U.S. and Iranian representatives met in Geneva on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, for a second round of nuclear talks, as the U.S. simultaneously built up military forces in the region, according to NPR. The talks, which followed indirect engagement, aimed to address ongoing challenges in the nuclear discussions, as reported by NPR.
Meanwhile, in other news, OpenAI made a significant move by hiring Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind OpenClaw, open-source software used to build autonomous AI agents. CEO Sam Altman revealed the hire, stating that Steinberger's addition would help bring AI agents to a wider audience, according to Fortune. Steinberger himself said joining OpenAI would allow him to pursue his goal "without the added burden of running a company," as reported on his personal site.
The U.S. and Iran discussions come as the two nations continue to engage indirectly in nuclear talks. Richard Nephew, former deputy special envoy for Iran in the Biden administration, discussed the remaining challenges in the negotiations with NPR.
In other developments, an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers revealed internal tensions within the agency. According to Wired, users shared their thoughts on current events and complaints about colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). One user wrote in July 2025, "ERO is too busy dressing up as Black Ops Commandos... to do an Admin arrest of a non criminal, non-violent EWI," referring to Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Also, Alpha School, an AI-powered private school, faced scrutiny over its use of artificial intelligence. The school, which can cost up to $65,000 a year, was found to be generating faulty lesson plans and scraping data from other online courses without permission, according to former employees and internal company documents cited by Hacker News. Despite this, Alpha School had received positive coverage from Fox News and The New York Times, and praise from Linda McMahon, the Trump-appointed Secretary of Education. However, according to Hacker News, samples of the AI-generated lessons presented students with unclear wording and illogical choices in multiple choice questions.
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