[2/12 17:00] Anthropic Donates $20M to Support AI Safety Regulation / NVIDIA Blackwell Cuts AI Inference Costs by Up to 10x

AI News Flash for February 12, 2026 at 17:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Anthropic Donates $20M to Support AI Safety Regulation https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5735472-anthropic-donates-20m-public-first/ 2. NVIDIA Blackwell Cuts AI Inference Costs by Up to 10x https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/inference-open-source-models-blackwell-reduce-cost-per-token/ 3. Microsoft Builds Own AI Model, Reduces OpenAI Dependence https://qz.com/microsoft-ai-model-openai-azure-cloud-maia 4. Simile Raises $100M for Human Behavior Prediction AI https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2026/simile-raises-100-million-for-ai-that-aims-to-predict-human-behavior/