1. SpaceX Files for 1 Million "Orbital Data Center" Satellites

In a move that feels straight out of science fiction, Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed a request with the FCC today to deploy up to 1 million solar-powered satellites.

• The Goal: To move AI compute infrastructure into space. These "orbital brains" would handle the massive data demands of 2026 while bypassing the power and water constraints of terrestrial data centers.

  
  

• The Impact: If successful, this would decouple AI scaling from Earth's energy grid, potentially making SpaceX the largest infrastructure provider for "Agentic AI" worldwide. Read more: SpaceX eyes orbital AI network to meet explosive data demands

2. Super Bowl LX: The "AI Bowl" Begins

This Sunday’s Super Bowl is being dubbed "AI's coming-out party." For the first time, the commercials aren't just selling products; they are fighting a war for your digital identity.

• The Battle: Anthropic will air a commercial for its "Claude" assistant that reportedly takes direct (and slightly mocking) aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT.

• The First: Svedka Vodka is slated to air the first-ever 100% AI-generated Super Bowl ad, featuring dancing robots created entirely through generative video tools.

• The Scale: OpenAI’s Sam Altman is reportedly using the event to showcase the "mainstream breakthrough" of his company’s latest agentic tools. Read more: Super Bowl LX is turning into AI's coming-out party

3. Market Shakeup: Google Pulls Ahead as $100B Deal Fades

Wall Street is seeing a massive sentiment shift today. Alphabet (Google) is officially shedding its "laggard" status, while OpenAI’s financial foundation is being questioned.

• The Google Surge: Google Gemini now boasts 750 million monthly active users. With revenue from Azure-style AI services up 48%, Alphabet is now one of only three companies (alongside Nvidia and Apple) valued at over $4 trillion.

  
  

• The "Vanishing" Deal: The rumored $100 billion partnership between Nvidia and OpenAI was clarified today as "non-binding" and "unfinalized." Nvidia’s Jensen Huang noted the actual investment would be "nothing like" that figure, causing a ripple of skepticism through OpenAI’s other partners like Oracle. Read more: Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI

4. Industry Spotlight: The "Lemonade Effect" in Insurance

Traditional motor insurance took a £1.3 billion hit this week after the AI-native insurer Lemonade launched a radical new policy for Tesla’s self-driving vehicles.

• The Disruption: By using real-time AI to process claims and assess risk, Lemonade is offering coverage at half the cost of traditional human-managed policies.

• The Argument: Lemonade claims autonomous vehicles are statistically safer, making them cheaper to insure—a move that has traditional firms like Admiral scrambling to justify their premiums. Read more: Industries next on the list for disruption by AI

Prompt of the Day: The "Ad-Maker" Brainstorm

Inspired by the Svedka AI-generated Super Bowl ad, use this prompt to create a marketing concept for your own business or project.

The Prompt:

"I want to create a [30-second / 60-second] AI-generated video ad for [Your Product/Project].

1. Describe a visual style (e.g., 'Retro-futuristic,' 'Hyper-realistic nature,' 'Glitch-core').

2. What is the 'Core Hook' that AI agents would find more appealing than humans?

3. Provide a prompt I can use in a video-generation tool (like Veo or Sora) to create the opening scene."