NVIDIA has introduced its latest GB300 NVL72 systems, which deliver 50 times more work per megawatt and cut per-token processing costs by 35 times compared with the earlier Hopper platform. Separate testing on the GB200 NVL72 indicates more than tenfold gains in information processed per watt, while rapid growth in AI coding assistants and a widening global AI skills gap are reshaping hardware demand and enterprise strategies. Projections show the AI agent market climbing from 4.92 billion dollars in 2024 to 44.97 billion dollars by 2035, as businesses increasingly adopt off‑the‑shelf AI solutions.

According to Gemini's analysis, XRP could reach $10 by late 2026 while Bitcoin targets $250,000, with Solana projected toward $600 by 2027. The outlook draws on fundamentals, roadmaps, and macro trends, and cites XRP at $1.49 and SOL trading near $84 after a late‑2025 correction.

On February 16, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service said it will expand its AI-driven VISTA platform by adding an Nvidia H100 GPU using a 170 million Korean won ($117,640 USD) budget, aiming to improve real-time detection of market manipulation. The agency targets completing the hardware addition by the second quarter and is advancing algorithms to spot suspicious accounts and abnormal trading patterns.

On February 16, 2026, the UK government set out plans to bring AI chatbots under the Online Safety Act and strengthen protections for young users. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move would close a legal gap and require providers to block illegal material, with regulators gaining faster powers to act against emerging risks.

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.