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7 February 2026

AI News

Meta takes 30% stake in Reliance’s new AI unit, Reliance holds 70%

The partnership will draw on Meta’s open-source Llama AI models, which are designed for flexible and scalable AI applications. These will be combined with Reliance’s domestic reach, cloud infrastructure,...

Meet Vishal Shah: An Indian-origin executive who now takes charge of Meta’s AI product strategy

Meta Platforms has confirmed that Vishal Shah, an executive of Indian origin, will take on a new role heading product management for AI products at the company.

Mark Zuckerberg names Vishal Shah to oversee Meta’s AI products

According to Bloomberg, Shah’s new role will involve overseeing how Meta’s AI technologies, including its Meta AI chatbot, are integrated across its apps and devices, such as Instagram, Facebook,...

Schneider Electric and Nvidia team up to build AI-ready data centres across Europe

“These innovations enable the efficient deployment of next-generation AI factories at scale while aligning with the EU’s €200 billion AI investment strategy,”

JP Morgan: Stripe could unlock $350B market through AI and crypto expansion

Analysts Jon Hacunda, Lula Sheena, and Celal Sipahi said Stripe is well-positioned to lead what they described as “twin revolutions in intelligence and money movement.”

Palantir signs $200 million AI partnership with telecom firm Lumen

“Palantir demonstrated that its Foundry and AIP platforms could unlock Lumen’s data faster and cheaper than traditional data-lake migrations,” Goode said. “Together, we’re pursuing solutions to help large enterprises...

Meta to lay off 600 employees as part of AI division restructure

The decision was outlined in an internal memo from Alexandr Wang, Meta’s Chief AI Officer, who joined the company in June 2025 following Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale...

OpenAI buys team behind Workflow and Apple Shortcuts to enhance ChatGPT

Founded in 2023, Software Applications Incorporated was established by the creators of the Workflow app, later acquired by Apple and developed into Shortcuts, the automation system built into iOS...

Microsoft Copilot gets 12 major upgrades to make AI more human-like

According to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, the goal of the update is to build “AI that serves people, not replaces them,” helping users focus on meaningful work and...

Saudi Arabia shifts billions from Neom to AI as oil revenues decline

The project, once positioned as a centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification efforts, was notably absent from the government’s 2026 pre-budget statement, its first omission in three years. Sources...