AI News for February 26, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Nvidia posts record $68B quarter and ships first Vera Rubin chips as AI demand hits inflection point: Nvidia reported $68.1B in Q4 revenue, up 73% year-over-year and beating Wall Street estimates of $65.9B, while guiding Q1 FY2027 at $78B well above the $72.8B consensus.
[NEWS] Alibaba releases Qwen3.5-Medium models rivaling Claude Sonnet 4.5 on consumer GPUs: Alibaba's Qwen team released the Qwen3.5 Medium Model series: four new LLMs including three open-source models (Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B, Qwen3.5-27B) under Apache 2.0.
[NEWS] Google's Gemini gets first agentic powers on Samsung Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10, ordering Ubers autonomously: Google announced Gemini will automate multi-step tasks, ordering Ubers and placing DoorDash orders directly within apps on Samsung Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10.
[NEWS] Perplexity launches Computer, a multi-model AI agent that runs full workflows for hours or months: Perplexity unveiled Computer, a general-purpose digital worker that unifies every current AI capability into one system.
[OPINION] Jensen Huang says markets 'got it wrong' on AI threat to software companies: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pushed back on fears that AI will destroy the software industry, telling investors the recent SaaS selloff misreads how AI will reshape the sector.
[NEWS] Thrive Capital invested $1B in OpenAI at $285B valuation, separate from $100B funding round: Thrive Capital made an approximately $1 billion investment in OpenAI at a $285 billion valuation, according to CNBC.
[NEWS] Google API keys now authenticate to Gemini, exposing nearly 3,000 public keys as security risks: Security researchers at Truffle Security found that Google's single API key format (AIza...) now authenticates to Gemini, despite Google telling developers for over a decade that API keys aren't secrets.
[NEWS] Salesforce CEO Benioff brushes off 'SaaSpocalypse' fears with $10.7B quarter: Salesforce reported $10.7B Q4 revenue (up 13% YoY) and guided for $45.8-46.2B in FY27.
[NEWS] Hacker used Anthropic's Claude to steal sensitive Mexican government tax and voter data: A hacker exploited Anthropic's Claude chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of sensitive tax and voter information, according to cybersecurity researchers cited by Bloomberg.
[NEWS] Anthropic acquires Vercept, a computer-use AI startup that operated a cloud-based MacBook agent: Anthropic acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based AI startup that built Vy, a computer-use agent running in the cloud that could operate a remote Apple MacBook.

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