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Emma Roth / The Verge:
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4, saying it is its “most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work” and its first with native computer use capabilities  —  The latest model comes with native computer use capabilities, allowing it to take on jobs across your device and applications.
Bloomberg:
A senior US defense official says the Pentagon formally told Anthropic that the startup and its products “are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately”  —  The Pentagon said it has formally notified Anthropic PBC that it's determined the company and its products pose …
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Sam Altman takes swipes at Anthropic, saying it's “bad for society” if companies abandon their commitment to the democratic process based on who is President  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took subtle swipes at rival Anthropic on Thursday and said he thinks it's “bad for society” …
Financial Times:
Sources: Dario Amodei has been holding talks with the DOD's Emil Michael in a bid to iron out a contract governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's models
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft's new gaming CEO, Asha Sharma, teases the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, saying it “will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games”  —  The new Xbox boss Asha Sharma revealed the codename as one of her first big announcements.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort  —  Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Google's Epic settlement term sheet prohibits Tim Sweeney from criticizing Google's app practices until at least September 2032 and mandates that he praise them  —  Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. … Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world.
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Sources: the US is considering requiring countries whose companies buy large volumes of Nvidia and AMD AI chips to invest in US AI infrastructure  —  Draft rule would require countries to invest in America in exchange for advanced semiconductors  —  The US commerce department …
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip export controls globally, requiring Commerce Department approval for Nvidia and AMD shipments for each country
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Anthropic launches an early-warning system for potential AI-driven destruction of white-collar jobs, says it shows “limited evidence” of AI-led job loss so far  —  - An occupation's specific tasks;  — An estimate of which of those tasks can be performed by large language models.
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Sander Lutz / Decrypt:
The FBI arrests the son of a federal contractor who managed critical services and charges him with stealing ~$46M in crypto from the US Marshals Service  —  John Daghita was publicly accused of the crime by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT in January.  —  In brief
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google expands its Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using Google Search's AI Mode so they can get the latest info to organize plans, draft docs, and more  —  Canvas in AI Mode now supports tasks related to creative writing and coding, too. … Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction  —  In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
AWS launches Amazon Connect Health, an agentic AI tool that automates clinical documentation, billing and procedure coding, and patient identity verification  —  Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud unit is launching AI tools for medical practices, the company's latest effort to broaden the reach …
Ben Patterson / PCWorld:
Google has quietly released an unsupported Workspace CLI, making it easier for agentic AI tools to access Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, and other apps  —  A new command-line interface for Google Workspace greases the wheels for personal AI assistants like OpenClaw to tap directly into Workspace documents.
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Apple's MacBook Neo is a serious threat to OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and Dell, as their $599 laptops seem inferior and Windows 11's reputation is at an all-time low  —  MacBook Neo is official.  It's $599, with an efficient A18 Pro SoC that offers M1-level performance in an affordable package that prioritizes style above all else.
Reuters:
China's new five-year blueprint introduces an “AI+ action plan”, mentions AI 50+ times, and outlines investments in quantum computing, 6G, embodied AI, and more  —  China's new five-year policy blueprint laid out its ambitions to aggressively adopt artificial intelligence throughout …
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Cluely's CEO, Roy Lee, says he lied about its $7M annual recurring revenue last year, calling it “the only blatantly dishonest thing I've said publicly online”  —  The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely co-founder and CEO Roy Lee shared with TechCrunch last summer was a lie …
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
NYSE parent company ICE invests in crypto exchange OKX at a $25B valuation, without sharing the investment's size or terms, and will take a seat on OKX's board  —  Last summer, Haider Rafique flew out to Atlanta to meet with the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
Reuters:
Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development, after the resignation of its Qwen AI head Lin Junyang  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) said on Thursday it would set up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development …
Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg:
Brain tech startup Science Corp. raised $230M, a source says at a $1.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $489M, to commercialize its implant for blindness  —  Neurotechnology company Science Corp. raised $230 million from investors to commercialize its implant for blindness and develop even more advanced brain devices.
Sydney Bradley / Business Insider:
Meta says it hired the engineering team from Atma Sciences, the startup that makes the vibe coding app Gizmo, earlier in 2026 to join its Superintelligence Labs  —  - Meta hired the engineers behind the vibe-coding app Gizmo.  — The app lets people use AI to create and share interactive content, like mini apps or games.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X revamps its Creator Subscriptions with exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, a new dashboard, a shareable subscriptions card, and more  —  Elon Musk-owned X announced on Thursday that it's revamping the social network's Creator Subscriptions offering with a number of new features …

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
How AI is helping expand coverage; the Philadelphia Inquirer launched four AI-assisted newsletters in 2025, which have been a “massive subscription driver”

Mikeie Honda Reiland / Nashville Banner:
A reporter for Nashville Noticias, Estefany Rodríguez, has been detained and is being sent to an ICE center in Louisiana; she had reported on ICE previously

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
In response to its charter review, the BBC says “irreversible” trends threaten its survival, citing a “mismatch” between TV license rules and viewing habits

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Jared Perlo / NBC News:
Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, and others are among the broad coalition of leaders signing the Future of Life Institute's Pro-Human AI Declaration
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