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LAST UPDATED: FEB 21, 2026 — 04:57 IST
AI Impact Summit 2026
A look at the partnerships and investments Google announced at the AI Impact Summit 2026.
OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker
OpenAI's first hardware release will be a smart speaker with a camera that will probably cost between $200 and $300, according to The Information. The device will be able to recognize things like "items on a nearby table or conversations people are h
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on
OpenAI's new GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is 15 times faster at coding than its predecessor.
AI Impact Summit 2026: How we’re partnering to make AI work
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Uncertainty Driving Private Credit Jitters: Cisar
Winnie Cisar, global head of credit strategy at CreditSights says lower return expectations, default rate cycles, and economic uncertainties are factoring into private credit anxiety. She spoke with Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield" after Blue Owl
Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI
Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.
Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and
The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company bought fintech startup Step,
The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously
A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw - the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that "actually does things" - absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous sof
Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app
Google has given Gemini the ability to spit out AI-generated music, courtesy of DeepMind's latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, enabling users to generate 30-second tracks based on text, images, and videos, wit