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9 stories in this desk · last updated Feb 24, 2026.
Lockheed Martin conducted the first-ever test flight of a tactical AI model on the F-35 at Nellis Air Force Base, with the AI resolving combat identification ambiguities in real time on the pilot's display — described as "6th Gen technology on a 5th Gen platform."
Creators now treat shot continuity and sequencing as baseline expectations in AI video tools.
Across tool updates and demos, persistent identity is still the most requested practical capability.
Products born in creator communities are increasingly packaging controls for agency and brand teams.
Top channels are diverging between hype loops and method-heavy coverage that creators can actually reuse.
With fresh capital and a higher valuation, attention moved quickly from fundraising headlines to delivery expectations for enterprise-grade reliability.
Elon Musk merged SpaceX and xAI on February 2 in the largest corporate merger in history, valued at $1.25 trillion, with plans to build orbital data centers that bypass terrestrial power constraints for AI compute.
Meta disclosed internal development of Mango, a closed-source image and video generation model, alongside a text model codenamed Avocado, breaking from its open-source tradition.
Synthesia made its Express-2 engine, combining diffusion-transformer video with cloned voices and natural gestures, available at no extra cost across all paid tiers by December 2025.