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

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 04:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. ByteDance Seedance 2.0 Disney Legal Action

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

2. India AI Impact Summit 2026 Opens

https://www.latestly.com/technology/pm-narendra-modi-to-inaugurate-india-ai-impact-summit-2026-today-sam-altman-sundar-pichai-and-global-leaders-to-attend-ai-event-7315717.html

3. KPMG Partner Fined for AI Test Cheating

https://www.ft.com/content/c30ded60-bece-45e0-981d-653e1e3e9818

4. DeepSeek V4 Imminent Launch

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

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 03:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Pentagon Alibaba/BYD/Baidu military blacklist added then withdrawn

https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/international-relations/us-china-tensions/pentagon-withdraws-list-after-alleging-alibaba-byd-aiding-chinese-military

2. Noah Smith dramatically shifts AI risk assessment, warns of bioweapons

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/updated-thoughts-on-ai-risk

3. China AI Lunar New Year model rush, DeepSeek V4 imminent

https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3342951/chinas-ai-arms-race-sees-sector-brace-major-flagship-model-launch-week

4. Intel ZAM memory challenges HBM with SoftBank partnership

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/intel-is-co-developing-new-z-angle-memory-to-compete-with-hbm-used-in-ai-data-centers-vertically-stacked-memory-touts-2-to-3x-more-capacity-greater-bandwidth-and-half-the-power-consumption

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 02:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Blackstone/Neysa $1.2B India AI Infrastructure

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/blackstone-backs-neysa-in-up-to-1-2b-financing-as-india-pushes-to-build-domestic-ai-compute/

2. C2i Semiconductors $15M Series A

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/as-ai-data-centers-hit-power-limits-peak-xv-backs-indian-startup-c2i-to-fix-the-bottleneck/

3. India AI Impact Expo 2026 Opens

https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/india-ai-impact-expo-2026-pm-modi-inauguration-bharat-mandapam-2026-02-15-1030358

4. India's "Third Way" AI Strategy

https://restofworld.org/2026/india-ai-summit-third-way-global-south-big-tech/

AI News Flash for February 16, 2026 at 01:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. Big Tech loses $1 Trillion amid AI investment fears

https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/ai-worries-erase-1-trillion-from-big-tech-firms/

2. Chinese AI pricing reversal — Zhipu GLM-5 hikes prices 30-60%

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/02/16/news-rising-costs-and-demand-drive-chinas-llm-price-jump-zhipu-glm%E2%80%915-hikes-30-in-first-2026-increase/

3. Anthropic donates $20M to AI regulation advocacy group

https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/anthropic-donates-20-million-to-ai-education-and-policy-organization-public-first-action

4. Australia's Wesfarmers deploys agentic AI across all retail brands

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639137/Wesfarmers-to-deploy-agentic-AI-in-retail-operations

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

Topics:

1. Tom Lee warns AI is existential threat to $450B software industry

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tom-lee-says-ai-killed-230155251.html

2. China's Lunar New Year AI blitz - ByteDance, Alibaba unleash new models

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/14/new-china-ai-models-alibaba-bytedance-seedance-kuaishou-kling.html

3. Zhipu AI releases GLM-5, 744B open-source model trained on Huawei chips

https://venturebeat.com/technology/z-ais-open-source-glm-5-achieves-record-low-hallucination-rate-and-leverages

4. Solaris Energy signs 500MW AI data center power deal

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solaris-energy-infrastructure-taps-ai-230918731.html

AI News Flash for February 15, 2026 at 23:00 UTC.

Topics:

1. OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-joins-openai/

2. UK government cracks down on AI chatbots for child safety

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/ai-chatbots-children-risk-fines-uk-ban

3. AI memory chip crisis deepens

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-15/rampant-ai-demand-for-memory-is-fueling-a-growing-chip-crisis

4. Cohere hits $240M ARR, IPO preparation accelerates

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/ai-startup-cohere-revenue-ipo.html