China's DeepSeek trained its upcoming AI model — expected to drop as soon as next week — on Nvidia's most advanced Blackwell chips, despite U.S. export restrictions that ban their sale to China, a senior Trump administration official revealed Monday. If confirmed, the violation could dramatically escalate the U.S.-China semiconductor war and trigger fresh calls for tighter enforcement of chip export controls. The model is anticipated to be a significant leap forward in DeepSeek's open-weight lineup and could once again upend the global AI competitive landscape just as it did with its earlier R1 release.
New Model
📅 February 25, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Tuesday with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and delivered a blunt ultimatum: allow Claude to be used for all lawful military purposes — including classified networks — or face contract termination, designation as a national security "supply chain risk," or invocation of the Defense Production Act to compel compliance. Anthropic is the only major AI lab that has refused to drop usage restrictions for military deployment. The company has maintained its responsible AI commitments are non-negotiable. Anthropic has until Friday to respond — a deadline that could reshape the entire frontier AI industry's relationship with the U.S. government.
Industry
📅 February 25, 2026
Researchers have found that generative AI can analyze complex medical datasets at speeds that match or exceed those of expert human teams who spent months building predictive models from scratch. The AI performed on par with — or better than — clinicians on several key benchmarks, suggesting transformative potential for accelerating clinical trials, early disease detection, and pharmaceutical research. Scientists described the results as "better than expected" and say AI could soon be deployed as a first-line analyst inside hospital systems, dramatically cutting the time from raw data to life-saving insight.
Research
📅 February 25, 2026
A speculative scenario from the little-known research firm Citrini Research has gone viral — and shaken Wall Street. The report imagines AI agents triggering mass unemployment above 10% by June 2028, gutting software companies, cratering private credit markets, and sparking an Occupy Silicon Valley movement. Though explicitly labeled "not a prediction," the scenario sent the S&P 500 down over 1% and caused Uber, Mastercard, American Express, and DoorDash to each shed 4–6% after being named in the report. Analysts called it "doomsday porn" — but acknowledged it tapped into genuine investor anxiety about how fast AI is rewriting the economic rules.
Industry
📅 February 25, 2026
As the United States and China battle for AI dominance, India this week hosted a major global AI summit drawing leaders from dozens of nations and generating large pledges around AI governance, access, and cross-border cooperation. Prime Minister Modi's government positioned India as a democratic alternative — a country that can build powerful AI while keeping it accessible to the Global South. The summit produced commitments on AI safety frameworks and infrastructure investment. It marks India's clearest signal yet that it intends to shape the global rules of AI — not just consume the products built by others.
Industry
📅 February 25, 2026