Saturday

7 February 2026

Artificial Intelligence

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...

Can Tesla’s Optimus colonise Mars before humans?

During recent investor calls, Musk hinted that Optimus could one day serve as a “universal worker”, capable of performing dangerous, repetitive or physically demanding tasks, precisely the sort that...

‘The revolution begins’: Tesla starts manufacturing 1 million ‘Optimus’ robots as production factory kicks off

Musk revealed plans to scale production of Optimus to as many as one million units annually by the end of 2026, stating that the manufacturing “would begin towards the...

Who is Rizzbot and why is he going viral on Instagram?

First appearing on the streets of Austin, Texas, earlier this year, Jake the Rizzbot, built by Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics, quickly captured attention by complimenting people with lines...

India’s NPCI bets big on AI with launch of fintech innovation hub NTSL

The platform now processes 645 million payments daily, accounting for 85% of India’s digital transactions and nearly half of global real-time payments.

Apple x OpenAI: Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s secret AI device faces major delays amid technical issues

The vision is reportedly to craft “a friendly, human-like companion-something like Siri, but more natural.”

Sam Altman’s OpenAI unveils ‘AgentKit’ to empower developers as ChatGPT surges past 800 million users

Described by Altman as “a complete set of building blocks to take agents from prototype to production,” AgentKit is built to simplify the creation of advanced AI systems capable...