators Probing X Over AI Image Risks
Vismaya V / decrypt - The probe will examine Grok’s AI image processing for lawful use, built-in safeguards, and impact assessments.
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KPMG Partner Fined Over Using AI To Pass AI Test
msmash / slashdot - A partner at KPMG Australia has been fined $7,000 by the Big Four firm after using AI tools to cheat on an internal training course about using AI. From a report: The unnamed partner was forced to redo the test after uploading training materials into an A…
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India AI Impact Summit: ‘Impact Over Hype’ At The Centre Of India’s AI Strategy
Lokesh Choudhary / inc42 - The opening day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi unfolded as a landmark moment in the…
- Frugal AI for developing countries; safety, publishers, digital IDs. (6)
- India pushes Global AI Commons, steering global policy. (9)
- Massive investments and data centers reshape India's AI landscape. (9)
- Other: miscellaneous tech and tools at the summit. (1)
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Frugal AI for developing countries; safety, publishers, digital IDs.
India pushes Global AI Commons, steering global policy.
Massive investments and data centers reshape India's AI landscape.
Other: miscellaneous tech and tools at the summit.
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Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
Dave Lawler / axios - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "close" to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a "supply chain risk" — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon off…
- Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight (3)
- Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships (6)
- Other: CEO commentary and research angles (3)
- Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude (11)
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Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight
Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships
Other: CEO commentary and research angles
Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 7:20 am / permalink 19237 / 25 stories in 18 days
Alibaba unveils Qwen-3.5, sharpening global race to spread AI models
scmp - Alibaba Cloud has unveiled its next-generation open artificial intelligence model, Qwen-3.5, in a move set to have major implications for the global AI race between China and the US.The much-anticipated release, timed on the eve of the Lunar New Year, cap…
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UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots
ft - Keir Starmer to warn tech companies that ‘no platform gets a free pass’ after deepfake scandal involving Grok
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The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
Simon Willison / simonwillison - As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to "Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities" - this has actual legal weight to it…
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Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid
Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The use of the model through a contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of AI in the Pentagon.
- At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR (3)
- Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills (5)
- On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid (4)
- Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid (1)
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At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR
Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills
On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid
Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid
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Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 19156 / 26 stories in 21 days
Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’
scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…
- ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership (5)
- Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy (1)
- Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI (8)
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ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership
Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy
Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI
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Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 19154 / 32 stories in 21 days
Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away
digitaltrends - OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and other older models in ChatGPT to focus development on newer, improved GPT versions. The post Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
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xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.The article xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safe…
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Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors
tomshardware - Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their …
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Waymo is Asking DoorDash Drivers To Shut the Doors of Its Self-Driving Cars
msmash / slashdot - Waymo's autonomous vehicles can transport passengers across six cities without a human driver, but the Alphabet-owned company has discovered that its cars become completely inert if a passenger accidentally leaves a door open. The company confirmed that i…
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Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition
msmash / slashdot - Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find "the right balance" for the …
- History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition (1)
- On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works (7)
- Other: podcast mention and community reposts (1)
- Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks (4)
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History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition
On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works
Other: podcast mention and community reposts
Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks
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Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Spotify credits Claude Code and its internal AI system Honk with speeding up development.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 19111 / 6 stories in 22 days
An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code
Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as r…
- Agent platforms and corporate adoption reshape real-world workflows (6)
- Agents gone wrong: leaks, copyright errors, and social harms (3)
- AI agent publishes personal hit piece against open-source maintainer (7)
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Agent platforms and corporate adoption reshape real-world workflows
Agents gone wrong: leaks, copyright errors, and social harms
AI agent publishes personal hit piece against open-source maintainer
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19099 / 17 stories in 22 days
Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger
David Curry / eweek - Six of xAI’s 12 co-founders have left as Musk reshapes the Grok maker after SpaceX’s xAI deal, raising fresh questions about stability.The post Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger appeared first on eWEEK.
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