Super Bowl AI Wars, Seedance 2.0 Goes Viral & China's Model Blitz: AI News February 9-10, 2026

📋 Quick Takeaways

Anthropic aired savage Super Bowl ads attacking OpenAI’s new ChatGPT advertising — the “AI Bowl” featured 15 AI-related commercials out of 66 total spots
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 goes viral globally with cinema-grade AI video generation, multi-shot storytelling, and native audio sync in 8+ languages
China unleashes 5 frontier AI models in one week before Lunar New Year: Qwen 3.5, GLM-5, Doubao 2.0, MiniMax M2.2, and Seedance 2.0
Anthropic dominates prediction markets at 68% for best AI model by end of February after Claude Opus 4.6 launch; OpenAI collapses to 6%
TSMC January revenue surges 37% to $12.7B on relentless AI chip demand, beating full-year growth forecasts
OpenAI prepares confidential IPO filing for February, targeting $550–600B valuation for Q2-Q3 2026 debut
$340M+ in AI startup funding including Harvey AI ($200M), Neural Concept ($100M), and multiple agent-focused rounds

🏈 Super Bowl AI Wars: Anthropic vs. OpenAI

Anthropic Launches Savage Super Bowl Ad Campaign Against ChatGPT Ads

The biggest story of Super Bowl LX wasn’t just football — it was the escalating war between AI giants. Anthropic spent millions on a multi-spot Super Bowl advertising blitz directly targeting OpenAI’s decision to introduce ads into ChatGPT.

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AI Infrastructure Boom: Meta Nuclear Deals, xAI Data Center and Google Gemini Gmail | January 10, 2026

Quick Takeaways

Meta becomes world’s largest corporate nuclear power buyer with 6.6GW deals from TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra to power AI data centers
xAI announces 20 billion dollar Mississippi investment for MACROHARDRR data center, creating 2GW most powerful AI system
TSMC Q4 revenue beats estimates at 33.05B (+20.45% YoY), signaling sustained AI chip demand into 2026
CES 2026 concludes with Physical AI as dominant theme as robotics and embodied intelligence take center stage
Google integrates Gemini 3 into Gmail for 3 billion users with AI Overviews, Help Me Write, and AI Inbox features
Retail giants Walmart, Target, Etsy partner with OpenAI to enable AI agent commerce, marking the AI Agent Economy beginning

AI Infrastructure and Energy

Meta Signs Historic 6.6GW Nuclear Power Deals for AI Data Centers

Landmark Announcement: On January 9, 2026, Meta struck deals with TerraPower (Bill Gates-backed), Oklo (Sam Altman-backed), and Vistra for up to 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear power by 2035—enough to power approximately 5 million homes.