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1 - Google Chrome Get’s AI Agentic Features

Google is making big changes to Chrome to compete with new AI browsers like Arc and Perplexity. Chrome now has Gemini AI built in to help you do tasks on its own.

What's new:

1. The AI helper now sits in a side panel on your screen instead of a pop-up window. It works on Windows, Mac, and Chromebook computers. It can look at many open tabs at once to help you compare things like products or prices.

2. There's a new "auto-browse" tool for paid users in America. It can visit websites for you to find deals, fill in forms, and even buy things. You still need to say yes before it pays for anything, and sometimes it makes errors.

3. The side panel and "Nano Banana" picture tool just came out. Soon, Gemini will work with Gmail, Photos, and Calendar to help with personal stuff. Your passwords and payment info will be kept away from the AI.

The side panel and Nano Banana are starting to work now. The other personal features will come out in the next few months.

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3 - Trending AI News

• OpenAI retires GPT-4o and other models on February 13 - The company is removing GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini from ChatGPT with just two weeks' notice, despite only 0.1% of users still choosing GPT-4o daily, sparking frustration among superfans who love its conversational warmth.

• OpenAI reportedly racing toward Q4 2026 IPO - The company has begun informal talks with Wall Street banks and hired new finance executives to prepare for a listing that would test investor faith in AI, despite expecting no profit until 2030 and currently burning billions annually.

• Microsoft caps spending concerns with strong earnings - The tech giant beat expectations on profit and revenue, yet shares slid as executives highlighted rising capital expenditure tied to AI infrastructure and data center expansion, reigniting the "spend now, monetize later" debate.

• Apple acquires Q.ai for $2 billion to enable silent Siri commands - The tech giant purchased the Israeli startup pioneering technology to decode speech from facial movements, potentially enabling users to control Siri silently through AirPods or smart glasses by reading lip movements.

• Google integrates Gemini into Chrome as digital assistant - Chrome's new right-hand panel powered by Gemini can summarize reviews, manage calendars, and edit images via Nano Banana, transforming the browser from a passive window into an active agent layer.

• AI endpoints become new attack surface for cybercriminals - Security experts warn that hijacked model endpoints can run up enormous inference bills within hours while attackers use compromised APIs to generate malicious content, making security a critical product feature.

• Data centers drive power policy debates globally - Electricity demand from data centers is increasing sharply, with gas-fired generation rising as a fast-to-build solution from Wisconsin to Brussels, as energy and compute emerge as strategic bottlenecks.

• Apple explains Gemini-powered Siri integration - CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Google's AI technology will provide the foundation for Apple Foundation Models while continuing to operate on device and Private Cloud Compute with industry-leading privacy standards.

• Criminal AI platforms proliferate on dark web - At least three vendors are offering subscription-based "dark LLMs" like Nytheon AI, an 80-billion-parameter hybrid model that assists in fraud, phishing, and malware development with agentized campaigns.

• S&P 500 crosses 7,000 milestone on AI infrastructure boom - The market reached this historic threshold on January 28, propelled by maturing AI infrastructure and a "Capex Super-Cycle" with Big Four AI spenders projected to hit $505 billion in combined capital expenditures for 2026.

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