Todayβs AI News You Can Use- Wednesday 2/11/26
An AI News Brief so we can be aware and use AI for Good. 1. Leading AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Mistral launched a new European startup accelerator called F/ai. This program will help earlyβstage AI builders with compute credits, mentorship, and tools to grow fast in Europe. Β 2. Anthropic released an upgraded AI model called Claude Opus 4.6 with significant improvements in coding, finance, and multiβagent workflows. It can handle larger tasks and is expanding into enterprise markets. 3. Anthropic and OpenAI released new AI models on the same day, deepening their rivalry. Anthropicβs Claude boosts productivity features while OpenAI responded with its own advances for developers and enterprise use. 4. OpenAI launched Frontier, a platform to manage and deploy AI agents for large companies. Big customers like Intuit, Uber, and State Farm are adopting this tool to coordinate AI workflows. 5. OpenAI confirmed testing ads inside its ChatGPT app for free tier users in the United States. Paid tiers will remain adβfree, marking a new revenue strategy. 6. The U.S. War Department will integrate a custom version of ChatGPT into its GenAI.Mil platform, expanding access to AI for military personnel and operations. 7. A new report shows Googleβs Gemini is growing in adoption and remains a top competitor to ChatGPT, with strong performance and ecosystem support in business tools.