The AI landscape continues to evolve at breakneck speed. In the past 24 hours, we’ve seen major announcements from tech giants, new partnerships that will reshape the industry, and some genuinely surprising developments. Let’s break down what happened.
Perplexity Launches “Computer” – A Digital Worker Made of AI Agents
Perplexity dropped something big this week. They’re calling it “Computer,” and it’s essentially a general-purpose digital worker built from multiple AI agents. According to the company, this platform “reasons, delegates, searches, builds, remembers, codes, and delivers” across its sub-agents.
It sits somewhere between an AI assistant and a full coworker. The idea is that instead of asking one AI to do everything, you have specialized agents handling different parts of a complex task. One might research, another might write code, and a third might handle the final output formatting.
Perplexity’s announcement suggests this could change how we think about AI productivity tools. Rather than a chatbot you talk to, it’s more like a team you delegate to.
Google Flow Gets Major Upgrades
Google’s Flow AI tool is expanding beyond just video generation. The company announced it’s bringing Whisk and ImageFX directly into Flow, creating what they call a “unified workspace” for generating, editing, and animating content.
The key addition is Nano Banana, Google’s high-fidelity image generation model, now fully built into Flow. You can create images and instantly use them as frames for Veo video generations without leaving the app. Google says you can generate images for free in Flow starting in March.
There’s also a new lasso tool for precise editing. Select an area of an image and tell Flow what to change using natural language – “remove the man” or “add Koi fish in the water.” You can also draw directly on images to show exactly what you want modified.
For video, Flow can now extend clip length, add or remove objects, and orchestrate camera movements like pans and zooms. Google’s blog post shows creators using this for everything from mood boards to short films.
Meta and Nvidia Strike Massive Chip Deal
Meta has signed a multiyear deal to buy millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs along with Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. This represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment, which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements” in Meta’s data centers.
The deal also includes plans to add Nvidia’s next-generation Vera CPUs to Meta’s data centers in 2027. While Meta has been working on its own in-house chips for AI, reports suggest they’ve run into technical challenges and rollout delays.
This follows Meta’s deal last week buying millions of Nvidia’s AI chips. The combined spending is part of what analysts estimate will be more than the entire Apollo space program in AI infrastructure investment from Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon this year alone.
The Verge reports that Nvidia’s stock dropped 4 percent after a November report about Meta considering Google’s Tensor chips, so this deal likely stabilizes that relationship.
AMD’s $100 Billion Meta Deal
Not to be left out, AMD forged a $100 billion deal with Meta for AI chips. After buying millions of Nvidia chips, Meta signed a multi-year agreement to buy six gigawatts worth of AMD processors for AI data centers.
The deal could see Meta owning 10 percent of AMD’s stock. This follows a similar agreement between AMD and OpenAI, showing how chip manufacturers are locking in long-term partnerships with the biggest AI players.
OpenAI Names New Chief People Officer
OpenAI has a new chief people officer. Arvind KC, formerly Roblox’s chief people and systems officer, takes the role. He’s also held senior positions at Google, Palantir, and Meta.
KC replaces Julia Villagra, who departed in August 2025 after less than six months in the role. The position had been vacant since then. Bringing in someone with experience across major tech companies suggests OpenAI is thinking seriously about scaling its organization.
Oura Adds Women’s Health AI Model
Oura is adding a model designed to discuss women’s health to its AI chatbot. The Oura Advisor chatbot will soon cover “the full reproductive health spectrum, from early menstrual cycles through menopause.”
Reproductive health data is particularly sensitive, especially in places like the US. Oura says the model is hosted entirely on their infrastructure, and conversations are never sold, shared, or used to train public or third-party AI systems.
Still, you might want to think carefully before handing over that kind of data. The convenience of AI health advice comes with real privacy considerations.
Google Gemini Can Now Order Your Food
Google’s Gemini will be able to do multistep tasks on your phone, starting with ordering food or a ride. This is part of Google’s push to make Gemini more than just a chatbot – they want it to actually do things for you.
Starting with Galaxy S26 phones, Gemini can integrate with Uber and DoorDash to handle these tasks. It’s a small step toward the vision of AI assistants that can navigate apps and complete complex workflows on your behalf.
Anthropic Raises Questions About AI Consciousness
Anthropic called its chatbot “a new kind of entity” that might be conscious, and it’s opening a huge can of worms. The statement comes as AI companies face increasing scrutiny about what they’re building.
Whether or not you believe AI can be conscious, the fact that a major AI company is raising the question publicly suggests internal debates are happening. It also raises awkward questions about AI safety and rights that the industry isn’t ready to answer.
Trump’s Data Center Power Pledge
During his State of the Union speech, Trump claimed to have negotiated a “ratepayer protection pledge” with tech companies to keep data centers from raising utility bills for other customers. He didn’t say which companies are involved or what commitments they’ve made.
The president also shouted out Melania Trump’s work on the Take It Down Act, which requires social platforms to remove content reported as nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes.
The Bottom Line
What stands out from this week’s news? The AI infrastructure buildout is accelerating. Meta’s chip deals with both Nvidia and AMD show how much money is flowing into this space. We’re talking about hundreds of billions of dollars.
At the same time, AI tools are becoming more capable and more integrated into everyday tasks. Google’s Flow updates and Gemini’s new capabilities show the consumer side of this evolution. These aren’t just research demos anymore – they’re products people are using.
The questions around AI safety and consciousness aren’t going away either. Anthropic’s comments and the ongoing debates about AI agents deleting researchers’ inboxes show that the industry is grappling with real risks.
For businesses watching this space, the message is clear: AI isn’t coming. It’s here. The question is how you’ll use it.
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