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February 21, 2026
This Week's Top Five Stories in AI
AI Magazine takes a look at some of the top stories from the past few days, featuring the likes of Bedrock Robotics, Anthropic,
TL;DR
- The construction industry faces a nearly 800,000-worker deficit, prompting adoption of AI autonomy systems from companies like Bedrock Robotics.
- Bedrock Robotics secured US$270 million in Series B funding to advance its autonomy solutions for general contractors.
- Anthropic's co-founder believes human-AI collaboration will lead to more meaningful, challenging, and high-productivity jobs.
- Microsoft is exploring high-temperature superconductors to improve power delivery in data centers due to rising AI workloads.
- Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN invested US$3 billion in Elon Musk's xAI, ahead of its merger with SpaceX.
- Virgin Media O2 is implementing AI monitoring tools across its mobile network to predict and prevent service issues, building on successes in its fixed broadband network.
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