News•Feb 16, 2026
Lower Power Cost for Consumers Will Be Success of AI, Renewable Energy Convergence, Says Govt Official
India’s renewable capacity now exceeds 520 GW, including about 35 GW of distributed generation, and officials say artificial intelligence will be pivotal in lowering consumer power costs. Joint Secretary JVN Subramanyam highlighted AI as a game‑changer for distributed renewables at the AI Impact Summit. He projected that within two to three years, AI‑renewable convergence will reduce tariffs, boost industrial competitiveness, and empower prosumers. World Bank advisor Hemang Jani reinforced that AI should be viewed as development infrastructure rather than merely a technology.
By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
News•Feb 16, 2026
ML‑Predicted Insulin Resistance Identified as Risk Factor in 12 Cancers
Researchers at the University of Tokyo applied a machine‑learning tool, AI‑IR, to estimate insulin resistance in half a million UK Biobank participants. The analysis revealed insulin resistance as a significant risk factor for twelve distinct cancer types, providing the first...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Feb 16, 2026
The True Price of Scaling AI in the UAE
The United Arab Emirates is rapidly scaling AI, with 76% of enterprises already deploying sector‑specific systems and the domestic market projected to reach $4.74 billion by 2031. Government incentives, free‑zone ecosystems, and regulatory sandboxes have created a fertile environment for AI...
By Wamda
News•Feb 16, 2026
ZIWO Raises Strategic Debt Investment From Amplify Growth Fund
UAE‑based AI contact‑centre platform ZIWO has secured a strategic growth credit investment from Ajeej Capital’s Amplify Growth Fund, with the amount undisclosed. The funding will finance ZIWO’s expansion across the GCC, deepen regional partnerships, and accelerate the rollout of advanced...
By Wamda
News•Feb 16, 2026
Indian Entrepreneur to Invest ₹214 Crore in AI-Powered Hydroponic Farming in Karnataka
Indian entrepreneur Vivek Raj is investing ₹214 crore to build an AI‑powered hydroponic farm on 16 acres in Moodbidri, Karnataka. The venture, Panama Hydro‑X, has filed four AI patents covering disease detection, smart lighting and crop monitoring after spending ₹146 crore on...
By The Hindu BusinessLine – Economy
News•Feb 16, 2026
Adastra Enters AWS Partner Greenfield Program
Adastra announced its participation in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Greenfield Program, a multi‑year collaboration designed to accelerate migration, modernization, and responsible generative AI adoption for organizations not yet on AWS. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, Adastra...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 16, 2026
First Cell‑Type Gene Map for Alzheimer’s Built with New Analysis Method
University of California, Irvine researchers have created the first cell-type-specific gene regulatory network (GRN) map for Alzheimer’s disease using a new machine‑learning framework called SIGNET. By integrating single‑nucleus RNA‑seq and whole‑genome sequencing data from 272 AD patients, SIGNET identified causal...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Shield AI Joins USAF CCA Programme as Mission Autonomy Provider
Shield AI has been chosen to supply mission‑autonomy software for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme, entering the Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase after a competitive evaluation. Its Hivemind AI pilot has been integrated into...
By Airforce Technology
News•Feb 16, 2026
China’s X-Humanoid Introduces Embodied Tien Kung 3.0 Humanoid Robotics Platform
X‑Humanoid unveiled Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a full‑size general‑purpose humanoid robot built on its Wise KaiWu embodied AI platform. The system adds upgraded balance, motion control, tactile interaction and fully autonomous operation. It stresses openness with expansion interfaces, low‑code tools and...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 16, 2026
New GraphRAG Solution Moves Beyond Vector-Only RAG – Knowledge Graphs Provide Context and Common Sense to AI
Graphwise unveiled GraphRAG, a low‑code AI workflow engine that replaces flat vector‑only retrieval with a knowledge‑graph‑backed semantic layer. The platform claims to cut hallucinations and boost answer accuracy from about 60 % to over 90 % by grounding large language models in...
By AiThority
News•Feb 16, 2026
Defensibility: The New Watchword for Data Management
Regulated enterprises, especially financial institutions, are shifting focus from merely adopting AI to proving that AI data pipelines are secure and well‑governed. New regulations such as the EU AI Act demand detailed disclosures of training data sources, processing methods, and...
By RegTech Insight (A-Team)
News•Feb 16, 2026
AI Powers Land and Lot Search and Zoning Feasibility. Here’s How
Acres.com, a Fayetteville‑based land intelligence platform, unveiled an AI‑powered search and zoning feasibility tool that lets users find parcels with plain‑language prompts and receive instant zoning, floodplain and entitlement analysis. The system taps more than 150 million parcel records and thousands...
By HousingWire – Proptech
News•Feb 16, 2026
City of Atlanta Modernizes Constituent Services with Oracle Permitting, Licensing, and Embedded AI
The City of Atlanta announced an expansion of its partnership with Oracle and Deloitte to deploy Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL) across planning, zoning, code enforcement and inspections. The new ATLcloud Permitting solution builds on the city’s existing Oracle Fusion...
By ERP News
News•Feb 16, 2026
BetterWorld Technology Expands AI and Cloud Capabilities
BetterWorld Technology, a certified B‑Corporation MSP, announced the hiring of Jaswanth Gaddam as AI and Cloud Solutions Engineer to accelerate its AI‑driven service model. The appointment aligns with PAX8’s “Managed Intelligence Provider” vision, marking a shift from traditional system support...
By AiThority
News•Feb 16, 2026
Inc42 And Oracle Host Tech Leaders To Discuss AI Workloads And Cloud Economics
Inc42 and Oracle hosted a closed‑door CTO Dinner in Bengaluru, bringing together more than 20 senior technology leaders from Indian startups across SaaS, fintech, mobility, and consumer internet. The event centered on practical challenges of scaling AI workloads, optimizing cloud...
By Inc42
News•Feb 16, 2026
Bring IT Named Celigo Partner of the Year 2026
Bring IT, a global cloud ERP consulting firm, has been named Celigo Partner of the Year for 2026. The award recognizes the company’s consistent delivery of high‑quality integrations, deep platform expertise, and measurable client impact. Celigo highlighted Bring IT’s scalable...
By AiThority
News•Feb 16, 2026
The Rise of Agentic Platforms: Scaling Beyond Automation
The article outlines the emergence of agentic platforms, where AI‑driven agents augment traditional automation to provide goal‑oriented, context‑aware actions within platform‑defined constraints. It traces platform engineering’s evolution from ticket‑driven operations through self‑service automation to bounded autonomy, emphasizing the need for...
By PlatformEngineering.org – Blog
News•Feb 16, 2026
From Tea to Tech: UK’s Halma Rides Wave of Hyperscaler Spending
Halma Plc, a FTSE 100 firm with roots in 19th‑century tea plantations, is benefiting from a surge in AI‑driven data‑center spending by hyperscalers. The company’s shares have climbed for eight consecutive sessions, reaching an all‑time high. Analysts at Barclays and JPMorgan...
By Bloomberg – Technology (sitewide)
News•Feb 16, 2026
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The term “AI;DR” (AI, didn’t read) has emerged online to flag AI‑generated “slop.” Borrowing the TL;DR format, it is being used on platforms like Threads, Bluesky and Reddit to criticize low‑quality machine‑written content. The slang reflects growing fatigue and backlash...
By Futurism AI
News•Feb 16, 2026
From Pilots to Platforms: Nairobi Sets Out Africa's Practical AI Playbook
The Nairobi AI Forum 2026 gathered 650 delegates to move African artificial intelligence from pilots to scalable, affordable solutions. Co‑hosted by Kenya, Italy and the UNDP, the event announced 1.5 million GPU hours for 130 innovators and a €50 million Harmonic Africa...
By African Business
News•Feb 16, 2026
Guardian, January 2026
Publishers are warning that AI‑powered search summaries and chatbots could dramatically shrink the traffic that traditionally drives their advertising revenue. Major search engines, led by Google, are testing features that present condensed article excerpts directly in search results, bypassing the...
By Reuters Institute
News•Feb 16, 2026
Alibaba Debuts Qwen 3.5, Adding "Visual Agentic Capabilities" To Independently Execute Tasks, and Says It Is 60% Cheaper to Use...
Alibaba announced the launch of Qwen 3.5, its latest generative‑AI model. The model adds visual agentic capabilities, allowing it to interpret images and autonomously carry out complex tasks. Alibaba claims Qwen 3.5 costs 60% less to run and delivers eight‑fold...
By Techmeme
News•Feb 16, 2026
FINTECH Circle Partners with JournoLink to Bring AI-Powered PR Tools to Fintechs
FINTECH Circle has struck a strategic partnership with JournoLink to deliver its Volt AI‑powered public‑relations and competitor‑intelligence suite to the Circle’s fintech community. The collaboration gives members automated press‑release distribution, continuous media monitoring and real‑time competitor analysis. By bundling enterprise‑grade...
By The Fintech Times
News•Feb 16, 2026
Sony Group Develops Tech to Track Original Music in AI-Generated Songs (Report)
Sony Group has created technology to identify copyrighted music embedded in AI‑generated songs. The system works by either connecting directly to AI model training data or by comparing generated outputs against existing catalogs. Sony AI aims to use the tool...
By Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
News•Feb 16, 2026
IT Sustainability Think Tank: AI Infrastructure, Shared Responsibility and the Real Cost of Progress
Microsoft is urging a community‑first approach to AI infrastructure, highlighting the growing energy and environmental costs of AI‑driven data centres. The call emphasizes that responsibility for these impacts must be shared between hyperscalers and the enterprises that consume AI services....
By ComputerWeekly
News•Feb 16, 2026
The Scientist Using AI to Hunt for Antibiotics Just About Everywhere
César de la Fuente’s Penn team is using artificial intelligence to scour genomes for antimicrobial peptides, creating a library of over one million candidate sequences. The AI has uncovered promising molecules hidden in archaea, venomous species, and even extinct organisms...
By MIT Technology Review
News•Feb 16, 2026
In The Age Of Synthetic Media, Authenticity Can No Longer Be Assumed
Semantics 21 has launched S21 Deepfake Detector, a standalone offline tool that lets investigators assess images and video frames for AI‑generated manipulation. The system provides confidence‑based scores rather than binary judgments, supporting human decision‑making while preserving evidence integrity. After a year...
By Forensic Focus
News•Feb 16, 2026
Intelliflo Launches AI-Powered IQ Suite
Intelliflo has introduced intelliflo IQ, an AI‑driven suite embedded in its cloud platform for financial advisers. The suite includes an intelligent engagement assistant that automatically records client meetings, extracts key information, and updates more than 190 fact‑find fields, cutting administrative...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 16, 2026
Cybersecurity Leader Pete Angstadt Joins DTEX’s Advisory Board
DTEX, a leader in risk‑adaptive security, announced that cybersecurity veteran Pete Angstadt has joined its Advisory Board. Angstadt brings decades of go‑to‑market leadership, having scaled revenue at ForgeRock, Ping Identity, Securiti and Oracle’s cloud security unit. His expertise in identity‑focused...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 16, 2026
AuthID Announces Out of the Box
authID (Nasdaq: AUID) unveiled an out‑of‑the‑box biometric security platform that conforms to the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) framework for energy, water, gas and other critical utilities. The solution replaces passwords and physical tokens with live‑face verification, protecting SCADA consoles, privileged...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 16, 2026
ChatGPT Gets New Security Feature to Fight Prompt Injection Attacks
OpenAI has added a Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels to ChatGPT to mitigate prompt‑injection attacks and other security threats. Lockdown Mode restricts tool and network access, allowing admins to create dedicated roles that limit external interactions, initially for Enterprise,...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 16, 2026
Natwest Group CEO Touts Near-Term Agentic AI Workflow Future
NatWest Group CEO Paul Thwaite announced that the bank is shifting from basic chatbots to autonomous AI systems capable of executing complex banking workflows for customers. He expects many of the underlying components to be operational within the year. However,...
By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Delhi Set to Host First AI Film Festival: Check Date, Ticket Rates, Venue and Dress Code
Delhi will host its inaugural AI Film Festival from February 16 to 20, coinciding with the AI Impact Summit. The five‑day event showcases short films, expert panels and awards, aimed at directors, technology enthusiasts, academics and the broader public. Organisers...
By Mint AI
News•Feb 16, 2026
From Findings to Action: How SecurityBridge Is Bringing Trusted AI Into SAP Security
SecurityBridge has launched the AI Companion, the first AI‑powered security assistant built specifically for SAP environments. Leveraging a proprietary, continuously enriched SAP security knowledge base, the tool transforms thousands of technical findings into context‑aware, actionable recommendations delivered via natural‑language interaction....
By ERP News
News•Feb 16, 2026
Brainomix Launches Award-Winning Next Generation Stroke AI Platform with Novel Net Water Uptake Technology at the International Stroke Conference (ISC)
Brainomix unveiled its next‑generation Brainomix 360 Stroke platform at the International Stroke Conference, featuring an industry‑first net water uptake (NWU) metric derived from routine non‑contrast CT scans. The platform earned the Red Dot Design Award, highlighting its superior usability and innovative...
By Health Tech Digital (UK)
News•Feb 16, 2026
URBN Tests Agentic AI to Automate Retail Reporting
Urban Outfitters (URBN) is piloting agentic AI to generate weekly store‑level performance reports, replacing the manual assembly of more than 20 spreadsheets per Sunday. The AI agents ingest sales, inventory and other metrics, then deliver concise summaries to merchandising teams....
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Feb 16, 2026
3 Questions: Using AI to Help Olympic Skaters Land a Quint
MIT Sports Lab researchers Jerry Lu and Professor Anette “Peko” Hosoi discuss how AI is being used to boost figure‑skating performance and judging. Lu’s OOFSkate system analyzes video of jumps to give skaters precise metrics and compare them to elite...
By AIhub
News•Feb 16, 2026
Milan-Based Contents Secures €5.9 Million for AI Workflow Platform, Sets up Doha Hub for Middle East Expansion
Italian AI workflow startup Contents announced a €5.9 million Series B extension, bringing its total financing to €21 million. The round was led by Qatar Development Bank with participation from Alkemia Capital, and will fund the launch of a Doha‑based hub serving the...
By EU-Startups
News•Feb 16, 2026
VISIE Achieves Commercial Milestone With Launch of Partner APIs
VISIE Inc. announced the launch of its Partner APIs, a robot‑agnostic interface that brings the company’s spatial computing and real‑time scanning capabilities to surgical robotics platforms. Built on gRPC and supporting multiple programming languages, the APIs deliver scanner control, object...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 16, 2026
AMD Takes on Nvidia in India With Expanded Tata AI Partnership
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced a partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to bring its Helios AI data‑center blueprint to India. The collaboration aims to deploy up to 200 megawatts of AI‑infrastructure capacity, positioning AMD against Nvidia in the rapidly expanding...
By Bloomberg – Technology (sitewide)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Why Doing Less Is the Smartest Strategy for Bootstrapped AI Startups
Bootstrapped AI startups achieve greater traction by deliberately limiting scope rather than chasing broad scale. By concentrating on a single, well‑defined use case, founders can allocate scarce capital to refine data, model performance, and user experience. This focused approach creates...
By Startups Magazine
News•Feb 16, 2026
I Tested Sentai, the AI Voice Companion for Seniors – and Now I Get Why It’s More than Just Another...
TechRadar’s Graham reviews Sentai, a UK‑made AI voice companion built for seniors living independently. The speaker delivers reminders, medication prompts, and conversational companionship while deliberately avoiding constant listening or surveillance. In testing, Sentri handled emotional cues, emergency alerts, and privacy...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 16, 2026
Five MCP Servers to Rule the Cloud
Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) is being adopted by the major hyperscalers as a native interface for AI agents to manage cloud resources via natural language. AWS leads with a catalog of over 60 MCP servers covering its entire service...
By InfoWorld (sitewide)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Anthropic Valued at $380Bn as It Raises $30Bn Series G
Anthropic secured $30 billion in a Series G round led by GIC and Coatue, lifting its post‑money valuation to $380 billion. The funding backs rapid expansion of its enterprise AI suite, including Claude, Claude Code, and the newly launched Opus 4.6 model, which now leads...
By Startups Magazine
News•Feb 16, 2026
AGIBOT Accelerates Thailand Market Entry with Humanoid Robotics Showcase for Smart Tourism and National Digital Transformation
AGIBOT accelerated its Thailand market entry by hosting a three‑day showcase of deployment‑ready humanoid robots for smart tourism and digital transformation. The program, held Feb 11‑13, introduced the robots to public‑sector officials, tourism authorities and industry leaders, highlighting applications in hospitality,...
By AiThority
News•Feb 16, 2026
Legora and Tandem Health CEOs Reject Anthropic and OpenAI Threat
Swedish AI startups Legora and Tandem Health said they do not view US frontier AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI as threats to their business models. Legora, a legal‑tech platform serving over 400 firms and valued at $1.8 billion, argues...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 16, 2026
AI Success That Feels Real
The article argues that AI delivers real business value when organizations focus on small, well‑defined projects rather than grand transformation programs. By targeting high‑friction processes, firms can achieve measurable gains such as a 30% drop in rework, improved data accuracy,...
By Intrafocus – Blog
News•Feb 16, 2026
Guest Post — 2026 Global Strategy Briefing on AI And Quantum For Boards
Marvin Cheung’s briefing outlines the latest AI developments, including the rise of Moltbook forums and the evolution from large language models to 3‑D world models, while linking these advances to quantum computing. He explains how quantum technologies can both support...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 16, 2026
Large-Scale Pilots of AI and GenAI for Medical Imaging
The European Commission will launch a call for proposals on 21 April 2026 to fund two large‑scale pilots that deploy cloud‑based AI and generative AI for medical imaging, allocating €9 million under the Digital Europe Programme. The pilots target real‑world clinical settings,...
By EU Digital Strategy – eIDAS tag
News•Feb 16, 2026
Sitegeist Secures €4M Pre-Seed for AI Modular Robots in Construction
Munich‑based Sitegeist secured €4 million in a pre‑seed round led by b2venture and OpenOcean to develop AI‑driven modular robots for construction. The startup targets the massive concrete‑renovation backlog in Europe and North America, where labor shortages and manual removal methods drive...
By Tech.eu