Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 2.5, enhancing multimodal reasoning and coding support, with new integrations for Google Workspace and advanced image analysis.
Chinese hyperscalers are advancing industry-specific agentic AI solutions.
xAI secured a $3.4 billion loan from Apollo for Nvidia chips following its merger with SpaceX.
Alphabet raised $20 billion in bonds to fund its $185 billion AI infrastructure expansion.
University of Michigan researchers developed an AI system that interprets brain MRI scans in seconds, accurately identifying neurological conditions and flagging urgent cases.
Apple is poised to release the first beta of iOS 26.4 later in February, offering real-world glimpses of Apple Intelligence features unveiled at WWDC 2024.
Apple reinforces its AI push, with Tim Cook highlighting live translation through AirPods, AI writing tools, visual intelligence, and privacy protections as core advantages.
NVIDIA is broadening its AI stack into physical systems through a collaboration with Opentrons, linking NVIDIA Isaac robotics and Cosmos simulation to standardize biological experiments in wet-lab workflows.
Claude introduced interactive workplace apps for Slack, Canva, Figma, Box, and Clay, allowing users to perform tasks like sending messages and generating charts directly within chats on paid tiers.
Google upgraded AI Overviews with Gemini 3 as the default model, introducing seamless chat handoffs for contextual follow-up conversations, now serving 75 million daily active users in 40 languages.
Google launched 'Personal Intelligence' for AI Mode in Search and Gemini, enabling the assistant to personalize responses using data from Gmail, Photos, Search history, and YouTube with user permission.