February 2026

Why it matters: When AI Feeds the Mind’s Shadows explores AI-linked paranoia, delusions, and the rise of digital mental distress.

Why it matters: AI Agents Launch Their Own Reddit explores how autonomous AIs communicate and evolve in a bot-only forum.

How can artificial intelligence step out of a screen and become something we can physically touch and interact with? That question formed the foundation of class 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence), an MIT course focused on designing a new category of AI-driven interactive objects. Known as large language objects (LLOs), these physical interfaces extend large language models…

MIT senior Katie Spivakovsky has been selected as a 2026-27 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in biological sciences at the Wellcome Sanger Institute at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall. Spivakovsky, who is double-majoring in biological engineering and artificial intelligence, with minors in mathematics and biology, aims to integrate computation and bioengineering…

Why it matters: Goldman Sachs Bets on AI Accounting with investment in Fieldguide, reshaping audit workflows through automation.

Why it matters: Big Tech Doubles Down on AI as Meta and Microsoft pour billions into infrastructure to lead the AI revolution.

Why it matters: Microsoft Bets Big on AI Growth as it scales Azure, integrates GPT, and leads the enterprise AI transformation.

Why it matters: AI Story Advances in Literary Contest as machine-written fiction passes top Japan prize’s first screening round.

Why it matters: Meta Q4 Soars on AI Push as revenue jumps, stock spikes, and generative AI drives Meta’s future strategy.

Why it matters: SpaceX Merges with Musk’s AI Startup to fuse aerospace innovation with advanced artificial intelligence systems.