HUMAN Security data shows scraping attacks jumped 35% during Super Bowl LX with 74 million retail attacks blocked, while financial account takeover surged 3,600%.

Chrome today opened its WebMCP Early Preview Program, enabling websites to expose structured tools for AI agents through declarative and imperative APIs.

Federal prosecutors claim defendant's Claude chatbot queries lack attorney-client privilege in securities fraud case, citing AI's non-attorney status and Anthropic's data policies.

OpenAI begins testing ChatGPT ads at $60 CPM while Google launches AI Mode shopping ad formats, Discover gets a core update, and Spotify drops manual coding.

Penske Media filed opposition arguments February 12 accusing Google of shattering the fundamental exchange that sustained the open internet for decades.

Vidhya Srinivasan on eliminating choice between speed and certainty in shopping, plus her five-point playbook for leading through AI transformation.

Google introduces shopping ad format in AI Mode on February 11, 2026, as VP Vidhya Srinivasan positions agentic commerce and Gemini-powered tools as defining marketing trends.

Inspired Taste bakes AI-generated key lime pie on February 11 to expose how Google's algorithms create inaccurate recipes while stealing brand names and photos from publishers.