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February 23, 2026, 1:30 AM

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Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
How OpenAI scrambled for compute as Stargate stalled amid disagreements with SoftBank; sources: building its own data centers is not OpenAI's near-term priority  —  When President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate AI data center project in January 2025, the three companies charged …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning  —  Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says discussions about AI's energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI's environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express.
Bijin Jose / The Indian Express:
Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai:
Google Antigravity users say their paid Google AI accounts were banned after linking Gemini models via OpenClaw; Peter Steinberger says he may “remove support”  —  Google has restricted accounts of AI Ultra subscribers who accessed Gemini models through OpenClaw, a third-party OAuth client …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Tim Cook's increased mentions of Visual Intelligence hint it will be a major part of Apple's new wearables; sources: Apple considers a deep red iPhone 18 Pro  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook is signaling that Visual Intelligence will be the defining feature of the company's push into wearable AI devices.
Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
Samsung will add Perplexity to Galaxy AI on the upcoming S26 series; users can launch the Perplexity agent by saying “Hey Plex” or with a physical helper button  —  The wakeup phrase will be, ‘Hey Plex.’  —  Samsung's next flagship devices will offer Perplexity as part …
Aarian Marshall / Wired:
Documents submitted by Waymo and Tesla to the US government reveal new info about the remote assistance programs for their robotaxis, staffed by human operators  —  Self-driving vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.
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Garry Tan / Garry's List:
Anthropic's data shows software engineering accounts for ~50% of its AI agent tool calls; the remaining verticals are greenfields most founders are overlooking  —  Anthropic's new data shows software engineering dominates agentic AI.  For founders, that's not a warning.  It's a treasure map.
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