OpenAI launched a desktop app for Codex, its AI code-generation tool, intensifying competition in the developer tools space (NYT). Anthropic is running Super Bowl ads directly targeting OpenAI's ChatGPT campaign, while Goldman Sachs partnered with Anthropic to deploy AI agents for automating banking tasks.

Sanae Takaichi won Japan's elections in a landslide, a significant political shift in Asia's second-largest economy. In Olympic news, Ilia Malinin landed a historic backflip during figure skating competition, while athletes continue self-quarantining at Milan Cortina despite no official COVID mandates. Eddie Bauer filed for bankruptcy, adding to retail sector struggles.