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A Brookings Institution study finds that 6.1 million U.S. workers occupy jobs highly exposed to AI while possessing low ability to transition to new roles. Customer service representatives top the list of at‑risk occupations, and the cohort is 86 % women in clerical and administrative positions. By contrast, roles such as janitors and roofers show minimal automation threat. The research highlights a workforce segment comparable in size to the current unemployed pool, urging targeted support for those most vulnerable.

Co‑founder Nick Frosst said at the Vector Institute conference that AI development should reflect Canadian values rather than Silicon Valley dominance. He positioned Cohere as Canada’s flagship large‑language‑model company, emphasizing efficient, custom models for business ROI over frontier AGI pursuits....
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched the AI Agent Standards Initiative under the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) to develop industry‑led standards for autonomous AI agents. The effort aims to cement U.S. leadership,...
Amazon announced a $200 billion capital‑expenditure plan for 2026, a $70 billion jump from the prior year, with a sizable portion earmarked for AI‑focused data‑center capacity. AWS’s custom‑chip business now runs over $10 billion in revenue and is expanding at triple‑digit rates, driven...

A 15‑second AI‑generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting went viral, racking up over 1.8 million views on X. The clip was produced with Seedance 2.0, a new deep‑fake service launched by ByteDance. Hollywood insiders, including screenwriter Rhett Reese, reacted...

Artificial intelligence and the rise of autonomous vehicles are expected to cap the personal auto‑insurance market at roughly $560 billion by 2040, after which it could shrink about 4 % per year. Self‑driving cars are projected to cut accident rates by 75‑90 %,...

Dreamworld Realities announced that its AI‑powered sandbox MMO, Dreamworld, will enter early access on March 10 after a Steam Next Fest demo on February 23. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5 and offers an infinite shared world where procedural...

The Air Force’s Kessel Run software factory announced a program to develop a next‑generation Air Operations Center (AOC) that leverages AI, machine learning, data fusion, and cloud‑native architecture. The effort builds on the existing Block 20 upgrades and KRADOS suite, aiming...
Southwest Research Institute and NSF‑NCAR have unveiled PINNBARDS, a physics‑informed neural network that translates surface magnetograms of solar active regions into deep‑layer magnetic states. By reconstructing tachocline dynamics from SDO/HMI data, the tool can forecast the emergence of large, flare‑producing...

Chronilogix announced an integration that embeds its AI‑powered coaching technology into the Balance for Life wellness app. The combined solution delivers on‑demand behavioral health support for depression, anxiety and stress, while also addressing chronic condition management. By offering 24/7 personalized...
Luis Gonzalez, chief data and AI officer at Aboitiz Power, argues that the data industry will become the primary driver of the energy transition by using AI to finance and operate renewable assets. He envisions a future where computation is...

SalientMG announced a strategic partnership with Hivekind AI to combine its B2B go‑to‑market (GTM) advisory services with Hivekind’s pre‑pipeline decision engine. The joint offering promises startups a unified system that aligns ideal customer profile (ICP) definition, account prioritization, and buyer‑group...

CoreWeave launched ARENA, a production‑scale AI lab that lets customers run full AI workloads on GPU clusters mirroring live environments, delivering realistic performance, scaling and cost validation before deployment. The platform bridges the gap where sandbox tests misrepresent production behavior...

Leidos CEO Tom Bell said the firm will act as the government’s beta tester for artificial intelligence, embedding AI across its NorthStar 2030 strategy and digital modernization unit. The company plans to prototype AI tools internally before delivering them to...

Tech firms are pouring billions into energy‑intensive data centers as U.S. electricity demand climbs, prompting political scrutiny over rising utility bills. The White House has suggested that these companies finance new power‑plant capacity, while Senators Hawley and Blumenthal introduced legislation...

Code Metal, a Boston AI startup, closed a $125 million Series B round, lifting its valuation to $1.25 billion. The company’s platform translates legacy defense software from languages such as Python and C++ into modern, hardware‑specific code while generating test harnesses to catch...
GXO Logistics reported record revenue of $13.2 billion for 2025, a 13% increase year‑over‑year, with Q4 sales climbing 7.9% to $3.51 billion. Net income fell to $36 million for the full year, while quarterly profit was $43 million, reflecting higher investment in growth initiatives....
Florida Senate advanced a sweeping AI Bill of Rights, adding education provisions that require schools to notify parents before granting AI tool access and to honor opt‑out requests. The bill defines "AI instructional tools" as a separate regulatory category and...

Australian Taxation Office second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn warns regulators that AI adoption must respect citizen dignity. He highlights the tension between moving quickly to harness AI benefits and the risk of exposing massive personal data sets. The ATO, a pioneer...
Amazon Web Services introduced SageMaker HyperPod, a managed, persistent GPU‑cluster service built for training foundation models at massive scale. HyperPod automates node recovery, uses Elastic Fabric Adapter for ultra‑low‑latency interconnect, and integrates with SageMaker Distributed, PyTorch FSDP, and DeepSpeed. The...

Researchers at UC Berkeley and the Arc Institute unveiled MULTI‑evolve, a machine‑learning framework that predicts how multiple amino‑acid mutations affect protein function in a single experimental round. The workflow first estimates single‑mutation effects, then measures pairwise interactions, and finally trains...
Selector, an AI‑driven observability and network intelligence firm, raised $32 million in a funding round led by AVP and other investors, doubling its valuation to $375 million. The capital will fund AI innovation, product development, global go‑to‑market expansion, and customer success. The...

Insurance carriers are moving from isolated AI pilots to enterprise‑wide agentic AI, but they lack a coordination layer that embeds agents into core workflows. Agentic orchestration merges deterministic process control with dynamic AI behavior, enabling safe, regulated automation across claims,...
Komprise unveiled KAPPA, a serverless compute service that lets enterprises enrich metadata for unstructured data with just a few lines of Python code. The offering automates scaling and execution across petabyte‑scale datasets, eliminating the need for traditional ETL pipelines. KAPPA...

Early enterprise AI projects allocated most budgets to compute, treating storage as a leftover expense. As AI moves from experimentation to production, organizations discover that data readiness and storage performance, especially for retrieval‑augmented generation and inference, are the real constraints....
WaveMaker unveiled an agentic application generation system that blends AI‑driven code creation with a design‑first, architecture‑first methodology for enterprise developers. The hybrid IDE accepts Figma files and natural‑language prompts, producing tech‑stack‑agnostic markup that is validated before deterministic code generation. By...
The Office of the National Cyber Director announced that the Trump administration will accelerate the deployment of AI-driven cyber defensive tools while safeguarding against expanded attack surfaces. Principal Deputy Assistant Cyber Director Alexandra Seymour said the effort will be coordinated...

Meta is set to revive its smartwatch project with a 2026 launch under the codename “Malibu 2.” The new device will prioritize health tracking and deep integration with Meta’s AI services, diverging from earlier Android‑based concepts. In parallel, Meta plans to...

The Travel Technology Association’s third Quarterly Start‑Up & Investor Connect webinar highlighted a clear industry shift toward AI‑driven operational infrastructure. Four early‑stage founders—Chirrup, HousMthr, Lake.com and Vibe Adventures—presented solutions targeting payments, communications, and supply‑chain efficiency rather than incremental consumer features....

The Apolitical platform, together with the National Academy of Public Administration and Humans of Public Service, launched the inaugural “50 States, 50 Breakthroughs” showcase, honoring innovative projects from every U.S. state, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico. Recognized initiatives span AI‑driven...
GE HealthCare announced FDA clearance for three next‑generation MRI products: the 1.5‑T Signa Sprint with Freelium, the 3‑T Signa Bolt, and the AI‑driven workflow platform Signa One. The Sprint uses a helium‑free magnet that consumes less than 1 % of traditional coolant, while the...
Hasbro is scaling artificial‑intelligence tools across finance, supply‑chain, order management and product design, moving beyond pilot projects. The company has formalized responsible‑use guidelines and teamed with Google Gemini, OpenAI and ElevenLabs to embed AI into daily workflows. Executives estimate the...
KPMG has introduced a Tax AI Accelerator Program that equips corporate tax departments with generative‑AI skills and a custom Digital Gateway deployment on Microsoft Azure OpenAI. The initiative blends technical training, prompt‑engineering workshops, and a secure sandbox where participants test...

Grotto AI announced a $10 million seed round led by ICONIQ to tackle multifamily housing vacancy, a problem estimated to cost $500 billion in lost value. The startup’s AI platform provides real‑time coaching to leasing agents, analyzing conversations to improve rapport and...
The Above the Law guide outlines six critical areas legal teams must evaluate when selecting AI vendors, emphasizing risks around confidentiality, privilege, and reliability. It provides practical questions for each assessment category and highlights Filevine’s LOIS platform as an integrated...

Health systems are turning to cloud‑based generative AI to slash documentation overload. City of Hope deployed HopeLLM, an agentic large‑language‑model platform that creates concise medical‑history summaries in minutes, freeing clinicians from nightly “pajama time.” Providence built Provaria on Azure, using...
The Contact Centre Strategies Summit Toronto 2026 will take place February 24‑25 at the Old Mill Toronto Hotel, offering both in‑person and virtual attendance. Organized by Strategy Institute, the two‑day event targets leaders from financial services, retail, telecom, healthcare, public...
Google Labs launched Photoshoot, a new feature in its free Pomelli platform that transforms basic product photos into studio‑grade marketing images. The tool leverages Business DNA and the Nano Banana image‑generation model to apply brand‑specific aesthetics automatically. Users select a...
Operators are rethinking 6G network design as AI applications demand flexible traffic handling. The NGMN Alliance study warns that multimodal AI, such as AR glasses and autonomous vehicles, will reverse the traditional downlink‑heavy pattern, requiring more uplink capacity and adaptable...

Jump secured $80 million in Series B funding, led by Insight Partners, to build an AI operating system for financial advisors. The round brings total capital to $105 million and reflects rapid adoption, with the platform now serving over 27,000 advisors and adding...
Federal agencies are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence, prompting heightened focus on securing the underlying data and systems. Zscaler’s Federal Field CTO Chad Tetreault outlined the evolving AI threat landscape, highlighting supply‑chain vulnerabilities, data‑poisoning, prompt‑injection, and emerging agentic AI risks. He...
Google announced the America‑India Connect, a multi‑continent infrastructure program built around a five‑year $15 billion AI investment in India. The plan creates a new subsea gateway in Visakhapatnam and adds three submarine cables linking India with Singapore, South Africa and Australia,...

Finance chiefs report mounting board pressure to adopt AI, mirroring similar urgency in the securitization sector. ABS leaders, like Vervent’s David Johnson, argue AI adoption must deliver speed, transparency, and control, enabling faster tape‑to‑trade cycles, cleaner data, and scalable compliance....
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora told investors AI will drive, not diminish, cybersecurity demand. He argued AI expands attack surfaces, creating new risk categories that require robust security solutions. The company posted 15% year‑over‑year revenue growth to $2.6 billion and...

Elon Musk promoted xAI’s Grok chatbot for bluntly denying that the United States was built on stolen land, sharing a screenshot where Grok answers “No.” He praised the response as “BASED,” contrasting it with more nuanced answers from ChatGPT and...

Irish start‑up Setanta Space has launched to deliver modular, radiation‑tolerant onboard computing hardware paired with AI software that makes spacecraft more autonomous. The platform processes sensor data, detects anomalies, and makes decisions in orbit, cutting latency and reliance on ground...
Agentic AI is emerging as the next competitive edge for revenue teams, extending the capabilities of AI Assist by autonomously executing tasks within defined guardrails. The technology shifts sales workflows from recommendation‑only to action‑oriented, delivering real‑time clarity, expanded capacity, and...

Claude Cowork has launched a legal plug‑in that automates contract review, NDA triage, compliance workflows, and templated responses, positioning itself as a direct competitor to traditional law firms. The announcement triggered immediate market reactions, with SaaS giants Adobe, HubSpot and...

Caroline Orange‑Northey, newly appointed Managing Director for Pinterest UK & Ireland, outlines her first 6‑12 month priorities, emphasizing accelerated advertiser adoption and AI‑driven product enhancements. She explains why Pinterest remains a compelling platform for 2026, highlighting its visual discovery engine,...

Bethesda game director Todd Howard said the studio is not ignoring AI but is using it only for data‑driven tasks, not for creative content. He described AI as an analytical tool to speed up big‑data and player‑behavior analysis while preserving...