Artificial Intelligence Industry News

AI Business Weekly – February 27, 2026: ChatGPT Exposes Chinese Influence Operations as Big Tech Signs Power Pledge and Samsung Launches First Agentic AI Smartphone

Five stories revealing how OpenAI banned Chinese law enforcement account planning Japan PM smear campaign, White House forces data center power commitments, Nvidia hits record $68B revenue, and Samsung debuts Gemini-powered autonomous app control beating Apple's delayed Siri overhaul

Gemini 3 Powers Samsung S26 Autonomous Third-Party App Control as Apple's $1 Billion Gemini-Siri Integration Faces Months of Delay

Gemini 3 Powers Samsung S26 Autonomous Third-Party App Control as Apple's $1 Billion Gemini-Siri Integration Faces Months of Delay

Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Series With First "Agentic AI" Smartphone Integrating Google Gemini 3, Perplexity, and Bixby for Autonomous Third-Party App Control

Galaxy Unpacked 2026 introduces S26 Ultra with built-in Privacy Display and Gemini-powered autonomous task delegation across apps like Uber while Apple's Gemini-Siri integration faces delays until May or September

Nvidia Reports Record $68.1 Billion Q4 Revenue Beating Estimates as Data Center Sales Surge 75% Despite Memory Shortage Concerns and Gaming Decline

Chipmaker guides Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue to $78 billion as hyperscalers account for over 50% of data center sales while shipping first Vera Rubin samples and warning memory constraints will hurt gaming business

White House Announces March 4 Summit Where Big Tech Signs "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" Requiring AI Data Centers Fund Own Electricity to Prevent Household Rate Increases

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and xAI expected to sign commitment preventing data center power costs from hitting consumers as electricity prices rose 6% nationally with 16% spikes in data center hub states

OpenAI Bans Chinese Law Enforcement ChatGPT Account Over Large-Scale Influence Operations Targeting Japan Prime Minister and Global Dissidents

February 2026 threat report reveals account linked to Chinese authorities used ChatGPT to edit covert campaign documents targeting Sanae Takaichi with hundreds of operators managing thousands of fake accounts across 300 platforms

AI Business Weekly – February 26, 2026: Pentagon AI Ultimatums Reshape Industry as Canada Confronts OpenAI Over Mass Shooting Safety Failures

Five stories revealing how Defense Department threatens Anthropic with blacklist while approving Grok for classified systems as Canadian officials demand answers on ChatGPT account banned months before tragedy

Canadian Officials Express "Disappointment" After OpenAI Meeting Over Tumbler Ridge Shooting as Company Offers No New Safety Protocols

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Summoned to Pentagon for "Tense" Meeting Tuesday as Claude Faces Replacement Threat and Friday Deadline Looms

Defense Secretary Hegseth to present ultimatum demanding Anthropic lift all safeguards on Claude for "all lawful purposes" or face supply chain risk designation