News•Feb 17, 2026
Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability
Robotic platforms once confined to operating rooms are now entering rehabilitation, driven by sensor integration and real‑time data processing. Analysts project the global medical robotics market to exceed $30 billion by 2030, with assistive devices gaining a larger share. ATDev’s founders highlight neurorobotic systems that pair brain‑computer interfaces with adaptive AI to accelerate recovery for stroke and spinal‑cord‑injury patients. Early trials show functional gains up to 30 percent faster than traditional therapy.
By Medical Design Briefs
News•Feb 17, 2026
Will AI Eat Your Revtech Stack?
The episode examines how AI is reshaping revenue technology (revtech) stacks, contrasting two dominant narratives: AI as a replacement that could shrink seat‑based pricing, and AI as an augmentor that boosts productivity without major headcount cuts. It highlights that AI’s...
By Forrester Blogs
News•Feb 17, 2026
MeitY, IVCA Mobilise ₹500 Cr VC Commitments For AI Startups
At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, MeitY and the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) announced a collective ₹500 crore VC commitment from 16 member funds to accelerate Indian AI startups. Sixteen investors, including Accel, Antler and Prosus, pledged...
By Inc42
News•Feb 17, 2026
TCS, Wipro to HCL Tech: Why Are Experts Bullish on IT Stocks After AI Summit 2026, Infosys Collaboration with Anthropic?
Indian IT giants TCS, Wipro and HCL Tech are gaining investor confidence after the AI Summit 2026 highlighted the sector’s rapid AI adoption. Infosys announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic to embed large‑language models into its service portfolio, signaling a...
By Mint (LiveMint) – Markets
News•Feb 17, 2026
With the Rise of AI Generated Grievances- How Should HR Professionals Respond?
HR teams now confront an influx of AI‑crafted grievance letters, which appear polished but often lack substantive detail. These documents tend to be overly legalistic, repetitive, and sometimes embed inaccurate case references, complicating investigations and prolonging resolution. Experts advise returning...
By Employer News (UK)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Checkmarx Enhances IDE-Native Agentic Application Security in Kiro
Checkmarx announced that its AI‑driven Developer Assist tool is now embedded directly within the AWS Kiro integrated development environment. The integration scans source code and dependencies in real time, surfacing security findings inside the IDE and synchronizing them with the...
By SD Times
News•Feb 17, 2026
Hilton and Winnow Voted ‘World’s Leading Sustainable Partnership’
Hospitality giant Hilton and food‑waste tech firm Winnow have been named World’s Leading Sustainable Partnership 2025 at the World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards in Dubai. Their Green Ramadan 2025 program, using AI‑powered smart meters across Hilton kitchens, achieved a...
By Breaking Travel News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Experian Launches Insurance Marketplace App on ChatGPT
Experian has launched an Insurance Marketplace app on ChatGPT, enabling users to compare auto insurance rates from 37 carriers via conversational AI. The service offers real‑time quotes, customized recommendations, and leverages Experian’s data expertise. The company says the tool could...
By Carrier Management
News•Feb 17, 2026
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen in India for Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen will represent the European Union at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, underscoring the EU’s push for stronger AI cooperation with India. She will lead an industry roundtable on AI skills and talent mobility...
By EU Digital Strategy – eIDAS tag
News•Feb 17, 2026
AIG’s Zaffino: Outcomes From AI Use Went From ‘Aspirational’ to ‘Beyond Expectations’
AIG announced that its generative‑AI platform, AIG Assist, has dramatically outperformed the aspirational goals set at last year’s Investor Day. The tool now handles over 370,000 commercial‑line submissions, edging toward a 500,000 target for 2030, while cutting processing time without...
By Carrier Management
News•Feb 17, 2026
WooCommerce May Gain Sidekick-Type AI Through Extensions via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
WooCommerce is evolving into an AI‑agnostic coordination layer through the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI agents such as OpenAI’s ACP and Shopify‑Google’s UCP to plug directly into its ecosystem. Automattic’s James LePage says the platform will support native...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 17, 2026
India Eyes Investments Worth $200 Billion in Data Centres: Ashwini Vaishnaw at AI Summit
India’s government announced a target of up to $200 billion in data‑centre investments to turn the country into a world‑class AI data hub. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the plan covers all five layers of the AI technology stack and aims to...
By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tampa International Airport Showcases Three Agentic AI Breakthroughs Ahead of IAR London Breakfast Briefing
Tampa International Airport will unveil three agentic AI breakthroughs at the International Airport Review breakfast briefing in London, developed with Sotereon.ai’s Underwing Overwatch platform. The first solution uses live LiDAR data to automate aircraft turnaround, continuously tracking underwing tasks and...
By International Airport Review
News•Feb 17, 2026
Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Transformative Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is moving from hype to concrete healthcare applications, as highlighted in a new AIAInow session featuring Stanford Medicine and Starkey Hearing. The event showcases AI’s role in diagnostics, where neural networks now exceed human specialists, and the transformation...
By AI Accelerator Institute
News•Feb 17, 2026
JPLoft Advances Business Transformation Through Generative AI Development Services
JPLoft, a global software development firm, is expanding its generative AI development services to help enterprises move from experimental pilots to production‑grade, outcome‑driven solutions. The company emphasizes data‑centric design, cloud‑native engineering, and customized large‑language‑model fine‑tuning to address real‑world challenges such...
By AiThority
News•Feb 17, 2026
Texas Poised to Become Global Leader in Booming Data Center Market
JLL’s Year-End 2025 North America Data Center Report shows vacancy at a record‑low 1% for the second year, underscoring hyper‑driven demand from AI and hyperscalers. Texas now hosts 6.5 GW of construction and is projected to eclipse Virginia as the world’s...
By Facilities Management Advisor
News•Feb 17, 2026
Aptean Unveils Aptean Intelligence as a Service
Aptean, a global provider of industry‑specific enterprise software, announced Aptean Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS), a managed AI‑agent offering built on its AppCentral 2.0 platform. The service delivers custom, industry‑trained AI agents that embed into existing workflows, handling everything from...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 17, 2026
Future Leverages High Visibility on ChatGPT by Offering GEO as a Service
Future Media has launched Future Optic, a generative AI optimisation (GEO) service that packages LLM visibility as a commercial offering across its portfolio. The move builds on research showing Future’s TechRadar is the most cited domain on ChatGPT, and a...
By Press Gazette
News•Feb 17, 2026
Digest: Disney Takes On Bytedance Over AI Video App; Alliance of Independent Agencies Launches Middle East Chapter
ByteDance announced tighter safeguards for its AI video generator Seedance after Disney served a cease‑and‑desist alleging unauthorized use of Marvel and Star Wars characters. The move follows a surge of hyper‑realistic clips that raised copyright concerns across Hollywood. Meanwhile, the...
By ExchangeWire
News•Feb 17, 2026
Export Controls on Artificial Intelligence and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
The report examines how the United States and China are racing to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), highlighting a widening technology gap in the U.S. defense industrial base. It finds that current export‑control regimes—EAR, ITAR, and...
By RAND Blog/Analysis
News•Feb 17, 2026
Lamipak Boosts Supply Chain Performance and Resilience With Blue Yonder
Lamipak, a leading aseptic packaging producer, has partnered with Blue Yonder to implement the Blue Yonder Network, a cloud‑based supply‑chain control tower. The solution provides end‑to‑end visibility, AI‑driven recommendations, and multi‑party collaboration across its global network of customers, suppliers and...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 17, 2026
Cohere Launches a Family of Open Multilingual Models
Cohere unveiled the Tiny Aya family of open‑weight multilingual models, supporting more than 70 languages and built on a 3.35 billion‑parameter base. The suite includes regional variants—Global, Earth, Fire, and Water—tailored for Africa, South Asia, APAC, West Asia and Europe, and...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Feb 17, 2026
The Copilot Problem: Why Internal AI Assistants Are Becoming Accidental Data Breach Engines
Internal AI copilots are being deployed across enterprises as search and decision‑aid layers, inheriting every permission granted to users. Their ability to index, retrieve, and combine data from email, file shares, and SaaS tools exposes vast amounts of previously hidden...
By Security Magazine (Cybersecurity)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Unilever Turns to AI for ‘New Era of Shopping for Brands’
Unilever has signed a five‑year partnership with Google Cloud to embed advanced AI, data and platform capabilities across its global operations. Leveraging Google’s Vertex AI and Gemini models, the consumer‑goods giant will build an AI‑first digital backbone that powers faster...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Feb 17, 2026
Linkhome Launches AI Agent to Enhance the Home Buying and Financing Experience
Linkhome Holdings Inc. unveiled its Linkhome AI Agent, an intelligent conversational assistant designed to simplify property searches, market analysis, and mortgage preparation. The tool leverages natural‑language processing to deliver AI‑assisted property recommendations, multilingual interactions, and real‑time market context. By consolidating...
By AiThority
News•Feb 17, 2026
Trifork Launches Danish Sovereign Data and AI Solution as Alternative to US Hyperscalers
Trifork has introduced a Danish sovereign data and AI solution aimed at public authorities and critical infrastructure, offering an alternative to US hyperscalers. The offering bundles four integrated components—Netic data centers, Corax Data platform, Corax AI platform, and Trifork Group...
By AiThority
News•Feb 17, 2026
AI Consulting Startup Navikenz Raises $7.5 Mn Led by Sekar PRC and Sudip Nandy
Navikenz, a Noida‑based AI consulting firm, closed a $7.5 million funding round led by Sekar PRC and Sudip Nandy, adding to a prior $8 million raise. The capital will fund team expansion and further development of its AI platforms, including RetailBOT and...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 17, 2026
AI Can Help Optimise Clean Energy Save Lives and Livelihoods: Ceew CEO
Ceew CEO Anurabha Ghosh highlighted how artificial intelligence can fine‑tune renewable energy dispatch, forecast storm surges and flood risks, and make agriculture more climate‑resilient. She warned that AI’s own resource footprint—energy and water for data centres—must be managed intentionally. India’s...
By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Harnessing AI to Secure the Future of Identity
Artificial intelligence is reshaping identity management, with machine and AI agents now surpassing human users in many environments. This surge creates a broader attack surface, as each automated identity demands governance yet often appears outside IT‑approved systems. Channel partners are...
By ITPro
News•Feb 17, 2026
Singapore’s AI ROI Reality: High Spend, Hard Returns
AI hype in Singapore masks modest financial returns. Enterprises spend an average S$18.9 million per AI initiative in 2025, yet only 23% achieve the projected ROI. A PwC global CEO survey shows just 12% of CEOs see both cost cuts and...
By TechRepublic – Articles
News•Feb 17, 2026
U. Arkansas at Little Rock to Launch AI Undergrad Degree
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will debut an undergraduate artificial intelligence degree in the fall of 2026, becoming the latest institution to embed AI into its core curriculum. The program features a stackable credentials model, allowing students from...
By EdScoop
News•Feb 17, 2026
Swedish-British Unibloom Teams up with SAP to Turn Climate Data Into Daily Purchasing Decisions
Swedish‑British startup Unibloom has partnered with SAP to launch Unibloom Switch AI within SAP’s enterprise ecosystem. The solution uses AI agents and country‑level emissions, land‑use and cost data to let procurement teams compare suppliers, materials and geographies in minutes, balancing...
By ArcticStartup
News•Feb 17, 2026
Agoda Open Sources APIAgent to Convert Any REST Pr GraphQL API Into an MCP Server with Zero Code
Agoda has released APIAgent, an open‑source tool that turns any REST or GraphQL API into a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with zero code and no deployments. The proxy reads OpenAPI or GraphQL schemas, generates tool definitions, and uses DuckDB...
By MarkTechPost
News•Feb 17, 2026
Netrio Named to CRN’s MSP 500 List For 2026
Netrio has been named to CRN’s 2026 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category, highlighting its role as a leading AI‑driven managed IT and cybersecurity provider for mid‑market enterprises. The Elite 150 spot recognizes Netrio’s end‑to‑end...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 17, 2026
Sneak Preview: Finder?s Feat: Optimizing Search & Discovery With Metadata & Machine Learning at Streaming Media Connect
At Streaming Media Connect, a panel titled “Finder’s Feat: Optimizing Search & Discovery With Metadata & Machine Learning” will examine how structured metadata and AI‑driven tools transform content discovery into a revenue engine. Panelists include Tom Gennari (Fabric), Jamie Mackinlay...
By Streaming Media
News•Feb 17, 2026
CraftifAI Raises $3 Mn To Build AI Tools For Embedded Software Development
CraftifAI announced a $3 million seed round, led by Ankur Capital, to accelerate its AI-driven platform for embedded software development. The startup’s Orbit platform uses multi‑agent generative AI to automate code generation, hardware optimization, and AI/ML deployment for edge, IoT and...
By Inc42
News•Feb 17, 2026
DSK 2026 Set to Showcase AI & Autonomous Defense Systems
The 2026 Drone Show Korea (DSK) opens Feb. 25 in Busan, covering 26,508 m² with 318 companies from 23 nations. The event’s AI‑centric theme showcases autonomous, manned‑unmanned combat systems, with dedicated Army, Navy and Air Force pavilions. Major players such as...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Infosys and Anthropic Announce Collaboration to Unlock AI Value Across Complex, Regulated Industries
Infosys and Anthropic announced a strategic partnership to embed Anthropic's Claude models, including Claude Code, into Infosys Topaz AI services. The collaboration launches with a dedicated Anthropic Center of Excellence for telecommunications, targeting AI agents that automate complex, regulated workflows. It...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
MarTech Interview With Misha Williams, Chief Operating Officer @ GWI
Chief Operating Officer Misha Williams of GWI discusses the launch of Agent Spark, an AI‑powered platform that injects analyst‑grade human insights directly into tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot. He warns marketers that AI outputs must be grounded in representative...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
With New Subsidiary, Chams Joins Nigeria’s Growing AI Infrastructure Race
Chams Holding Company Plc announced the formation of a new subsidiary, ChamsCorp Plc, to focus on AI infrastructure, data‑centre design, and digital device manufacturing. The move marks a strategic pivot from its legacy payments and identity services toward the foundational...
By TechCabal
News•Feb 17, 2026
How Should Publishers Respond to AI Models ‘Hoovering up’ Copyrighted Content?
Publishers face mounting pressure as AI developers scrape copyrighted material to train large language models. At the Definitive AI Forum in London, leaders from The Guardian, Alvarez & Marsal, and the PPA argued that no single solution exists, but collective action,...
By Media Voices
News•Feb 17, 2026
AXIS Consulting Shares a Practical Model for Scaling AI, Automation, and CRM Change
AXIS Consulting unveiled a five‑component operating model to help mid‑market and enterprise firms scale AI, automation, and CRM initiatives beyond isolated pilots. The framework aligns use‑case selection, data governance, process‑first design, embedded change management, and continuous measurement to create repeatable,...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
Anthropic, Infosys to Build Custom AI Agents for Firms
Anthropic and Infosys have announced a partnership to create custom AI agents for enterprises, combining Anthropic's Claude large language models, including Claude Code, with Infosys' Topaz AI platform. The collaboration targets sectors such as telecommunications and financial services, aiming to automate...
By Bloomberg – Technology (sitewide)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Starweaver Expands AI Engineering Presence in Hyderabad
Starweaver announced a major expansion of its AI engineering hub in Hyderabad, planning to quadruple its engineering and data staff within six months. The center will accelerate development of AI‑driven platforms such as Journeybuilder, DesignPilot, and analytics intelligence tools for...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
AI Is the Future of Warfare and US Is in the Lead
Artificial intelligence is reshaping modern warfare, with the United States far ahead in funding, infrastructure, and operational deployment. The Pentagon now spends at least $2 billion annually on AI‑enabled weapons and billions more indirectly through procurement, while private investment tops $109 billion....
By Asia Times – Defense
News•Feb 17, 2026
Industrial AI Shifting as Enterprises Turn Analytics Into Autonomous Action
IFS posted 23% annual recurring revenue growth and a 114% net retention rate for FY 2025, indicating industrial AI is moving from pilot projects to large‑scale operational use. The company’s new IFS Nexus Black and Agent Studio platforms let enterprises...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 17, 2026
Visual Intelligence Powering Next-Generation Robotics
Machine vision has transitioned from simple part detection to a measurement‑grade sensory core for industrial robots. Advances in high‑resolution cameras, 3D imaging, edge AI and deep‑learning enable sub‑millimeter positioning, real‑time defect recognition and adaptive path correction. This vision‑driven intelligence lets...
By Metrology News
News•Feb 17, 2026
OpenAI Deleted Word ‘Safely’ From Its Mission – Its New Structure Is A Test
OpenAI’s latest IRS filing removed the word “safely” from its mission, replacing it with a broader pledge to benefit all of humanity. The change coincided with a legal restructuring that split the organization into a nonprofit foundation and a for‑profit...
By Claims Journal
News•Feb 17, 2026
REMnux V8 Brings AI Integration to the Linux Malware Analysis Toolkit
REMnux released version 8, rebuilt on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and introduces a new Cast‑based installer that handles fresh deployments, upgrades, and container installs. The highlight is the REMnux MCP server, which implements the Model Context Protocol to connect AI agents with the...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 17, 2026
Razorpay Becomes India Payments Partner for Replit’s Global AI Platform
Razorpay and Replit have partnered to embed Razorpay’s payments stack into Replit’s AI development platform for Indian users. The integration, currently in beta, lets Indian developers pay for Replit subscriptions in INR using UPI and cards, and enables AI‑built products...
By Entrackr