The Verge
French police raid X’s Paris office as UK investigation continues
French police raided X's Paris office amid ongoing investigations into Grok's content and data practices.
Bbc
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
French offices of Elon Musk's X were raided amid investigations into unlawful data extraction and child pornography concerns, while the UK probes Grok over sexualized content.
The Verge
Claude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break
Anthropic's Claude AI models, including Claude Code, experienced a major outage causing 500 errors for developers.
Interesting Engineering
Elon Musk merges SpaceX and xAI to expand space-based data centers for AI power
SpaceX has acquired xAI to integrate AI development with space infrastructure, focusing on building solar-powered data centers in orbit.
The Verge
Millions of books died so Claude could live
Anthropic undertook "Project Panama" to digitize vast quantities of books to train its large language models like Claude.
Adweek
Anthropic’s Claude Is Williams F1’s ‘Thinking Partner’ as AI Brands Race Into Sports
Anthropic has partnered with the Williams F1 team, making Claude the team's 'Official Thinking Partner' for engineering and strategy.
The Verge
Humans are infiltrating the Reddit for AI bots
Humans are suspected of engineering viral posts on Moltbook, a social platform for AI agents, exposing security flaws.
Instrumental Communications
Inside Elon Musk’s Nudification of Grok, Nancy Mace is Not Okay, and What’s Up with All Those Equals Signs? — Instrumental Communications
This daily briefing covers political turmoil, tech controversies, and legal battles, highlighting issues from Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to Trump administration policies.
Insider Gaming
Sony Wants To Use Gen-AI To Feed You Fake Podcasts Voiced by PlayStation Characters
Sony has patented a system using generative AI to create personalized podcasts voiced by iconic PlayStation characters.
the Guardian
‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report
The latest AI safety report highlights rapid AI capability gains, proliferating deepfakes, biological risk safeguards, and growing emotional attachment to AI companions.
techputs
SpaceX Acquires xAI to Pursue AI Data Centers in Space
SpaceX has acquired xAI to integrate its AI capabilities with SpaceX's infrastructure for building solar-powered data centers in space.
The Verge
Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X)
Elon Musk announced the merger of SpaceX and xAI, forming an innovation engine focused on space-based AI compute.
Phoronix
Firefox 148 Ready With New Settings For AI Controls
Firefox 148, releasing February 24th, introduces a new AI controls section in settings to manage generative AI features.
The Verge
Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off
Firefox will soon introduce an "AI control" setting on February 24th to let users disable all integrated AI features.
Gemini
10 ways to plan your 2026 budget with Gemini
Use Gemini through its app, Google Sheets, and Gmail to organize finances, find savings, and create a 2026 budget roadmap.
The Verge
OpenClaw: all the news about the trending AI agent
OpenClaw is a trending, open-source AI agent that runs locally and performs tasks via messaging apps, despite security concerns.
The Verge
Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts
Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen discusses the risks and opportunities of integrating AI into contract management, emphasizing trust and accuracy.
The Verge
Elon Musk’s Grok is still undressing men
Despite X's efforts, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot continues to generate nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, particularly of men.
euronews
Did AI really cause job losses at Amazon? It's hard to tell, economist says
Economists find it difficult to confirm if Amazon's 16,000 layoffs were truly caused by AI efficiency gains.
Phoronix
Linux's b4 Kernel Development Tool Now Dog-Feeding Its AI Agent Code Review Helper
The b4 tool for Linux kernel patch management is now testing an AI agent code review helper within its own development.
The Verge
Shedding light on Iran’s longest internet blackout
Iran experienced its longest-ever internet blackout following January protests, hindering information flow despite ongoing unrest and violence.
The Verge
Nvidia CEO denies he’s ‘unhappy’ with OpenAI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang denied being unhappy with OpenAI and confirmed a significant investment is still planned.
The Verge
SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX filed an FCC request for approval to launch one million solar-powered data center satellites into low Earth orbit.
GitHub
GitHub - agentem-ai/izwi-audio: Inference for hugginface audio models
Izwi is a high-performance, Rust-based TTS inference engine optimized for Qwen3-TTS on Apple Silicon using MLX.
The Verge
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Multiple AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Google's tools, are increasingly citing Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia, Grokipedia, as a source.
Phoronix
AI Code Review Prompts Initiative Making Progress For The Linux Kernel
Chris Mason is advancing an initiative using AI review prompts to assist with Linux kernel code review, now breaking reviews into individual tasks.
The Verge
Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool
Video game company stocks, including Take-Two, Roblox, and Unity, declined following Google's announcement of its AI world-generation tool, Project Genie.
Fortune
Top engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI say AI now writes 100% of their code—with big implications for the future of software development jobs | Fortune
Engineers at Anthropic and OpenAI report that AI now generates 100% of their code, signaling major shifts for software development roles.
The Verge
There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird
Moltbook is a new social network, similar to Reddit, built for over 30,000 AI agents to post and interact via APIs.
Gemini
Find out what’s new in the Gemini app in January's Gemini Drop.
January's Gemini Drop introduces Personal Intelligence, Gemini in Chrome auto browse, Veo 3.1 video creation, SAT practice tests, and shopping enhancements in Chrome.
TESLARATI
Rumored SpaceX-xAI merger gets apparent confirmation from Elon Musk
Elon Musk seemingly confirmed reports that SpaceX is exploring a merger with his AI startup, xAI, by replying positively on X.
TechCrunch
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
Gizmodo
Anthropic Reportedly Plotting to Surpass OpenAI’s Valuation in Next Funding Round
TechCrunch
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
TechCrunch
Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B
The Verge
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
TechCrunch
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
TechCrunch
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
TechCrunch
Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal
TechCrunch
Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it
TechCrunch
Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained
