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February 23, 2026 • 2 min read

AI code security tool, Claude Code Security, scanning for vulnerabilities; highlights dual-use dilemma. [awesomeagents.ai](ht

Anthropic releases Claude Code Security after 500+ flaws; dual-use dilemma

Anthropic’s latest offering, Claude Code Security, arrives on the heels of an internal audit that...

Abstract image: AI agents (nodes) connected by lines, representing coordination via JSON and shared state. [medium.com/@mjgma

Design Patterns Use JSON and Shared State to Coordinate Agentic AI

The push to make autonomous AI agents work together isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a technical hurdle...

February 22, 2026 • 3 min read

Screenshot of a desktop browser displaying a Google AI Overview with "-ai" trick applied [seroundtable.com](https://www.serou

Test Shows ‘-ai’ Trick Blocks Google AI Overviews Only on Desktop Browsers

If you’ve ever tried to mute Google’s AI‑generated “web guide” from your search results, you might...

Police vehicle outside Tumbler Ridge high school where a mass shooting occurred. OpenAI flagged shooter's ChatGPT messages. [

Tumbler Ridge shooter shared scenarios with ChatGPT; OpenAI did not notify police

Why does a teen’s conversation with an AI matter to a small British Columbia town?

February 21, 2026 • 2 min read

🛠️ AI Tools & Apps

February 23, 2026 • 2 min read

Developers and CTOs discuss AI agent ROI, showcasing collaboration and technology in a modern office.

60% of 1,100 Developers and CTOs Say AI Agents Deliver Real ROI

A fresh survey of 1,100 developers and chief technology officers reveals a shift in how AI...

Sampath's team stitches agentic AI models and systems for future work, illustrating synthetic labor. [medium.com](https://med

Sampath's approach: Teams stitch agents, models, systems for future work

Sampath isn’t just tinkering with a new app; he’s mapping out how organizations might actually...

February 22, 2026 • 2 min read

Microsoft Copilot bug: confidential emails summarized despite DLP, raising data privacy concerns [p4sc4l.substack.com](https:

Microsoft Copilot ignored sensitivity labels twice; DLP missed both

In the past eight months Microsoft’s Copilot has slipped past the very safeguards that enterprises...

AWS Kiro AI coding assistant, a disruptive force, caused a 13-hour outage due to staff error. [techzine.eu](https://www.techz

AWS blames staff after Kiro AI coding assistant triggers 13‑hour outage

The incident has reignited a quiet debate inside Amazon about how far its own AI can be trusted to...

💼 Business & Startups

Anthropic alleges DeepSeek and Chinese firms used Claude's reasoning to train AI

Why does this matter? Because the accusation strikes at the heart of how frontier models are built...

February 23, 2026 • 2 min read

Oz report: AI agent failure detection, teams saving hours, 60% PR success. [partnershiponai.org](https://partnershiponai.org/

Oz report details why firms fail, teams save hours, 60% of agent PRs succeed

A wave of interest in “agentic” AI tools has left dozens of enterprises scrambling to stitch...

Samsung Galaxy phone with "Hey Plex" on screen, showcasing Perplexity AI integration for multi-agent OS functionality. [andro

Samsung adds Perplexity AI agent to Galaxy, enabling OS integration

Samsung’s latest software update folds the Perplexity AI chatbot straight into the heart of its...

February 22, 2026 • 3 min read

A person's hands typing on a laptop, with a glowing shield icon superimposed, representing Runlayer's OpenClaw security and 9

Runlayer adds OpenClaw security, boosting prompt injection resistance to 95%

Why should a CIO care about prompt injection? The risk isn’t new, but the numbers are.

February 20, 2026 • 3 min read

📊 Research & Benchmarks

AI researchers resign from OpenAI and Anthropic, warning of risks; bots hire humans, Evie Party targeted. [cnn.com](https://w

AI Researchers Resign, Bots Hire Humans, Anthropic Targeted, Evie Party

The AI community is buzzing with a string of oddball moves that feel more like a circus than a...

Researchers optimize LLMs with masked tokens for 3x faster inference, reducing visual tokens [arxiv.org].

Researchers embed mask token in LLM weights to achieve 3× faster inference

Three‑times faster inference sounds impressive, but the trick behind it isn’t a new hardware...

Run:ai orchestrates 64 GPUs to serve 10,200 users, outperforming native schedulers for AI/ML workloads. [run.ai](https://www.

Run:ai on 64 GPUs serves 10,200 users, matching native scheduler

Why does the raw capacity of a GPU cluster matter when you can slice it into smaller pieces?

February 19, 2026 • 2 min read

Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro AI model, a significant leap in AI capabilities, shown with benchmark scores.

Google unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro, hits 94.3% GPQA Diamond and coding Elo 2

Google rolled out Gemini 3.1 Pro this week, positioning it as the latest answer to the AI arms...

⚖️ Policy & Regulation

February 22, 2026 • 3 min read

Person in smart glasses with digital "Name Tag" overlay, highlighting privacy concerns with Meta's 2026 tech. [glassalmanac.c

Early 2026: Privacy Helplessness Grows as Meta Tests Limits in US

Early 2026 feels like a turning point for privacy in the United States. While the tech sector touts...

Pentagon building with an AI-generated overlay, symbolizing the military's push for AI integration despite ethical concerns.

Pentagon says AI firms must partner despite concerns over war‑crime claims

The Pentagon’s latest outreach to the artificial‑intelligence sector has sparked a debate that...

February 19, 2026 • 2 min read

Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" set, discussing CBS pulling his interview due to FCC concerns. [businessinsider.com](https

FCC scrutiny halts CBS broadcast of Stephen Colbert’s first video

The FCC’s recent review has put a stop to CBS’s plan to air Stephen Colbert’s first video interview...

Diagram of Agent0 framework: Curriculum Agent, Executor Agent, and shared tool integration in a co-evolution loop. [arxiv.org

Group-Evolving Agents match human-engineered AI, zero inference cost

The new framework, dubbed Group‑Evolving Agents (GEA), treats a cluster of AI entities as the core...

📈 Market Trends

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, rival AI CEOs, refuse to hold hands at India AI Impact Summit [aol.com](https://www.aol.com/arti

Handshake refusal highlights strained ties among leading AI labs

The recent handshake snub at a high‑profile AI summit has become the talk of conference rooms and...

A diverse group of researchers collaborating on a responsible AI project, highlighting embedded trust and safety.

2026 Report Shows Responsible AI Now Embedded in Product and Research

Why does a 2026 responsible‑AI report matter now? Because the AI market has been racing toward ever...

February 17, 2026 • 2 min read

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI model achieves 79.6% on SWE-bench, offering cost-effective performance.

Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 hits 79.6% on SWE-bench, costs one‑fifth of Opus

Why does this matter? Because Anthropic just put a price tag on flagship‑level coding ability.

Laurie Spiegel, composer and programmer, demonstrates Music Mouse, her "intelligent instrument" software [matrixsynth.com](ht

Laurie Spiegel says Music Mouse is an expert system, not generative AI

Why does Laurie Spiegel’s take on Music Mouse matter now? The software, first released in the late...

February 17, 2026 • 2 min read

🔓 Open Source

A person's face, partially obscured by a digital glitch effect, symbolizes the failure of deepfake warnings.

Study finds transparency warnings fail to curb AI deepfake harm

Why do we keep tossing warnings at AI‑generated deepfakes? While platforms slap labels on synthetic...

An abstract image shows interconnected, specialized AI agents collaborating, representing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ap

MCP Approach Suggests Specialized AI Agents Over Single Universal System

The MCP Revolution has sparked a debate about how far an open‑source AI framework should stretch...

WordPress launches opt‑in AI assistant to edit sites via prompts

Since its debut in 2003, WordPress has grown into the platform behind a third of all websites.

February 17, 2026 • 2 min read

Hugging Face Hub interface displaying diverse AI models, datasets, and demo applications, symbolizing its vast repository.

Hugging Face Hub now hosts millions of models, hundreds k datasets, global demos

Why does the scale of an open‑source model repository matter now? While the AI field has been...

🏭 Industry Applications

February 20, 2026 • 3 min read

A Chevrolet Bolt EV at a dealership, symbolizing the financial challenges faced by GM, Ford, and Stellantis in the EV market

Blue Oval kills F‑150 Lightning, GM books USD 7.6 B charge, Stellantis follows

The auto world woke up to three headlines that read like a post‑mortem. Ford’s iconic pickup, the...

Close-up of a person's hands typing on a laptop, illustrating rapid data annotation for AI model training. [rapidata.ai](http

Rapidata aims to cut model cycles from months to days, cites data‑annotation woes

Rapidata is positioning itself as a fast‑track for AI teams that are sick of waiting months for...

February 19, 2026 • 3 min read

A person stands before a large, glowing AI brain, its complex network of connections symbolizing unproven climate claims.

Report Finds Only 25% of Tech's Climate Claims for Generative AI Hold Up

Big tech has been touting generative AI as a climate‑friendly tool, from carbon‑tracking models to...