AI Business and Development Daily News Rundown February 09th 2026: Super Bowl AI Ad War, The $70M Domain, & The “Moltbook” Meltdown

• Anthropic made its SB debut with its viral campaign against ads in AI, whose launch kicked off a viral feud with OpenAI and Sam Altman last week.

• Vodka brand SVEDKA ran what it called the first primarily AI-generated Super Bowl ad, reviving its robotic mascot with AI-trained dance moves.

• Meta showcased “athletic intelligence” via its AI glasses, Amazon pushed the new Alexa+, and Google highlighted Gemini and Nano Banana.

• Other AI-related spots included Base44, Genspark, Ramp, Rippling, and Wix, with tech’s Super Bowl ad share reportedly increasing to around 10%.

Why it matters: Major AI players showed up to the SB fighting for the same thing — to be the default assistant, agent, or device that the masses actually trust as AI weaves into every corner of daily life. Svedka’s use of AI to generate its spot also shows the tech influencing both sides of the screen — what’s being sold AND how it’s made.

Crypto.com founder drops $70M on AI.com

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Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek revealed he purchased the AI.com domain for $70M, the largest domain sale ever, debuting the site as an autonomous AI agent platform for consumers with a Super Bowl commercial.

The details:

• The platform promises a personal AI agent that can trade stocks, manage calendars, send messages, and automate workflows with no technical setup.

• The record-breaking deal nearly doubled the prior domain record set by voice.com‘s $30M sale in 2019.

• Marszalek envisions a network of agents that autonomously build new capabilities and share upgrades across users, “accelerating the advent of AGI”.

  
  
  

Why it matters: That’s certainly one way to make a big splash — with both the largest domain sale ever (admittedly for an excellent one) and a primetime entrance with a Super Bowl ad. But a strong marketing play and a tool that actually competes with the flurry of agentic upgrades from established, frontier labs are two very different beasts.

US companies accused of ‘AI washing’ in citing artificial intelligence for job losses

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/ai-washing-job-losses-artificial-intelligence

While AI is having an impact on the workplace, experts suggest tariffs, overhiring during the pandemic and simply maximising profits may be bigger factors.

Figure Skating turns to AI to tackle judging controversies

“After decades of judging controversies, figure skating is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision technology to try to bring greater consistency and transparency to how performances are scored.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has been testing high-resolution camera systems at competitions over the past two years that use AI to track skaters’ movements and analyse technical elements such as jump rotation, height, distance travelled and spin positions in real time.”

https://www.reuters.com/sports/figure-skating-turns-ai-tackle-judging-controversies-2026-02-08/

Moltbook is already history

What we will remember about Moltbook:

– the incredible speed at which the hype spread

– that it took only hours to turn into a toxic mix of spam and security nightmares

– whatever can be manipulated, will be

– the humans are the „weakest link“ in this hype chamber. We want to believe the extremes and overreact very quickly.

– this stuff is no longer a fit for human timelines of mental processing

– incredible how gullible we are, giving a sloppily vibe-coded tool credentials (to share almost freely)

– moltys are a reflection of humans- for now.

– there will be more moltbooks, likely more extreme

What else Happened in AI today

Adapt just announced the future of AI for work – an always-available co-worker that understands business context and works across tools. See the vision and fundraising deck.*

Anthropic released a ‘fast mode’ for its new Claude Opus 4.6 model, which delivers 2.5x faster responses at drastically higher token costs.

Goldman Sachs revealed it has been working with Anthropic over the last six months to build AI agents that automate accounting, compliance, and client onboarding.

xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin praised Claude Opus 4.6’s physics capabilities, saying that a “Claude Code moment for research” may be approaching.

Axiom announced that its AI independently solved an unsolved math problem and wrote its own verified proof, a first for AI in advanced mathematical research.