Weekly Review 13 February 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):

1. Firefox at least allows you to easily disable AI: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/firefox_ai_kill_switch/
2. AI can't create game worlds as well as humans, yet: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/googles-project-genie-ai-tool-spooks-the-video-game-industry
3. Where trustworthy AI is going: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/what-does-trustworthy-ai-look-like-in-2026-
4. AI is not leading to the cost-reductions that were promised: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ai-roi-wage-costs-apac/
5. AI is now helping hackers break into systems: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/aws_cloud_breakin_ai_assist/
6. AI demands so much memory that it's affecting smartphone production: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/qualcomm_q1_2026/
7. Software as a Service is taking a beating from AI: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_replace_saas/
8. Patience is running out for AI to deliver its promised benefits: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/the-anxious-need-to-meet-ai-goals
9. I've seen suggestions that the main motivation for moving AI data centres to space is so that companies don't need to follow data privacy laws: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/spacex-acquires-xai-plans-1-million-satellite-constellation-to-power-it/
10. Using AI to identify the genes behind genetic diseases: https://www.extremetech.com/science/deepmind-launches-ai-model-for-identifying-genetic-diseases
11. All the ways AI is being used at the Winter Olympics: https://spectrum.ieee.org/winter-olympics-2026-tech
12. Another way AI is causing ethical issues - creating replicas of the dead: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/586024/digital-ghosts-are-ai-replicas-of-the-dead-an-innovative-medical-tool-or-an-ethical-nightmare
13. Women are more likely to be negatively impacted by the introduction of AI in the workplace: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/women-tech-finance-higher-risk-ai-job-losses-report
14. Expanding AI from protein folding to genomics: https://spectrum.ieee.org/alphagenome-ai-gene-regulation
15. How AI can contribute to particle physics: https://spectrum.ieee.org/particle-physics-ai
16. A social media site for AI is rapidly becoming a security nightmare: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/the-rise-of-moltbook-suggests-viral-ai-prompts-may-be-the-next-big-security-threat/
17. AI coding tools are getting really good: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/developers-say-ai-coding-tools-work-and-thats-precisely-what-worries-them/
18. Apart from the question of why AI need their own social space, I suspect this is going to turn out to be nothing but slop: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/585876/what-is-moltbook-the-social-networking-site-for-ai-bots-and-should-we-be-scared
19. AI can help with tutoring students, but should not replace human tutors: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/02/03/ai-tutoring-no-substitute-peer-tutoring-opinion
20. AI driven web search is driving increases in web traffic: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_bot_traffic_web_browsers/
21. A mish-mash of regulations around AI is leaving the people responsible uncertain what to do: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/the-ai-regulatory-tug-of-war-caught-between-state-and-federal-mandates
22. Social media for AI is a huge security problem: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/openclaw_security_problems/
23. Security concerns are a major impediment to AI adoption: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366638794/AI-security-worries-stall-enterprise-production-deployments
24. Using AI to detect pump-and-dump scams: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/south_korea_ai_stock_fraud/