How to ground AI agents in accurate, context-rich data

How to ground AI agents in accurate, context-rich data

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Hitem3D Shifts Image-to-3D AI Platform Toward Print-Ready Model Generation

Hitem3D Shifts Image-to-3D AI Platform Toward Print-Ready Model Generation

• Hitem3D is focusing on 3D printing for its image-to-3D AI system. • Image-to-3D systems have been around for about a year, with massive improvements in quality taking place. • Th

Beyond Automation: How Generative AI in DevOps is Redefining Software Delivery

• Generative AI (GenAI) is revolutionizing DevOps by automating manual tasks, enhancing productivity, and reducing errors. • By integrating GenAI, teams can streamline workflows an

Turn Your ESP32-S3 Into an AI Assistant With MimiClaw

Turn Your ESP32-S3 Into an AI Assistant With MimiClaw

• A community project calledMimiClawhas released software that lets anAIassistant run on ESP32-S3microcontrollerboards and respond to commands sent via the Telegram messaging app.

Electronics & EE · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 248 words
January Delivers Highest New Unicorn Count In More Than 3 Years

January Delivers Highest New Unicorn Count In More Than 3 Years

• 31 new unicorns joined Crunchbase board in January, highest monthly count since June 2022. • Combined $9.3B funding and $58.5B valuation added across these startups. • Four of th

How AI and ML are transforming investment banking's future

How AI and ML are transforming investment banking's future

• How AI and ML are transforming investment banking’s future Markets move in milliseconds - humans don’t. • AI & ML close the gap between market speed and human decision-making. •

GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics

• A new preprint shows GPT-5.2 proposing a new formula for a gluon amplitude, later formally proved and verified by OpenAI and academic collaborators.

Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT

• Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT to help organizations defend against prompt injection and AI-driven data exfiltration.

Beyond rate limits: scaling access to Codex and Sora

• How OpenAI built a real-time access system combining rate limits, usage tracking, and credits to power continuous access to Sora and Codex.

Scaling social science research

• GABRIEL is a new open-source toolkit from OpenAI that uses GPT to turn qualitative text and images into quantitative data, helping social scientists analyze research at scale.

Mimiclaw is an OpenClaw-like AI assistant for ESP32-S3 boards

Mimiclaw is an OpenClaw-like AI assistant for ESP32-S3 boards

• MimiClaw is an OpenClaw-inspired AI assistant designed for ESP32-S3 boards, which acts as a gateway between the Telegram messaging application and Claude online LLM to control th

Open Hardware · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 304 words
The reason AI agents shouldn't touch your source code - and what they should do instead

The reason AI agents shouldn't touch your source code - and what they should do instead

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A Small-Scale System for Autoregressive Program Synthesis Enabling Controlled Experimentation

A Small-Scale System for Autoregressive Program Synthesis Enabling Controlled Experimentation

• A Small-Scale System for Autoregressive Program Synthesis Enabling Controlled Experimentation A Small-Scale System for Autoregressive Program Synthesis Enabling Controlled Experi

Completed Hyperparameter Transfer across Modules, Width, Depth, Batch and Duration

Completed Hyperparameter Transfer across Modules, Width, Depth, Batch and Duration

• Completed Hyperparameter Transfer across Modules, Width, Depth, Batch and Duration Completed Hyperparameter Transfer across Modules, Width, Depth, Batch and Duration AuthorsBruno

Custom Kernels for All from Codex and Claude

Custom Kernels for All from Codex and Claude

• Custom Kernels for All from Codex and Claude tl;dr: We built an agent skill that teaches coding agents how to write production CUDA kernels. • Then we pointed Claude and Codex at

Faster Rates For Federated Variational Inequalities

Faster Rates For Federated Variational Inequalities

• Faster Rates For Federated Variational Inequalities Faster Rates For Federated Variational Inequalities AuthorsGuanghui Wangâ , Satyen Kale View publication Copy Bibtex In this

Qatar's AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack

Qatar's AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack

• Qatar’s AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack DOHA, Qatar - As nations around the world race to build sovereign AI industries, Qatar is investing its sovereign wealth into multiple le

Microchip empowers real-time edge AI

• Microchip provides a full-stack edge AI platform for developing and deploying production-ready applications on its MCUs and MPUs. • These devices operate at the network edge, clo

Electronics & EE · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 239 words
Ambi Robotics launches AI Skill Suite, powered by AmbiOS

Ambi Robotics launches AI Skill Suite, powered by AmbiOS

• Ambi Robotics this week introduced a new AI Skill Suite powered by its AmbiOS software stack. • The software suite will include a growing library of 3D AI robot applications for

Data Centers, Semiconductors, And Sovereignty: The Upcoming AI Divide

Data Centers, Semiconductors, And Sovereignty: The Upcoming AI Divide

• What Is The AI Divide In Data Centers, Semiconductors, And Sovereignty? • TheAI dividerepresents a strategic inflection point for global business. • Those without these resources

Those 'Summarize With AI' Buttons May Be Lying to You

• Microsoft uncovered AI recommendation poisoning in 31 companies across 14 industries, and turnkey tools make it trivially easy to pull off.

Cybersecurity · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 47 words
VS Code becomes multi-agent command center for developers

VS Code becomes multi-agent command center for developers

• VS Code v1.109 turns the editor into a multi‑agent hub, supporting Claude, Codex, and Copilot. • Developers can orchestrate multiple AI assistants from a single interface with ne

How low-bit inference enables efficient AI

How low-bit inference enables efficient AI

• In just the past few years, large machine learning models have made incredible strides. • Today’s models are not only remarkably capable but also achieve impressive results acros

Engineering Blogs · February 12, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 295 words
How low-bit inference enables efficient AI

How low-bit inference enables efficient AI

• In just the past few years, large machine learning models have made incredible strides. • Today’s models are not only remarkably capable but also achieve impressive results acros

Google Reports State-Backed Hackers Using Gemini AI for Recon and Attack Support

Google Reports State-Backed Hackers Using Gemini AI for Recon and Attack Support

• Google Reports State-Backed Hackers Using Gemini AI for Recon and Attack Support Google on Thursday said it observed the North Korea-linked threat actor known asUNC2970using its

Cybersecurity · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 373 words
How everyone and anyone can use AI for good

How everyone and anyone can use AI for good

• note: This blog is part two of a two part series. • Read part one on organizations using AI for humanitarian and environmental good here.] The battle for good in a world of bad I

Developer Ecosystem · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 283 words
Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering

Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering

• Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering Feb 12, 2026 Our most specialized reasoning mode is now updated to solve modern science, research and engineering

Our new report details the latest ways threat actors are misusing AI.

Our new report details the latest ways threat actors are misusing AI.

• Over the last few months, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed threat actors using AI to gather information, create super-realistic phishing scams and develop mal

Big Tech · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 226 words
The data behind the design: How Pantone built agentic AI with an AI-ready database

The data behind the design: How Pantone built agentic AI with an AI-ready database

• Content type Thought leadership Tag AI Azure AI Generative AI Audience Business decision makers IT decision makers Product Azure AI Azure Cosmos DB Microsoft Foundry When we talk

Mitchell Hashimoto Launches 'Vouch' to Fight AI Slop in Open Source Ecosystem

Mitchell Hashimoto Launches 'Vouch' to Fight AI Slop in Open Source Ecosystem

• Mitchell Hashimoto Launches ‘Vouch’ to Fight AI Slop in Open Source Ecosystem Mitchell Hashimotofrom Vagrant, Terraform, HashiCorp, andGhosttyfame has introducedVouch, new trust

Linux & Open Source · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 283 words
Zero-Click Is Only Half The AI Story

Zero-Click Is Only Half The AI Story

• The headlines concerning AI have been focused on traffic: When buyers use AI instead of search, they are one-tenth as likely to click through to your website, and with business b

Gather AI raises $40M to digitize visibility for hundreds of facilities

Gather AI raises $40M to digitize visibility for hundreds of facilities

• Gather AI this week raised $40 million in Series B funding. • This latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to $74 million. • ‘For too long, supply chains have ope

FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, AI for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff

FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, AI for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff

• FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, AI for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff Ubuntu 26.04 developmentis progressing rapidly. • While there are welcome ch

Linux & Open Source · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 197 words
Empathetic AI Nurses Can Vastly Improve Nurses' Work and Patient Care

Empathetic AI Nurses Can Vastly Improve Nurses' Work and Patient Care

• AI nurses are no longer a futuristic concept. • They’re being tested out and deployed in medical care settings around the world. • ‘Some hospitals have already introduced AI nurs

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use

• GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use Google Threat Intelligence Group Google Threat Intelligence Visibilit

Threat Intelligence · February 12, 2026 (updated February 26, 2026) · 2 min · 267 words
GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use

GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use

• GTIG AI Threat Tracker: Distillation, Experimentation, and (Continued) Integration of AI for Adversarial Use Google Threat Intelligence Group Google Threat Intelligence Visibilit

Private-equity barons have a giant AI problem

• Their leveraged bets on the software industry may soon cause big trouble

From AI Hype To AI Math: The Market Just Changed The Rules

From AI Hype To AI Math: The Market Just Changed The Rules

• Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn For a while, AI felt like a cheat code. • Mention AI on an earnings call, announce a bigger data center plan, sign a flashy partnership, and the m

Why Customer-Specific AI Will Define the Next Era of the Automotive Ecosystem

Why Customer-Specific AI Will Define the Next Era of the Automotive Ecosystem

• The automotive industry has always been a bellwether for technological change. • From mass production to lean manufacturing, from embedded software to connected vehicles, each wa

AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse.

AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse.

• AI is already making online crimes easier. • It could get much worse. • Some cybersecurity researchers say it’s too early to worry about AI-orchestrated cyberattacks. • Others sa

FinovateEurope 2026: From AI Hype To Bank‑Ready Execution

FinovateEurope 2026: From AI Hype To Bank‑Ready Execution

• FinovateEurope 2025focused on proving that AI agentscouldwork. • Returning to London on February 10-11 this year, the focus shifted to operationalizing agents safely, compliantly

3 new experiences bridging AI with India's timeless heritage

3 new experiences bridging AI with India's timeless heritage

• 3 new experiences bridging AI with India’s timeless heritage Feb 12, 2026 Ahead of the India AI Impact Summit, Google Arts & Culture is releasing three new experiences that delve

Big Tech · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 212 words

Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

• GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is OpenAI’s first real‑time coding model, providing instant code suggestions during development. • Delivers 15× faster code generation compared to previous Co

What's next for Chinese open-source AI

What's next for Chinese open-source AI

• What’s next for Chinese open-source AI Chinese open models are spreading fast, from Hugging Face to Silicon Valley. • Here’s why that matters. • MIT Technology Review’s What’s Ne

Criminals are using AI website builders to clone major brands

Criminals are using AI website builders to clone major brands

• Cybercriminals use AI website builders like Vercel to clone trusted brands in minutes. • Cheap, fast domain registration lets attackers register plausible brand‑lookalike names w

Threat Intelligence · February 12, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 211 words
AI/BI Genie, Foundational Model API, and Databricks Assistant Now Generally Available in AWS GovCloud

AI/BI Genie, Foundational Model API, and Databricks Assistant Now Generally Available in AWS GovCloud

• Share this post Keep up with us Government agencies and organizations with strict compliance requirements now have expanded access to the latest Databricks AI technology and data

Why AI Is the Catalyst for a New Era of Automotive Intelligence

• AI can be built into every aspect of a vehicle’s functionality, intelligence, and user interaction. • How should automakers deploy it?

AI observability: The backbone of mission resilience in the public sector

AI observability: The backbone of mission resilience in the public sector

• AI observability: The backbone of mission resilience in the public sector How IT downtime can compromise public trust Downtime cost the public sector $193 million last year - and

Mapping the Design Space of User Experience for Computer Use Agents

Mapping the Design Space of User Experience for Computer Use Agents

• Mapping the Design Space of User Experience for Computer Use Agents Mapping the Design Space of User Experience for Computer Use Agents AuthorsRuijia Cheng, Jenny T. • Liangâ ,

OpenEnv in Practice: Evaluating Tool-Using Agents in Real-World Environments

OpenEnv in Practice: Evaluating Tool-Using Agents in Real-World Environments

• OpenEnv in Practice: Evaluating Tool-Using Agents in Real-World Environments AI agents often perform impressively in controlled research settings, yet struggle when deployed in r

Trace Length is a Simple Uncertainty Signal in Reasoning Models

Trace Length is a Simple Uncertainty Signal in Reasoning Models

• Trace Length is a Simple Uncertainty Signal in Reasoning Models Trace Length is a Simple Uncertainty Signal in Reasoning Models AuthorsSiddhartha Devicâ , Charlotte Pealeâ ¡, Ar

Agentic AI Transforms Hardware Engineering by Automating Model Construction & Validation

• AI agents can handle physics-based modeling complexity while engineers focus on design judgment and tradeoffs.

You can't fire a bot: The blunt truth about AI slop and your job

You can't fire a bot: The blunt truth about AI slop and your job

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Cisco Unveils Silicon One G300 AI Networking Chip

• has announced the Silicon One G300 , an innovative 102.4 Tbits/s switching chip designed to address the growing demands of AI data centers in the agentic era. • This new silicon

Electronics & EE · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 150 words
Agentic cloud operations: A new way to run the cloud

Agentic cloud operations: A new way to run the cloud

• Cloud ops now face unprecedented scale, speed, and complexity from AI and modern applications. • Traditional reactive models struggle; organizations demand dynamic, context‑aware

Is your campaign structure holding you back in the era of AI?

Is your campaign structure holding you back in the era of AI?

• For years, the gold standard in Search ads was granularity. • Advertisers built elaborate, multi-layered campaigns to cover every variable, from match types to device bids. • In

Big Tech · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 210 words

North Korea's UNC1069 Hammers Crypto Firms With AI

• In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.

Cybersecurity · February 11, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 49 words
What's New in AI/BI - February 2026 Roundup

What's New in AI/BI - February 2026 Roundup

• Databricks expands agentic analytics, enabling intelligent agents to build, explore, and deliver end‑to‑end insights. • New AI/BI Dashboard and Genie features accelerate insight

Is a secure AI assistant possible?

Is a secure AI assistant possible?

• Is a secure AI assistant possible? • Experts have made progress in LLM security. • But some doubt AI assistants are ready for prime time. • AI agents are a risky business. • Even

NI Shows Nigel AI Advisor To Streamline Test And Measurement

• At MD&M West, NI demonstrated how its AI tool integrated with LabVIEW helps engineers accelerate product development through natural language prompts.