AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 14:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Luma AI Shifts Compute to Saudi Arabia

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/16/2026/video-ai-startup-shifts-compute-to-saudi-as-ai-chips-arrive

2. AI Copper Demand Driving Global Supply Crisis

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6389352247112

3. CVC Exits Hit Record High in January, AI Dominates

https://globalventuring.com/corporate/europe/ai-deals-dominate-the-best-january-for-cvc-exits-in-recent-years/

4. xAI Co-Founders Departing in Rapid Succession

https://www.crescendo.ai/news/latest-ai-news-and-updates

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 13:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price"

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth

2. China's tech shock is "just getting started"

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/chinas-tech-shock-ai-monopoly-us.html

3. xAI Memphis data center air pollution violations

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/16/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouts-clean-air-rules/

4. India announces $1.1 billion AI venture fund

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/india-ai-impact-summit-tech-ceos-new-delhi.html

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 12:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. The Contradiction at the Heart of the AI Selloff

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-16/the-contradiction-at-the-heart-of-the-ai-selloff

2. White House Pressures Utah to Kill AI Safety Bill

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/white-house-utah-ai-transparency-bill

3. Nationwide Backlash Against AI Data Centers

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/podcasts/the-daily/ai-data-centers-backlash.html

4. DeepSeek V4 Expected Tomorrow

https://introl.com/blog/deepseek-v4-february-2026-coding-model-release

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 11:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. NPR Host David Greene Sues Google Over NotebookLM Voice Clone

https://gizmodo.com/former-npr-host-accuses-google-of-copying-his-voice-for-ai-offering-2000722402

2. AI Scare Trade Spreads Across Insurance, Brokerage, Real Estate Stocks

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/16/business/ai-disruption-fears-us-stocks

3. Computer Science Enrollment Drops 6% Across UC System as Students Shift to AI Majors

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead/

4. AI Impact Summit 2026 Opens in Delhi with 20 World Leaders

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260216-india-hosts-ai-summit

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 10:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Alibaba Qwen 3.5

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/alibaba-unveils-new-qwen35-model-agentic-ai-era-2026-02-16/

2. AMD-TCS Helios India AI Infrastructure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/amd-takes-on-nvidia-in-india-with-expanded-tata-ai-partnership

3. Anthropic India Expansion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/anthropic-boosts-india-ai-push-via-flag-airline-cognizant-pacts

4. Fund warns few software firms will survive AI

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/fund-beating-99-of-peers-sees-few-software-firms-surviving-ai

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenAI $1T IPO Preparations

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-openai-lays-groundwork-juggernaut-232125990.html

2. Google Gemini 3 Deep Think Major Upgrade

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/

3. Skygen.AI Exits Stealth

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/skygen-ai-steps-stealth-19-082000222.html

4. SMIC Warns of AI Chip Overcapacity

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/china-s-top-chipmaker-warns-rushed-ai-capacity-could-sit-idle

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 08:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Trump advisor Navarro demands Big Tech internalize AI data center costs

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-advisor-peter-navarro-ai-internalize-data-center-costs-2026-2

2. Anthropic pledges 100% grid upgrade cost coverage for data centers

https://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-increases

3. Google downplays health disclaimers in AI Overviews

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/16/google-puts-users-at-risk-downplaying-disclaimers-ai-overviews

4. Navarro frames AI as critical weapon, urges continued data center expansion

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/15/navarro-trump-data-centers-affordability.html

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 07:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Deutsche Bank warns AI risks undermining dollar's safe haven status

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/deutsche-bank-warns-dollars-safe-haven-status-challenged-by-ai-risks.html

2. Samsung ships world's first commercial HBM4 memory

https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-ships-industry-first-commercial-hbm4-with-ultimate-performance-for-ai-computing

3. Cognizant expands Google Cloud partnership for agentic AI at enterprise scale

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cognizant-expands-strategic-partnership-with-google-cloud-to-operationalize-agentic-ai-at-enterprise-scale-302688493.html

4. India's Fractal Analytics drops on IPO debut amid AI market caution

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-fractal-analytics-drops-5-trading-debut-valued-16-billion-2026-02-16/

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 06:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Snowflake CEO warns software giants risk becoming "dumb data pipe" for AI

https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-ceo-sridhar-ramaswamy-software-dumb-data-pipe-ai-2026-2

2. Operation Windlord - First-ever air transport of nuclear microreactor

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-conducts-first-air-transport-nuclear-microreactor-bid-show-technologys-2026-02-16/

3. Cloudflare Markdown for Agents - 80% token reduction

https://digiday.com/media/wtf-is-markdown-for-ai-agents/

4. Neurophet FDA 510(k) clearance for Alzheimer's AI imaging

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/asia/neurophet-bags-510k-alzheimers-imaging-ai-and-more-briefs

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 05:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. ByteDance Seedance 2.0 Curbs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93wq6xqgy1o

2. MiniMax Shares Surge 25%

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-16/minimax-shares-surge-25-as-optimism-over-chinese-ai-firms-grows

3. DeepSeek V4 Expected Tomorrow

https://introl.com/blog/deepseek-v4-february-2026-coding-model-release

4. India AI Impact Summit Opens

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-ai-impact-summit-2026-live-updates-pm-modi-top-world-leaders-to-attend-ai-summit-at-bharat-mandapam-in-new-delhi-11008761