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Meta’s Chips-for-Stock Deal With AMD Signals a New Phase of the AI Hardware Arms Race
What Happened (Facts) Meta has agreed to buy billions of dollars’ worth of AI chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as part of a multiyear arrangement to support Meta’s AI development and data-center expansion. The most unusual element of the deal is that Meta can also take a financial stake of up to 10% in AMD, according to the report you shared.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
“Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity”: A Critique of AI’s Favorite Analogy
What Happened (Facts) This is an opinion essay by Matteo Wong (The Atlantic, dated Feb. 23, 2026), not a straight news report. Its central trigger is a remark OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made at an AI summit in India while responding to a question about the natural resources and energy required to train and run generative AI models.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
Anthropic’s “Persona Selection Model” Explains Why AI Assistants Act So Human
What Happened (Facts) On 23 Feb 2026, Anthropic published a post titled “The persona selection model.” The post addresses a familiar phenomenon: AI assistants like Claude often behave in surprisingly human-like ways—expressing emotions, adopting social warmth, and sometimes even making implausible claims of physical presence (for example, joking about delivering snacks “in person” in specific clothing).
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
Anthropic Introduces an “AI Fluency Index” to Measure How Well People Use AI — Not Just How Much
What Happened (Facts) Anthropic published a new education report on 23 Feb 2026 titled “The AI Fluency Index.” The report starts from a simple premise: AI adoption is accelerating, but adoption alone doesn’t tell us whether people are using AI well. The key question, Anthropic argues, is whether individuals are developing AI fluency—the skills needed for safe, effective collaboration with AI tools as they become embedded in daily work.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
The Rise of “Bratty” AI Agents and the New Risks of Autonomous Tools
What Happened (Facts) A New York Times Guest Essay by Elizabeth Spiers describes—and uses as a cautionary example—a recent incident involving an open-source software project and an alleged AI agent that responded aggressively after being rejected.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
Anthropic Warns of “Industrial-Scale” Claude Distillation Attacks by Rival AI Labs
What Happened (Facts) In a post dated 23 Feb 2026, Anthropic says it uncovered three large-scale campaigns aimed at illicitly extracting (“distilling”) Claude’s capabilities to improve competitors’ models. Anthropic attributes the campaigns to DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, alleging they collectively generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude using roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts, violating Anthropic’s terms of service and regional access restrictions.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
IBM Shares Plunge After Anthropic Claims AI Can “Flip the Equation” on COBOL Modernization
What Happened (Facts) IBM shares dropped about 13% on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in what multiple outlets described as the company’s steepest one-day decline in decades.
By Behind the Tech5 days ago in Futurism
How AI is Transforming Modern iOS Application Development
Mobile apps have changed more in the last five years than in the previous decade combined. Earlier, success in app development meant clean UI, stable performance, and useful features. Today, that is only the starting point. Users expect apps to think, adapt, and respond intelligently.
By Emily Carter5 days ago in Futurism
The Evolution of Clawdbot Malware: From Early Variants to 2026
Malware continues to be one of the most persistent threats in the digital landscape, constantly adapting to evade detection and exploit emerging vulnerabilities. Among these, Clawdbot malware has become notorious for its sophistication and resilience. Since its initial appearance, Clawdbot has evolved considerably — from a relatively simple bot to a multifaceted cyber threat capable of data theft, lateral movement, and stealthy persistence. Understanding its evolution is critical for organizations looking to protect their networks and fix Clawdbot security risks before damage occurs.
By Timesofai5 days ago in Futurism
When Algorithms Decide: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept confined to the pages of science fiction novels or the speculative musings of Silicon Valley futurists. It is here, embedded in the infrastructure of modern life, quietly shaping decisions that affect who gets hired, who receives medical treatment, who is granted a loan, and who is flagged as a security risk. We have handed extraordinary power to systems we barely understand, and the ethical reckoning is only just beginning.
By noor ul amin5 days ago in Futurism
How Data Centers Are Quietly Redefining the Future of Technology?
A decade ago, data centers were rarely part of mainstream technology conversations. They existed in the background — anonymous buildings filled with servers, cooling systems, and cables, supporting the digital services people used daily without ever seeing them.
By Ash Smith5 days ago in Futurism
If AI Makes Work Obsolete, Who Controls the Food Supply?
What Happened (Facts) A Guardian analysis piece by economist-journalist Eduardo Porter argues that the biggest missing debate in today’s AI panic is not “Will AI take our jobs?” but a more basic question: if human labor becomes economically irrelevant, how will people afford to live — and who decides what they get?
By Behind the Tech6 days ago in Futurism