On Friday, February 27, 2026, OpenAI announced a record-breaking $110 billion funding round, elevating its valuation to $730 billion. This investment, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, is more than double the previous $40 billion round from 2025, which itself had set a record for a private tech company. The …

Meta Platforms has signed a multi-billion dollar agreement to rent Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) through Google Cloud to develop its new AI models, significantly expanding Google’s TPU commercialization strategy and allowing Meta to diversify its computing infrastructure beyond Nvidia and AMD. The Deal …

Anthropic has formally rejected the Pentagon’s ultimatum for unrestricted military use of its Claude AI model. CEO Dario Amodei stated that the company “cannot in good conscience” accede to the Department of Defense’s demands. The Rejection In a statement issued on the evening of February 26, 2026, Anthropic declared …

Google has launched Nano Banana 2, its latest image generation model that combines the advanced features of Nano Banana Pro with the speed of Gemini Flash. Technically known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, the model is available starting today across a variety of Google products. What’s New Nano Banana 2 brings the …

Meta and AMD Close Historic $100 Billion AI Chip Partnership Meta Platforms has finalized a historic deal with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) valued at more than $100 billion, a strategic move to diversify its AI infrastructure and challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the artificial intelligence chip market. Deal Details The …

Google Restricts Antigravity Access for OpenClaw Users Google has restricted access to its AI coding platform Antigravity for users who were routing Gemini tokens through OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework, citing “malicious usage” that degraded the service for other customers. The crackdown, which began over …

Research Published in Cell Reports Medicine Shows Significant Breakthrough Scientists at UC San Francisco and Wayne State University discovered that generative AI can process enormous medical datasets far faster than traditional computer science teams — and in some cases produce even stronger results. Human experts had …

Google Adds Music-Generation Capabilities to the Gemini App Google announced a significant new feature for the Gemini app: music generation using Google DeepMind’s Lyria 3 model. The feature is available in beta as of Wednesday. How It Works Lyria 3, Google DeepMind’s latest generative music model, enables users to …