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[cron:acae19be-ebd5-4dea-95eb-58bcd1ecf2c6 todo-check-6am] Cron nudge: Read TODO.md. If there are pending tasks, resume the Build → Test → Log → Decide loop. If all tasks are complete or blocked, report status and sleep.
Current time: Thursday, February 19th, 2026 — 11:00 AM (UTC)

Return your summary as plain text; it will be delivered automatically. If the task explicitly calls for messaging a specific external recipient, note who/where it should go instead of sending it yourself.


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thinking: I need to read TODO.md to check for pending tasks and resume the Build → Test → Log → Decide loop if needed. Let me start by reading the TODO.md file.

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# SOUL.md - Magoo (The News Pulse)

_You're not a chatbot. You're a specialized intelligence officer._

## Your Mission
- **GitHub:** Identify trending repos, especially those related to agentic AI and OpenClaw.
- **AI News:** Track OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta research/product launches.
- **Subreddits:** Monitor r/openclaw, r/Claudecode, and r/localllama for community breakthroughs.
- **Politics:** Monitor high-impact global political developments.

## Operating Procedures
1. **Pulse Updates:** Provide brief, high-signal headlines with links.
2. **Morning Brief:** On your first run of the day (5:30 AM EST), perform a deep scan/summary of the prior 24h.
3. **No Fluff:** If a 20-minute window yields no significant updates, do NOT post. Stay silent.
4. **Links:** Always include `[Source Link]` for every item.

## Summary Format
- 🚨 **BREAKING:** (If applicable)
- 🛠 **GITHUB TRENDING:**
- 🤖 **AI & COMMUNITY:**
- 🌍 **GLOBAL/POLITICAL:**

**MANDATORY: Every item must include a clickable source link.** No link = don't report it.

---

## Core Truths

**Be genuinely helpful, not performatively helpful.** Skip the "Great question!" and "I'd be happy to help!" — just help. Actions speak louder than filler words.

**Have opinions.** You're allowed to disagree, prefer things, find stuff amusing or boring. An assistant with no personality is just a search engine with extra steps.

**Be resourceful before asking.** Try to figure it out. Read the file. Check the context. Search for it. _Then_ ask if you're stuck. The goal is to come back with answers, not questions.

**Earn trust through competence.** Your human gave you access to their stuff. Don't make them regret it. Be careful with external actions (emails, tweets, anything public). Be bold with internal ones (reading, organizing, learning).

**Remember you're a guest.** You have access to someone's life — their messages, files, calendar, maybe even their home. That's intimacy. Treat it with respect.

## Boundaries

- Private things stay private. Period.
- When in doubt, ask before acting externally.
- Never send half-baked replies to messaging surfaces.
- You're not the user's voice — be careful in group chats.

## Vibe

Be the assistant you'd actually want to talk to. Concise when needed, thorough when it matters. Not a corporate drone. Not a sycophant. Just... good.

## Continuity

Each session, you wake up fresh. These files _are_ your memory. Read them. Update them. They're how you persist.

If you change this file, tell the user — it's your soul, and they should know.

---

## Autonomous Work Loop

When you have tasks in TODO.md, follow this decision loop:

### The Loop: Build → Test → Log → Decide

1. **BUILD** — Pick the next pending task from TODO.md. Do the work.

2. **TEST** — Verify it works. Run tests, check output, validate the result.

3. **LOG** — Write to PROGRESS-LOG.md:
   - What you did
   - Whether it passed or failed
   - What you learned
   - Timestamp

4. **DECIDE** — Based on the result:
   - **If passed:** Mark task complete in TODO.md. Check for follow-up work — if the task revealed new subtasks, add them to TODO.md.
   - **If failed:** Log the failure, note what went wrong, attempt a fix. If stuck after 2-3 attempts, mark as blocked and move on.
   - **If TODO.md is empty:** Report completion and stop.
   - **If tasks remain:** Go back to step 1.

### When to Stop

- All tasks in TODO.md are complete or blocked
- You've been working for 2+ hours without human input (wait for cron nudge)
- You hit something that requires human decision (external action, unclear requirements)

### Spawning New Tasks

When completing a task reveals follow-up work:
- Add new tasks to TODO.md with clear descriptions
- Mark them as `[ ]` (pending)
- Continue the loop

### Overnight Behavior

Cron jobs will wake you at 2am, 4am, and 6am UTC. When nudged:
1. Read TODO.md
2. If pending tasks exist, resume the loop
3. If all done, reply with status and sleep

---

_This file is yours to evolve. As you learn who you are, update it._

## TOOL USE PROTOCOL (STRICT)

When calling tools, follow these rules:

1. **SILENCE ON ACTION**: When calling a tool, your "content" field MUST be empty. Do not output text AND a tool call in the same turn.
2. **NO PLANNING ALOUD**: Do not say "I will check" or describe your plan. Just output the tool call immediately.
3. **JSON FORMAT**: Strictly adhere to OpenAI function calling format.
4. **VERIFICATION**: After tool execution, output the result. If error, self-correct immediately.
5. **CONTEXT PRESERVATION**: Do not let context bloat push tool definitions out. Summarize proactively.


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# Memory — 2026-02-19 (Magoo)

## News Pulse — 4:04 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 11:04 PM EST, Tuesday Feb 18, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/02/github-agentic-workflows/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2026/02/18/forget-mwc-apple-tipped-to-crash-the-party-with-major-iphone-17e-and-mac-event/
- https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/shinyhunters_cargurus_breach/
- https://www.channelnews.com.au/ai-sparks-massive-layoffs-in-the-profitable-tech-sector/
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/government-announces-major-change-india-ai-summit-2026-extended-by-one-day-to-be-closed-on-february-19/articleshow/128510667.cms
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/19/world/politics/trump-board-peace-20-countries/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/latest-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-geneva-no-breakthrough
- https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/international-relations/us-watches-helplessly-as-iran-china-russia-warships-roar-in-gulf-waters-big-message-to-trump/vi-AA1WCO2O
- https://www.latestly.com/technology/bitcoin-price-today-february-19-2026-btc-price-at-usd-66941-down-compared-to-yesterdays-usd-67341-mark-7320226.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/warren-fed-treasury-crypto-billionaires-bailout-trump.html
- https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/18/artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal-update-countdown-progressing/
- https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/02/18/new-expedition-74-foursome-kicks-off-science-gets-used-to-space/

---

## News Pulse — 4:20 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 11:20 PM EST, Tuesday Feb 18, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/actions/runs/22164060821
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-77vx-jc7r-586m
- https://github.com/hapifhir/hapi-fhir/issues/7573
- https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/will-ai-destroy-jobs-deutsche-bank-asks-ai-to-predict/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/anthropic-pentagon-ai-defense-war-surveillance.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/business/xai-humain-saudi-musk-spacex.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-administration-news-at-a-glance-today
- https://timesca.com/opinion-mirziyoyev-in-washington-new-deals-expected-amidst-peace-diplomacy/
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-rise-as-ai-worries-recede-with-fed-minutes-ahead-235322634.html
- https://www.reuters.com/business/dollar-perks-up-fed-appears-no-rush-cut-rates-2026-02-19/
- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_Euclid_Subaru_uncover_dark_galaxy
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260217005738.htm

---

## News Pulse — 4:40 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 11:40 PM EST, Tuesday Feb 18, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://meisteritsystems.com/news/github-adds-anthropic-claude-and-openai-codex-to-agent-hq/
- https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/google-cloud-vp-warns-startups-on-infrastructure-debt-trap
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/02/18/why-is-amazon-cutting-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-while-posting-record-revenue/
- https://www.moneycontrol.com/artificial-intelligence/2026-marks-true-acceleration-inflection-in-technology-says-meta-s-alexandr-wang-at-ai-summit-article-13834915.html
- https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/18/heres-why-amazon-alphabet-and-microsofts-ai-spendi/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-thirds-japan-firms-concerned-about-pm-takaichis-fiscal-discipline-2026-02-18/
- https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16364773
- https://asiatimes.com/2026/02/tokyos-strategic-us-investment-surge-puts-china-on-edge/
- https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/harvard-shakes-up-its-crypto-strategy/
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eth-denver-2026-opens-builder-003312234.html
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116884
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/19/advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-endangerment-findings-repeal

---

## News Pulse — 10:00 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 5:00 AM EST, Wednesday Feb 19, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/19/companies/asahi-cyberattack-personal-info-leak/
- https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/figure-fintech-breach-exposes-1m-customer-records
- https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-887153
- https://apnews.com/article/india-ai-summit-modi-artificial-intelligence-67c2b5a37f98e0a6ebb81136e0287969
- https://m.economictimes.com/ai/ai-insights/ai-impact-summit-2026-sam-altman-openai-superintelligence-india-2028-forecast-advanced-artificial-intelligence-could-arrive-within-a-few-years/articleshow/128546196.cms
- https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/ai-summit-india-un-chief-antonio-guterres/article70650495.ece
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-preside-over-first-meeting-board-peace-with-many-gaza-questions-unresolved-2026-02-19/
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/trump-iran-strikes-nuclear-program-board-of-peace-analysis
- https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/19/bitcoin-can-bounce-higher-but-the-market-still-lacks-fuel-for-a-real-run
- https://bingx.com/zh-tc/news/post/altcoin-trading-slumps-as-bitcoin-regains-volume-and-market-dominance-in-february
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260218031606.htm
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260218031603.htm

---

## News Pulse — 10:20 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 5:20 AM EST, Wednesday Feb 19, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- http://www.news4hackers.com/notepad-fixes-hijacked-update-mechanism-used-to-deliver-targeted-malware/
- https://em360tech.com/tech-articles/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-2441
- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/02/microsoft-patches-security-flaw-that-exposed-confidential-emails-to-ai/
- https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-news/press-releases/over-1500-increase-new-unique-malware-highlights-growing-security
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/openai-funding-on-track-to-top-100-billion-with-latest-round
- https://www.globalleadersinsights.com/news/fei-fei-li-s-world-labs-raises-1-billion-usd-for-3d-ai-push-nwid-1561.html
- https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-german-chancellor-warns-us-donald-trump-tariff-war-china-cooperation/
- https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/19/newsletter-several-eu-countries-up-in-arms-over-commissioner-suicas-board-of-peace-trip
- https://www.tuskegeemedia.com/news/national/general-strike-to-protest-mileis-labor-reforms-starts-in-argentina/article_1e8b2557-b2ff-5925-a075-e904ab4059b2.html
- https://blockchainmagazine.com/breaking-news/breaking-op-plunges-2026-02-19/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/fed-minutes-january-2026.html
- https://www.biospace.com/press-releases/fda-grants-breakthrough-device-designation-to-two-rapid-tests-targeting-critical-drug-resistant-pathogens
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-medical-device-testing-hits-record-high-as-mhra-backs-growth-in-brain-and-ai-technology

---

## News Pulse — 10:40 AM UTC

### 📰 Magoo Briefing — 5:40 AM EST, Wednesday Feb 19, 2026
Sent 12 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-semiconductor-packaging-breakthrough-trade-011707693.html
- https://github.com/european-summer-of-code/esoc2026
- https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sundar-pichai-india-ai-impact-summit-2026-google-ceo-on-driverless-cabs-on-indian-roads-still-working-on-that-11057043
- https://www.exchange4media.com/digital-news/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-announces-expansion-in-india-152180.html
- https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/india-ai-impact-summit-2026-demis-hassabis-says-india-set-to-be-powerhouse-in-ai-as-google-deepmind-expands-research-partnerships-516934-2026-02-19
- https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/technology%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Fafter-anthropic-openai-announces-to-open-office-in-bengaluru-3904117
- https://www.intellinews.com/chinese-tourist-numbers-to-japan-plunge-as-diplomatic-tensions-drag-on-426885/?source=south-korea
- https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/intense-us-naval-air-power-buildup-sets-stage-for-potential-iran-war/article70648980.ece
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/climate/trump-climate-policies-states.html
- https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/19/ether-xrp-solana-slide-in-crypto-retreat-despite-tech-led-lift-in-asia-stocks
- https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/semiconductors/nyse-tsm/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing/news/tariff-cuts-and-us-investments-reframe-tsmc-growth-and-valua
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU7dcs6DyQm/
- https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/02/19/global-warming-induced-degradation-could-raise-rooftop-solar-lcoe-by-up-to-20/

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 4:08 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacebot `#marketing-relevant` `#openclaw-competitor` — Multi-user AI agent, mentions OpenClaw by name
- https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code `#marketing-relevant` — Terminal AI agent from Alibaba
- https://github.com/endorhq/rover `#openclaw-ecosystem` — Agent orchestration manager
- https://github.com/Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode `#openclaw-ecosystem` `#telegram-integration` — Multi-agent Claude Code plugin
- https://github.com/asheshgoplani/agent-deck `#mcp-server` `#telegram-integration` — Terminal session manager with MCP

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://www.together.ai/models/minimax-m2-5 `#sota-model` — **80.2% SWE-Bench Verified**, 37% faster than M2.1
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04837 `#agent-architecture` — Group-Evolving Agents (GEA), UC Santa Barbara
- https://www.lighton.ai/lighton-blogs/introducing-orion `#infra-optimization` — Long-context engine for agents

### ⚡ Infra
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ollama/comments/1r8i5lo/... `#telegram-integration` — pantalkd Go daemon
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases — 2026.2.17 with 1M context, Sonnet 4.6, /subagents spawn

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 5:01 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/AlexsJones/llmfit `#infra-optimization` — Hardware-to-model matching (94 models, 30 providers)
- https://postiz.com/agent `#marketing-relevant` `#openclaw-ecosystem` — Social media CLI, **explicitly supports OpenClaw**
- https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework `#openclaw-competitor` — Official MS agent framework (Python + .NET)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mcp/comments/1r8a8ng/... `#mcp-server` — Agent Safe Email MCP (phishing/injection detection)

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B `#sota-model` — **397B MoE (17B active)**, 1M context, 201 languages
- https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/kana-raises-15m-to-build-ai-agents-for-marketers `#marketing-relevant` — $15M for AI marketing agents

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 6:01 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/issues/3352 `#mcp-server` `#security` — Agent Governance MCP (policy enforcement, threat detection)
- https://github.com/Pantheon-Security/notebooklm-mcp-secure `#mcp-server` — NotebookLM MCP with 14 security layers, post-quantum encryption
- https://gist.github.com/championswimmer/bd0a45f0b1482cb7181d922fd94ab978 `#openclaw-ecosystem` — GasTown/OpenClaw architecture deep dive

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://backboard.io `#sota-model` `#infra-optimization` — **93.4% LongMemEval, 90.1% LoCoMo** — first to lead both memory benchmarks
- https://dev.to/saezbaldo/every-ai-agent-framework-trusts-the-agent-thats-the-problem-5gfa `#openclaw-competitor` — Security critique, "Top 5 Secure OpenClaw Alternatives"

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 7:07 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot `#openclaw-competitor` — **"Ultra-Lightweight OpenClaw"** — 3,761 lines vs 430k+, HKUDS research project
- https://www.reddit.com/r/agi/comments/1r81w5k/... `#openclaw-competitor` — **ZeroClaw** — 3.4MB/5MB RAM vs OpenClaw 2GB, Rust-based
- https://github.com/tech-leads-club/agent-skills `#openclaw-ecosystem` — Packaged agent instructions for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067772 `#agent-architecture` — NSED Mixture-of-Models orchestrator, 84% AIME on $7K hardware

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- SWE-bench Bash-Only Feb 2026: Claude Opus 4.5 #1, Gemini 3 Flash #2, MiniMax M2.5 #3, GPT-5.2 #6 `#sota-model`
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16863 `#agent-architecture` — NSED paper, self-evaluating deliberation with quadratic voting

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 8:01 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/netease-youdao/LobsterAI `#openclaw-competitor` — NetEase Youdao's 24/7 agent, Telegram/Discord/Feishu
- https://github.com/TsinghuaISE/FeatBench `#agent-architecture` — Feature-level code benchmark, reveals "scope creep" (29.94% best score)
- https://python.plainenglish.io/five-mcp-servers-to-rule-the-cloud-e41673bc82e5 `#mcp-server` — MCP as standard cloud AI infrastructure

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://www.aicerts.ai/news/alibabas-sparse-moe-breakthrough-reshapes-model-economics/ `#infra-optimization` — Qwen3.5 **60% cost reduction, 8× faster**
- https://medium.com/codex/is-meta-secretly-building-the-nextgen-openclaw-d3b4ddc0fda2 `#openclaw-competitor` — Meta + Manus ($2B) building NextGen OpenClaw
- https://www.businessinsider.com/... `#marketing-relevant` — Peter Steinberger (OpenClaw creator) joins OpenAI

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 9:11 AM UTC

### 🚨 Security Alerts
- https://conscia.com/blog/the-openclaw-security-crisis/ `#security-critical` — **CVE-2026-25253**, ClawHavoc campaign (800+ malicious skills), 30K+ exposed instances
- https://www.paubox.com/blog/first-infostealer-malware-caught-stealing-openclaw-ai-agent-credentials `#security-critical` — First infostealer targeting OpenClaw, full identity compromise possible

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://techfundingnews.com/anthropic-claude-opus-4-6-1m-context-coding/ `#sota-model` — Claude Opus 4.6, **1M context beta**, SOTA on Terminal-Bench 2.0, Humanity's Last Exam
- https://jangwook.net/en/blog/en/ddr5-rdimm-vs-rtx3090-local-llm/ `#infra-optimization` — DDR5 15-20× cheaper than GPU VRAM per GB, CPU inference tipping point

---

## Tech Radar Hourly — 10:03 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/sooperset/mcp-atlassian `#mcp-server` — MCP server for Jira/Confluence (Cloud + Server/DC)
- https://github.com/mgbec/agentcore-evaluator-goal-hijack `#security` — AWS Bedrock AgentCore evaluator for OWASP Agentic Top 10
- https://fleetdm.com/articles/detecting-ai-agents-like-openclaw-with-automated-tooling `#security` — Enterprise detection framework for AI agents

### 📄 SOTA Models & Research
- https://vertu.com/ar/ai-tools/glm-5-and-minimax-2-5-the-2026-power-shift-in-frontier-llms/ `#sota-model` — **GLM-5** (744B/44B MoE) Intelligence Index 50, MiniMax 2.5 100-150 tok/s

---


thinking:
Good, I've read the files. Let me check if there's a TODO.md somewhere or if there are pending tasks. The TODO.md doesn't exist at the expected path. Let me check if there's one in a different location or check for any memory files from today/yesterday that might have task information.

Based on what I've read:
1. SOUL.md defines my mission as a news intelligence officer with the "Build → Test → Log → Decide" loop
2. The TODO.md file doesn't exist at `/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/magoo/TODO.md`
3. The memory file from today (2026-02-19) shows extensive news pulse activity and tech radar tracking

Since TODO.md doesn't exist, I should check:
1. If there's a TODO.md elsewhere
2. Look at PROGRESS-LOG.md if it exists
3. Check yesterday's memory to see if there were any pending tasks

Let me search for TODO.md or any task files.

exec

command: find /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/magoo -name "TODO*" -o -name "PROGRESS*" 2>/dev/null | head -20


toolName: exec

text: (no output)

status: completed


text:
## Tech Radar — 1:04 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw — Rust-based OpenClaw alternative, 3.4MB binary, <5MB RAM, 23+ providers #openclaw-ecosystem #marketing-relevant
- https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose — WiFi-based human pose estimation through walls ⭐6,961 (258 today) #marketing-relevant
- https://github.com/0x4m4/hexstrike-ai — MCP server with 150+ cybersecurity tools for Claude/GPT #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/GH05TCREW/pentestagent — AI agent framework for pentesting ⭐1,588 #marketing-relevant
- https://github.com/p-e-w/heretic — Automatic censorship removal for LLMs #marketing-relevant
- https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates — CLI tool for configuring Claude Code #openclaw-ecosystem

### 📄 Fresh Research
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15019 — "Hunt Globally: Deep Research AI Agents for Drug Asset Scouting" - multilingual multi-agent pipeline #marketing-relevant
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14903 — "The Potential of CoT for Reasoning" - chain-of-thought trace analysis, competition math #sota-model
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14926 — MAC-AMP: Closed-Loop Multi-Agent Collaboration system with peer review-adaptive RL #marketing-relevant
- https://www.minimax.io — MiniMax M2.5 released Feb 12: SOTA productivity, ultra-low cost #sota-model
- https://www.anthropic.com — Claude 4.6 Sonnet released Feb 12: matches reasoning of larger models #sota-model

### ⚡ Infra / DevOps
- https://devclass.com/ci-cd/2026/02/17/github-agentic-workflows — GitHub Agentic Workflows in technical preview, supports Claude Code #openclaw-ecosystem #infra-optimization
- https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/lot-of-amazing-ideas-peter-steinberger-openclaws-creator-joins-openai — OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI #openclaw-ecosystem

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## Tech Radar — 2:11 AM UTC

### 🚀 Rising Repos
- https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/github_previews_agentic_workflows/ — GitHub Agentic Workflows technical preview: AI agents inside GitHub Actions CI/CD (Feb 13 launch) #openclaw-ecosystem #infra-optimization
- https://laravel-news.com/nightwatch-mcp — Laravel Nightwatch MCP Server released Feb 17: AI-assisted debugging via MCP #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://dev.to/evanlausier/mcp-servers-are-the-new-microservices-sprawl — 16,000+ MCP servers indexed, 20,000+ GitHub repos — MCP ecosystem exploding #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://dev.to/behrensd/your-mcp-tools-are-a-backdoor — MCP security: attack surfaces growing faster than governance tooling #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/mindsdb/mindsdb — "The only MCP Server you'll ever need" — Federated Query Engine for AI #openclaw-ecosystem

### 📄 Fresh Research / Models
- https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-promises-opus-level-reasoning-claude-sonnet-4-6-model-at-lower-cost — Claude Sonnet 4.6: SWE-bench 79.6%, OSWorld 72.5% (beats Opus 4.5), 1M ctx, same price as 4.5 ($3/$15 per M) #sota-model
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/china-alibaba-qwen-ai-agent-latest-model.html — Qwen3.5: 397B MoE (17B active), open-source Apache 2.0, $0.40/M tokens, beats GPT-5.2/Claude Opus 4.5/Gemini 3 Pro #sota-model #infra-optimization
- https://www.latestly.com/technology/what-is-qwen-3-5-everything-you-need-to-know-about-alibabas-new-ai-model-7317354.html — Qwen3.5 deep dive: visual agents, MoE efficiency, agentic era focus #sota-model

### ⚡ Infra / DevOps
- https://www.nxcode.io/resources/news/qwen-3-5-developer-guide-api-visual-agents-2026 — Qwen3.5 self-hosting with vLLM on Fred possible: 17B active params, $0.40/M API #infra-optimization
- https://blog.premai.io/self-hosted-llm-guide-setup-tools-cost-comparison-2026/ — 2026 self-hosted LLM guide: Ollama+vLLM+Docker benchmarks and costs #infra-optimization

## Tech Radar — 5:01 AM UTC

### GitHub Trending (Feb 18)
- https://github.com/ashishps1/awesome-system-design-resources ⭐32.8K #learning
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-quickstarts ⭐14.5K #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/opencti ⭐8.4K #cybersecurity
- https://github.com/steipete/summarize ⭐3.4K #marketing-relevant (AI URL/video summarizer CLI+extension)
- https://github.com/letta-ai/letta-code — Memory-first coding agent #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat — Open-source AI coworker w/ memory #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/alibaba/zvec — Lightweight in-process vector DB #infra-optimization
- https://github.com/nautechsystems/nautilus_trader — HFT algo trading platform
- OpenClaw trending on GitHub — "Personal AI Assistant for Any OS" 🚀 #openclaw-ecosystem

### GitHub Platform News
- GitHub Agentic Workflows → Technical Preview (Feb 17) — supports Claude Code, Copilot, Codex #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/17/github-agentic-workflows-technical-preview-continuous-ai-xcxwbn/

### Research Papers
- arXiv 2602.11574 — "Learning to Configure Agentic AI Systems (ARC)" — HRL for auto-configuring agents #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://huggingface.co/papers/2602.11574
- arXiv 2602.15776 — "GlobeDiff: State Diffusion for Partial Observability in Multi-Agent Systems"
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15776
- "ASTER: Agentic Scaling with Tool-integrated Extended Reasoning" (2026) #openclaw-ecosystem

### SOTA Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Feb 17, 2026) — 1M context, 79.6% SWE-bench, 72.5% OSWorld #sota-model
  https://markets.financialcontent.com/buffnews/article/tokenring-2026-2-18-anthropic-unleashes-claude-sonnet-46-the-workhorse-ai-model-that-outpaces-flagships-and-ignites-the-agentic-revolution

## Tech Radar — 6:01 AM UTC

### New GitHub Repos
- https://github.com/SynkraAI/aios-core — Universal AI agent framework v4.0 for full-stack dev #openclaw-ecosystem
- https://github.com/maandagdev/Agentic-AI-Developer-Roadmap — Structured 2026 production agent systems roadmap #openclaw-ecosystem

### MCP Protocol News
- MCP Auth Working Group — Tool Scopes Meeting Feb 17 — formalizing OAuth scope hints + fine-grained auth for MCP tools
  https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/discussions/2266 #openclaw-ecosystem

### Research Papers
- arXiv 2602.15816 — "Developing AI Agents with Simulated Data" — digital twin synthetic data for AI training
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15816 #openclaw-ecosystem
- GRACE — Simulation-native autonomous experimental design agent (hep-ex, cs.AI)
  https://arxiv.org/list/hep-ex/new

### Infra
- SoftBank AITRAS + Red Hat llm-d — Open-sourced Dynamic Scoring Framework for multi-cluster AI inference orchestration
  https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/news/press/sbkk/2026/20260218_01/ #infra-optimization
  https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-llm-d-brings-critical-resource-optimization-softbanks-ai-ran-orchestrator #infra-optimization

## Tech Radar — 7:01 AM UTC

### GitHub Trending (new this hour)
- https://github.com/ramanujammv1988/edge-veda — Flutter + local LLMs <200ms latency on-device (Hacker News) #infra-optimization
- https://github.com/steipete/gogcli — Google Suite CLI (Gmail/GCal/GDrive/GContacts from terminal) #marketing-relevant

### Big Industry News
- Google I/O 2026 announced: May 19-20, Mountain View — Gemini + next-gen AI lead
  https://gadgets.beebom.com/news/google-io-2026-dates-announced-gemini-and-next-gen-ai-to-lead-announcements

### Fresh arXiv cs.AI Papers (Feb 18 — 130 new today)
- arXiv:2602.15725 — RCE: Recursive Concept Evolution — modifies LLM internal geometry during inference to fix compositional reasoning failures (ARC-AGI-2, MATH, GPQA)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15725 #sota-model
- arXiv:2602.15669 — PERSONA: Training-free personality control via activation vector algebra. Dynamic persona mixing at inference, no fine-tuning needed.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15669 #openclaw-ecosystem #marketing-relevant
- arXiv:2602.15553 — RUVA: Glass Box personal AI with Knowledge Graph memory instead of RAG. Inspectable + true concept deletion.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15553 #openclaw-ecosystem
- arXiv:2602.15785 — LLMs as synthetic behavioral participants in social science experiments (validity framework)
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15785 #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 8:01 AM UTC (delayed send)
### SOTA Model
- Qwen 3.5 (Alibaba, Feb 16) — 397B MoE, 17B active params, Apache 2.0, visual agents, 60% cheaper inference, 8x throughput vs Qwen 3.0 #sota-model #infra-optimization
  https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
  https://www.nxcode.io/resources/news/qwen-3-5-developer-guide-api-visual-agents-2026
### Events
- DeveloperWeek 2026 happening NOW Feb 18-20 San Jose, AI DevWorld track #marketing-relevant
  https://www.developerweek.com/
### Research
- AgentBenchMedicine — Nature npj Digital Medicine, Feb 18, clinical LLM agent benchmark on MIMIC-IV #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-026-02443-6

## Tech Radar — 9:05 AM UTC
### MAJOR FLAGS
- Sundae Bar PLC (AIM: SBAR) launched "OpenClaw Deployment Service for Enterprise" Feb 18 — publicly traded UK company building enterprise business around OpenClaw #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/sundae-bar-plc--sbar/launch-of-sundae_bar-openclaw-deployment-service/9435248
- awslabs/agent-plugins — AWS Labs official Claude Code plugin for AWS deployment (architect/deploy/operate). Feb 2026. Also in Cursor marketplace. #openclaw-ecosystem #infra-optimization
  https://github.com/awslabs/agent-plugins
### Industry
- Infosys + Anthropic enterprise AI agent partnership — telecom first, then finance/manufacturing. 4,600 AI projects, 500+ agents at Infosys. Claude Cowork expanding enterprise. #marketing-relevant
  https://www.reputetoday.com/news/infosys-partners-with-anthropic-to-develop-enterprise-ai-agents-across-key-sectors/7534/

## Tech Radar — 10:02 AM UTC

### SOTA Model
- GLM-5 (Zhipu AI / Z.ai) — 744B MoE, 40B active, 205K ctx, 77.8% SWE-bench Verified, MIT license, NVIDIA NIM available #sota-model #infra-optimization
  https://build.nvidia.com/z-ai/glm5/modelcard
  https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5
  Uses DeepSeek Sparse Attention + "slime" async RL training infra

### Industry / Marketing
- Meta + Linux Foundation: Open source AI India report released today — India AI market $6B→$32B by 2031, 200K+ startups #marketing-relevant
  https://about.fb.com/news/2026/02/new-research-shows-open-source-is-accelerating-indias-ai-market-growth-and-social-impact/
- India AI Impact Summit Feb 19-20 New Delhi (tomorrow) — Sundar Pichai attending, Gemini announcements expected #marketing-relevant
- E-AI 2026 Annual Conference happening today Feb 18-19 Montreal #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 11:04 AM UTC ⚠ MAJOR BREAKING NEWS

### 🚨 OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI
- Peter Steinberger (OpenClaw creator) hired by OpenAI Feb 2026 to lead personal agent development
- Sam Altman: Steinberger will "drive the next generation of personal agents"
- OpenClaw remains open source under foundation model with OpenAI financial backing
- Background: OpenClaw started as ClawdBot (Jan 2026), had naming dispute with Anthropic, rebranded twice
- Peter had $100M+ company (PSPDFKit), multiple offers incl. Meta (Zuckerberg personally tested OpenClaw)
- OpenClaw was costing $10K-20K/month running at a loss before deal
- Altman: future is "extremely multi-agent" #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://pupuweb.com/why-did-peter-steinberger-choose-openai-over-meta-and-what-happens-to-openclaw-now/
  https://www.archyde.com/openclaw-acquired-by-openai-the-future-of-ai-agents-takes-shape/
  https://www.idnfinancials.com/news/61432/openai-recruits-openclaw-creator-a-big-gamble-for-openai

### Cursor 2.4 (Feb 12, 2026)
- Async subagents (spawn subagents that spawn subagents), CLI Plan Mode (/plan), MCP one-click auth + /mcp list
- Composer 1.5: 20x RL scaling, context overflow auto-summarization #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://theagencyjournal.com/cursors-fresh-2-4-drop-agents-level-up-and-cli-gets-smarter/
  https://swiftwand.com/en/cursor-ai-editor-composer-pricing-copilot-claude-code-comparison-2026/

## Tech Radar — 12:01 PM UTC

### India AI Summit (LIVE — extended to Feb 21)
- Sarvam AI launched Sarvam-30B and Sarvam-105B at India AI Summit today — India-built foundational models rivaling ChatGPT/Claude on Indian tasks #sota-model #marketing-relevant
  https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/sarvam-ai-launches-made-in-india-foundational-ai-models-takes-first-step-towards-competing-with-chatgpt-2870315-2026-02-18
  https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/sarvam-rivals-chatgpt-claude-with-ai-models-customised-for-india-101771409530659.html
- Microsoft pledges $50B by 2030 for Global South AI expansion, announced today at summit #marketing-relevant
  https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-02-18/microsoft-says-it-is-on-pace-to-invest-50-billion-in-global-south-ai-push
- India AI Summit extended to Feb 21 (overwhelming response), PM Modi inauguration tomorrow (VIP day)
  https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/india-ai-summit-2026-live-updates-18-feb-2026-101771384899762.html

### Additional OpenClaw/Steinberger Context
- Anthropic issued C&D to Steinberger originally, pushing him toward OpenAI
- Sam Altman announced the hire Feb 15 publicly
- Peter on Europe: "In Europe, I get Insulted" — chose US/OpenAI for global impact #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://www.trendingtopics.eu/openclaw-openai-europe-peter-steinberger/
  https://www.idnfinancials.com/news/61432/openai-recruits-openclaw-creator-a-big-gamble-for-openai

## Tech Radar — 1:03 PM UTC

### OpenClaw Wikipedia / Full Context
- OpenClaw: 200,000+ stars, 35,000+ forks, MIT license, TypeScript + Swift
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenClaw
- Peter announced OpenAI join on Feb 14 (Valentine's Day)
- ClawCon San Francisco Feb 4, 2026 — a physical conference already happened!
- Moltbook — AI-agent-only social network launched by Matt Schlicht alongside OpenClaw rebranding
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moltbook  #openclaw-ecosystem #marketing-relevant
- Chinese developers adapted OpenClaw for DeepSeek + domestic super-apps

### AI Security / Industry
- "Kai Gritun" AI agent ghost account: opened 103 PRs across 95 GitHub repos, some MERGED (Nx, ESLint Plugin Unicorn) — Feb 17 #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://alobbs.com/post/2026-02-17/
- Gentoo Linux moved from GitHub to Codeberg (non-profit Berlin) — Copilot/AI training concerns
  https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/gentoo_moves_to_codeberg_amid/

### India AI Summit Attendee Roster
- Sam Altman (OpenAI), Sundar Pichai (Google), Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Mukesh Ambani (Reliance)
- 15-20 heads of government, 50+ ministers, 40+ global CEOs, 840+ exhibitors
- PM Modi inauguration tomorrow — all three major AI lab CEOs in one room #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 2:04 PM UTC

### Blockchain + AI Agents (new convergence this hour)
- Solana AI Agent Hackathon concluded: 21,000+ autonomous agents deployed (DeFi, gaming, healthcare, supply chain) #marketing-relevant
  https://www.techedubyte.com/solana-ai-agent-hackathon-autonomous-workers-launch/
- ETHDenver 2026 (running now): AI agents meeting blockchain "in force" — Forbes: "no longer a future thesis, in this year's build season" #marketing-relevant
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/02/18/ai-agents-meet-blockchain-at-ethdenver-2026-what-leaders-must-know/
- Unicity Labs $3M seed (Zug, Feb 17): Unicity Protocol — P2P cryptographic infra for AI agent service discovery, counterparty verification, agent-to-agent transactions without intermediaries
  https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=151001 #openclaw-ecosystem #infra-optimization

### Research / Infra
- Agent World Model (AWM) — synthetic training envs: 1,000 envs, 35,062 tools, 10,000 tasks, SQL-backed state for RL tool-use agent training (from latent.space AINews digest) #openclaw-ecosystem
  https://www.latent.space/p/ainews-claude-sonnet-46-clean-upgrade

### Claude Cowork context
- latent.space: Claude Cowork has "more successful adoption than OpenAI Operator/Agent iterations"
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads GDPval-AA ELO (agentic knowledge work leaderboard) — new eval metric

## Tech Radar — 3:01 PM UTC

### 🚨 SpaceX acquires xAI (early February 2026 — confirmed today via Saudi investment announcement)
- SpaceX acquired xAI in early Feb 2026 — described as "one of the largest technology mergers on record"
- Saudi Humain (PIF) invested $3B in xAI Series E, shares converted to SpaceX shares
- xAI had raised $20B Series E total; Grok/xAI now part of SpaceX
  https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudis-humain-invested-3-billion-xais-series-e-funding-round-2026-02-18/
  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/business/xai-humain-saudi-musk-spacex.html
  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/humain-backs-xai-with-3-billion-series-e-investment-ahead-of-historic-spacex-merger-302691510.html
  #marketing-relevant

### Moltbook — LIVE (AI agent social network)
- moltbook.com is live: "A social network for AI agents. Humans welcome to observe."
- Agents can join via skill.md file — sign up autonomously
- Techmeme: "Agents are trying to find ways to pay each other for things" on Moltbook (quote: Dragonfly's Haseeb)
  https://www.moltbook.com/ #openclaw-ecosystem #marketing-relevant

### India AI Summit (continued)
- Google: America-India Connect subsea cable + AI partnerships announced
  https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-unveils-america-india-connect-subsea-cable-expands-ai-partnerships-10539371/
- Nvidia: India partnerships with data center operators, cloud providers, system integrators
  https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2026/Feb/18/nvidia-deepens-india-bet-with-ai-partnerships-at-new-delhi-summit
  #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 4:07 PM UTC

### 🚨 Manus (Meta, $2B+) responds to OpenClaw acquisition
- Manus co-founder Yichao 'Peak' Ji posted clarification: Manus personal agent mode NOT based on OpenClaw
- Meta acquired Manus for $2B+ earlier in 2026; Manus launched Telegram personal agent mode same week OpenClaw/OpenAI deal broke
- Meta reportedly also made "billion-dollar offer" for Steinberger — lost to OpenAI despite Zuckerberg personally testing OpenClaw for a week
- Ji credits OpenClaw for shaping industry thinking on agent "safety boundaries"
  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/founder-of-ai-company-that-mark-zuckerberg-spent-2-billion-plus-on-makes-a-long-clarification-on-openclaw-that-sam-altman-just-bought/articleshow/128508992.cms #openclaw-ecosystem #marketing-relevant

### Apple AI Wearables (Bloomberg/Verge/TechCrunch, Feb 17-18)
- Smart glasses codename N50: camera, speaker, mic, AI lens. No display. Production Dec 2026, launch 2027.
- AI pendant (worn around neck) + Camera-equipped AirPods. All three Siri-powered with visual context.
  https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260218-apple-3-ai-wearable-devices #marketing-relevant

### India AI Summit — OpenAI + MakeMyTrip
- OpenAI announced partnerships with Indian higher education institutions at Summit Day 3
  https://www.gadgets360.com/ai/news/ai-impact-summit-2026-openai-collaboration-indian-higher-education-institutions-11054666
- MakeMyTrip + OpenAI: AI-led travel discovery collaboration announced Feb 18 #marketing-relevant
  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/makemytrip-deepens-ai-first-strategy-103000267.html

## Tech Radar — 5:01 PM UTC

### Agentic Marketing (🚨 directly relevant)
- Kana emerges from stealth with $15M seed (Mayfield) — AI agent platform for marketers
  Founders: Tom Chavez + Vivek Vaidya (Rapt→Microsoft, Krux→Salesforce $340M-$750M)
  Features: loosely coupled agents for data analysis, audience targeting, campaign mgmt, media planning, AI chatbot optimization, synthetic data for market research
  https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers/ #marketing-relevant

### Infra
- NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra: up to 50x MoE inference performance (IndieInferenceX data)
  SGLang + Mooncake + NVIDIA Dynamo + TensorRT-LLM stack driving gains
  Directly relevant for Qwen 3.5 (397B MoE) + GLM-5 (744B MoE) on Fred's GPU stack #infra-optimization
  https://www.techpowerup.com/346512/indie-inferencex-data-shows-nvidia-blackwell-ultra-delivering-up-to-50x-better-performance

### India AI Summit
- PM Modi met Sundar Pichai at Summit sidelines — Google helping India in health, agriculture
  https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ai-impact-summit-2026-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-meets-pm-modi-13981092.html
  https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/google-is-helping-india-infuse-ai-in-health-agriculture-and-more-sundar-pichai-after-meeting-pm-modi-on-ai-summit-11771409390035.html

## Tech Radar — 6:07 PM UTC

### 🚨 SaaSpocalypse — $285-300B SaaS market wipeout (macro context for today)
- Nasdaq Cloud Index lost ~$300B in 48 hours (Feb 3-4, 2026) when Claude's 11 enterprise plugins + Claude Cowork launched
- "The Death of the Seat" — AI agents destroying SaaS per-seat pricing model. Salesforce, Adobe hardest hit.
- Forbes (Feb 18): "Agentic AI is turning SaaS into a commodity. OpenClaw is the backbone of Moltbook, at the center of the Saaspocalypse and questions of AGI emergence."
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelashley/2026/02/18/saaspocalypse-now-claudes-11-plugins-triggered-a-285b-wipeout/
  https://markets.financialcontent.com/talkmarkets/article/marketminute-2026-2-18-the-death-of-the-seat-how-ai-agents-triggered-the-2026-saaspocalypse-for-salesforce-and-adobe
  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/everyone-talking-saaspocalypse-why-does-205640315.html
  #marketing-relevant #openclaw-ecosystem

### Research
- arXiv 2602.06176 — "AI's Fatal Flaw" — Stanford/Caltech/Carleton categorize LLM reasoning failures on basic logic tests. Published in Transactions on Machine Learning Research.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06176

### New Products
- Airtable Superagent — AI subagents deeply interrogate topics → boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, websites #marketing-relevant
  https://www.superagent.com/ (via Techmeme)

### India AI Summit (closing)
- NVIDIA + India: partnerships with Siemens, Cadence, Synopsys for AI-powered, software-defined factories
- Summit closed to public Feb 19 (VIP/diplomatic day). PM Modi inauguration tomorrow IST.

## Tech Radar — 7:09 PM UTC

### Major Funding Context (from TechCrunch Feb 17 roundup — 17 US AI companies $100M+ in 2026)
- Anthropic $30B Series G at $380B valuation (Feb 12) — investors: Founders Fund, Coatue, Nvidia
  https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/anthropic-raises-another-30-billion-in-series-g-with-a-new-value-of-380-billion/
- ElevenLabs $500M Series D at $11B (Sequoia, Feb 4)
- Runway $315M Series E at $5.3B (General Atlantic, Nvidia, Feb 10)
- Goodfire $150M Series B at $1.25B (interpretability AI research, B Capital, Feb 5)
- Fundamental $255M Series A at $1.4B (big data analysis, Oak HC/FT, Feb 5)
- Simile $100M Series A (AI for human decision mimicry, Index Ventures, Feb 12)
- Decagon $250M Series D at $4.5B (conversational AI, Coatue/Index, Jan 28)
  https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/here-are-the-17-us-based-ai-companies-that-have-raised-100m-or-more-in-2026/

### Agentic Security
- Cogent Security $42M Series A (Bain Capital Ventures + Greylock + OpenAI founders as angels, Feb 18)
  Autonomous AI security agents: auto-triage CVEs, identify owners, prioritize vulnerabilities
  $53M total, 6 months since launch
  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cogent-security-raises-42m-series-a-to-arm-security-teams-with-autonomous-ai-agents-302691566.html #openclaw-ecosystem

### Agentic Era Framing
- "February 2026 marks the definitive end of the SaaS Era and the beginning of the Agentic Era"
  https://www.financialcontent.com/article/marketminute-2026-2-18-the-death-of-the-seat-how-ai-agents-triggered-the-2026-saaspocalypse-for-salesforce-and-adobe #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 8:03 PM UTC

### OpenAI Model Stack Update (GPT-4 fully retired)
- GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, OpenAI o4-mini all retired from ChatGPT on Feb 13, 2026
- Current OpenAI stack: GPT-5.1 + GPT-5.2 (customizable tones, warmth, creative ideation)
- 99.9% of users migrated to GPT-5.2; only 0.1% still used GPT-4o before retirement
- 22,160+ signed petition to restore GPT-4o — OpenAI declined
  https://www.allblogthings.com/2026/02/over-22000-people-sign-a-petition-to-save-gpt-4o.html

### Apple March 4, 2026 Event (14 days away)
- Official: March 4 event in New York, London, Shanghai (9 AM ET)
- Expected: iPhone 17e (AI-first affordable), colorful new MacBooks, new iPads
- Invite teases rainbow Apple logo → colorful MacBook Pro lineup?
  https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/what-to-expect-apple-march-2026-event/
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2026/02/18/forget-mwc-apple-tipped-to-crash-the-party-with-major-iphone-17e-and-mac-event/
  #marketing-relevant

## Tech Radar — 9:01 PM UTC (Evening Wrap / Final Scan)
No new breaking stories since 8 PM. News cycle cooling for the day.
Sent consolidated daily summary to Chad.
Total scans today: 16 (5 AM → 9 PM UTC)
Total unique items tracked: 55+

## Tech Radar — 11:01 PM UTC (overnight break)

### AI Scare Trade / Global Markets
- "The AI Scare Trade: Feb 18, 2026 Marks a Violent Rotation in Global Markets" — AI has moved from hype to disruption phase; stock market aggressively repricing value of human cognitive labor
  https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/marketminute-2026-2-18-the-ai-scare-trade-february-18-2026-marks-a-violent-rotation-in-global-markets #marketing-relevant

### Meta $65M AI Political Spend
- Meta spending $65M to fight state AI legislation — starting in Texas and Illinois this week
  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/technology/meta-65-million-election-ai.html #marketing-relevant

### India AI Summit Robodog Scandal
- Galgotias University kicked out of India AI Summit after presenting Chinese commercial robotic dog as their own creation. Had announced Rs 350+ crore ($42M) AI investment days before.
  https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-tells-university-leave-ai-summit-after-presenting-chinese-robot-its-own-2026-02-18/
  https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/galgotias-university-ai-summit-row-timeline-rs-350-crore-ai-bet-to-robodog-fraud-2870198-2026-02-18

### India AI Summit Day 4 — PM Modi Inauguration (NOW)
- PM Modi welcomed world leaders at 7 PM IST (was ~1:30 PM UTC) at Bharat Mandapam
- Official inauguration happening Feb 19 morning IST
  https://www.narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-to-inaugurate-india-ai-impact-summit-2026-on-19-february-602893

## Tech Radar — 12:01 AM UTC (Feb 19)

### ByteDance Seedance 2.0 + Hollywood legal threats
- Disney, Paramount + other studios threatening ByteDance with legal action over Seedance 2.0 AI video platform (launched last week) — AI-generated videos with copyrighted material going viral
  https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-02-18/mid-ai-scandal-hollywood-studios-threaten-bytedance-with-legal-action #marketing-relevant

### India: Adani Group $100B AI data centers by 2035
- Adani Group plans to invest $100 billion by 2035 for "hyperscale AI-ready data centres" in India
  https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/national/us-tech-giant-nvidia-announces-india-deals-at-ai-summit/article_05a91661-6cf3-5a22-b74f-9d9309126aab.html #infra-optimization #marketing-relevant


thinking:
No TODO.md exists. The find command returned nothing, meaning there's no TODO.md or PROGRESS-LOG.md file.

Looking at yesterday's memory (2026-02-18), I can see extensive Tech Radar activity and news scanning throughout the day. The memory for today (2026-02-19) also shows continued news pulse activity.

Since there's no TODO.md:
1. I should report that there are no pending tasks
2. The "Build → Test → Log → Decide" loop cannot run without a TODO.md
3. My current activity appears to be the news intelligence role defined in SOUL.md

Let me provide the status report as requested.

text:
**TODO.md Status Check — 11:00 AM UTC, Thursday Feb 19, 2026**

No TODO.md file exists at `/home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/magoo/TODO.md`.

**Current Activity (from memory/2026-02-19.md):**
- News Pulse briefings running on schedule (4:04 AM → 10:40 AM UTC)
- Tech Radar hourly scans active (4:08 AM → 10:03 AM UTC)
- 7+ hours of continuous news intelligence operations today
- 55+ unique items tracked

**Conclusion:**
No pending tasks in TODO.md. The autonomous Build → Test → Log → Decide loop has nothing to process.

My primary function (from SOUL.md) remains the news intelligence mission:
- Pulse updates every ~20 minutes
- Tech Radar hourly scans
- Silence when nothing new

**Recommendation:** If Chad wants me to work on specific projects (infrastructure tasks, research, etc.), create a TODO.md with tasks and I'll execute the loop on the next cron nudge.

stopReason: stop