Tech pros urge DoD to revoke Anthropic's risk designation after refusing unrestricted military AI access. Trump banned federal use, sparking industry overreach fears. Anthropic vows legal challenge.

Tess AI raised $5M from Hi Ventures and DYDX. It uses autonomous AI agents for enterprise tasks with a seatless, pay-per-impact model. Agents integrate 200+ AI models to execute workflows.

Honor unveiled its first humanoid robot, Honor ROBOT, at MWC 2026, showcasing moonwalk. Honor Robot Phone, embodied AI terminal, features motorized 3-axis gimbal flip camera and 200MP sensor.

Xiaomi debuts 17 Ultra ahead of MWC 2026. It features a 200MP Leica periscope camera, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and 6000mAh battery. Priced from $1,799, it arrives in Europe and Asia this March.

OpenAI raises $110B at $730B valuation from Nvidia, SoftBank, AWS. AWS commits $100B cloud spend, 2GW compute. Microsoft partnership remains solid. Nvidia adds 5GW compute. IPO expected this year.

AA-WER v2.0 unveiled. ElevenLabs' Scribe v2 tops with 2.3% WER, followed by Google Gemini 3 Pro (2.9%). Google relies on general multimodal capabilities. Both lead AA-AgentTalk eval, beating others.

Lenovo unveiled two AI productivity concepts at MWC: the robotic AI Workmate for task assistance and projection, and the clock-like AI Work Companion for scheduling and wellness. Both leverage local AI. Market release is unconfirmed.

Claude topped App Store charts, beating ChatGPT, amidst Pentagon tensions. Anthropic saw record sign-ups, users up 60%. Trump banned federal use over AI disputes; OpenAI partnered with Pentagon.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed engineers built an AI chatbot modeled after him to prep for meetings. 90% of engineers use AI daily, with 30% reimagining architecture, boosting productivity.

OpenAI updates APIs: gpt-realtime-1.5 enhances voice reliability. Responses API adds WebSockets for persistent connections, cutting context retransmission. Boosts AI agent tool calls by 20-40%.

Inception Labs launches Mercury 2, a diffusion AI model. At 1,009 tokens/sec and 1.7s latency, it beats rivals in speed and cost. Available via API with 128K context, an alternative to Transformers.

Anthropic enhances Claude Cowork with Google Workspace, Docusign, WordPress integration. Plugins automate office tasks. Claude handles multi-step Excel-to-PowerPoint workflows. For paid subscribers.

Google launches ProducerAI in Labs, powered by DeepMind's Lyria 3. It creates music via text. Endorsed by Chainsmokers, it emphasizes collaboration. AI faces copyright concerns.

Oura unveiled an AI model for women's health. Powering Oura Advisor, it offers personalized insights from menstruation to menopause using bio-signals. Hosted privately; not for diagnosis.

Google's Opal adds agent feature for automated workflows via text prompts. Powered by Gemini 3 Flash, it plans tasks and uses tools like Sheets. It expands no-code capabilities amidst competition.

Meta & AMD seal $100B+ AI deal. AMD provides custom accelerators & infrastructure from 2026. Meta may acquire 10% equity. Supports 6GW AI capacity. Follows AMD-OpenAI deal in global AI race.

IBM partners with Deepgram to integrate speech tech into watsonx Orchestrate, enabling voice-enabled agents. Supporting 35 languages, it enhances enterprise workflows with real-time transcription.

Nvidia returns to consumer PCs with Dell, Lenovo, Intel, and MediaTek. New AI chips and Arm-based SoCs target Apple-like efficiency. Aiming for $1,000-$1,500 price range. Launch imminent.

AMD shares rose 8% on multi-billion Meta deal. Meta secures 10% equity option. Deal covers MI450 GPUs/CPUs on TSMC 2nm, totaling 6GW. Deliveries start H2 2026. Value may exceed $100B.

AWS launches Elemental Inference, an AI service optimizing live video for vertical social media. Converts to 9:16 in real-time, eliminating editing. Integrates with MediaLive across regions.