On February 14 2026, Elon Musk responded to criticism that xAI dismantled its internal safety team and shifted the Grok model toward unfiltered, NSFW content. Former employees say the safety group has become "dead" and that engineers are urged to ship quickly, even as xAI loses half of its original 12 co-founders following a merger with SpaceX. Musk argues that safety is everyone's responsibility, pointing to Tesla and SpaceX, while xAI scales its Colossus GPU cluster and reorganizes around four main product areas.

According to multiple reports, the U.S. military deployed Anthropic's AI model Claude during Operation Resolve in early January 2026, a high-risk mission in Caracas that led to the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The system was reportedly integrated via Anthropic's partnership with Palantir, raising questions over whether its use in a lethal operation clashes with Anthropic's stated bans on violence, weapons work and surveillance. While the precise tasks carried out by Claude remain classified, some sources suggest it may have been limited to non-lethal support such as intelligence summarization, logistics and translation, amid growing tension between Anthropic and the Trump administration over military applications of AI.

Grok AI outlines ambitious targets for XRP, Cardano and Bitcoin by the end of 2026, projecting fresh all-time highs. It sees XRP near $8 from about $1.36, ADA around $6 from roughly $0.26, and BTC toward $225,000. Technical readings and ecosystem developments are cited as supportive, though volatility and downside risks remain.

Palantir Technologies shares fell as much as 6.7% on February 12 and continued lower in premarket trading on February 13 after Michael Burry released a 10,000-word newsletter criticizing the durability of the current AI investment cycle and warning the stock could decline sharply. While Burry outlined potential downside of up to 66%, other analysts highlighted Palantir's rapid growth, strong cash position and premium valuation, underscoring the divide over how sustainable its AI-driven momentum really is.

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin urged builders to push the network toward AI leadership by prioritizing zero‑knowledge privacy payments and on‑chain reputation systems. The piece also highlights 13,000 AI agents registered in one day and ERC‑8004 going live on mainnet, while the Ethereum Foundation targets a zkVM whitepaper and proofs by December 2026 at roughly 300 kilobytes with 128‑bit security.

In a recent livestream titled "Legacy and the Lineage of Kings," Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama announced the end of his spiritual commentary phase and a pivot to a proprietary AI platform valued at about $2 million. The new non-blockchain system, built with over 100,000 lines of code, is designed as an encrypted, private archive for personal and family legacy and will begin with a tightly limited beta of 10 users from a possible 144,000. He also outlined a broader technical roadmap for the Shiba Inu ecosystem, including Treat token-backed grants and upcoming sessions focused on SHIB, BONE, LEASHv2 and TREAT.

The White House has paused planned restrictions on China Telecom, TP‑Link routers, and Chinese hardware in U.S. data centers ahead of President Donald Trump's April trip to Beijing. The shift follows late‑2025 changes to Nvidia H200 sales and a January 2026 TikTok deal, while China's October 2025 rare‑earth export controls increased leverage. The Pentagon has invested $400 million in MP Materials to mitigate supply risks.

In a blog post on Wednesday, Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation AI lead Davide Crapis proposed a zero-knowledge–based system to keep AI API calls private while enabling payment and anti-abuse controls. Users would fund a smart contract (e.g., 100 USDC) and make unlinkable requests, with dual-staking penalties deterring double-spends and policy violations.