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Anthropic shuts down Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export‑control warning

Anthropic disabled access to its Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models after the Trump administration, via the Commerce Department, warned that foreign nationals could exploit the systems. The move followed alerts from Amazon and other firms about a potential jailbreak that could aid cyber‑security attacks. Anthropic declined the administration’s request for a voluntary shutdown but complied with the order.

Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success

Since I now use multiple models, I customize all of my prompt files (soul, identity, skills etc) for each model. This critically important. For example, Opus 4.6 prompt best practices says don’t use ALL CAPS to emphasize things. GPT5.2 explicitly...

By Matthew Berman
Figma's Answer to the AI Software Sell-Off
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Figma's Answer to the AI Software Sell-Off

The episode examines Figma’s latest AI integration with Anthropic’s Claude Code, exploring how the partnership emerged organically and what it means for the design‑to‑code workflow. Host discusses Figma’s steep stock decline amid a broader SaaS AI sell‑off and probes CEO...

By Sources
Agentic AI Era: Cloud Security Shifts From Asset Protection to Identity-First Zero Trust
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Agentic AI Era: Cloud Security Shifts From Asset Protection to Identity-First Zero Trust

At the ETCIO Cloud Summit, leaders from Starbucks India and Jio argued that cloud security must shift from protecting static assets to continuously validating identities, especially as AI agents and autonomous workloads proliferate in hybrid environments. They emphasized that bots,...

By ET CIO (India)
Agent Identities Demand New Sandboxing and Access Controls
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Agent Identities Demand New Sandboxing and Access Controls

Agent identities is going to be a super fun and hard problem for software in the coming years. Most agentic systems today assume that the agent can do everything the user can do, and just operate as an extension of...

By Aaron Levie
Stop Layering AI on Your GTM Stack
PodcastFeb 19, 20260 min

Stop Layering AI on Your GTM Stack

In this episode, Emir Atli, co‑founder and CRO of HockeyStack, explains why the traditional, tool‑heavy GTM stack can’t simply have AI bolted on—it must be rebuilt around a unified, AI‑native platform with a single data foundation. He outlines HockeyStack’s evolution...

By The GTM Newsletter
AI's Easy; Scaling Software 100x Faster Is the Real Hurdle
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI's Easy; Scaling Software 100x Faster Is the Real Hurdle

What people seem to be struggling with the most is not the truly novel parts of building with AI, it's the table stakes. It's not the AI part that's so hard (turns out systems have never been wholly deterministic 😉), it's...

By Charity Majors
AI Racing Drone Beats Human Controlled FPV Racing Drones on Aerial Racetrack: An Overlooked ‘AlphaGo Moment’ with Future War Implications
BlogFeb 19, 2026

AI Racing Drone Beats Human Controlled FPV Racing Drones on Aerial Racetrack: An Overlooked ‘AlphaGo Moment’ with Future War Implications

In April 2025, an autonomous racing drone equipped with a neural‑network AI outperformed three human FPV champions at the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi. The AI‑controlled craft completed the complex aerial course faster than the pilots, marking the first...

By Small Wars Journal
From Acceleration to Exposure: Why AI Demands Mature AppSec
NewsFeb 19, 2026

From Acceleration to Exposure: Why AI Demands Mature AppSec

AI‑driven development is dramatically speeding code creation, reviews and releases, but application security (AppSec) has not kept pace. Autonomous AI actions now make decisions on dependencies, configurations and remediation, turning isolated flaws into system‑wide risks. When AppSec foundations are immature,...

By iTnews (Australia) – Government
[Tutorial] Building a Visual Document Retrieval Pipeline with ColPali and Late Interaction Scoring
NewsFeb 19, 2026

[Tutorial] Building a Visual Document Retrieval Pipeline with ColPali and Late Interaction Scoring

The tutorial demonstrates how to build a visual document retrieval pipeline using the open‑source ColPali model. It walks through creating a stable Python environment, rendering PDF pages as images, and generating multi‑vector embeddings for each page. Late‑interaction scoring matches natural‑language...

By MarkTechPost
Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case

Omnicom reported Q4 results after closing its $13.5 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group, positioning AI as the chief growth driver for the merged firm. The company highlighted its Omni platform, now integrated with Acxiom’s Real ID and Flywheel’s Commerce Cloud, to...

By Chief Marketer
Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Q4: Omnicom’s IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case

Omnicom reported its first earnings after completing the $13.5 billion acquisition of IPG, positioning AI as the core growth engine for the combined firm. The company highlighted its Omni platform, now linked with Acxiom’s Real ID and Flywheel’s Commerce Cloud, to...

By AdExchanger
EDiscovery AI: Trial, Deposition, and Discovery Preparation with Early Case Intelligence Solutions
BlogFeb 19, 2026

EDiscovery AI: Trial, Deposition, and Discovery Preparation with Early Case Intelligence Solutions

eDiscovery AI introduced its Early Case Intelligence™ suite—Insight ECI™, Case Elements™, and CaseBot™—to accelerate litigation preparation. The platform leverages AI to turn raw electronically stored information into actionable intelligence, supporting deposition strategy, discovery planning, and trial readiness. By automating early...

By ACEDS Blog
Just 15 Minutes of Lawyer Work – AI-Driven Law Firm Targets Remortgages
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Just 15 Minutes of Lawyer Work – AI-Driven Law Firm Targets Remortgages

Former DLA Piper UK managing partner Paul Firth is launching AI‑driven law firm LEXcelerate, promising to cut remortgage lawyer time to 15 minutes and complete transactions in nine working days. The platform automates about 90% of administrative tasks, delivering roughly...

By Legal Futures (UK)
CJC Calls for Declaration About AI Use in Drafting Witness Statements
NewsFeb 19, 2026

CJC Calls for Declaration About AI Use in Drafting Witness Statements

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has issued an interim report proposing that litigators must declare they have not used AI to generate the content of trial witness statements, while allowing AI assistance for other court documents provided the responsible lawyer’s...

By Legal Futures (UK)
IPAA ACT Virtual AI Summit: Building a Trusted Digital Future
NewsFeb 19, 2026

IPAA ACT Virtual AI Summit: Building a Trusted Digital Future

The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) is hosting a virtual AI Summit on 18 March 2026. The half‑day event will focus on building a trusted digital future for the public sector, featuring breakout sessions on workforce upskilling, AI governance, digital stewardship,...

By The Mandarin (Australia)
UK Medical Device Testing Hits Record High as MHRA Backs Growth in Brain and AI Technology
BlogFeb 19, 2026

UK Medical Device Testing Hits Record High as MHRA Backs Growth in Brain and AI Technology

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency reported a 17% rise in approved clinical investigations for 2025, setting a record high. Average approval times fell to 51 days, outpacing the 60‑day target, while neurotechnology now accounts for roughly a...

By Med-Tech Insights
Momentum.io Showcases Enterprise AI's True Work System
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Momentum.io Showcases Enterprise AI's True Work System

Congratulations to Santiago Suarez Ordoñez , Ashley Wilson , Moiz Virani , and the entire Momentum.io team. It’s been a privilege to support you on this journey. Momentum embodied several themes we consistently look for in native AI companies: -->...

By Mark Roberge
AI's Rapid Diffusion Outpaces Our Adaptation Capacity
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI's Rapid Diffusion Outpaces Our Adaptation Capacity

AI is eating industries and jobs. For sure. But new ones will be created. However, we’ve never seen tech diffuse this rapidly. It’s the speed of digestion that we are struggling with the most. https://t.co/KApUVISD5g

By Daniel Newman
Epam Systems Inc (EPAM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Epam Systems Inc (EPAM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

EPAM Systems reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.4 billion, a 12.8% year‑over‑year increase, and AI‑native revenue topped $105 million, on track to exceed $600 million in 2026. The company posted GAAP EPS of $1.98 and non‑GAAP EPS of $3.26, while free cash flow...

By Motley Fool – Earnings Transcripts
AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy

The Paradox of #AI in #HRStrategy: Efficiency, Empathy, and the Human Factor https://t.co/LiIGmm7GKI #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator

By Dave Millner
Anthropic Predicts Autonomy Surge Till
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Anthropic Predicts Autonomy Surge Till

per @AnthropicAI ‘s own numbers, interesting that 99.9 percentile model autonomy straightlines up through 2025 and immediately takes a nosedive after opus 4.6 launch. you can really see the efficiency work start to kick in after the pioneering work of...

By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
‘An AlphaFold 4’ – Scientists Marvel at DeepMind Drug Spin-Off’s Exclusive New AI
NewsFeb 19, 2026

‘An AlphaFold 4’ – Scientists Marvel at DeepMind Drug Spin-Off’s Exclusive New AI

Isomorphic Labs unveiled IsoDDE, a proprietary AI engine touted as an “AlphaFold 4”‑level breakthrough in drug discovery. The 27‑page technical report claims the model outperforms AlphaFold 3, the open‑source Boltz‑2, and traditional physics‑based methods in predicting binding affinity and antibody‑protein interactions. Researchers...

By Nature – Health Policy
Sonnet 4.6 Delivers Fast AI Chrome Performance
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Sonnet 4.6 Delivers Fast AI Chrome Performance

AI Chrome extensions felt largely unusable because of how slow they were. Sonnet 4.6 is the first one that changes that for me. While in meetings, I am kicking off browser tasks and unlike Opus 4.5, it actually finishes before...

By Allie Miller
Update Governance Now or Drown in Agentic AI Chaos
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Update Governance Now or Drown in Agentic AI Chaos

Agentic AI is rising, but are your governance frameworks still stuck in 2023? Autonomous systems don't wait for committee approval. CIOs: lead the orchestration or get buried by the chaos. 🤖⚡️ Deep dive here: https://t.co/dJs86sTyRD #CXOtalk #AgenticAI #TechLeadership

By Tim Crawford
Agentic AI, Enterprise Control: Self-Hosted Duo Agent Platform and BYOM
NewsFeb 19, 2026

Agentic AI, Enterprise Control: Self-Hosted Duo Agent Platform and BYOM

GitLab 18.9 launches a self‑hosted Duo Agent Platform for online cloud license customers, enabling AI‑driven automation while keeping models on‑premise or in approved clouds. The new offering uses a usage‑based billing model powered by GitLab Credits, delivering transparent per‑request metering...

By GitLab Blog
Agentic AI Redefines B2B Marketing: Lean Teams, Strategic Humans
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Agentic AI Redefines B2B Marketing: Lean Teams, Strategic Humans

The future of agentic AI in B2B marketing is finally coming into focus. The B2B marketing org structure has to change, with fewer layers and more shared accountability across a unified data layer. The human role will shift to something...

By Stephanie Buscemi
Win $1000 Creating AI Video for Claude Code
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Win $1000 Creating AI Video for Claude Code

Just for fun: AI music video contest In celebration of Claude Code’s 1 yr bday, I will give $1000 USD to the best* music video for “Ode to Claude Code” To submit: - Find the song on Spotify - Use AI to create music...

By Yohei Nakajima
Jimmy Hoover: Can AI Give You a Seat Inside the Supreme Court?
BlogFeb 18, 2026

Jimmy Hoover: Can AI Give You a Seat Inside the Supreme Court?

The nonprofit project On the Docket uses artificial intelligence to generate video avatars of U.S. Supreme Court justices reading their opinions aloud, pairing AI‑created visuals with authentic archival audio. By recreating the experience of the court’s public gallery, the initiative...

By ACEDS Blog
Everlaw: Generative AI’s Growing Strategic Value for Corporate Law Departments
BlogFeb 18, 2026

Everlaw: Generative AI’s Growing Strategic Value for Corporate Law Departments

Everlaw and the Association of Corporate Counsel released a survey showing generative AI use in corporate law departments has more than doubled, reaching 52% of U.S. respondents. The share of firms merely planning AI projects fell to 14%, while outright...

By ACEDS Blog
Booking CEO Touts Ties With Independent Hotels as Agentic AI and Airbnb Seek Gains
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Booking CEO Touts Ties With Independent Hotels as Agentic AI and Airbnb Seek Gains

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel emphasized the platform’s deep ties with independent hotels, which supply the bulk of its room nights, as the company confronts rising pressure from AI‑driven travel agents and Airbnb’s expansion into the boutique‑hotel segment. He announced...

By Skift – Technology
Chief AI Officer Alex Deer Speaks at India AI Summit
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Chief AI Officer Alex Deer Speaks at India AI Summit

Our Chief AI Officer @alexanddeer will take the stage at the India AI Impact Summit. Date: Thursday, February 19 Time: 1:53pm IST // 12:23am PST Watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/WgW7cC-kHgY

By Meta
Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI

🚨 My new exclusive at @ReadTheAisle Amazon has discussed w/ OpenAI working on custom shopping-related AI tied to Rufus, after using its own models and then Anthropic’s, according to sources briefed. The focus goes beyond Rufus’ main use of product Q&A https://t.co/60Z6WBfyvh

By Jason Del Rey
ChatGPT Search Often Switches To English In Fan-Out Queries: Report via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
NewsFeb 18, 2026

ChatGPT Search Often Switches To English In Fan-Out Queries: Report via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern

ChatGPT Search rewrites user prompts into multiple “fan‑out” queries for its search partners. An analysis of 10 million prompts and 20 million fan‑out queries found that 43 % of those sub‑queries run in English, even when the original prompt is non‑English. Overall, 78 %...

By Search Engine Journal
High‑Voltage DC Cuts AI Data Center Costs
SocialFeb 18, 2026

High‑Voltage DC Cuts AI Data Center Costs

High-voltage DC design targets AI data center costs #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xe594PCmhP

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Replit on Databricks Reveals Why Software Stocks Slump
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Replit on Databricks Reveals Why Software Stocks Slump

When start vibecoding your business apps with Replit directly on your Databricks you get why the market is so bearish on software stocks.

By Amjad Masad
Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out

ETS’s Futurenav Adapt AI test, a 30‑minute assessment, gauges teachers’ ability to recognize, ethically navigate, evaluate, and apply generative AI in classrooms. The test, piloted with 75 secondary teachers, delivers individual and district‑level dashboards of strengths, gaps, and equity concerns....

By Education Week (Technology section)
AI Skill Automates Faxing Healthcare Requests in 2026
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Skill Automates Faxing Healthcare Requests in 2026

It's 2026, so... I just wrote a Claude Skill that faxes a request form to my healthcare provider.

By Josh Mandel, MD
Zoho's OS of Intelligence Unifies Data, Ensures Sovereignty
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Zoho's OS of Intelligence Unifies Data, Ensures Sovereignty

Zoho’s @rajuv just finished a great presentation describing @Zoho’s systems philosophy, summing up to following 3 key outcomes at #ZohoDay 2026 in Austin. - Operating System of Intelligence - Unified Business Context with live data - Sovereignty by design https://t.co/y6UWOmv1dv

By Sarbjeet Johal
New Agent Framework Matches Human-Engineered AI Systems — and Adds Zero Inference Cost to Deploy
NewsFeb 18, 2026

New Agent Framework Matches Human-Engineered AI Systems — and Adds Zero Inference Cost to Deploy

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara introduced Group‑Evolving Agents (GEA), a framework that evolves entire groups of AI agents instead of single individuals. By sharing a collective experience archive and using a reflection module, GEA combines innovations across agents, leading to...

By VentureBeat
AI Automates Cytology, Streamlining Cell Pre‑Screening
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Automates Cytology, Streamlining Cell Pre‑Screening

AI automates cytology, which is a laborious, manual, human subjective task, for pre=screening cells for abnormalities and making initial diagnoses today @Nature https://t.co/ZI3F2pkMxE https://t.co/WsUcRjkHFN https://t.co/mdz1DM6xs7

By Eric Topol
The Blueprint for Commercializing Breakthrough Healthtech
NewsFeb 18, 2026

The Blueprint for Commercializing Breakthrough Healthtech

AI‑driven medtech firms must prove tangible ROI for patients, providers and payers to move from lab to bedside. Brent Ness outlines three pillars—capital efficiency with payer alignment, rigorous evidence and reimbursement pathways, and operational scalability paired with strong IP—that determine...

By Medical Design & Outsourcing
Inside the DOE’s 26 AI Challenges for Genesis Mission
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Inside the DOE’s 26 AI Challenges for Genesis Mission

The U.S. Department of Energy unveiled 26 artificial‑intelligence challenges that underpin its Genesis Mission, spanning nuclear systems, grid modernization, materials science, advanced manufacturing, microelectronics and national security. The announcement shifts AI from a purely analytical tool to the connective tissue...

By EnterpriseAI
Opus 2 Winter Release Accelerates Case Strategy and Preparation Workflows Following Strategic Acquisition
BlogFeb 18, 2026

Opus 2 Winter Release Accelerates Case Strategy and Preparation Workflows Following Strategic Acquisition

Opus 2 announced its winter 2026 release, embedding Uncover’s AI technology into the Opus 2 Cases platform after a three‑month integration. The update introduces an AI Assist suite—Matter Assist, Document Assist, General Assist, and a Prompt Library—enabling rapid, secure analysis, drafting and...

By ACEDS Blog
TreviPay Leverages AI to Help Businesses Anticipate Buyer Behavior
NewsFeb 18, 2026

TreviPay Leverages AI to Help Businesses Anticipate Buyer Behavior

TreviPay unveiled its AI‑powered Growth Center, a module inside the client portal that flags early signs of buyer dormancy and suggests targeted incentives. In a pilot with a U.S. retailer, the system identified 60 previously inactive buyers who generated $103,946...

By Finovate
Another Early AI Accounting Startup Just Bit the Dust
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Another Early AI Accounting Startup Just Bit the Dust

Botkeeper, an early AI accounting platform founded in 2015, announced its closure after eleven years despite achieving high‑accuracy transaction coding and a sophisticated AI suite. The company raised substantial venture capital and built an “Infinite” platform that could reconcile data...

By Going Concern
EVMbench Tests AI Agents on Real Smart Contract Vulnerabilities
SocialFeb 18, 2026

EVMbench Tests AI Agents on Real Smart Contract Vulnerabilities

OpenAI and Paradigm launched EVMbench, a benchmark testing AI agents’ ability to detect, patch, and exploit real smart contract vulnerabilities. What's the meaning of it? Come join us! https://t.co/2YgOdrosIO

By Laura Shin
Opkey Launches Design Studio for ERP Implementation Planning
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Opkey Launches Design Studio for ERP Implementation Planning

Opkey introduced Design Studio, an AI‑driven module within its application lifecycle automation platform that streamlines ERP and HCM implementation planning. The visual canvas embeds more than 20 domain‑specific AI agents to automate discovery, requirements capture, process mapping, and configuration design....

By ERP Today
AI Won’t Replace SaaS: Key Misconceptions Clarified
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Won’t Replace SaaS: Key Misconceptions Clarified

When asking if AI will replace SaaS, here are some very key aspects to consider and questions to ask. I will have more to share, but there is a LOT of misunderstanding and assumptions being inserted into the public conversation that...

By Tim Crawford
Managing Legal Risk in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: What Key Stakeholders Need to Know Today
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Managing Legal Risk in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: What Key Stakeholders Need to Know Today

In 2026 enterprises are scaling AI from pilots to company‑wide deployments, prompting a surge in legal exposure across governance, compliance, privacy, contracting and IP. Boards face heightened fiduciary duties under the Caremark standard, yet only 36% have formal AI oversight...

By JD Supra (Labor & Employment)