Artur Ślesik

Artur Ślesik is a technology and financial markets journalist at Bez-kabli.pl, covering artificial intelligence, semiconductors, technology stocks and emerging innovations. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, he combines a technical background with market analysis to explain how new technologies are shaping industries, businesses and investment trends worldwide.

SpaceX delays Starship Mars push, targets March 2027 moon landing first, WSJ says
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SpaceX delays Starship Mars push, targets March 2027 moon landing first, WSJ says

According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has shifted its focus to the moon first, pushing Mars plans further down the line. The company aims for an uncrewed moon landing in March 2027, the report stated. https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-delays-mars-plans-focus-moon-wsj-reports-2026-02-06/ Timing is crucial since NASA is relying on SpaceX’s Starship to serve as the lunar lander for Artemis III, the moon-landing mission set for 2028. SpaceX’s development speed is now a vital factor in the U.S. push to return to the moon, a goal that’s taken on added urgency as China advances its own lunar plans. https://www.reuters.com/science/nasas-artemis-ii-moon-mission-slips-march-2026-02-03/
February 7, 2026
Intel and Vista jump into $350M+ SambaNova raise as AI chip fight widens
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Intel and Vista jump into $350M+ SambaNova raise as AI chip fight widens

Vista Equity Partners is leading a new funding round of more than $350 million in artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems, people familiar with the matter said. Intel, already an investor, plans to put in about $100 million, with commitments that could rise to $150 million, two of the people said. https://www.reuters.com/business/vista-equity-partners-intel-lead-investment-ai-chip-startup-samba-nova-sources-2026-02-06/ The money is aimed at inference hardware — chips that run trained AI models and spit out answers fast — as startups try to sell alternatives to Nvidia’s graphics processors, or GPUs. Demand has been building as more companies shift from training models to deploying them in products and services.
February 7, 2026
Super Bowl AI ad feud: Anthropic targets OpenAI’s ChatGPT as China launches reusable spacecraft
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Super Bowl AI ad feud: Anthropic targets OpenAI’s ChatGPT as China launches reusable spacecraft

Anthropic is shelling out millions on Super Bowl ads that jab at OpenAI’s move to run ads on ChatGPT, turning what’s typically a low-key rivalry into a prime-time showdown. The competition heats up as these two startups—and their larger competitors—vie for the attention of corporate buyers hunting AI tools to boost workplace productivity. Running large language models, the engines powering chatbots, racks up significant costs, and the business value is now under renewed scrutiny as the industry shifts from demos toward real-world deployment.
February 7, 2026
Amazon stock sinks after $200 billion AI capex plan spooks investors
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Amazon stock sinks after $200 billion AI capex plan spooks investors

Amazon shares dropped roughly 9% on Friday after the company revealed plans to shell out around $200 billion in 2026, sparking concerns over how fast artificial intelligence investments will turn profitable. This spending, called capital expenditures or capex, includes costs for data centers, chips, and other hardware. Amazon’s forecast joins a broader surge in AI spending among U.S. tech giants, with plans to dump over $630 billion into data centers and AI chips this year. While investors anticipated higher capex, these numbers are steering the cloud giants—often dubbed hyperscalers for their vast computing infrastructures—toward a much heavier capital investment approach.
February 6, 2026
Sunwoda settles Geely unit Vremt battery lawsuit, flags up to $115 million profit hit
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Sunwoda settles Geely unit Vremt battery lawsuit, flags up to $115 million profit hit

BEIJING, Feb 7, 2026, 03:20 Sunwoda Electronic’s subsidiary has settled a lawsuit with Vremt, the battery division of automaker Geely, over claims of defective EV battery cells. The Chinese lithium-ion battery maker now expects to cut its 2025 net profit by 500 million to 800 million yuan, down from the 2.31 billion yuan claim it revealed last December. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-battery-maker-sunwoda-settles-lawsuit-with-geelys-battery-unit-2026-02-06/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
February 6, 2026
Six-month waits: Intel and AMD warn China customers of server CPU delays as AI demand bites
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Six-month waits: Intel and AMD warn China customers of server CPU delays as AI demand bites

Intel and AMD have alerted their customers in China to expect longer delays for server CPUs, with Intel flagging some shipments could stretch to six months, according to sources familiar with the notices. This bottleneck has pushed Intel server CPU prices in China up by more than 10% in many cases, one source told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/intel-amd-notify-customers-china-lengthy-waits-cpus-2026-02-06/ The warnings highlight that the race to build AI data centres is straining more than just the specialized chips powering AI models. CPUs, or central processing units, handle most server tasks and are found in nearly every data-centre machine.
February 6, 2026
EU charges TikTok over “addictive design” under Digital Services Act, setting up forced app changes
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EU charges TikTok over “addictive design” under Digital Services Act, setting up forced app changes

Brussels, 6 February 2026, 18:15 CET On Friday, EU regulators accused TikTok of violating the bloc’s Digital Services Act, claiming the app’s design encourages addictive behavior and poses risks to children. The Commission warned ByteDance’s platform to overhaul key features or face fines reaching up to 6% of ByteDance’s worldwide revenue.
February 6, 2026
Chip sales seen topping $1 trillion in 2026 as AI data-center spending keeps demand hot
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Chip sales seen topping $1 trillion in 2026 as AI data-center spending keeps demand hot

Global semiconductor sales reached $791.7 billion in 2025 and are expected to climb to around $1 trillion in 2026, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported Friday. “Global sales in 2026 are projected to reach roughly $1 trillion,” said SIA president and CEO John Neuffer. Hitting $1 trillion is a huge psychological milestone for an industry embedded in nearly every modern product, from phones to cars to cloud servers. This comes as tech firms continue investing heavily in new data centers to power AI software—a push that's beginning to squeeze parts supply.
February 6, 2026
Tesla opens China AI training centre to speed Full Self-Driving push as L3 race builds
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Tesla opens China AI training centre to speed Full Self-Driving push as L3 race builds

BEIJING, February 7, 2026, 01:15 GMT+8 Tesla has set up an AI training center in China, targeting local use cases and driver assistance, according to Chinese media outlet Cailianshe on Friday. The report quoted Tesla’s vice president, Tao Lin. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-is-training-its-ai-technology-china-local-media-reports-2026-02-06/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
February 6, 2026
AI tool aims to match dinosaur footprints to the animals that made them, study says
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AI tool aims to match dinosaur footprints to the animals that made them, study says

Scientists have created an AI technique designed to pinpoint which dinosaur made a specific fossil footprint, addressing a persistent challenge in paleontology. Their study, featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, breaks down tracks into eight consistent traits for comparison across different sites. https://www.reuters.com/science/new-ai-method-helps-identify-which-dinosaur-made-which-footprints-2026-02-06/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Timing is key since footprints rank among the most common dinosaur fossils, frequently appearing without any bones or teeth close by. But depending on the animal’s activity and the substrate, the same creature might leave very different tracks. That variability sparks debate among researchers trying to decide if a print came from a carnivore, herbivore, or something bird-like.
February 6, 2026
U.S. and China Skip New AI Weapons Pledge in Spain as Only 35 Nations Sign
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U.S. and China Skip New AI Weapons Pledge in Spain as Only 35 Nations Sign

A CORUNA, Spain, Feb 6, 2026, 18:21 The United States and China opted out of a joint declaration on the military use of artificial intelligence at a summit in Spain on Thursday, leaving about a third of participating countries signed up to a set of voluntary principles. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-china-opt-out-joint-declaration-ai-use-military-2026-02-05/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
February 6, 2026
This black hole ate a star — and it’s still belching a brighter jet years later
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This black hole ate a star — and it’s still belching a brighter jet years later

A supermassive black hole located about 665 million light-years away is still blasting an increasingly bright jet into space years after it tore apart a star, astronomers revealed Thursday. This persistent outflow ranks among the most powerful single radio wave events ever recorded, they said. https://www.reuters.com/science/black-hole-continues-belch-years-after-chewing-up-star-2026-02-05/ The timing is key here. The radio jet didn’t appear immediately after the star died; instead, it grew stronger over several years. This defies the usual expectations for such events and suggests that other jets that ignite late might have slipped under the radar.
February 5, 2026
UNICEF says 1.2 million children hit by AI deepfake abuse — and wants tougher laws now
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UNICEF says 1.2 million children hit by AI deepfake abuse — and wants tougher laws now

UNICEF urged governments on Wednesday to criminalise the creation of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, saying it was alarmed by reports of a rise in artificial intelligence images sexualising children. https://www.reuters.com/technology/unicef-calls-criminalization-ai-content-depicting-child-sex-abuse-2026-02-04/ The agency warned that the damage from “deepfake” abuse was “real and urgent” and said, “Children cannot wait for the law to catch up.” It said the risks can be compounded when generative AI tools are built into social media platforms where manipulated images spread rapidly.
February 5, 2026
Coupang data leak widens again: 165,000 more users as US pressure builds
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Coupang data leak widens again: 165,000 more users as US pressure builds

Coupang Inc has confirmed that personal data belonging to an additional 165,000 users in South Korea was leaked, expanding a breach that has already drawn the e-commerce giant into police and regulatory scrutiny. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/coupang-confirms-personal-data-165000-more-south-korean-users-leaked-yonhap-2026-02-05/ This latest development matters because the case no longer seems like just a contained cyber incident. Instead, it’s spilling over into a wider conflict that pulls in lawmakers, regulators, and increasingly, the trade tensions between Seoul and Washington.
February 5, 2026
Fire at Germany’s GSI lab in Darmstadt derails FAIR accelerator test plans
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Fire at Germany’s GSI lab in Darmstadt derails FAIR accelerator test plans

Darmstadt, Germany — February 5, 2026, 20:15 CET A fire broke out at the GSI Helmholtz Centre in Darmstadt, forcing officials to postpone a critical test phase for the FAIR particle accelerator project. Hesse science minister Timon Gremmels called it “a black day” and confirmed that the December testing schedule is now on hold indefinitely. Christian Wagner, operations manager for the Darmstadt fire department, said, “Fortunately, we have no casualties so far.” https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/fire-at-german-research-center-delays-major-particle-accelerator-project/3821476?utm_source=chatgpt.com
February 5, 2026
OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Codex lands with a 25% speed boost — and bigger ambitions than coding
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Codex lands with a 25% speed boost — and bigger ambitions than coding

OpenAI dropped GPT-5.3-Codex on Thursday, a fresh update to its Codex agent. The company claims it’s 25% faster and designed for complex tasks that mix research, tool use, and coding tweaks. It’s now live on paid ChatGPT plans, spanning the Codex app, command-line interface, IDE extension, and web. Benchmarks show solid jumps: 56.8% on SWE-Bench Pro and 77.3% on Terminal-Bench 2.0. OpenAI also revealed that early builds of the model helped with debugging training and handling deployment—calling this the first AI “instrumental in creating itself.” This update is significant since coding now serves as the testing ground for “agentic” AI—systems capable of planning and executing tasks, not merely finishing text. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman noted this week that “code plus
February 5, 2026
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