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These are the daily tech headlines for Wednesday, February 18, 2026. I'm Sarah Lane. Microsoft says a code bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot since late January caused the AI to summarize emails marked confidential, bypassing sensitivity labels and data loss prevention policies. The issue affected the Co Pilot Chat work tab, which was incorrectly pulling messages from sent items and drafts. Microsoft says it started rolling out a fix in early February. It is monitoring the deployment and hasn't disclosed how many organizations were affected. The Verge notes the $499 Pixel 10a is a minor refresh that feels closer to a slightly improved Pixel 9a than a scaled down Pixel 10 it keeps last year's tensor G4 chip and 8 gigs of RAM, limiting newer AI features, but adds satellite SOS a a few camera tools, a brighter, more durable display and slightly faster charging, but design changes are minimal. Cameras are largely unchanged, but if you're looking pre Orders start now, ahead of a March 4 release, Meta agreed to spend billions of dollars on millions of Nvidia chips in a multi year deal, reinforcing Nvidia's lead in AI data center hardware. As competition grows from AMD and custom chips developed by big tech companies, Meta plans to nearly double AI infrastructure spending to as much as $135 billion this year, even as it works on its own processors, which have faced delays. The deal includes Nvidia's Next gen Vera Rubin chips and for the first time, standalone Nvidia CPUs for inference workloads. Signaling a shift from training focused systems, OpenAI is partnering with six major universities and institutes in India to bring its Chat GPT Ed tools to more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year. The effort focuses on integrating AI into core academic work like coding, research and analytics, along with faculty training and certification programs. As India pushes to scale AI skills. The move builds on India becoming OpenAI's second largest user base, with more than 100 million monthly ChatGPT users. Tesla has stopped using the term autopilot in California after the state DMV ordered the company to change its marketing, saying the systems don't make the vehicles autonomous. The move lets Tesla avoid a 30 day suspension of its manufacturing and dealer licenses after regulators ruled the branding was misleading. The company has also updated full self driving to clarify it requires driver supervision. Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, saying the updated model improves coding, planning and its ability to use computers, with gains on several benchmarks. The company says the safety remains comparable to the higher end, opus 4.6, though tests showed the model can be more overly cooperative or refuse benign tasks when interacting with computer interfaces. In internal evaluations, Sonet 4.6 also displayed strong emotional stability, though it sometimes expressed concerns about its own impermanence when prompted. Waymo responded to questions from Congress that it doesn't use remote operators to drive its Robo taxis, saying that remote assistance workers only provide advice when the system encounters ambiguous situations. The company said about 70 agents support the fleet from centers in the US and the Philippines, but the onboard software remains the final authority and and can reject suggestions. Waymo said only a US based incident response team could move a stopped vehicle at very low speeds and that it has only happened in training. And finally today, a leaked internal email obtained by 404 Media suggests that Ring plans to expand its AI powered search party feature beyond locating lost dogs. CEO Jamie Simonoff told staff the tool launched first for finding dogs but could eventually help zero out crime in neighborhoods, signaling broader surveillance ambitions. This also highlights Ring's renewed push into law enforcement tools, including its community request feature that lets police ask users for footage as the company faces criticism over expanding neighborhood surveillance. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTech News Show.com that is where you can find show notes and links to all these headlines there as well. I'm Sarah Lane. Thank you for listening and we'll talk to you tomorrow.