February 2026

Netflix pulled out of its $82.7B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming after Paramount Skydance—backed by Larry Ellison and son David — upped to $111B for the full company, including HBO Max and CNN, at a "superior" $31/share. Netflix deemed the price unappealing, with Paramount covering the $2.8B termination fee; Sarandos met White […]

Unitree became a household name during the India AI Impact Submit 2026, when the robodog , Orion, development claims fell flat. What is Unitree is a natural question given the noise all over. Unitree Robotics, founded in 2016 by Wang Xingxing—a post-90s roboticist from Shanghai University—began with his master's project XDog, a quadruped that went

The Pentagon, led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, issued a stark ultimatum to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on February 24, 2026, demanding the removal of Claude AI's safeguards against autonomous weapons without human oversight and bulk surveillance of U.S. citizens by Friday, February 27, at 5 p.m. Anthropic's Claude is currently the only AI model

OpenAI's first hardware venture, a $200-$300 smart speaker co-designed with Jony Ive, promises to redefine home AI. What it is armed with is really fascinating; a built-in camera for environmental awareness, facial recognition for seamless purchases, and proactive "nudges" like suggesting actions based on observed surroundings or calendars. Slated for early 2027 shipment after OpenAI's

DJ Sampath, Cisco's SVP of AI Software and Platform, outlines a practical multi-model workflow that separates idea generation from critique, using tools like Cursor to build persistent knowledge bases from markdown files. He also integrates AI with calendars for context-aware prep and deploys coding agents for automating briefs and analysis, turning episodic AI use into

AI isn't just a tool anymore—it's becoming a "digital teammate" that works alongside humans, tackling routine jobs to free us for bigger thinking. At Cisco's recent AI Summit, SVP DJ Sampath explained how these smart agents plan, reason, and fix issues autonomously, like resolving network outages without waiting for a human. Companies are already seeing

Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral open-source AI agent OpenClaw, has joined OpenAI to build user-friendly agents for everyone, including non-techies. OpenClaw started as a fun project called ClawdBot in late 2025, renamed after Anthropic sent a cease-and-desist over its Claude ties and security worries. It exploded in popularity by early 2026 for autonomously handling

India's AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi aimed for unity among global tech leaders, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei turned a group photo with PM Narendra Modi into a viral meme by refusing to hold hands. Modi linked arms with Altman and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, expecting a chain,

Waymo's robotaxis operate in cities like San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, and Miami, planning for over 10 more in 2026 including Houston and Orlando. They use about 70 remote agents — half in the US and half in the Philippines—to suggest routes in tricky situations without steering or driving the vehicles. The onboard

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet series has rapidly evolved, with Sonnet 4.6 marking the latest milestone released just weeks after Opus 4.6. Building on predecessors like Sonnet 4.5—which scored 77.2% on SWE-Bench—this model delivers a full upgrade in coding, computer use, and agentic tasks, becoming the default for Free and Pro users on Claude.ai. Developers now prefer

Waymo's journey began in 2009 as Google's self-driving car project, evolving through DARPA challenges and early tests in California and Arizona. By 2018, it launched Waymo One, the first commercial robotaxi service in Phoenix using Jaguar I-Pace vehicles, marking a shift from testing to paid rides amid industry milestones like Cruise's beta and Uber's setbacks.