2026
Anthropic Prepares October IPO and Seeks Over $60 Billion for AI Development
According to Bloomberg and The Information, Anthropic is discussing an IPO in October 2026 and expects to raise over $60 billion to invest i
Habr AI Breaks Down Gradient Descent in C++ and CUDA Through MNIST Model Training
In the fourth part of the 'From MNIST to Transformer' series, Habr AI explains how gradient descent works and demonstrates training a digit
Google Turns Gemini Into Smartphone Infrastructure as Apple Steps Back From Siri
Google through Gemini claims the foundational AI layer role for both iPhone and Android simultaneously, while Apple effectively acknowledges
Google adds memory and chat import from ChatGPT and other AI assistants to Gemini
Google has enabled transferring chats and saved memory from ChatGPT and other AI services to Gemini, lowering barriers to switching and inte
Anthropic wins sanctions relief: court orders Pentagon to remove company from blacklist
U.S. federal court ruled unlawful the inclusion of Anthropic in the Pentagon's list of unreliable suppliers and ordered the department to li
Claude AI in Four IDEs: Why the Developer Became the Main Bottleneck for Agents
A Habr AI author described how working with Claude AI and multiple IDEs accelerates development, but makes the human the main bottleneck: th
EU AI Act and EU Sanctions Intensify Pressure on Russian SaaS Companies in Europe
The EU and Russia are almost simultaneously moving AI regulation into a practical phase, and for Russian SaaS companies this becomes a doubl
"First Form" showed how to maintain a company map so AI doesn't make mistakes
"First Form" demonstrated why corporate AI systems start confidently making errors if the data map isn't updated, and how to solve this with
Veai 5.7 for JetBrains IDE adds directories to chat and auto-retry for agent tasks
Veai updated its AI agent for JetBrains IDE: version 5.7 brings directories to chat, model selection directly in the dialog, auto-retry, and
Anthropic Accelerates Claude Rate Limit Depletion During Peak Hours for Free, Pro, and Max Users
Anthropic has modified how it counts rate limits in Claude: during high-load periods, five-hour sessions for Free, Pro, and Max users now de
OpenAI invested in Isara — product-less startup valued at $650M in nine months
OpenAI joined Isara's $94M funding round: a nine-month-old San Francisco startup is building a system that coordinates thousands of AI agent
Keith raised £2 million to launch AI law firm to accelerate property deals by 70%
British startup Keith raised £2 million to launch a regulated AI law firm for property transactions: 24/7 agent, automation of up to 80% of
Habr AI: METR and Google Cloud See No Promised Developer Acceleration from AI
Habr AI compiled findings from several studies: AI assistants make developer work more comfortable, but data from METR, Google Cloud, and Py
KodaCode 0.8.0 adds secure chat mode, dialog branching, and image support
KodaCode 0.8.0 migrates chat to secure agent logic with read-only tools, adds session branching, JSON export, and image uploads for multimod
Microsoft leases 900 MW data center originally prepared for Oracle and OpenAI
Microsoft leases a 900 MW data center project originally prepared for Oracle and OpenAI, intensifying competition for AI infrastructure
Google simplified the transition to Gemini: you can transfer memory, chat history and settings
Google added to Gemini the ability to transfer memory, chat history and user preferences from other AI services so that new users wouldn't h
SberDevices and ruGPT-3 XL: Developer Restores Forgotten Russian-Language Model from 2021
Developer brought back ai-forever/rugpt3xl — a Russian-language SberDevices model with 1.3 billion parameters, created in 2021 and trained f
Meta to finance seven gas power plants for Hyperion data center in Louisiana
Meta is ready to pay for the construction of seven gas power plants for Hyperion in Louisiana — one of the clearest signals of how the AI bo
Habr AI Shows How to Build an SEO System for a Niche and Prepare Your Site for AI Search
Habr AI analyzed why LLMs don't replace SEO strategy: you must first design demand, clusters, and page types, then launch content generation
Apple Prepares Siri to Work with Third-Party AI Assistants and Shifts iPhone Strategy
Apple wants to open Siri to external AI assistants, transforming the iPhone from a single-assistant device into a platform where users can c
IWE and OpenAI: How to Turn Markdown Notes into a Knowledge Graph for AI Agents
Using IWE as an example, we showed how to build a local knowledge graph from markdown, connect OpenAI function calling, and construct an age
Albumentations explained how to systematically select augmentations for computer vision models
Albumentations released a practical guide on selecting augmentations: don't gather them randomly, but test them as hypotheses about data, tr
Physical Intelligence discusses $1 billion round at valuation over $11 billion
Physical Intelligence startup, created by AI scientists and former Google DeepMind researchers, discusses a $1 billion round at a valuation
MiniMax Replaces Claude API: AI Agent Costs Cut from $200 to $20
Developer migrated social media AI agent from Claude API to MiniMax and Kimi, cutting monthly model costs from $200+ to approximately $20 wi
Generation Z Uses AI in Job Interviews, and Startups Turn It Into a Business
2025 graduates are entering the worst junior job market in five years and increasingly use AI right during interviews, while a new wave of s
Kandou AI raises $225M for copper interconnects in AI infrastructure
Swiss Kandou AI closed a $225M funding round at a $400M valuation, betting that copper interconnects between chips will remain critical for
Researchers: Deepfakes of Trump and Fake Military Women Became Propaganda Weapons
Political deepfakes are no longer limited to videos of celebrities: AI avatars in military uniforms gather audiences, generate revenue, and
Habr AI Compared Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT on Text, Math, Analysis, and Creativity
Habr AI compared ChatGPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Pro not on standard demos, but on unconventional tasks involving text, mathema
xAI loses all cofounders: Ross Nordeen departs Elon Musk's company
Startup xAI has lost its last cofounder besides Elon Musk: Ross Nordeen departed amid massive company restructuring ahead of SpaceX's potent
Google explained the difference between Google-Agent and Googlebot for AI access and indexing
Google described how the new Google-Agent differs from Googlebot: the first performs actions on sites at user request, the second automatica
Qdrant and DRAG with KNEE: How to Make RAG Adaptive and Avoid Wasting Extra Tokens
The author proposes DRAG with KNEE — an adaptive RAG approach based on Qdrant and Python that builds a document hierarchy and removes unnece
Why the Pentagon-Anthropic conflict became a warning sign for AI business
The dispute between the US Department of Defense and Anthropic over model usage restrictions revealed a new corporate risk: AI strategy depe
How to Write Prompts for Midjourney, DALL-E, and Kandinsky to Get Precise Images
We break down why vague requests break image generation and how prompt structure, word weights, negative instructions, and settings deliver
OpenAI and Sam Altman: how the board crisis became a power struggle
The article connects Sam Altman's firing and return, questions about the Startup Fund, and a controversial Pentagon contract into one story
Amazon-affiliated researchers presented A-Evolve for automatic evolution of AI agents
Researchers affiliated with Amazon presented A-Evolve — a system that automates AI agent development and replaces manual tuning with state e
Habr AI: LLMs Can Take Over Routine in Business Research—But Not Strategy
A Habr AI author divides product and marketing research into three levels, arguing that LLMs will quickly automate routine tasks and part of
DeepMind and Yann LeCun Push AGI Toward World Models — Why This Concerns More Than LLMs
The author links the path to AGI not with LLM growth, but with world models: if AI learns to understand the physics of the world and gains a
Zac Kass, former OpenAI top executive: AI will create many market winners
Zac Kass believes the AI market is still at an early stage, but companies that quickly integrate the technology into their products and proc
Agent-Infra Introduces AIO Sandbox — Unified Environment for AI Agents with Browser and Shell
Agent-Infra released open-source AIO Sandbox — a containerized environment where browser, shell, shared file layer, and MCP are integrated i
Anthropic Wins Pentagon Case, But Final Victory Remains Uncertain
A federal court in California ordered the Pentagon to remove Anthropic from its list of unreliable suppliers, but experts warn that the fina
OpenClaw deployed on Wiren Board: how an AI agent controls the controller and writes scripts
A Wiren Board engineer deployed OpenClaw directly on the controller, connected Telegram, trained the agent to work with Modbus, and tested w
Cursor releases TypeScript SDK for coding agents with cloud sandboxes and token-based pricing
Cursor has opened the public beta of its TypeScript SDK: developers can now run coding agents locally, in the cloud, or on their own workers
Who's Behind Claude: How Former OpenAI Employees Built Anthropic's Team
Anthropic grew out of a team of former OpenAI employees, and Claude's success is driven not only by Dario and Daniela Amodei, but also by re
ChatGPT Helped Design a Controller for a 32-Juice Vending Machine
The author on Habr demonstrated a conversation with ChatGPT where the model clarifies requirements and builds a controller architecture for
"First Form" Implemented MCP to Configure BPM Processes via AI Agent
Russian BPM platform "First Form" implemented support for Model Context Protocol: now categories, forms, and business processes can be confi
Anthropic reveals in largest AI survey what people actually expect from it
Anthropic conducted 80,508 interviews in 159 countries and found: people expect from AI not just productivity, but above all time, access to
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic Accelerate AI Model Race, but the Market Is Already Tired of the Noise
In February 2026, leading AI labs released dozens of models, but the real story isn't record-breaking benchmarks—it's falling prices, growin
Goldman Sachs accelerates AI agent deployment and transforms developer work
Marco Ardenti from Goldman Sachs described how the bank is transitioning from internal AI tools to agentic platforms, reshaping engineer wor
OpenAI shut down Sora due to resource shortage, breaking major Disney deal
WSJ revealed that OpenAI halted Sora support not due to new strategy, but due to computing power deficit: the service cost up to $1 million
Goldman Sachs transitions to a new phase of artificial intelligence: Marco Ardenti on agents
Goldman Sachs discusses a new stage of AI implementation: after internal tools, the bank evaluates agent platforms and their real value for
Starcloud raises $170M at $1.1B valuation for orbital data centers
Startup Starcloud raised $170M to build orbital data centers: the company already operates Nvidia H100 in orbit, and its next goal is price-
How AI Tools for Forex Are Tested for Accuracy and Why Backtests Are Not Enough
AI services for the forex market often shine in backtests, but in live trading, everything is decided by metrics, data quality, execution de
JPMorgan starts factoring ChatGPT and Claude usage into engineer evaluations
JPMorgan is shifting AI-tool usage from optional to standard practice: roughly 65,000 engineers are expected to use them regularly, and mana
Forterro CEO calls fears around AI in software industry exaggerated
Forterro CEO Dean Forbes believes that fears around AI in development and corporate software are overblown, and for industrial vendors this
OpenAI hasn't yet turned ChatGPT into a new App Store: developers complain
Six months after launching mini-apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI already has hundreds of integrations, but developers complain about weak functionali
Glia Wins AI Excellence Awards for Safe AI Implementation in Banking
Glia won the AI Excellence Awards 2026 in the banking services category: the jury recognized its approach to practical and more secure AI us
Biren Technology More Than Tripled Revenue Amid China's AI Chip Demand
Biren Technology more than tripled annual revenue driven by surging demand for AI chips in China, where companies are increasingly building
MIT Taught AI to Find Atomic Defects in Materials Without Destroying Samples
MIT scientists created an AI model that finds up to six atomic defects simultaneously from neutron scattering data and measures their concen
Mistral raises $830M for data center with Nvidia chips, intensifies AI race in Europe
French Mistral AI has secured $830M in debt financing for a data center near Paris to house Nvidia chips and accelerate European AI infrastr
Bank of Russia Seeks Run:ai Alternative, Prepares Neural Networks for Industrial Scale
Bank of Russia has begun searching for a domestic platform to manage GPU clusters at the level of Run:ai — this may signal a shift by the re