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February 13, 2026
After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack.
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February 12, 2026
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips
OpenAI's new GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is 15 times faster at coding than its predecessor.
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February 12, 2026
Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says
Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.
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February 11, 2026
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.
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February 11, 2026
OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of "Facebook" path
Zoë Hitzig resigned on the same day OpenAI began testing ads in its chatbot.
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February 6, 2026
Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
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February 5, 2026
AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them
Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.
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February 5, 2026
OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads
Sam Altman calls AI competitor "dishonest" and "authoritarian" in lengthy post on X.
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February 4, 2026
Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no.
ChatGPT competitor comes out swinging with Super Bowl ad mocking AI product pitches.
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February 3, 2026
Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize.
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February 3, 2026
The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
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January 29, 2026
New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.
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January 29, 2026
Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?
We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes.
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January 28, 2026
Report: China approves import of high-end Nvidia AI chips after weeks of uncertainty
Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.
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January 28, 2026
Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks
The open source "Jarvis" chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.
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January 26, 2026
OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works
Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.
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January 22, 2026
eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents
New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.
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January 21, 2026
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them.
The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.
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January 19, 2026
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
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January 16, 2026
OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions
Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.
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January 16, 2026
TSMC says AI demand is “endless” after record Q4 earnings
Amid fears of bubble, world's top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.
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January 15, 2026
Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to paid deals.
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January 14, 2026
Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.
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January 13, 2026
Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month
US defense secretary announces plans for integration despite recent controversies.
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January 13, 2026
Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers
Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use.
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January 12, 2026
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws
AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.
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January 8, 2026
ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up
New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.
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January 5, 2026
Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87
Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.
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December 31, 2025
From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025
In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.
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December 24, 2025
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here's what makes them tick.
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