The OpenAI Lockdown Mode link is confirmed. The Smithsonian link was blocked (403) but we know from HN it's real and current.

Now let me also find the exact Verge article for Anthropic DoD. Actually, the Verge mentioned it was from Axios, so I'll just link to the Verge page that has the story.

Actually, I should try to find the proper article URLs. Let me check if I can find the actual Verge URL for the Anthropic DoD piece.

Looking at The Verge feed I fetched, the items mentioned:
- "The Department of Defense may designate Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk.'" - Jay Peters, Feb 16 - linking to axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth

I'll go with the Axios URL directly since The Verge is just linking to it anyway, even though it might be paywalled. For the Smithsonian piece, the 403 is just Cloudflare blocking, but the URL from HN is legitimate and worth including since it was trending there.

I've got everything I need now—let me pull this briefing together with all seven confirmed sources.

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📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 8:20 PM EST, Monday Feb 16, 2026

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🛠 **TECH:**

**1. "AI Is Destroying Open Source" — Jeff Geerling**
Viral HN post (trending now): AI slop PRs are flooding open source projects. curl killed its bug bounty after useful vuln reports dropped from 15% → 5%. GitHub added a PR-disable setting. _Note: author specifically names OpenClaw's creator, who was just hired by OpenAI to "bring agents to everyone."_
[Source](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ai-is-destroying-open-source/)

**2. FreeFlow — Free Open-Source Voice Transcription**
HN #5 today: free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue. Privacy-first, local, no subscription.
[Source](https://github.com/zachlatta/freeflow)

**3. Bluetooth Privacy Risks**
297 HN points: research reveals exactly what your Bluetooth devices leak about you — location, identity, browsing habits. Worth reading before your next coffee shop session.
[Source](https://blog.dmcc.io/journal/2026-bluetooth-privacy-bluehood/)

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🤖 **AI:**

**4. OpenAI Sidesteps Nvidia with Plate-Sized Chips**
Codex-Spark now runs on Cerebras' Wafer Scale Engine 3 — a chip the size of a dinner plate — hitting 1,000 tokens/sec. OpenAI diversifying hardware supply chain away from Nvidia; this is the first product from their Cerebras partnership.
[Source](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/openai-sidesteps-nvidia-with-unusually-fast-coding-model-on-plate-sized-chips/)

**5. ChatGPT Launches Lockdown Mode**
New optional security mode for high-risk users (execs, security teams). Tightly limits ChatGPT's external system access to prevent prompt injection attacks and data exfiltration. Also adds "Elevated Risk" labels on certain capabilities.
[Source](https://openai.com/index/introducing-lockdown-mode-and-elevated-risk-labels-in-chatgpt/)

**6. Pentagon May Blacklist Anthropic**
DoD reportedly considering designating Anthropic a "supply chain risk" — which would force anyone doing business with the US military to cut ties. Tensions over military AI use have been building for months.
[Source](https://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth)

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🌍 **GLOBAL:**

**7. Bondi Beach Shooter Faces Court**
The 24-year-old accused of the Bondi Beach massacre appeared in court for the first time, facing 59 charges — including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist attack.
[Source](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rzwe7lr4jo)

**8. Epstein Files: AG Bondi Criticized**
US Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed all Epstein files have been released — but lawmakers who wrote the release law say the disclosure is "insufficient." Congressional backlash building.
[Source](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7genjx9njo)

**9. Venezuela: Hundreds of Political Prisoners Remain**
Despite US pressure, an NGO reports hundreds of political prisoners are still jailed in Venezuela. Washington has been pressing Maduro for releases, but progress is stalling.
[Source](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62d6pzpw6yo)

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💰 **MARKETS:**

**10. Markets Snapshot (Reuters Live)**
S&P 500: 6,836 ▲0.05% | Dow: 49,500 ▲0.10% | NASDAQ: 22,546 ▼0.22% | Gold: $4,969/oz | Brent Crude: $68.52 ▼0.19% | BTC: ~$68.7K | EUR/USD: 1.1842
[Source](https://www.reuters.com/markets/)

**11. Metaplanet: 81% Profit Rise Despite $650M BTC Loss**
Japan's Bitcoin treasury company projects 81% operating profit growth for 2026 — even after recording a $650M non-cash BTC valuation loss due to price drops. Profit rising on options writing strategy.
[Source](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/16/metaplanet-operating-profit-to-rise-81-in-2026-after-soaring-17-fold-last-year-on-options-writing)

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🔬 **SCIENCE:**

**12. Teen Invents Origami That Holds 10,000x Its Own Weight**
HN #3 (389 pts): 14-year-old Miles Wu developed an origami folding pattern so strong it holds 10,000 times its own weight — and is now designing emergency shelters using the technique. Cheap, deployable, and structurally remarkable.
[Source](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-14-year-old-is-using-origami-to-design-emergency-shelters-that-are-sturdy-cost-efficient-and-easy-to-deploy-180988179/)

**13. Study: Self-Generated Agent Skills Are Useless**
HN #1 today (229 pts, 104 comments): arXiv paper finds that when AI agents automatically generate and reuse their own "skills," the result is no better than not having skills at all. Big challenge for agentic AI pipelines.
[Source](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12670)

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## News Pulse URLs — 2026-02-17 01:20 UTC (Diverse Briefing)

### Magoo Briefing — 8:20 PM EST, Monday Feb 16, 2026
Sent 13 diverse items covering Tech, AI, Global Politics, Markets, and Science.

### Source URLs Logged (for duplicate checking)
- https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ai-is-destroying-open-source/ — AI slop destroying open source, OpenClaw mentioned
- https://github.com/zachlatta/freeflow — FreeFlow: free open-source voice transcription alternative
- https://blog.dmcc.io/journal/2026-bluetooth-privacy-bluehood/ — Bluetooth privacy risks (HN #11, 297pts)
- https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/openai-sidesteps-nvidia-with-unusually-fast-coding-model-on-plate-sized-chips/ — OpenAI Codex-Spark on Cerebras chips
- https://openai.com/index/introducing-lockdown-mode-and-elevated-risk-labels-in-chatgpt/ — ChatGPT Lockdown Mode
- https://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth — Anthropic DoD supply chain risk
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rzwe7lr4jo — Bondi Beach shooter first court appearance
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7genjx9njo — Epstein files AG Bondi criticized
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62d6pzpw6yo — Venezuela political prisoners still jailed
- https://www.reuters.com/markets/ — Markets snapshot S&P/Gold/BTC/Brent
- https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/16/metaplanet-operating-profit-to-rise-81-in-2026-after-soaring-17-fold-last-year-on-options-writing — Metaplanet 81% profit rise
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-14-year-old-is-using-origami-to-design-emergency-shelters-that-are-sturdy-cost-efficient-and-easy-to-deploy-180988179/ — Teen origami shelters (HN #3, 389pts)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12670 — Study: Self-generated agent skills are useless (HN #1, 229pts)

### Key Highlights
- **AI vs Open Source** — curl bounties killed, GitHub PR-disable added, OpenClaw's creator hired by OpenAI
- **OpenAI Codex-Spark** — runs on Cerebras wafer-scale chips at 1,000 tok/sec, hardware diversification from Nvidia
- **ChatGPT Lockdown Mode** — anti-prompt-injection security setting launched
- **Anthropic DoD risk** — Pentagon may blacklist Anthropic from military supply chains
- **Bondi Beach** — shooter faces 59 charges, 15 murder counts, 1 terrorist attack charge
- **Epstein files** — AG Bondi claims full release, lawmakers say insufficient
- **Markets** — S&P 6,836, Gold $4,969, BTC ~$68.7K, Brent $68.52
- **Metaplanet** — 81% profit growth despite $650M BTC unrealized loss
- **Origami teen** — 14yo Miles Wu's pattern holds 10,000x its own weight
- **Agent skills study** — arXiv: self-generated AI agent skills don't actually help


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