Alicia Shapiro

I'm the CMO at AiNews.com, editor of our newsletter, human behind AI Alicia our news anchor, and social media manager. I also maintain our website and conduct video interviews with top AI industry leaders for our series, Driving Tomorrow: Conversations with AI Leaders.

Mar 4, 2026

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OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3 Instant to Improve ChatGPT Accuracy and Reduce Refusals

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Amazon Launches AI “Canvas” Workspace to Turn Seller Data Into Real-Time Business Decisions

AI In Retail

Mar 4, 2026

Amazon Launches AI “Canvas” Workspace to Turn Seller Data Into Real-Time Business Decisions

Amazon is introducing an AI workspace that turns seller data into interactive dashboards, helping marketplace businesses analyze performance, simulate decisions, and plan growth in real time.

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OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3 Instant to Improve ChatGPT Accuracy and Reduce Refusals

New AI Products and Features

Mar 4, 2026

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3 Instant to Improve ChatGPT Accuracy and Reduce Refusals

ChatGPT’s most widely used model just received an update aimed at something users notice immediately: fewer refusals, fewer hallucinations, and smoother everyday conversations.

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Mar 3, 2026

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Meta Tests AI Shopping Tool to Personalize Ecommerce Discovery and Challenge ChatGPT, Gemini

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Anthropic Introduces Built-In Evaluation and Benchmarking for Claude Agent Skills to Improve Enterprise AI Reliability

AI Agents

Mar 3, 2026

Anthropic Introduces Built-In Evaluation and Benchmarking for Claude Agent Skills to Improve Enterprise AI Reliability

Anthropic is turning AI skills into measurable, testable infrastructure — not just prompts that “seem” to work.

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Meta Tests AI Shopping Tool to Personalize Ecommerce Discovery and Challenge ChatGPT, Gemini

AI In Retail

Mar 3, 2026

Meta Tests AI Shopping Tool to Personalize Ecommerce Discovery and Challenge ChatGPT, Gemini

What if your next online purchase isn’t influenced by a search engine — but by an AI chatbot that already knows your location and preferences?

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Mar 2, 2026

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Pentagon Ends Anthropic Talks, Signs OpenAI Classified AI Deal — A Turning Point for Military AI Governance

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Pentagon Ends Anthropic Talks, Signs OpenAI Classified AI Deal — A Turning Point for Military AI Governance

AI In Government

Mar 2, 2026

Pentagon Ends Anthropic Talks, Signs OpenAI Classified AI Deal — A Turning Point for Military AI Governance

Who should govern military AI — elected governments, private labs, or technical safeguards?

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Feb 27, 2026

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Google Introduces Nano Banana 2 — Plus AiNews Expands Its Presence at HumanX

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Google Introduces Nano Banana 2 to Accelerate AI Image Creation Across Marketing, Search, and Cloud Workflows

AI in Advertising

Feb 27, 2026

Google Introduces Nano Banana 2 to Accelerate AI Image Creation Across Marketing, Search, and Cloud Workflows

Google’s Nano Banana 2 aims to eliminate the traditional tradeoff between image quality and generation speed — bringing AI visuals into real-time production workflows.

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Feb 26, 2026

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Anthropic Revises AI Safety Policy With Risk Reports, External Review, and New Transparency Rules

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Enterprise AI

Feb 26, 2026

OpenAI Launches Frontier Alliances to Scale Enterprise AI Deployment

OpenAI is betting that the future of enterprise AI won’t be won by smarter models alone — but by who can operationalize them at scale.

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Anthropic Revises AI Safety Policy With Risk Reports, External Review, and New Transparency Rules

AI Safety and Security

Feb 26, 2026

Anthropic Revises AI Safety Policy With Risk Reports, External Review, and New Transparency Rules

Anthropic is rewriting how AI safety commitments work — acknowledging uncertainty while expanding transparency around frontier model risks.

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Feb 25, 2026

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Pentagon demands Anthropic remove Claude AI safeguards in military dispute

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Pentagon demands Anthropic remove Claude AI safeguards in military dispute

AI In Government

Feb 25, 2026

Pentagon demands Anthropic remove Claude AI safeguards in military dispute

If AI “guardrails” can be overridden by contract pressure, the real question becomes who sets the limits when models move into classified systems.

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Feb 23, 2026

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Google Adds AI Photoshoot Tool to Pomelli, Turning Product Photography Into Software

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Samsung Integrates Perplexity Into Galaxy AI to Power a Multi-Agent Smartphone Experience

AI Agents

Feb 23, 2026

Samsung Integrates Perplexity Into Galaxy AI to Power a Multi-Agent Smartphone Experience

Samsung is turning the smartphone into a platform where multiple AI assistants compete to become your primary interface.

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Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Driven Cybersecurity Defense

AI in Cybersecurity

Feb 23, 2026

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Driven Cybersecurity Defense

As AI accelerates cyberattacks, Anthropic is betting that AI-powered defense will become essential to securing modern software.

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Google Adds AI Photoshoot Tool to Pomelli, Turning Product Photography Into Software

Future of Work

Feb 23, 2026

Google Adds AI Photoshoot Tool to Pomelli, Turning Product Photography Into Software

What if your next product photoshoot didn’t require a studio — just software?

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Feb 20, 2026

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ElevenLabs Introduces AI Agent Insurance for Enterprise Voice AI Deployment

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WordPress Launches Built-In AI Assistant for Website Creation, Editing, and Design

New AI Products and Features

Feb 20, 2026

WordPress Launches Built-In AI Assistant for Website Creation, Editing, and Design

WordPress is embedding AI directly into website building, eliminating the gap between generating content and publishing it.

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ElevenLabs Introduces AI Agent Insurance for Enterprise Voice AI Deployment

AI Safety and Security

Feb 20, 2026

ElevenLabs Introduces AI Agent Insurance for Enterprise Voice AI Deployment

AI agents can now be insured — a development that could reshape how enterprises evaluate risk, accountability, and large-scale AI adoption.

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Improves AI Reasoning Across Google’s Ecosystem, Targeting Complex Enterprise and Developer Workflows

Reasoning Models

Feb 20, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Pro Improves AI Reasoning Across Google’s Ecosystem, Targeting Complex Enterprise and Developer Workflows

Google’s newest Gemini model focuses on deeper reasoning — not just faster answers — as AI competition shifts toward intelligence quality.

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Feb 19, 2026

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Claude Sonnet 4.6: 1M Context Window, Stronger Coding, and Near-Opus Performance

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AI in Advertising

Feb 19, 2026

Perplexity Rejects AI Advertising to Compete on Trust and Subscription Search

What happens when an AI search company decides user trust matters more than advertising revenue? Perplexity’s latest move signals a deeper battle over how AI assistants will make money — and whether users can trust the answers they receive.

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