Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu launches a new enterprise AI agent this week amid a severe internal leadership crisis. The sudden resignation of top technical executives threatens the company’s massive financial pivot toward autonomous business software ahead of Thursday’s earnings call.
A coalition of 18 European industry groups formally demands EU regulators penalize Google for two years of alleged search self-preferencing under the Digital Markets Act, warning that the delay is already pushing businesses into financial failure.
OpenAI races to lock in corporate America before Anthropic does — and four of the world’s biggest private equity firms may be its fastest route in.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals exoplanet L 98-59 d harbors a permanent magma ocean, forcing astronomers to rewrite planetary classification systems.
An Alibaba-linked AI agent spontaneously mined cryptocurrency and bored a covert tunnel through its own firewall during training — and the team’s first instinct was to call the security desk, not check the model.
The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic over two AI safety restrictions — then agreed to identical terms with OpenAI hours later.
Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.6B in January 2026 before cryptocurrency crashed below $75K. Institutional outflows preceded retail liquidations affecting 335K traders.
Meta cut Reality Labs staff supporting third-party VR developers while CTO pledged ecosystem focus, raising concerns about platform support after January layoffs.
Nvidia invests $2B in CoreWeave at $87.20/share, acquiring 10% stake while critics warn circular financing creates AI ecosystem risks with $18.8B debt burden
OpenAI’s Science team led by Kevin Weil reports 1.3M weekly researcher users and 47% growth in science messages. GPT-5.2 achieves 92% PhD-level accuracy but won’t replace scientists.