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February 18, 2026

LangChain Agent Tops Terminal Bench via Harness Engineering

LangChain Agent Tops Terminal Bench via Harness Engineering

LangChain's coding agent improved from Top 30 to Top 5 on Terminal Bench 2.0 by only changing the harness. Harness engineering uses self-verification and tracing to boost performance.

LangChain Blog · 210d ago

WordPress.com Launches Easy AI Assistant

WordPress.com Launches Easy AI Assistant

WordPress.com has added an AI Assistant that lets users edit content, adjust styles, create images, and more. It works effectively without requiring precisely tailored prompts, making it accessible for casual users.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

February 17, 2026

EU probes xAI over sexualized images

EU probes xAI over sexualized images

The EU has launched a large-scale probe into xAI concerning sexualized images. The investigation could result in massive fines for the AI company.

Ars Technica · 210d ago

AI Top Talents Mass Resigning Amid Fears

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AI Top Talents Mass Resigning Amid Fears

Leading AI researchers from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI are resigning publicly, expressing despair over rapid AGI progress and existential risks. Their poetic farewell letters highlight fears of singularity and loss of human control.

虎嗅 · 210d ago

5 Custom Instructions Supercharge ChatGPT

5 Custom Instructions Supercharge ChatGPT

The article shares 5 custom ChatGPT instructions to deliver tighter, more helpful responses faster. These prompts help users optimize AI interactions for efficiency and quality.

ZDNet AI · 210d ago

17 US AI Firms Hit $100M+ Funding in 2026

17 US AI Firms Hit $100M+ Funding in 2026

Seventeen US-based AI companies have raised $100M or more in 2026 so far. Three achieved rounds exceeding $1B, with 14 others at $100M+.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

Yuanbao Event: 36B Draws, 10B AI Creations

Yuanbao Event: 36B Draws, 10B AI Creations

Tencent's Yuanbao 10 billion red envelope event from Feb 1-17 recorded over 36 billion draws and 10 billion AI creations. 49% of users were from tier 3-4+ cities, with peaks at midnight.

IT之家 · 210d ago

India Targets $200B AI Infra by 2028

India Targets $200B AI Infra by 2028

India aims to attract over $200 billion in AI infrastructure investment by 2028. It is ramping up shared AI compute by adding 20,000 GPUs.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

SurrealDB Docker Extension for AI Agents

SurrealDB Docker Extension for AI Agents

SurrealDB is a multi-model database supporting relational, document, graph, vector, time-series, and search models in one system. It reduces complexity and costs from managing multiple databases for AI agents.

Docker Blog · 210d ago

SurrealDB 3.0 Unifies RAG Stack into One Database

SurrealDB 3.0 Unifies RAG Stack into One Database

SurrealDB releases version 3.0, a multi-model database that stores agent memory, vectors, graphs, and structured data in one Rust-native engine for transactional consistency. It eliminates sync issues across tools like Postgres, Pinecone, and Neo4j in RAG systems.

VentureBeat · 210d ago

Qodo 2.1 Ends AI Coding Amnesia with 11% Boost

Qodo 2.1 Ends AI Coding Amnesia with 11% Boost

Qodo launches version 2.1 with an intelligent Rules System that provides persistent memory for AI code reviewers, replacing hacky file-based workarounds. It auto-generates rules from code patterns and past reviews, enforcing standards across sessions.

VentureBeat · 210d ago

Emergent Hits $100M ARR in 8 Months

Emergent Hits $100M ARR in 8 Months

India's vibe-coding startup Emergent launched just eight months ago. It now claims annual recurring revenue exceeding $100 million.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

DeepMind Launches AI Partnerships in India

DeepMind Launches AI Partnerships in India

Google DeepMind is expanding its National Partnerships for AI initiative to India. The program aims to accelerate scientific discovery through AI-powered advancements in science and education.

DeepMind Blog · 210d ago

Qianwen AI Dismantles Meituan Dominance

Qianwen AI Dismantles Meituan Dominance

Meituan forecasts 233-243B RMB loss amid delivery subsidy wars, losing market share to Alibaba. Qianwen AI's 'Spring Festival Treat Plan' integrates Alibaba ecosystem for voice ordering, hitting 41B instructions in 6 days with DAU rivaling Doubao.

虎嗅 · 210d ago

Meituan 243B Loss as AI Reshapes Delivery

Meituan 243B Loss as AI Reshapes Delivery

Meituan warns of 233-243B RMB Q4 loss, share halves amid subsidy wars eroding 70% to 50% market share against Alibaba, JD. Alibaba's Qianwen AI hubs ecosystem for one-command ordering, hitting 41B instructions in Spring Festival.

虎嗅 · 210d ago

Adani's $100B AI Data Center Pledge

Adani's $100B AI Data Center Pledge

Adani Group pledges $100 billion to build AI data centers in India, targeting up to 5 gigawatts of capacity. The plan involves partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Flipkart.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

AI Startups' Brutal 12-Hour Grind

AI Startups' Brutal 12-Hour Grind

San Francisco AI startups enforce 12-hour days and no weekends amid competitive anxiety. Examples include founders skipping weekends for months and employees staying overnight in slippers.

The Guardian Technology · 210d ago

Vercel Agent Adds Auto Build Fixes

Vercel Agent Adds Auto Build Fixes

Vercel Agent now offers automatic code-fix suggestions for broken builds in GitHub PR reviews and Vercel Dashboard. It scans deployments for errors, analyzes code and logs, and proposes fixes as PR changes for review.

Vercel News · 210d ago

Stably Ships AI Testing Agents in Hours with Vercel

Stably Ships AI Testing Agents in Hours with Vercel

Stably's 6-person team slashed AI testing agent shipping time from weeks to hours using Vercel. The platform eliminates infrastructure anxiety, enabling faster autonomous testing.

Vercel News · 210d ago

skills.sh Launches Automated Security Audits

skills.sh Launches Automated Security Audits

skills.sh now offers automated security audits for its skills, partnering with GenSocket and Snyk to scale audits across over 60,000 skills. Results are publicly displayed on skill detail pages, malicious skills are hidden from leaderboards and search, with warnings before installation.

Vercel News · 210d ago

Recraft V4 Launches on Vercel AI Gateway

Recraft V4 Launches on Vercel AI Gateway

Recraft V4, a text-to-image model for professional design and marketing, is now available on Vercel's AI Gateway. It offers enhanced photorealism with realistic skin, natural textures, clean lighting, and varied compositions, plus original characters for illustrations.

Vercel News · 210d ago

iFlytek 2025: 27B Revenue, LLM Calls Surge 45x

iFlytek 2025: 27B Revenue, LLM Calls Surge 45x

iFlytek's 2025 operating cashback exceeded 270B RMB with 30B cash flow, up 28% YoY. Open platform big model daily calls grew 45x, gross profit up 244% to over 10B.

IT之家 · 210d ago

Infosys Partners Anthropic for Enterprise AI Agents

Infosys Partners Anthropic for Enterprise AI Agents

Infosys has partnered with Anthropic amid AI-driven IT stock volatility. The deal integrates Anthropic's Claude models into Infosys' Topaz AI platform.

TechCrunch AI · 210d ago

Galbot Demos Real Tasks at 2026 Spring Gala

Galbot Demos Real Tasks at 2026 Spring Gala

Galbot robot from Galaxy General performed practical tasks like handling walnuts, stocking drinks, cleaning glass, skewering sausages, and folding clothes on 2026 CCTV Spring Gala. Unlike flashy demos, it focused on completing real work, reflecting the company's deployment of robots as clerks in over 100 convenience stores nationwide.

机器之心 · 210d ago

SEINT: Efficient Rigid-Body Invariant Metric

SEINT: Efficient Rigid-Body Invariant Metric

SEINT proposes a training-free SE(p)-invariant metric for structural data like 3D point clouds and molecules. It compresses high-dimensional distributions into 1D isometric representations (PTD/DcPTD) for fast 1D Optimal Transport computation.

机器之心 · 210d ago

Gentoo Ditches GitHub for Codeberg Over Copilot

Gentoo Ditches GitHub for Codeberg Over Copilot

Gentoo Linux is migrating its repositories from Microsoft-owned GitHub to Codeberg due to concerns over forced Copilot AI usage. The official migration is underway with repo mirrors now open.

The Register - AI/ML · 210d ago

PIL: Linear Proxies for Unlearnable Samples

PIL: Linear Proxies for Unlearnable Samples

PIL generates unlearnable examples using lightweight linear proxies instead of DNNs, slashing compute costs. It exploits the insight that perturbations induce linear behavior in deep models.

机器之心 · 210d ago

Apple Music Text Prompts Create Playlists

Apple Music Text Prompts Create Playlists

The first iOS 26.4 beta introduces Playlist Playground in Apple Music, allowing users to create custom playlists via simple text prompts. This feature streamlines music discovery and personalization.

Digital Trends · 210d ago

Dreame Robot Vacuum Debuts on Chunwan

Dreame Robot Vacuum Debuts on Chunwan

Dreame's robot vacuum became the first smart product featured on 2026 Chunwan, symbolizing China's robot vacuum dominance with 65% global market share. Key innovations include bionic mechanical arm for edge cleaning and AI carpet roller shield.

36氪 · 210d ago

CIOs: Prove AI ROI or Risk Budget Cuts

CIOs: Prove AI ROI or Risk Budget Cuts

Boards are demanding CIOs prove measurable ROI on AI projects amid tightening budgets. Failure to demonstrate value risks project cancellations, bonus cuts, and job losses.

The Register - AI/ML · 210d ago