A decisive global shift from AI safety rhetoric toward economic impact. Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6, a sweeping Meta-NVIDIA infrastructure mega-deal, and the New Delhi Declaration signed by 89 countries defined the week's headlines.
The week of February 9-15, 2026 delivered one of the most packed seven-day stretches in recent AI history. Chinese AI labs unleashed a barrage of new models ahead of Lunar New Year. The EU moved against Meta over WhatsApp AI exclusivity.
Banks are already testing AI agents to handle compliance work. Telecom networks now fix congestion on their own. OpenAI and Anthropic shipped new agent-ready models, while regulators raised fresh security warnings. This piece looks at what launched, who is using it, and what it means for businesses right now.
AI moved from labs into real products this week. Retailers used agents to plan jobs, cars got chatbots, chip makers rewired the economics of models, China pushed AI prices down, and Switzerland positioned itself as a global AI policy hub.
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