Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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AWS makes GPT-6 Astra generally available on Bedrock
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Temporal raises $550 million at $12.55 billion valuation
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Buildots raises $130 million for construction AI platform
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AllSpark releases Iris open-weight web-search agents
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Tandem Health raises €86.49 million for European clinic AI platform
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xAI and X resolve Apple antitrust lawsuit
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Ferm Labs raises €3 million for ingredient bioprocessing expansion
Infrastructure
Oracle reports cloud growth as AI infrastructure capacity expands
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TSA deploys traveler-support AI agent, Salesforce says
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Aeon acquires Aware Health after Seed extension tops €12 million
Products
BRKZ announces $31 million to expand Saudi procurement platform
Security
Microsoft details passkey-themed cloud-account phishing campaigns
Products
X and SpaceXAI move to end Apple antitrust suit
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ORNL demonstrates AI-guided targeting for atomic-force microscopy
Policy
Senate negotiators draft AI bill with potential model-release blocks
AI
Open Secure AI Alliance moves to Linux Foundation
Science
Researchers observe optical Magnus effect with trapped ion
Robotics
MIT spinout deploys recycled-plastic composite trusses for Army Corps bridge
Science
Pinterest paper reports launch of whole-page ad optimization system
AI
Preprint proposes near-constant-memory long-context recall method
Robotics
ASI deploys autonomous tractor fleet with U.S. Sugar
AI
OpenAI confirms agents were involved in May RubyGems incident
AI
Anthropic reports Claude use in Russian drone-swarm development
Security
Microsoft confirms September updates can disrupt Remote Desktop Services
AI
Anthropic links China-based actors to alleged Claude military and distillation use
Capital
Anthropic reportedly selects Nasdaq for potential IPO
AI
Anthropic pitches Claude package for financial advisers
AI
China rejects calls framing AI development as a security threat
Infrastructure
Firmus reportedly seeks up to $5 billion in Australian IPO
AI
Sanders bill proposes penalties for advanced-AI prohibitions
Products
Daydream adds Siri and photo-based fashion search
Robotics
Waymo begins invite-only robotaxi service in Las Vegas
AI
Google adds six augmented-analytics functions to BigQuery
AI
Large AI customers curb Fable use over retention concerns
AI
Perplexity adds local agent to compatible Nvidia Windows PCs
Infrastructure
Chip-equipment shares fall as investors weigh AI-capex outlook
Robotics
Lyft adds Waymo robotaxi bookings in Nashville
Science
NVIDIA adds logical-qubit orchestration layer to CUDA-Q
AI
Microsoft publishes AI conduct code centered on human control
Products
Micron Taiwan union rejects bonus offer as strike vote remains possible
AI
Apple code points to broader Siri model interoperability
Policy
US cities end Flock camera contracts amid data-retention concerns
Science
Japan's biomass demand tied to Indonesian forest concessions
Science
Preprint reports agent-guided transistor-model calibration workflow
AI
Preprint finds mobile LLM inference less energy-efficient than batched servers
Infrastructure
ChargePoint reports $116 million Q2 revenue as margins improve
Science
MemBrain v2 automates membrane analysis in cryo-ET images
Security
Revolut confirms data disclosure through spoofed official requests
Robotics
Waymo robotaxi stopped after firearm violation detection
Products
Project publishes CUDA-facing Windows stack for one AMD GPU
Science
Xcimer gains RTX backing for laser defense work
Security
NTP operator reports scanner spillover tied to Tesla hostname
Security
Mexican authorities seize alleged Puebla crypto farm with 300 GPUs
Robotics
Ukraine says Sargan 3000 drone boat sank Russian unmanned vessel
Policy
China security ministry warns AI can threaten political and cyber security
Infrastructure
AI data-center developers offer communities more to win approvals
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AI-linked Asian stocks drop after calls to pace development
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Anthropic reportedly forecasts a second profitable quarter
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Microsoft announces conduct code for MAI models
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Major AI labs discuss an industry standards body
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