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🚀 Welcome to AI Unraveled (February 20th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.

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Today's Briefing: We analyze the viral "handshake refusal" between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, Google's massive reasoning leap with Gemini 3.1 Pro, and reports of OpenAI developing Jony Ive-designed "smart devices"—including a smart lamp. We also cover Nvidia's $30 billion move into OpenAI equity and why Accenture is now tracking senior staff logins to determine promotions.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Headlines: Google's Reasoning Crown, Nvidia's $30B Stake, & the Accenture Mandate
• 00:13 – Host Intro: Etienne Noumen & the AI Unraveled Flash Briefing
• 00:21 – Google Gemini 3.1 Pro: Crushing Benchmarks at 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2
• 00:34 – Nvidia's $30 Billion Equity Stake in OpenAI
• 00:46 – OpenAI’s Wealth Creation: Average Employee Compensation at $1.5 Million
• 00:52 – The Viral Handshake Refusal: Altman vs. Amodei in India
• 01:05 – Sponsor Message: Secure and Orchestrate with AIRIA
• 01:30 – Full Deep Dive Preview: Jony Ive’s Smart Lamp, AWS Outages, & Meta’s VR Pivot
• 01:46 – Outro: Listen to the Full Strategic Briefing

Keywords: Gemini 3.1 Pro, Google Reasoning, ARC-AGI-2, Sam Altman Handshake, Nvidia OpenAI Equity, OpenAI Smart Lamp, Jony Ive AI, AWS AI Outage, Code Metal Series B, Accenture AI Promotion, AIRIA, Shadow AI, OpenAI Stock Compensation.

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⚗️ PRODUCTION NOTE: We Practice What We Preach: AI Unraveled is produced using a hybrid "Human-in-the-Loop" workflow. While all research, interviews, and strategic insights are curated by Etienne Noumen, we leverage advanced AI voice synthesis for our daily narration to ensure speed, consistency, and scale.