AI News from February 8, 2026

Benchmark Capital commits $225 million to AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems in $1 billion Series H round, valuing the Nvidia rival at $23 billion ahead of Q2 2026 IPO.

Republican budget bill includes controversial provision to ban states from regulating AI for a decade, sparking fierce debate over consumer protection and tech industry oversight.

DeepMind's Aletheia AI achieves breakthrough by solving 13 notoriously difficult Erdős problems, demonstrating unprecedented AI-human collaboration in advanced mathematical research.

Anthropic introduces a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 that delivers responses up to 2.5 times faster, revolutionizing AI-powered software development and coding workflows.