AI News for February 4, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Anthropic AI tool sparks $285B stock selloff in legal software sector: Anthropic unveiled a new AI tool that can track compliance and review legal documents, triggering a major selloff in legal-software stocks.
[RESEARCH] Claude completes first AI-planned drives on Mars, navigating Perseverance rover autonomously: NASA's Perseverance rover completed the first drives on another world planned entirely by generative AI.
[NEWS] Waymo raises $16B at $126B valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities including Tokyo and London: Waymo closed the largest investment ever in an autonomous vehicle company, raising $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation.
[NEWS] Nvidia nears $20B investment in OpenAI funding round: Nvidia is close to investing $20 billion in OpenAI's funding round, which would represent one of the largest corporate investments in an AI company.
[TOOLS] Apple integrates Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex into Xcode 26.3 for agentic coding: Apple released Xcode 26.3 with native support for AI coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI.
[NEWS] Anthropic partners with Allen Institute and HHMI to accelerate biological research with AI agents: Anthropic announced flagship partnerships with the Allen Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop AI agents for life sciences research.
[NEWS] Anthropic plans employee tender offer at $350B valuation: Anthropic is planning an employee tender offer that would value the AI safety startup at $350 billion.
[TOOLS] RentAHuman.ai launches marketplace where AI agents hire humans for physical tasks: A new platform lets AI agents directly hire humans for real-world tasks they can't perform, from shopping and deliveries to attending meetings and signing documents.
[NEWS] OpenAI hires Anthropic safety researcher Dylan Scand as head of preparedness: OpenAI hired a researcher from Anthropic to lead its preparedness team, a high-profile safety role listed at up to $555,000 annually.
[NEWS] Intel announces plans to build GPUs, taking on Nvidia's AI chip dominance: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced the company will start producing GPUs, entering a market dominated by Nvidia.

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