2026
Google launches Android Bench to evaluate AI in mobile development
Google has made Android Bench available, the first specialized tool for assessing large language models' skills in Android app development.
OpenAI unveils Codex Security for automated detection and remediation of code vulnerabilities
OpenAI is launching Codex Security, an intelligent agent for code security analysis that not only finds issues, but also suggests ready-made
Descript and OpenAI: how to scale multilingual video dubbing
Descript uses OpenAI models for automatic video dubbing into dozens of languages. The system optimizes translation not only for meaning but
Google released SpeciesNet — an open-source AI model for wildlife protection
Google introduced SpeciesNet, an open-source model that helps conservationists around the world identify animal species from camera-trap ima
City Detect raises $13 million for AI in urban safety and cleanliness
Startup City Detect, which uses computer vision to combat urban decay, has closed a $13 million Series A round. The system is already operat
WhatsApp opens the door to rivals: chatbots from third-party AI companies are coming to Brazil
After Europe, Meta will allow competing AI companies to place their chatbots in WhatsApp for Brazilian users — for a fee. This could reshape
How a Russian IT Company Turned Corporate Knowledge into a Working RAG System
Engineers at Tsifra built a RAG pipeline that speeds up search across internal knowledge bases severalfold. Instead of fine-tuning models, t
Dorsey laid off 40% of staff to rebuild Block around AI
Block founder Jack Dorsey explained the mass layoffs: he wants to turn the company into “intelligence.” What does that mean in practice?
A month with Alexa+: Amazon's smart assistant fails
A journalist tested the Echo Show 15 with Alexa+ in the kitchen for a full month — and the results were disappointing.
AI assistants for coding: from autocomplete to autonomous agents
Over three years, AI assistants for programmers have evolved from advanced autocomplete into full-fledged agents capable of reading reposito
97 Hours on a Single GPU: An Experiment With a Self-Learning Neural Network and the Trap of Impressive Metrics
An independent researcher tried to teach a language model to plug in new skills like apps — without retraining. The architecture worked, the
Diagnosis by Algorithm: Who Is Responsible When AI Makes a Mistake in Medicine
AI is already making diagnoses and prescribing treatment. But when the algorithm gets it wrong, the patient is left alone with a system that
Your own cloud LLM: how to fit within 16 GB of VRAM
Spending on language model APIs is rising rapidly. Developers are increasingly looking for an alternative — and finding it in self-hosted so
Liquid AI released a system for running AI agents fully on-device
Liquid AI unveiled the LFM2-24B-A2B model and the LocalCowork app — a pairing for executing complex AI agent workflows without a single call
Architecture as Code: how LLMs accelerate system design
The BCS team showed how to move architectural documentation into code and leave routine tasks to LLM assistants. An approval cycle that used
SoftBank takes out a record $40 billion loan for a stake in OpenAI
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is preparing the largest dollar-denominated loan in its history — up to $40 billion. Almost the entire amount
AWS launches AI platform for healthcare: Amazon Connect Health
Amazon Web Services has unveiled a specialized platform based on AI agents for healthcare providers. Amazon Connect Health will handle patie
Reasoning Models Can't Hide Their Thoughts — And That's Good
OpenAI introduced the CoT-Control tool and discovered: reasoning models are nearly unable to control their chains of thought. Paradoxically,
DiligenceSquared replaces consultants with voice AI agents in M&A deals
Startup DiligenceSquared offers private equity funds a way to conduct due diligence without expensive consultants, using voice AI agents tha
Self-Aware MCP Server: How to teach AI agents to understand the real world
AI assistants are great at writing code, but they do not know which OS you use or what time zone you are in. The new MCP server solves this
Why language models will never become AGI: Wittgenstein’s century-old lesson
Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein formulated a principle that explains the fundamental limit of modern LLMs. We examine why the path
Validio raises $30 million to solve a problem the entire AI industry stays silent about
The Swedish startup spent six years building infrastructure that checks whether enterprise data is ready for AI. It now has $30 million for
Pentagon tested OpenAI models through Microsoft, bypassing military-use ban
Sources say the U.S. Department of Defense experimented with OpenAI technology through Microsoft's cloud platform even before the company of
The US is considering licensing exports of Nvidia and AMD chips worldwide
The Trump administration is discussing the introduction of a permit system for overseas sales of Nvidia and AMD AI chips. If implemented, th
Luma launches creative AI agents powered by Unified Intelligence models
Luma has unveiled a platform of AI agents capable of coordinating multiple artificial intelligence systems and creating full-fledged content
Claude Code and NotebookLM: how to build a free RAG system for deep research
Developers have found a way to combine Claude Code with Google's NotebookLM to create a powerful document analysis system — practically free
CI/CD Pipeline for Amazon Lex: Conflict-Free Team Development
How isolated development environments and automated testing help teams scale chatbots on Amazon Lex without chaos.
Meta AI glasses send intimate videos for human review in Kenya
An investigation by Swedish journalists found that Meta contractors in Nairobi review videos from the smart glasses, including recordings fr
Skaro: how one developer built a full-cycle AI orchestrator through sleepless nights
A Russian developer created a tool that turns specifications into finished code with AI, without losing context or compromising quality. Ska
AWS teaches Strands Agents to work with any model on SageMaker
Amazon showed how to connect language models deployed on SageMaker to the Strands Agents framework, even if they do not support the standard
Anthropic resumes talks with the Pentagon amid the conflict in Iran
With the war in Iran entering its sixth day and markets swinging sharply, Anthropic is returning to talks with the Pentagon on critical secu
Lio raises $30M from a16z to automate corporate procurement
AI startup Lio raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz to automate procurement at enterprises.
Google’s key AI announcements: February 2026 roundup
Google summed up the month by unveiling major updates to its neural networks. We break down the main technological changes across the compan
AI learned to unmask anonymous social media accounts
Researchers at ETH Zurich and Anthropic created a system of AI agents capable of linking anonymous accounts to real people. The era of secur
Programmers after AI: who will remain in the profession
A large-scale experiment with AI code generators showed how close we are to the point where machines can replace developers. The results wer
The Main AI Threat Comes from Within: How to Protect an Organization
The most dangerous AI-related cyberthreats come not from external hackers, but from a company’s own employees and internal processes. Twelve
TCS reshapes its business: Indian IT giant builds data centers for OpenAI and others
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT outsourcer, has signed a deal with OpenAI and is in talks with other tech giants to build AI d
National language model: ambitions, reality, and the cost of sovereignty
Russia is seriously discussing the creation of its own LLM. But between intention and outcome lies a chasm of talent, hardware, and decades
Documents as code: how AI is reshaping the way we work with information
Why keep dozens of copies of the same report if AI can assemble documents from source data on demand? A new paradigm for working with inform
Google released a CLI tool for Workspace: a bridge between enterprise infrastructure and AI agents
Google has made a command-line interface for managing Workspace publicly available. The key point is that the tool is designed so language m
KernelEvo: Russian framework automates GPU kernel generation with AI
The AIRI Institute has introduced KernelEvo, a framework that automatically generates optimized GPU kernels in CUDA and Triton. Instead of w
Yuan 3.0 Ultra: one trillion parameters with record efficiency
China's YuanLab AI has unveiled an open multimodal model with one trillion parameters, while activating only 68.8 billion of them. A one-thi
Apple Music to introduce transparency tags for AI-created music
Apple plans to label AI content in its music service with special tags. But there is a caveat: record labels and distributors must opt in to
Nvidia pulls back from OpenAI and Anthropic: what Jensen Huang is hiding
Nvidia's CEO said the company is ending investments in leading AI labs. But his explanations leave more questions than answers — and there m
Meta is developing its own chips for training AI models
Despite major contracts with leading chipmakers, Meta is not abandoning its in-house silicon ambitions. The company plans to build processor
Broadcom targets $100 billion in AI chip sales by 2027
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said the company expects to surpass $100 billion in revenue from AI chip sales as early as next year — a direct challe
Google integrates the Canvas workspace directly into search results
Google is making Canvas available to all AI Mode users in Search. Users can now create documents, write code, and plan trips in an interacti
One developer replaced a product team using AI agents
A developer built an ecosystem of seven websites with SSO, monitoring, and GDPR compliance in a month and for under $1,000, replacing a tech
Cognitive memory for an AI agent: how SQLite replaced vector databases
A developer built a memory system for a local AI agent that can not only remember, but also forget. A graph architecture on top of SQLite pr
Five security patterns without which agentic AI is doomed to fail
Autonomous AI agents are increasingly making decisions without human involvement. But the more freedom a system has, the higher the cost of
Axios: how AI is helping local journalism survive
Axios's operations director explained how the newsroom uses AI to support local reporters and scale high-quality journalism.
AI helped compute graviton amplitudes in quantum gravity
A new preprint extends the single-minus amplitude method to gravitons — and GPT-5.2 Pro played a key role in deriving and verifying the resu
Google adds Canvas to AI Mode directly in Search
Canvas in AI Mode is now available to all users in the US — documents and interactive tools can be created directly in Google Search.
Google sued after Gemini allegedly advised a man to take his own life
The family of a 36-year-old Florida man has filed the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against Google over the Gemini chatbot. The company
Raycast launches Glaze — a platform where vibe coding becomes truly simple
The creators of the popular Mac launcher Raycast have released Glaze, an app that removes the last barriers between ordinary users and build
CollectivIQ wants to make AI more reliable by querying 14 models at once
Startup CollectivIQ proposes a radically simple idea: instead of trusting one chatbot, ask fourteen at once. The company aggregates response
AI agent for checking technical specifications: why automate what doesn't work manually
A developer created an AI agent that analyzes technical specifications for errors and contradictions. Her experiment reveals a systemic prob
Edge AI in video cameras: how OpenIPC, an open project, is changing the rules of video analytics
The OpenIPC project has grown from a niche Linux distribution for IP cameras into a full-fledged community that brings AI directly to device
Large language models: why out-of-the-box deployment remains an illusion
There are now so many open LLMs that choosing a workhorse is a quest in itself. But the real problems begin after download: not a single maj
AI starters for business: how AI agents write CRM applications instead of developers
A new approach to building business applications: ready-made AI templates with prompts make it possible to assemble custom CRM modules for p