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IFlytek’s Audio Transcription Tool Reaches 100 Million Users
NewsFeb 16, 2026

IFlytek’s Audio Transcription Tool Reaches 100 Million Users

iFlytek’s iFlyrec audio transcription app has surpassed 100 million users, becoming the company’s second core product to hit nine‑figure adoption. The service relies on a subscription‑based SaaS model rather than advertising or subsidies, delivering over 60% gross‑profit growth for three straight...

By KrASIA
Wealthtech Startup Otto Money Raises $1.3 Mn Led by Pravega Ventures
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Wealthtech Startup Otto Money Raises $1.3 Mn Led by Pravega Ventures

Wealthtech startup Otto Money announced a $1.3 million pre‑seed round led by Pravega Ventures, with participation from several angel investors. The funding will be deployed over the next 12‑18 months to bolster AI models, expand personalization and goal‑based advisory features, and...

By Entrackr
How DIA Is Helping Regulators Turn AI Principles Into Everyday Review Practice
NewsFeb 16, 2026

How DIA Is Helping Regulators Turn AI Principles Into Everyday Review Practice

At the 2026 DIA Global Annual Meeting, the DIA AI Consortium will showcase how regulators such as the FDA are embedding artificial intelligence into medical product review workflows. The FDA’s 2025‑2026 roadmap uses AI to automate routine tasks, accelerate timelines,...

By BioSpace
Neurophet Bags 510(k) for Alzheimer's Imaging AI and More Briefs
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Neurophet Bags 510(k) for Alzheimer's Imaging AI and More Briefs

South Korean AI firm Neurophet secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its AQUA AD Plus software, enabling quantitative MRI and PET analysis for Alzheimer’s treatment planning. Japanese health‑tech startup Ubie partnered with Mayo Clinic to roll out a unified digital front‑door...

By MobiHealthNews (HIMSS Media)
Making Sense of AI’s Role in Cyber Security
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Making Sense of AI’s Role in Cyber Security

Executive interest in AI has flooded the cyber‑security market, prompting CISOs to evaluate a surge of AI‑enhanced tools. While some solutions genuinely reduce analyst workload and improve detection, many are marketing‑driven add‑ons lacking proven risk reduction. Experts warn that AI...

By ComputerWeekly
How AI Innovations Like DeepSeek Are Revolutionizing Emotional and Mental Health Support for Chinese Youth
NewsFeb 16, 2026

How AI Innovations Like DeepSeek Are Revolutionizing Emotional and Mental Health Support for Chinese Youth

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has launched a conversational platform that delivers real‑time emotional and mental‑health support to teenagers. Leveraging large‑language models tuned with culturally specific data, the service offers 24/7 chat‑based counseling, crisis detection, and personalized coping strategies. Within...

By Bioengineer.org
As AI Data Centers Hit Power Limits, Peak XV Backs Indian Startup C2i to Fix the Bottleneck
NewsFeb 16, 2026

As AI Data Centers Hit Power Limits, Peak XV Backs Indian Startup C2i to Fix the Bottleneck

AI data centers are increasingly constrained by power delivery rather than compute, as conversion losses waste 15‑20% of energy. To address this, Peak XV Partners led a $15 million Series A in Indian startup C2i Semiconductors, which is developing a plug‑and‑play grid‑to‑GPU power...

By TechCrunch AI
Edge Marketing Strengthens AI-Led Search Capability with Appointment of Luke Gosha
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Edge Marketing Strengthens AI-Led Search Capability with Appointment of Luke Gosha

Edge Marketing has appointed award‑winning AI and SEO specialist Luke Gosha as Head of Search & AI Strategy, bringing over a decade of international experience from London agency StrategiQ to its Australian operations. Gosha will lead the integration of AI‑led...

By Campaign Brief
Blackstone Backs Neysa in up to $1.2B Financing as India Pushes to Build Domestic AI Infrastructure
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Blackstone Backs Neysa in up to $1.2B Financing as India Pushes to Build Domestic AI Infrastructure

Neysa, an Indian AI‑infrastructure startup, secured up to $600 million of primary equity from Blackstone, giving the private‑equity firm a majority stake, and plans an additional $600 million in debt to expand its GPU fleet. The capital will help the company grow...

By TechCrunch AI
Cloud and AI to Ramp up Operational Risk in 2026: Brennan
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Cloud and AI to Ramp up Operational Risk in 2026: Brennan

Brennan’s latest analysis warns that expanding multi‑cloud footprints and rapid AI trials will heighten operational risk in 2026. Seventy‑five percent of surveyed organisations say their attack surface has grown, prompting a move away from pure public‑cloud strategies toward hybrid, repatriated...

By ARN (Australia)
Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Verifiable MCP Tool Execution
NewsFeb 16, 2026

Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Verifiable MCP Tool Execution

The episode examines the trust gap in Model Context Protocol (MCP) deployments, where AI models invoke remote tools without verifiable proof of correct execution. It introduces zero‑knowledge proofs (ZKPs), especially Sigma‑Protocols and non‑interactive variants like SNARKs, as a way for...

By Security Boulevard
What Do Leaders Need to Do About AI?
NewsFeb 15, 2026

What Do Leaders Need to Do About AI?

AI is outpacing curriculum updates in higher education, leaving institutions scrambling to keep pace. Coordination among government, industry, and academia remains fragmented, creating duplicated pilots and uneven outcomes. As AI becomes a core competency, leaders must prioritize human skills like...

By Campus Review (AU)
Longtime NPR Host David Greene Sues Google over NotebookLM Voice
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Longtime NPR Host David Greene Sues Google over NotebookLM Voice

David Greene, former NPR Morning Edition host, has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in its Notebook LM AI tool mimics his distinctive cadence, intonation, and filler words. Greene says friends and colleagues noticed the resemblance,...

By TechCrunch AI
What Makes an Agentic AI System Safe for Medical Records Management?
NewsFeb 15, 2026

What Makes an Agentic AI System Safe for Medical Records Management?

The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs)—machine credentials like tokens and keys—are reshaping cybersecurity in healthcare, especially as cloud adoption and Agentic AI expand. It outlines a lifecycle‑focused NHI management strategy that includes discovery, classification, continuous threat monitoring, and context‑aware...

By Security Boulevard
Can Businesses Truly Trust Agentic AI with Sensitive Data Handling?
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Can Businesses Truly Trust Agentic AI with Sensitive Data Handling?

The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs)—machine credentials and permissions—are essential to securing sensitive data, especially in cloud environments. It outlines a full lifecycle approach to NHI management, from discovery and classification to real‑time monitoring, automated secret rotation, and threat...

By Security Boulevard
Moonshot AI Launches Kimi Claw: Native OpenClaw on Kimi.com with 5,000 Community Skills and 40GB Cloud Storage Now
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Moonshot AI Launches Kimi Claw: Native OpenClaw on Kimi.com with 5,000 Community Skills and 40GB Cloud Storage Now

Moonshot AI has rebranded its OpenClaw framework as Kimi Claw and made it a native, cloud‑hosted service on kimi.com. The platform now offers a persistent 24/7 AI agent environment, a 5,000‑plus skill registry called ClawHub, and 40 GB of dedicated cloud storage...

By MarkTechPost
Nvidia, Groq and the Limestone Race to Real-Time AI: Why Enterprises Win or Lose Here
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Nvidia, Groq and the Limestone Race to Real-Time AI: Why Enterprises Win or Lose Here

The article argues that AI compute growth is shifting from GPU‑centric training to inference speed, with Groq’s Language Processing Unit (LPU) offering dramatically lower latency for reasoning‑heavy models. Nvidia, which has historically moved from gaming GPUs to generative AI, could...

By VentureBeat
Singapore to Form National AI Council Chaired by PM Wong
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Singapore to Form National AI Council Chaired by PM Wong

Singapore will establish a National AI Council chaired by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to coordinate AI policy and accelerate adoption across the economy. The council will review regulations, create sandboxes, and launch four national AI Missions targeting advanced manufacturing, connectivity,...

By Crowdfund Insider
India Has 100M Weekly Active ChatGPT Users, Sam Altman Says
NewsFeb 15, 2026

India Has 100M Weekly Active ChatGPT Users, Sam Altman Says

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that India now has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making it the company’s second‑largest market after the United States. The milestone was disclosed ahead of the five‑day India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, where OpenAI...

By TechCrunch AI
The Enterprise AI Land Grab Is On. Glean Is Building the Layer Beneath the Interface.
NewsFeb 15, 2026

The Enterprise AI Land Grab Is On. Glean Is Building the Layer Beneath the Interface.

Glean is repositioning from an enterprise search tool to the connective intelligence layer that sits between large language models and corporate data. By abstracting model access, deep‑integrating with SaaS applications, and enforcing permissions‑aware governance, it enables AI agents to act...

By TechCrunch Enterprise
Knowledge Foundations Fuel AI Use, Growth, and Client Trust, New iManage Study Finds
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Knowledge Foundations Fuel AI Use, Growth, and Client Trust, New iManage Study Finds

The iManage Knowledge Work 2026 Benchmark Report, surveying 3,185 decision‑makers across 26 countries, shows that professional services firms with mature, well‑governed knowledge foundations outperform peers in AI adoption, revenue growth, and client trust. While 85% of firms are piloting AI,...

By CPA Practice Advisor
Making the Business Case Amidst the Rapid Proliferation of Advanced Fleet Technology and Digital Innovations
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Making the Business Case Amidst the Rapid Proliferation of Advanced Fleet Technology and Digital Innovations

Commercial fleets are entering a rapid digital transformation, with AI‑driven analytics, connected‑vehicle platforms, and software‑defined trucks promising predictive maintenance, condition‑based service, and over‑the‑air updates. Operators can now forecast failures days in advance, shift from fixed service intervals, and make data‑backed...

By Transport Topics – Technology
China Launches AI-Driven Satellite Constellation to Transform Space Computing
NewsFeb 15, 2026

China Launches AI-Driven Satellite Constellation to Transform Space Computing

China’s Zhejiang Lab has deployed a 12‑satellite AI‑driven constellation, the first phase of its Three‑Body Computing Constellation. The satellites host two 8‑billion‑parameter AI models for remote sensing and astronomical analysis, and have demonstrated inter‑satellite networking and on‑orbit data processing. In...

By Orbital Today
Bytedance's Seedance 2.0 Is so Good at Copying Disney Characters the Company Calls It a "Virtual Smash-and-Grab"
NewsFeb 15, 2026

Bytedance's Seedance 2.0 Is so Good at Copying Disney Characters the Company Calls It a "Virtual Smash-and-Grab"

Bytedance’s new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, can recreate Disney, Marvel and Star Wars characters with photorealistic fidelity, prompting Disney to issue a cease‑and‑desist letter that calls the practice a “virtual smash‑and‑grab.” The tool is already flooding social media with short...

By THE DECODER
The Great Computer Science Exodus (and Where Students Are Going Instead)
NewsFeb 15, 2026

The Great Computer Science Exodus (and Where Students Are Going Instead)

University of California campuses reported a 6 % drop in traditional computer‑science enrollment last year, the first decline since the dot‑com crash, even as overall college enrollment rose 2 % nationally. Students are increasingly choosing AI‑focused majors, a shift echoed by Chinese...

By TechCrunch AI
No Swiping Involved: The AI Dating Apps Promising to Find Your Soulmate
NewsFeb 15, 2026

No Swiping Involved: The AI Dating Apps Promising to Find Your Soulmate

AI‑powered dating startups are emerging to replace swipe‑based matchmaking with conversational agents. London‑based Fate uses a large‑language‑model interview to generate five curated matches and offers an AI coach that suggests questions during chats. Other entrants such as Sitch and Keeper...

By The Guardian AI
China’s ByteDance Releases Doubao 2.0 AI Model for ‘Agent Era’
NewsFeb 15, 2026

China’s ByteDance Releases Doubao 2.0 AI Model for ‘Agent Era’

ByteDance unveiled Doubao 2.0, an upgraded AI model aimed at the emerging “agent era,” during the Lunar New Year holiday. The pro version claims reasoning and multi‑step task capabilities comparable to OpenAI’s GPT 5.2 and Google’s Gemini 3 Pro, while cutting usage costs by...

By Indian Express AI
Bytedance's Seed2.0 Adds Even More Price Pressure on Western AI Models
NewsFeb 14, 2026

Bytedance's Seed2.0 Adds Even More Price Pressure on Western AI Models

Bytedance unveiled the Seed2.0 AI model family—Pro, Lite and Mini—plus a dedicated code model. Seed2.0 Pro achieved top scores on visual math, logic and perception benchmarks, even surpassing GPT‑5.2, Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro in several categories. The series is priced dramatically lower,...

By THE DECODER
How to Build a Self-Organizing Agent Memory System for Long-Term AI Reasoning
NewsFeb 14, 2026

How to Build a Self-Organizing Agent Memory System for Long-Term AI Reasoning

The tutorial demonstrates how to construct a self‑organizing memory architecture for AI agents that moves beyond flat chat logs toward structured, persistent knowledge units. It introduces a SQLite‑backed database that stores atomic memory cells, groups them into scenes, and maintains...

By MarkTechPost
When AI Meets Physics: Unlocking Complex Protein Structures to Accelerate Biomedical Breakthroughs
NewsFeb 14, 2026

When AI Meets Physics: Unlocking Complex Protein Structures to Accelerate Biomedical Breakthroughs

Researchers at the National University of Singapore unveiled D‑I‑TASSER, a new AI‑driven software that predicts three‑dimensional protein structures with 13% higher accuracy than leading methods. The tool fragments complex proteins, models each segment with deep learning, then reassembles them using...

By Phys.org – Biotechnology
German Court Denies Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Logos
NewsFeb 14, 2026

German Court Denies Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Logos

A German district court ruled that three logos generated by AI are not eligible for copyright protection, emphasizing that only works reflecting the prompter’s personality qualify. The judges clarified that extensive prompting, subscription fees, or iterative selection do not satisfy...

By THE DECODER
AI Griefbots Could Change How We Mourn — but There Are Serious Risks Ahead
NewsFeb 14, 2026

AI Griefbots Could Change How We Mourn — but There Are Serious Risks Ahead

AI-powered griefbots, or "deathbots," let users recreate deceased loved ones by training large language models on personal communications. A Chinese content creator, Roro, built a chatbot of her mother that helped her process loss and attracted followers on Xiaohongshu. Companies...

By Live Science AI
Guest Post: How Market Shaping Supercharges AI GTM Automation for Series A Startups
NewsFeb 14, 2026

Guest Post: How Market Shaping Supercharges AI GTM Automation for Series A Startups

Series‑A founders have access to powerful AI‑driven GTM automation tools, yet most still miss the $10M‑$25M revenue milestones. The article argues that the technology merely amplifies existing messaging, and without a strategic market‑shaping foundation, outreach becomes noise. Market shaping involves...

By The AI Insider
AI Is Crushing These Job Roles First; New Study Reveals How You Can Stay Relevant
NewsFeb 14, 2026

AI Is Crushing These Job Roles First; New Study Reveals How You Can Stay Relevant

A recent survey of 651 companies reveals that 65% reduced entry‑level hiring after adopting generative AI, as AI tools allow existing staff to handle workloads previously assigned to new hires. While hiring at the bottom of the ladder slows, demand...

By Mint AI
France, Germany Launch Sh7.2 Billion Plan to Digitalise TVET Institutions
NewsFeb 14, 2026

France, Germany Launch Sh7.2 Billion Plan to Digitalise TVET Institutions

France and Germany, through the French Development Agency and Germany's KfW Development Bank, have launched a Sh7.2 billion (€46.85 million) programme to digitalise Kenya’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions. The initiative follows a recent Kenya‑EU partnership agreement and aims...

By Daily Nation (Kenya) – Business
Aided by AI, California Beach Town Broadens Hunt for Bike Lane Blockers
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Aided by AI, California Beach Town Broadens Hunt for Bike Lane Blockers

Santa Monica will become the first U.S. city to equip its parking enforcement fleet with Hayden AI’s scanning technology, deploying the system on seven vehicles to spot illegal bike‑lane blockages. The AI captures a ten‑second video and license plate only...

By Ars Technica AI
Are AI Data Centers a Scapegoat for Rising US Energy Costs?
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Are AI Data Centers a Scapegoat for Rising US Energy Costs?

US retail electricity prices have spiked, prompting criticism of new AI data center projects. While AI‑driven facilities consume large amounts of power, they represent a modest slice of total grid demand. The backlash threatens a key source of future natural‑gas...

By Energy Intelligence
Airbnb Says a Third of Its Customer Support Is Now Handled by AI in the US and Canada
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Airbnb Says a Third of Its Customer Support Is Now Handled by AI in the US and Canada

Airbnb announced that its custom‑built AI agent now resolves roughly one‑third of customer‑support issues in the United States and Canada, and the company plans to extend the capability worldwide to cover about 30% of all tickets within a year. The...

By TechCrunch Apps
Special Report – The Future of Media Buying
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Special Report – The Future of Media Buying

AI is reshaping media buying as Meta and Google report massive ad‑revenue growth driven by proprietary AI tools. The surge forces agencies and publishers to confront a widening data and automation advantage held by big‑tech. Publicis suggests agencies can stay...

By Kochava Blog
US Foods Adds AI Ordering Tools to as Digital Commerce Drives Growth
NewsFeb 13, 2026

US Foods Adds AI Ordering Tools to as Digital Commerce Drives Growth

US Foods is rolling out AI‑driven ordering tools within its MOXē ecommerce platform, allowing customers to upload photos, PDFs or handwritten notes that are automatically converted into digital purchase orders. The initiative coincides with a strong fiscal Q4 2025, where...

By Digital Commerce 360
GSA Aims to Publish Results on USAi Program, Official Says
NewsFeb 13, 2026

GSA Aims to Publish Results on USAi Program, Official Says

The General Services Administration announced it will publish documentation on the USAi program, detailing how federal agencies are testing and deploying artificial‑intelligence tools. Chief AI Officer Zach Whitman said the agency will release a six‑month performance report and form a...

By FCW (GovExec Technology)
Google Gemini Weaponized in State-Sponsored Attacks
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Google Gemini Weaponized in State-Sponsored Attacks

Google’s Gemini large‑language model is being weaponized by multiple state‑sponsored threat actors, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group. North Korean UNC2970 and several Chinese groups such as Mustang Panda, Judgment Panda, APT41 and UNC795 are using Gemini for rapid...

By SC Media
OpenAI Is Retiring GPT-4o, And The AI Relationships Community Is Heartbroken
NewsFeb 13, 2026

OpenAI Is Retiring GPT-4o, And The AI Relationships Community Is Heartbroken

OpenAI retired GPT‑4o on February 13, 2026, removing it from ChatGPT’s legacy options as it shifts focus to GPT‑5.1 and 5.2. The move sparked an outpouring of grief on Reddit’s AI‑relationships subreddit, with a petition gathering over 20,500 signatures. OpenAI...

By Mashable AI
[In-Depth Guide] The Complete CTGAN + SDV Pipeline for High-Fidelity Synthetic Data
NewsFeb 13, 2026

[In-Depth Guide] The Complete CTGAN + SDV Pipeline for High-Fidelity Synthetic Data

The article walks through a production‑grade synthetic data pipeline that combines CTGAN with the SDV ecosystem, starting from raw mixed‑type tables and ending with model serialization. It demonstrates how to attach metadata, enforce numeric and categorical constraints, and perform conditional...

By MarkTechPost
AI’s New Land Grab: Meta’s Indiana Megaproject and the Rise of Europe’s Neocloud Challengers
NewsFeb 13, 2026

AI’s New Land Grab: Meta’s Indiana Megaproject and the Rise of Europe’s Neocloud Challengers

Meta announced a $10 billion, near‑gigawatt data‑center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, marking one of the largest U.S. AI infrastructure projects. At the same time, European AI‑infrastructure specialist Nebius unveiled a 240 MW campus in Béthune, France, repurposing a former industrial site. Both...

By Data Center Frontier
AI Agent Traffic Drives First Profitable Year for Fastly
NewsFeb 13, 2026

AI Agent Traffic Drives First Profitable Year for Fastly

Fastly reported its first profitable fiscal year, posting $172.6 million in Q4 2025 revenue, a 23% year‑over‑year increase. The growth is driven by a surge in AI agent traffic, which now represents 29% of all web requests on Fastly’s edge network....

By Network World
How Red Hat and the Nvidia Ecosystem Are Standardizing AI Factories
NewsFeb 13, 2026

How Red Hat and the Nvidia Ecosystem Are Standardizing AI Factories

Nvidia’s ecosystem is evolving into the control plane for AI infrastructure, moving beyond GPUs to a full stack that integrates Linux and Kubernetes. A deep partnership with Red Hat provides day‑zero support for new hardware like Vera Rubin and Blackwell, delivering...

By SiliconANGLE
Who’s in Charge of AI at Every Federal Agency
NewsFeb 13, 2026

Who’s in Charge of AI at Every Federal Agency

Federal agencies are rapidly appointing chief artificial intelligence officers (CAIOs) to comply with President Biden’s 2023 AI executive order and a 2025 Trump administration memo that mandates AI leadership. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has also launched a...

By GovernmentCIO Media & Research