Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Recon: the US market share of Copilot as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026, while Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7%  —  Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems After leaning on its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft is playing catch-up in the chatbot race.

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adobe reversed its plans to discontinue Animate after creators expressed frustration, stating it won't get new features but will remain available “indefinitely”  —  It won't get new features, but it will still be available. … Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st.

Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
Filing: OpenAI accuses xAI of systematically destroying evidence in its antitrust case by directing employees to use auto-deleting “ephemeral messaging tools”  —  OpenAI accused Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company of “systematic and intentional destruction” …

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
Alaffia Health, which provides AI tools for health plan claims operations, raised a $55M Series B led by Transformation Capital  —  Agentic artificial intelligence for health plan claims operations startup Alaffia Health Inc. announced today that it has raised $55 million in new funding to accelerate growth …

Lee Ying Shan / CNBC:
KKR and Singtel agree to acquire the remaining 82% stake in data center operator STT GDC for ~$5.1B, giving the company an enterprise value of ~$10.86B  —  Private equity firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications will acquire the remaining 82% stake in data center operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres …