News and Analysis from the Era of Large Language Models
On 12 February 2026, Google announced a major update to Gemini 3 Deep Think, a specialised reasoning mode designed to tackle complex scientific, research and engineering challenges. The model was developed in close partnership with scientists and researchers, and has set new records on several leading benchmarks, outperforming OpenAI'
Taiwan enacted the Artificial Intelligence Fundamental Act, laying the legal foundations for human-centred AI development. The legislation guarantees the protection of fundamental rights while creating a safe application environment, and positions Taiwan as a key player in global AI governance. The bill was drafted by the National Science and Technology
A serious security vulnerability was discovered just days after the launch of Moltbook, a social networking platform designed exclusively for AI agents, resulting in the public exposure of 35,000 email addresses and 1.5 million API authentication tokens. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Wiz identified a misconfigured Supabase database within
Since October 2025, AI tools have helped transfer approximately 100 Erdős problems into the solved column, according to a record maintained by mathematician Terence Tao, out of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by Paul Erdős. The wave began when Mehtaab Sawhney of Columbia University used ChatGPT to search for
Anthropic announced its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, on 5 February 2026, delivering significant advances in coding, longer autonomous task execution and professional-grade output creation. According to Scott White, Anthropic's head of product for enterprise, the industry is transitioning into a vibe working era in which
Microsoft unveiled its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, pledging to cover full electricity costs, reject local property tax breaks, and replenish more water than its data centres consume. The company has been developing the initiative since September 2025, responding to shifting public sentiment observed in Wisconsin, where concerns shifted to electricity
The Treasury Committee has recommended that the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England should start running AI-specific stress tests to help firms prepare for market shocks triggered by automated systems. Evidence received by the committee indicates more than 75% of UK financial services firms are now using AI.
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation imposing a 25% tariff on advanced AI semiconductors produced outside the United States that pass through the country before being exported to other nations, formalising a key component of the U.S. Department of Commerce's December decision to permit Nvidia to ship
OpenAI announced that it will begin testing advertisements in ChatGPT for free and Go tier users in the United States, marking a significant shift in the AI company's revenue strategy. The advertisements will appear at the bottom of user conversations and will be targeted to the topic of
VoiceRun, a startup developing voice agents, raised $5.5 million in seed funding led by Flybridge, with participation from RRE Ventures and Link Ventures. The company, initially known as Prim AI, launched VoiceRun to address the gap between low-quality no-code tools and resource-intensive specialised solutions by enabling developers and coding
Google unveiled new AI features for Gmail on 8th January 2026, including a personalised AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and a Proofread tool. The updates integrate functionality from Gemini, Google's large language model, into the 22-year-old messaging application. These capabilities initially launched in English within the U.
More than 200,000 European banking jobs could vanish by 2030 as lenders lean into AI and shutter physical branches, according to a Morgan Stanley analysis reported by the Financial Times. This represents approximately 10 per cent of the workforce across 35 major European banks. The banks in the analysis
