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Super Bowl Sparks AI Fury, Snoop's Torch, & Wild Tech Dreams!

Snoop Dogg's surprise appearance in the Olympic torch relay in Italy and a Super Bowl rematch between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots are among the top news stories breaking today. The rapper delighted crowds in Gallarate, Italy, on February 4, 2026, by participating in the Olympic torch relay for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, according to multiple news sources. Meanwhile, the Seahawks and Patriots are set to face off in Super Bowl LX, a rematch of their 2015 game.

Snoop Dogg, serving as honorary coach for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and NBC's Olympic team, jogged, danced, and waved to locals during his leg of the relay. Videos of his energetic performance, including a meeting with athletes like Ilia Malinin, generated widespread online buzz, Euronews reported.

Super Bowl LX will see the Seahawks and Patriots clash once again. This is a rematch of the 2015 Super Bowl, where a last-minute interception of then-Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson on the one-yard line led to the Patriots' 28-24 victory, according to Time. Both teams have new quarterbacks at the helm: 23-year-old Drake Maye leading the Patriots and 28-year-old Sam Darnold for the Seahawks. CBS Research notes that this is the first Super Bowl in which both teams' starting quarterbacks and head coaches—the Patriots' Mike Vrabel and the Seahawks' Mike Macdonald—are in either their first or second season with that team.

In other news, the AI industry is experiencing some turbulence. Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, which humorously critique the integration of ads into AI chatbots, have sparked a heated response from OpenAI's Sam Altman, according to TechCrunch. The ads, targeting OpenAI's decision to introduce ads in ChatGPT, ignited a debate about ethical advertising practices and honesty within the AI industry, highlighting the growing competition and differing philosophies between leading AI developers.

Meanwhile, Instacart is utilizing a combination of large foundational models and smaller, specialized language models (SLMs) to enhance the grocery ordering experience, VentureBeat reports. Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu highlighted this approach as a way to balance reasoning, real-world availability, and user preferences while minimizing latency to maintain user engagement. This tackles the "brownie recipe problem" by providing real-time, context-aware suggestions.

In the world of fashion and sports, WHOOP announced a multi-year "Project Terrain" collaboration with designer Samuel Ross, Variety reported. The human performance company was also a hot topic at this year's Australian Open after umpires asked star tennis players Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner to remove the device during matches.

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