Amazon has officially banned its internal engineering teams from using Anthropic's coding assistant, Claude Code, mandating a full shift to Amazon's self-developed AI system. This move reveals the cloud giant's deep strategic battle in the AI era.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has signed a contract with US-based Agility Robotics to deploy its Digit humanoid robots. Prior to the formal agreement, Toyota is understood to have conducted a year-long pilot program to validate the stability of Digit robots in automotive production environments. The robot features bipedal locomotion and dual-arm operation, and will be deployed in tasks spanning logistics, empty box retrieval, and parts delivery.
IBM on February 22 inaugurated an AI GovTech Innovation Center in Lucknow, India, as part of a broader push to position artificial intelligence (AI) as core infrastructure for public-sector modernization, while also outlining plans to expand investments in quantum computing, cloud, and semiconductor design in the country.
China Central Television's 2026 Spring Festival Gala became a showcase for humanoid robots. Unlike last year's polarizing yangko performance, this year's high-difficulty routines drew broad approval. Four humanoid robot companies appeared in rotation, as the national platform would likely boost their capital market appeal.
Acer is marking its 50th anniversary in 2026 by redefining its core and non-core businesses, aiming to strengthen group resilience through expansion into four promising non-core sectors: industrial PCs (IPCs), healthcare, energy, and home appliances. Chairman and CEO Jason Chen outlined the company's forward-looking strategy to balance growth between core and emerging areas.
Generative AI has prompted market doubts about the traditional software-as-a-service growth model, contributing to recent weakness in SaaS stocks and eroding investor confidence, Appier CEO and co-founder Chih-han Yu said. He argued that the greatest impact falls on non-native AI SaaS providers.
In an interview with Germany's Handelsblatt, Infineon CEO Jochen Hanebeck said the emerging robotics market is expected to generate significant revenue growth and help support the company's stable performance amid margin pressures.
Around the 2026 Lunar New Year, China's large model market entered its most concentrated launch cycle to date. Z.ai, MiniMax, Alibaba, and ByteDance released or upgraded models across reasoning, image generation, and video generation.
The US Supreme Court on February 20 struck down the Trump administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose "reciprocal tariffs," prompting the administration to switch to Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 and impose a temporary additional 15% tariff on global goods. The change has immediate implications for previously negotiated exemptions and for Taiwan's export sectors.
Amid intensifying China–Japan bilateral tensions, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has placed 20 Japanese companies and institutions on a heightened export-control watchlist, citing concerns over unverifiable end users and potential military applications of dual-use items.
Honor Device will unveil its first humanoid robot at MWC Barcelona this week, marking the Chinese smartphone maker's formal entry into a fast-emerging sector attracting intense interest across the country's technology industry, according to Bloomberg, Guancha, and MyDrivers.
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