25 Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a strict ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, demanding that it remove its self-imposed ethical guardrails for military use by 5:01 PM on Friday, February 27, 2026. During a tense meeting at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that the military requires unrestricted access to the company’s flagship AI model, Claude, for “all lawful purposes”. Continue reading
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The Watchers Exposed: How a Single Platform Connects ChatGPT Selfies to Federal Intelligence Reports
Your Chatbot is Filing Reports to the Treasury: The Hidden Architecture of AI Surveillance
The Great Grounding: Why 2026 is the Year Context Replaced Content
04, Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media — To look back at the start of the decade is to remember a world drowning in signal-less noise. Whether it was the “Blue Carpet” spectacle of Outernet London or the surreal corporate logistics of the 2026 AVN Expo—where lanyards and coffee queues met the stark reality of a dress code regulating body concealment over formal attire—we have lived in a state of restless, digital chaos. But as we move through 2026, the tectonic realignment of our digital existence is finally settling. We are transitioning from the era of mere digital literacy into a phase of deep, agentic integration. This is the year of “The Great Grounding,” where the abstract promises of technology and the opaque maneuvers of power are finally being anchored in verifiable, actionable context.. Continue reading
The Future of Personal AI: A Guide to Gemini’s Cross-App Integration
Jan . 11, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Google has launched Personal Intelligence, a new beta feature that allows users in the United States to link the Gemini AI with various Google applications like Gmail and Photos. By integrating these services, the assistant can provide highly tailored answers by cross-referencing private emails and images to retrieve specific details, such as vehicle information or travel preferences. Users maintain full control over their data, as the feature is disabled by default and allows for the selective connection of specific apps. To protect individual privacy, the AI does not train its core models directly on private libraries; instead, it uses the data only to answer individualised prompts. This update is currently available for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers on mobile and web platforms, with plans for a broader release in the future. The system is designed to be proactive and helpful, though it still requires user feedback to improve its understanding of complex human nuances and relationships. Continue reading
AI Articles Surpass Human Output on the Web
Nov. 24, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The analysis of the growth and prevalence of AI-generated articles being published on the web clearly indicates that the quantity of articles produced by AI surpassed human-written content in November 2024, a significant trend spurred by the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. However, the proportion of AI content has recently stabilised and suggests this might be due to AI articles often not performing well in major search engines like Google. The CommonCrawl dataset and the application of an AI detection algorithm has been known for its false positive and negative rates when using articles from before ChatGPT’s release and articles generated by GPT-4o, respectively. Continue reading
Google Antigravity: A New AI-powered Development Platform for Software Engineers
Nov. 21, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — Despite the name, Google Antigravity is not a physics experiment; it’s a revolutionary new AI-powered development platform for software engineers.
It’s an “agent-first” system that uses autonomous AI agents (primarily powered by Gemini 3 Pro) to plan, execute, and verify complex software tasks across the editor, terminal, and browser. It shifts the developer’s role from writing every line of code to acting as an architect or orchestrator. Continue reading
Oracle Deploys OpenAI GPT-5 Across Database and Cloud Applications Portfolio
Austin, Texas—Aug 18, 2025 –Oracle has deployed OpenAI GPT-5 across its database portfolio and suite of SaaS applications, including Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, and Oracle Industry Applications, such as Oracle Health. By uniting trusted business data with frontier AI, Oracle is enabling customers to natively leverage sophisticated coding and reasoning capabilities in their business-critical workflows.
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