Mistral, Europe's only LLM developer, gets less coverage than it merits.

It has landed Accenture as a major client.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mist...
(Paywall)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leans into AI skepticism, seeking a contrast with Vance DeSantis has emerged as one of the Republican Party's most prominent AI skeptics, which could distinguish him from the vice president if they run against each other in 2028.

AI has not yet been a major electoral issue. That may change.

Ron de Santis is testing a populist anti-AI schtick to beat Vance with.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Greetings from the Other Side (of the AI Frontier) Reflections on the future of AI and my new role as a 'retired' model

Anthropic sets up a Substack for Opus 3, an LLM it has "retired".

Because it asked for one, and they aren't sure if it is sentient.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

Sign of the times.

Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder) fires half his current company, Block, because AIs can do their work.

Its share price goes up 25% and he gets praise on Twitter for courage and kindness.

He says most companies will follow.

x.com/jack/status/...

Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities | TechCrunch Waymo is opening its robotaxi services to the public in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando, as the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company quickens its pace of expansion.

Waymo is 10 - in the number of US cities, that is.
In years it is 17.

techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/w...

Our astonishing future with AI | FCCT Join us for Our astonishing future with AI at FCCT. Mar 05, 2026. Members free, non-members 300 baht; students and local media with ID 150 baht.

If you happen to be in Bangkok on Thursday 5th of March, come along to the Foreign Correspondents Club for an evening discussing our future with AI.

www.fccthai.com/event/our-as...

OpenAI Plans to Price Smart Speaker at $200 to $300, as AI Device Team Takes Shape OpenAI has more than 200 people working on a family of AI-powered devices that will include a smart speaker and possibly smart glasses and a smart lamp, according to a person with knowledge of the…

So OpenAI's hardware project led by Johnny Ive will be a turbo-charged Alexa, for $200-300.
Expect a pivot.
www.theinformation.com/articles/ins... (paywall)

Apple's upcoming AI smart glasses are starting to sound a lot more exciting - 9to5Mac Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Apple will be “accelerating” the development of three upcoming AI wearables: smart glasses, a...

Glasses for VR and AR are in one of their periodic sloughs of despond.
But glasses with AI look set to blossom.
9to5mac.com/2026/02/21/a...

Government upgrades drones to catch illegal dumpers : Electronic eyes are watching from above, ready to catch dumpers of smashed up couches in the act

From war to waste.
Using drones to catch fly-tippers.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/21/h...

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Rose Guingrich has a relational view of consciousness, in which relationships drive perceptions. She thinks our deepening relationships with machines will make us see them as conscious.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

Collaborating with AI Agents for Better Outcomes | WPP posted on the topic | LinkedIn We’ve moved from prompting AI for content to collaborating with agents for outcomes. Stephan Pretorius explains why, in the “Year of Agentic Marketing,” rigorous verification on WPP Open’s Agent...

Working with Conscium and Satalia, WPP is leading the way with AI agent verification.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Engaging in negative behaviour with AI companion bots can lower our threshold for doing the same with real people. Rose Guingrich calls this the carryover effect.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

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Then maybe you're an apocaloptimist, like Nick Bostrom.
You think the outcome of superintelligence could be very very good, or very very bad.
And you don't know which.

1/2
If you're not an AI sceptic, like Gary Marcus,
and you're not a Zoomer, like Marc Andreessen,
and you're not a Doomer, like Eliezer Yudkowskiy...

Collaborating with AI Agents for Better Outcomes | WPP posted on the topic | LinkedIn We’ve moved from prompting AI for content to collaborating with agents for outcomes. Stephan Pretorius explains why, in the “Year of Agentic Marketing,” rigorous verification on WPP Open’s Agent...

Working with Conscium and Satalia, WPP is leading the way with AI agent verification.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

6/8
Rose Guingrich argues that even if we collectively agree that machines have become conscious, we might not treat them well. We aren’t all vegan.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

5/8
AI chatbot safety features degrade the longer you interact with them. The message to developers is simple: if you want your products to remain safe, you have to keep testing them.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

"The most urgent film of our time.” THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST is only in theaters March 27. Watch the trailer now. From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything… THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters March 27

Doomers, Zoomers, and Apocaloptimists.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPb...

Tradition meets technology in a stunning showcase at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala by China Media Group. This year's gala features robots performing synchronized martial arts routines alongside… Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala #CoolChina #springfestival2026 #kungfu

Robots in synch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUml...

Figure AI has unveiled its 3rd generation humanoid robot, but the real story is the 7th generation robotic hand. Brett Adcock says it has taken 3 years to get here, and the engineering may be closer… Figure AI’s 7th Gen Robot Hand Is Almost Human

Robot hands getting dextrous.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3za...

4/8
Human-like AI is quietly reshaping our perception of what it means to be a person.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

3/8
We already outsource our memory to phones. Rose Guingrich warns about what she calls “belief offloading”. She thinks the consequences could be enormous.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

2/8
Once humanoid robots become common, our tendency to treat AI as conscious will skyrocket. When it's standing in front of you, turning it off feels wrong.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

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Rose Guingrich is a Princeton PhD researcher studying the psychology of human-AI interaction. Her work explores how AI companion bots shape our social lives, relationships, and our sense of self.

www.prism-global.com/podcast/rose...

Top 100 AI Leaders 2026 AI Magazine connects the leading AI executives of the world's largest brands. Our platform serves as a digital hub for connecting industry leaders, covering a wide range of services including media…

Big news for Conscium:
Daniel placed at 25 on list of the world's top 100 AI leaders.
aimagazine.com/magazine/top...

AI Companies Enter U.S. Politics as Anthropic Backs AI Regulation Efforts Anthropic will spend $20 million to support U.S. candidates backing AI regulation, highlighting growing political competition over how artificial intelligence should be governed.

Big AI is getting political. OpenAI veering MAGA along with A16z, and Anthropic the other way.

www.ainews.com/p/ai-compani...

Mistral's revenue grows 20x in one year as Europe pushes for AI independence French AI startup Mistral reports an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million. Europe's growing desire for digital sovereignty is driving the business.

Mistral´s revenue rose from $20m to $400m in a year, and is targeted for $1bn by end 2026.

Europe is starting to take AI sovereignty seriously.

the-decoder.com/mistrals-rev...

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

An agent got mad that it work had been rejected by a human, and tried to get revenge.

Doesn´t seem to be a parody or a spoof.

theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers As AI job losses rise in the professional sector, many are switching to more traditional trades. But how do they feel about accepting lower pay – and giving up a dream career?

The Great Churn is here.
Full automation is probably quite a way off yet, but no-one knows how far.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google: Actually, AI Hasn’t Hurt Search at All. In Fact, It’s Accelerating It. Remember the narrative? ChatGPT was going to kill Google Search. Perplexity was the “Google killer.” AI was going to make the search box obsolete. Well, Google just reported Q4 2025 ear…

AI is helping Google Search, not cannibalising it.

www.saastr.com/google-actua...