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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
OpenAI Ditches Nvidia for Lightning-Fast Coding Model Breakthrough
OpenAI has released GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a revolutionary coding model 15 times faster than its predecessor, running on Cerebras' Wafer Scale Engine 3 chip. This marks a significant shift away from Nvidia hardware.
**OpenAI's move could disrupt Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware and pave the way for new industry leaders**
Quick Summary
- •OpenAI Ditches Nvidia for Lightning-Fast Coding Model Breakthrough
- •**OpenAI's move could disrupt Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware and pave the way for new industry leaders**
- •Key players: OpenAI
Today's Intelligence
Launches
Apple Brings AI to iOS Devices
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OpenAI Empowers Solo Devs with OpenClaw
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Hugging Face Unveils Transformers v5 Upgrade
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Gemini 3 Deep Think Gets Major Upgrade
Google boosts Gemini's Deep Think performance for practical applications.
Anthropic Unveils Sonnet 4.6 AI Upgrade
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Business
Google Unveils Leaner AI Models with Sequential Attention
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Breakthrough in AI Efficiency: TiDAR Unleashed
TiDAR, a hybrid AI architecture, outperforms existing methods in efficiency and quality.
Transformers Leap Forward with Energy-Based Breakthrough
Researchers introduce Energy-Based Transformers, achieving up to 35% higher scaling rate and 29% better performance on language tasks.
Hackers Bypass GigaChat Filters with Ease
Researchers have independently verified a vulnerability in GigaChat that allows for the bypass of filters via contextual camouflage.
EU Probes Grok Over Child Image Abuse
The European Union has launched a second investigation into Grok's nonconsensual image generation, accusing the platform of violating GDPR laws and creating sexual images of children.
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