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In a memo to US lawmakers, OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using distillation techniques to train the next generation of R1 and “free-ride” on leading US AI models (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 AI

IBM says it plans to triple entry-level hiring in the US in 2026 “for all these jobs that we're being told AI can do” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 IBM AI

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is OpenAI's first AI model to run on chips from Nvidia rival Cerebras; OpenAI says Codex has more than 1M weekly active users (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 AI Nvidia

Letter: the EU launched a new probe into Google for potentially “artificially increasing the clearing price” of ad auctions “to the detriment of advertisers” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 Google

Sony launches the $330 WF-1000XM6 earbuds, with AI-powered beamforming mics for enhanced voice call clarity, improved ANC, and hands-free Gemini on Android (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 Android AI Sony

Simile, which uses AI to help companies predict human behavior, including guessing items customers might buy, raised $100M led by Index and emerges from stealth (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-13 AI

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana expects the company to hit 1M+ paid weekly robotaxi rides in the US by the end of 2026, up from ~400K per week in six cities now (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12

Samsung says it sent the first commercial HBM4 shipments to customers, as it seeks to supply Nvidia and compete with memory rivals like SK Hynix and Micron (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Samsung Nvidia

Some of the biggest VC firms are backing both OpenAI and Anthropic, breaking a taboo by investing in competing startups, as the AI race reshapes venture capital (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Startup AI

Lenovo reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $22.2B on strong PC sales ahead of expected memory price hikes and rising AI server demand; net income fell 21% to $546M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 AI Lenovo

xAI will be organized into four core areas: Grok's chatbot and voice products, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard, which will build digital agents to run companies (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 chatbot

Sources: Apple's Siri upgrade has run into snags recently, possibly pushing some personalized Siri and other features from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.5, due in May (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 IOS Apple

Meta plans to spend more than $10B to build a 1GW data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, expected to be operational at the end of 2027 or in early 2028 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Lebanon

Google told advertisers that it is integrating direct shopping into Search's AI Mode and Gemini; users can now buy items from Etsy and Wayfair within Gemini (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Google AI

Austin-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised $520M led by Google and others at a $5.5B valuation, up 3x from when it raised $350M in February 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 Google Startup Robot

Filing: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, set to run for California governor to succeed Newsom, gets donations from Sergey Brin, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and others (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-12 California

Mistral plans to spend €1.2B to build AI infrastructure in Sweden in partnership with EcoDataCenter, set to open in 2027 and its first investment outside France (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 France AI Sweden

JPMorgan exec Naveen Mallela, global co-head of blockchain division Kinexys, steps down after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Blockchain JPMorgan

KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Fintech KPMG

A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 India Startup Entrepreneur

Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 AI Alipay

Alphabet raised almost $32B in debt in less than 24 hours; it sold sterling- and Swiss franc-denominated offerings following Monday's $20B dollar debt sale (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Switzerland Alphabet

Kalshi says it registered over $1B in trades related to the Super Bowl; Piper Sandler analysts say Kalshi and Polymarket saw ~$1.2B in total trading on Sunday (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11

Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500+ ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Instagram

Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years for fraud, files a long-shot request for a new trial, says new witness testimony could refute the prosecution's case (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11

A look at a16z's rising influence over Trump-era AI policy, including via Marc Andreessen building key relationships; an ex-official says a16z has “veto power” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Trump AI

Sources: Spain-based Multiverse, which shrinks LLMs to reduce energy and compute costs, is in talks to raise ~€500M at a €1.5B+ valuation and has hit €100M ARR (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Energy Spain

Sources: the iPhone 17e with MagSafe is coming soon; iOS 26.4 beta with updated Siri is set for the week of February 23 and M5 MacBook Pros as early as March 2 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 IOS iPhone MacBook

The US NLRB abandons its 2024 case accusing SpaceX of firing eight engineers for criticizing Elon Musk and signals it will steer clear of cases against SpaceX (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Elon Musk SpaceX

India tightens its rules on social media content, especially for AI-generated and manipulated material, giving platforms three hours to comply with takedowns (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 India AI

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