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| Matt Shumer: |
GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 can meaningfully contribute to the improvement of AI models, a sign of what's coming for most knowledge work within five years — Think back to February 2020. — If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.
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Forums: r/mathematics and r/accelerate
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Q&A with Fidji Simo on ChatGPT ads, OpenAI's efforts to ship a new model soon to end Sam Altman's Code Red, Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, Sora, Codex, and more — How ads in ChatGPT will work, what will end the Code Red, those Anthropic attack ads, working with Sam Altman, and much more...
More: Forrester, ACCESS Podcast on YouTube, and Inc
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's deep research tool with GPT-5.2, a full-screen report view, and an option to focus research on specific websites — The feature now runs on the new GPT-5.2 model, as OpenAI announced on X. A key addition is that users can connect apps to ChatGPT and—potentially very useful—search specific websites.
More: PCMag, Digital Trends, Neowin, The Verge, and Futurism
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| Financial Times: |
xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba says he is leaving, the sixth co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts show at least six researchers left in recent weeks — Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
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Bluesky: @seanokane and @wilkos
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI fired VP Ryan Beiermeister in January for alleged sexual discrimination; she had earlier raised concerns about the upcoming launch of adult mode — The executive, who was accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee, had raised concerns about upcoming launch of erotic content
More: Digit, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Moneycontrol, and NextBigWhat
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Mastodon: @mhoye@cosocial.ca and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Forums: r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, r/stupidpol, r/ChatGPTcomplaints, and r/ChatGPT
| Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: |
Mistral plans to spend €1.2B to build AI infrastructure in Sweden in partnership with EcoDataCenter, set to open in 2027 and its first investment outside France — French startup Mistral AI is investing €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) to build AI infrastructure in Sweden … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
T-Mobile announces a network-level, AI-based Live Translation feature supporting 50+ languages, coming “this spring” in beta and available on 5G and 4G LTE — Live Translation will be available to beta testers ‘this Spring.’ — T-Mobile is preparing to test a new AI feature …
More: CNET, PCMag, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Business Wire, Fierce Network, and CNX Software
| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
SMIC CEO Zhao Haijun says the industry is “a bit panicked” about memory shortages, and new supply may arrive in nine months; memory prices are up 80%+ in 2026 — More supply could come to market in nine months, executive says — The chief executive of China's largest contract chip maker …
More: Bloomberg, Tom's Hardware, South China Morning Post, and Nikkei Asia
| Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to produce at least 100,000 units of its in-house AI inference chip in 2026, and is in talks with Samsung to manufacture it — China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to manufacture it … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B+ valuation — London-based Olix targets development of AI chips that are faster and cheaper than Nvidia's — A 25-year-old British entrepreneur …
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LinkedIn: James Dacombe and Robert Taylor
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $614.5M, above $591.3M est., and forecasts full-year and Q1 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 14%+ pre-market — Shares of the cloud content delivery network CloudFlare Inc. jumped more than 14% in extended trading on the back of a solid top … | Isomorphic Labs: |
Isomorphic Labs, a Google DeepMind spinoff, unveils IsoDDE, a drug design system it says surpasses AlphaFold 3 in predicting biomolecular structures — Today, we are excited to share an update on our progress towards a new frontier of drug design. We have unlocked a new paradigm …
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| New York Times: |
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network — The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Shopify reports Q4 revenue up 31% YoY to $3.7B, vs. $3.59B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue growth at a low-thirties percentage rate, vs. 25% est.; SHOP jumps 10% — Shopify (SHOP.TO), projected quarterly revenue above market estimates on Wednesday, as the e-commerce platform expects consumer spending … | New York Times: |
xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk tells staff that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space — In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, set to run for California governor to succeed Newsom, gets donations from Sergey Brin, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and others — A group of billionaires, including Sergey Brin, is backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's campaign for California governor …
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| CNBC: |
Anthropic CCO Paul Smith says the company is focused on “growing revenue” rather than making “flashy headlines”, calls the market selloff “hyperbole”, and more — Anthropic is focused on growing its business rather than making “flashy headlines,” … | Daniel Tudor / Financial Times: |
A profile of South Korea's SK Hynix, a once unloved memory chipmaker that now enjoys 58% operating margins and a $438B market cap amid the global HBM shortage — Once unloved SK Hynix is enjoying 58% operating margins amid a global shortage of memory chips
More: English News and KED Global
| Ryan Felton / Wall Street Journal: |
Investigation: as Ford pushes its BlueCruise driving system, some drivers found it confusing to use, misunderstood its limitations, and didn't heed its warnings — NHTSA investigates Ford's product after deadly crashes; company research during development showed technology can be misunderstood
X: @katiemiller
| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B — Investment in the UK financial technology world plummeted by more than 20% last year to the lowest levels since the start … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon, Google, and others plan to skirt Trump's $100K H-1B fee by finding workers in categories that don't include the fee, like existing H-1B holders — Some giant firms are discussing ways to avoid paying, while smaller ones have fewer options — WASHINGTON—The world's biggest …
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| Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker: |
A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal “Claudius” experiment to run the office vending machine — Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system's mind—examining its neurons …
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LinkedIn: John Renaldi, Danielle Ghiglieri, and Alessandro Niccolò Tirapani. Bluesky: @frankpasquale
Forums: r/Longreads and r/TrueReddit
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences ex-SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony to 100 months in prison for defrauding investors and orders him to forfeit ~$7.5M and two properties — Quick Take — Braden John Karony was also ordered to forfeit about $7.5 million and two residential properties …
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| Max Buondonno / The Shortcut: |
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10am PT in San Francisco, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 series — - 📆 February 25 is when Samsung will announce its Galaxy S26 phones — 🎪 Media circus: the next Galaxy Unpacked event will occur in San Francisco
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X: @samsungmobile, @thegalox_, @cartidise, and @anxiousholly
| RT Watson / The Block: |
LayerZero Labs unveils a new Layer 1 blockchain called Zero, in collaboration with Citadel Securities, DTCC, Google Cloud, and Intercontinental Exchange — Quick Take — LayerZero is launching its own Layer 1 blockchain called Zero. — Citadel Securities and Ark Invest have bought LayerZero's native ZRO token.| Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.28B, below est., crypto revenue down 38% YoY to $221M, below est., and net income down 34% YoY; HOOD drops 5%+ — The brokerage finished 2025 on a strong note, though its stock is down roughly 24% this year — Robinhood Markets finished 2025 …
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| Bloomberg: |
Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth — Roughly five years ago, Ant Group Co. reined in its ambitions after a derailed initial public offering.
More: Tech in Asia
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience — India's fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run …
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