Google's Chrome team has released an early preview of WebMCP, a new web standard enabling direct communication between websites and AI agents. Site owners can now explicitly define how AI agents interact with their services, replacing unreliable DOM scraping with structured APIs.
Soaring AI data center demand for DRAM and HBM chips is driving a global memory shortage that will push the average smartphone price 14% higher to an all-time record of $523, while eliminating sub-$100 handsets entirely.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series on February 25, featuring Google Gemini's agentic AI that can autonomously operate third-party apps like Uber on a user's behalf — the first smartphone to offer true multi-step AI task execution.
Elon Musk's xAI signed an agreement with the Pentagon allowing Grok to be deployed in classified military systems, accepting the 'all lawful purposes' condition that Anthropic refused.
President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products after the company refused Pentagon demands. OpenAI signed a deal with similar but accepted guardrails within hours.
Anthropic has officially rejected the Pentagon's latest proposal, stating 'We cannot in good conscience accede to their request.' The move underscores Anthropic's position on AI safety principles and the tension between powerful AI capabilities and military applications.
Professor Zico Kolter's 10-202: Introduction to Modern AI at Carnegie Mellon University is now available online for free, including lecture videos, assignments, and autograded submissions — with a 2-week delay from the in-person course.
Developer Eric Holmes argues that MCP is already dying, claiming LLMs already excel at using CLI tools without a special protocol. He makes a strong case that CLIs compose better, debug easier, and work with existing auth systems.
Alphabet's robotics software company Intrinsic moved from 'Other Bets' into Google proper on February 25, gaining direct access to Gemini models, Google Cloud, and DeepMind research. The strategy mirrors Android: one platform running across FANUC, KUKA, and Universal Robots hardware.
Meta struck a multiyear agreement to purchase up to $100B in AMD MI450 AI chips covering ~6GW of data center power demand. Includes warrants for 160M AMD shares and accelerates Meta's 'personal superintelligence' AI roadmap.
MLU-Explain's interactive visualization demonstrates why decision trees remain one of the most powerful and interpretable tools in ML, showing how simple nested if-else rules form the foundation of modern ensemble methods.
A developer built a demo simulating ad-supported AI chat, inserting ads mid-response to illustrate the likely UX of a truly free AI model. The demo sparked 248-point discussion on Hacker News about AI monetization models.