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On Thursday, February 26 2026, OpenAI claimed to have the same limits as Anthropicon defense AI; no autonomous weapons, no domestic surveillance, no exceptions. But by Friday evening, OpenAI had signed a classified Pentagon contract. Meanwhile, Anthropic walked away from the same deal. Public backlash hit fast. Employees learned about the deal from external outlets, not their CEO. Many users flooded the app store with one-star reviews and also appeared outside the OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco: “Where are your red lines?”. Within days, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman openly admitted that the deal had been rushed. “We were genuinely trying…
Apple recently gave its most popular MacBook model the biggest AI upgrade in history. The new MacBook Air M5 promises 4x faster AI performance over the M4 and 9.5x faster than the M1. This is all pretty impressive by today’s standards but it also begs the question; does a speed boost in a fanless laptop finally close the gap with the pro? Or is Apple just selling a number? What’s New in the MacBook M5 Air First, let’s find out what these upgrades are. The MacBook Air M5 ships with a 10-core CPU, a next-gen GPU with a Neural Accelerator…
Coinbase and the broader crypto industry are rethinking their security foundations because of Quantum computing. Bitcoin, Ethereum and most major blockchain networks rely on encryption that classical computers cannot crack but a new breed of computers threatens to change that. As a result, Coinbase already formed an advisory board, the Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is already calling for major upgrades and governments are racing to normalise new cryptography standards. Quantum computing is a new generation of technology that uses the principles of quantum mechanics to process information at extraordinary speeds. Unlike classical computers, which process data in binary bits, quantum…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly refused Pentagon demands this week to strip the company’s AI safeguards, declaring that threats from the Defense Department would not change his position. At the center of the dispute sits a $200 million contract between Anthropic and the Pentagon. The Pentagon wants Anthropic to lift its restrictions so the military can use Claude for “all lawful use” with no limits. However, Anthropic holds firm on two concerns it refuses to drop: AI-controlled weapons and mass domestic surveillance of American citizens. Pentagon Issues a Friday Deadline On February 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Amodei a…
Stacks, a London-based enterprise software company, has raised $23 million in Series A funding to build an agentic AI platform that automates finance operations for large businesses. Lightspeed led the round, with General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and S16VC also participating. The raise comes less than a year after the company closed a $12 million seed round, signaling strong and consistent momentum. Founded by people with backgrounds at Uber and Plaid, Stacks builds automation tools for enterprise finance teams. Today, most of these teams spend the bulk of their time moving data between ERPs, spreadsheets, and accounting platforms rather than making…
Last week, Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, was involved in a very public dispute with the U.S Pentagon for refusing to remove the AI’s safety guardrails to give the U.S military unrestricted access to use Claude to carry out large-scale domestic surveillance and create fully autonomous weapon systems. As a result, President Trump tagged the company “left-wing lunatics” and subsequently ordered all federal agencies to boycott Claude. The defence department also labelled Claude a national risk and millions of users got locked out. When Claude Went Dark On the 2nd of March 2026, millions of users tried to…
Bridgewater associates is flagging big tech’s AI spending boom. The firm published a client note in late January 2026 warning that the scale and pace of AI investment has reached a point where it could reshape how the global economy functions. In addition, Bridgewater co-chief investment officer Greg Jensen said the artificial intelligence boom has entered a “more dangerous phase,” marked by exponentially rising investments in physical infrastructure and growing reliance on outside capital. “Compute demand continues to significantly outpace supply, driving hyperscalers to invest even more rapidly to try to someday get ahead of the demand.” Big Tech’s $650…
Nvidia is now in control of roughly 80% of the AI data center chip market and that dominance is forcing the world’s largest cloud providers to go back to the drawing board. In 2026, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are collectively planning to spend $660-690 billion on AI infrastructure and Nvidia is at the center of this budget. The company’s grip on AI silicon gives it a huge advantage over how hyperscalers allocate capital, architect platforms, and plan their next moves. As demand for AI workloads keeps surging, the ripple effects are reshaping cloud strategy across the board. How…
The AI arms race just got a lot more competitive and software developers are at the center of it. In 2026, Google DeepMind and OpenAI are locked in a fierce battle to build the most powerful coding AI tools, each releasing increasingly capable models at a pace that is hard to ignore. For developers, this rivalry is reshaping how code is written, debugged, and deployed. Furthermore, this is not just a performance race. It is a strategic land grab for developer loyalty, enterprise contracts, and the future of software engineering itself. How Google Deepmind and OpenAI are Targeting Developers Moreover,…
Google has always shaped the future of digital advertising and what the company is doing right now goes beyond its usual updates. It is building an entirely new advertising infrastructure where AI does all the work. AI tools will be used to generate the audio, write the content, place the ads and target the audience with just a prompt. For years, digital advertising was traditional with brands buying placements so users can see which will then in turn generate revenue. All that has changed with this new development. Artificial intelligence is now the engine driving how ads are made, placed…