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Cloudflare launches Adaptive Intelligence to raise the cost of bot attacks
The engine is built into Bot Management and aims to make defenses adapt faster. Website operators also need to assess the impact on legitimate visitors.

Gemini Robotics 2 links task planning with whole-body robot control
Google DeepMind’s July 30 launch separates reasoning, motor execution and on-device operation across three models. The different roles and access levels matter when interpreting its demonstrations.

John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic
The Nobel-winning AlphaFold researcher is moving to Anthropic after nearly nine years at Google DeepMind.

Meta buys humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence
Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), whose team joins Meta Superintelligence Labs to work on humanoid robots.

Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a standalone kids' games app
A games app for kids eight and under, with no ads or in-app purchases, that also works offline.

You can now move your chats and memories from ChatGPT and Claude into Gemini
Google added "switching tools" that let users bring memories and full chat histories from other chatbots into Gemini.

Elon Musk unveils "Terafab," a chip factory plan for Tesla and SpaceX
Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will build their own chips because there simply won't be enough otherwise.

AI ads at the Super Bowl: Anthropic's spot angers Sam Altman
Svedka aired the first Super Bowl ad made primarily with AI, while Anthropic said: "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude."

Report: Apple to bring ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude to CarPlay
According to Bloomberg, Apple engineers are working to let AI chatbots run by voice in the car, which could sideline Siri.

Tesla ends production of the Model S and Model X
Musk said the last Model S and X will be built next quarter, and their Fremont space will go to Optimus robots.

WhatsApp to charge AI chatbots per message in Italy
From February 16, Meta will charge about 7 cents per AI chatbot message in Italy. Elsewhere, third-party chatbots have been banned.

Oshen's tiny ocean robots are the first to collect data inside a Category 5 hurricane
Three robots from British startup Oshen rode out Hurricane Humberto and sent data to NOAA throughout.

BYD overtakes Tesla as the world's biggest EV seller
Tesla's 2025 deliveries fell 9% to 1.63 million, while China's BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles.