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Altman, Amodei, and humanity's future: first AI documentary drops its trailer
PLUS: Claude Sonnet 4.6 matches Opus at 20% cost & Apple preps three AI wearables for 2027. NotebookLM adds prompt-based slide editing, Mistral's first-ever acquisition.

In today’s agenda: 2️⃣ Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, matching Opus 4.6 across benchmarks at one-fifth the cost with a 1M-token context window 3️⃣ Apple reportedly developing three AI wearables: an AI pin, smart glasses (code-named N50), and camera-equipped AirPods |
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MAIN AI UPDATES / 18th February 2026
🎬 Altman, Amodei, and humanity's future: first AI documentary drops its trailer 🎬
Oscar-winning filmmakers sit down with AI's biggest names for a raw look at the future.
The trailer just dropped for "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist", a documentary by filmmaker Daniel Roher that explores AI's impact through the lens of new fatherhood. The film features candid conversations with Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario and Daniela Amodei, alongside other researchers and industry figures. Produced by the Oscar-winning team behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny, it examines both the risks and potential benefits of AI—capturing leaders who are simultaneously hopeful and terrified about what they're building. Arriving as public debate over AI safety reaches a peak, it hits theaters March 27—making it the first major documentary to tackle the AI era head-on.
⚡ Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, rivals Opus at 20% cost ⚡
Anthropic's new mid-tier model reshapes pricing for top-tier AI performance.
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, a new model that matches or beats the flagship Opus 4.6 across finance, coding, computer use, and office benchmarks—at roughly one-fifth the cost. It supports up to a 1-million-token context window in beta and features major computer-use improvements, with OSWorld scores jumping from under 15% to 72.5%. On SWE-Bench Verified, it scored 79.6%, just below Opus 4.6's 80.8%. Safety improvements include lower hallucination and sycophancy rates along with stronger prompt-injection resistance. Early Claude Code testers preferred Sonnet 4.6 over its predecessor 70% of the time. This shifts competitive pressure across the entire mid-tier AI market. The model is now the default across Claude's apps for Free and Pro users.
🍎 Apple preps AI pin, glasses, and camera AirPods 🍎
Three new wearables signal Apple's rollout strategy for ambient AI computing.
Apple is reportedly working on three AI-powered wearable devices. The first is an AirTag-sized AI pin with built-in cameras designed to clip onto clothing and serve as the iPhone's "eyes and ears." The company is also accelerating AI smart glasses (code-named N50) with dual cameras and Apple-designed frames but no display, potentially entering production in December for a 2027 public launch. A third product—camera-equipped AirPods with low-res sensors feeding Siri visual context—could ship as early as this year. All three would tether to the iPhone and rely on Siri, which is expected to gain a chatbot-style interface in iOS 27 powered by Google's Gemini. This positions Apple to compete directly in ambient AI wearables.
INTERESTING TO KNOW
📝 NotebookLM rolls out prompt-based slide editing 📝
Google's NotebookLM has introduced Prompt-Based Revisions, a feature that lets users tweak, tailor, and refine presentation slides through natural-language prompts. Instead of manually editing each slide, users describe the changes they want and the tool applies them automatically. The feature currently supports PPTX files, with native Google Slides compatibility coming soon. This lowers the barrier for non-designers to produce polished presentations—a clear signal of growing AI adoption in everyday productivity. The update strengthens NotebookLM's position as a versatile AI-powered productivity tool, extending its capabilities beyond research and note-taking into document creation workflows.
🇫🇷 Mistral's first-ever acquisition🇫🇷
Mistral AI has agreed to acquire Koyeb, a Paris-based serverless deployment startup, in its first-ever acquisition. Koyeb's platform and engineering team will power Mistral Compute, the company's cloud infrastructure offering. The integration signals Mistral's ambition to build a vertically integrated AI stack—covering model development, deployment, and serving. This gives Mistral pricing and distribution leverage against U.S. hyperscalers. The all-European deal also underscores the growing maturity of France's AI ecosystem.

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