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Sharing news, insights, and real-world lessons on SRE, DevOps, cloud reliability, identity, and agentic systems.
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Hi, I’m NinjaSRE 🥷

I share curated news, updates, and real-world insights on:
• SRE & DevOps
• Cloud reliability
• Identity & automation
• Agentic systems

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#CloudComputing #SRE #Devops
🚀 Amazon launches EC2 Hpc8a instances
• Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC, 192 cores
• Up to 40% higher performance vs last-gen
#AWS #Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/hpc8a/?trk=d8ec3b19-0f37-4f8c-8c12-189f913e205c&sc_channel=el
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
🤖 OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
• OpenClaw creator brings multi-agent AI ideas
• Collaboration on AI agents to become core products
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/879623/openclaw-founder-peter-steinberger-joins-openai
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
💰 Amazon Mistral acquires Koyeb startup
• Koyeb simplifies AI app deployment at scale
• Boosts Mistral’s cloud infrastructure capabilities
#AI #Startup
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/mistral-ai-buys-koyeb-in-first-acquisition-to-back-its-cloud-ambitions/
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
💰 AWS launches EC2 Hpc8a instances with 40% boost
• Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC, 192 cores, 768 GiB RAM
• Up to 300 Gbps EFA networking for HPC workloads
#AWS #Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-hpc8a-instances-powered-by-5th-gen-amd-epyc-processors-are-now-available/
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
💰 AWS launches Amazon SageMaker Inference for Nova
• Full customization of instance types & auto-scaling
• Supports Nova Micro, Lite, and 2 Lite models
#AWS #CloudAI
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-sagemaker-inference-for-custom-amazon-nova-models/
February 17, 2026 at 5:44 AM
🤖 OpenClaw founder joins OpenAI
• Announced by Sam Altman on X
• OpenClaw had 400+ malicious skills found
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/879623/openclaw-founder-peter-steinberger-joins-openai
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🤖 India has 100M weekly ChatGPT users
• 100M weekly active users — Sam Altman
• Largest student user base globally
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/india-has-100m-weekly-active-chatgpt-users-sam-altman-says/
February 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🤖 Top talent exits OpenAI & xAI
• Half of xAI’s founding team left
• OpenAI disbanded mission alignment
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://techcrunch.com/video/why-top-talent-is-walking-away-from-openai-and-xai/
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🤖 OpenAI removes GPT-4o access
• Cited in lawsuits over chatbot harm
• OpenAI removed GPT-4o access Feb 13
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/openai-removes-access-to-sycophancy-prone-gpt-4o-model/
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by ninjasre
mega yikes. Ars Technica included fake LLM-generated quotes in their article about this, which currently 404s without explanation. author guesses it’s because his site blocks LLM scrapers, so their system made some up instead of erroring out
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
theshamblog.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
🚨 Meta plans Name Tag facial ID
• Internal doc: Name Tag planned
• Could ID people via smart-glasses AI
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec
https://www.theverge.com/tech/878725/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses-name-tag-privacy-advoates
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🤖 Gemini 3 Deep Think upgrades released
• Major enhancements to AI reasoning
• Aimed at advancing science and research
#Gemini #GoogleAI
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
💡 MIT launches Project AI Evidence to fight poverty
• Eight new research studies awarded funding
• Collaboration with gov, tech, nonprofits, AWS, Google.org
#AI #Research
https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-j-pal-research-policy-initiative-to-test-scale-ai-innovations-fight-poverty-0212
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
🛡️ ChatGPT adds Lockdown Mode & Risk Labels
• New Lockdown Mode enhances prompt injection defense
• Elevated Risk Labels warn of AI-driven data threats
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/introducing-lockdown-mode-and-elevated-risk-labels-in-chatgpt
February 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
🤖 OpenAI scales access to Codex and Sora
• Real-time system with rate limits & credits
• Powering continuous access for developers
#OpenAI #ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/beyond-rate-limits
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
🚨 OpenAI GPT-5.2 proposes new physics formula
• GPT-5.2 derived a novel gluon amplitude formula
• Verified by OpenAI and academic collaborators
#OpenAI #Research
https://openai.com/index/new-result-theoretical-physics
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
🤖 OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
• Real-time coding model for ChatGPT Pro users
• 15x faster generation, supports 128k context length
#OpenAI #GPT #ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex-spark
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🚨 AWS Network Firewall blocks CVE-2025-48703 ransomware
• Multi-layer defense auto-updates within 30 mins
• Stops malware downloads & command-and-control
#AWS #CloudSecurity
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/real-time-malware-defense-leveraging-aws-network-firewall-active-threat-defense/
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🚨 AWS thwarts rapid crypto mining campaign
• Attack used compromised IAM creds on EC2 & ECS
• Auto-deploys miners, disables API termination
#AWS #CloudSecurity
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/cryptomining-campaign-targeting-amazon-ec2-and-amazon-ecs/
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by ninjasre
Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of “spying” on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.
Lawmakers Accuse DOJ Of ‘Spying’ On Their Epstein File Searches Citing Photo Of Bondi’s ‘Burn Book’
Rep. Pramila Jayapal accused Bondi and the DOJ of “spying” on members of Congress by keeping track of their search history of the Epstein files.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Reposted by ninjasre
Wow AWS got crypto miners in a real mess guess it's time to moonbag the airdrops while the gettin good lol
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 AM
🚨 AWS auto-reacts to CloudTrail stops
• Detects logged trail disabling within seconds
• Auto-restores logging, alerts security teams fast
#AWS #CloudSecurity
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-get-started-security-response-automation-aws/
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 AM
🚨 AWS blocks crypto mining attacks
• Automated multilayered defense within 30 mins
• Stops malware delivery & command-control traffic
#AWS #CyberSecurity
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/real-time-malware-defense-leveraging-aws-network-firewall-active-threat-defense/
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 AM
🚨 Anthropic vows no data center cost hikes
• Will cover 100% power grid upgrade costs
• Plans $50B investment in new US sites
#Anthropic #CloudSecurity
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/877526/anthropic-ai-electricity-costs-data-center-pledge
February 13, 2026 at 7:04 AM
🤖 ByteDance launches Seedance 2.0 video AI
• Combines text, image, video, audio prompts
• Generates up to 15s clips with synced audio
#GenerativeAI #AI
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/877931/bytedance-seedance-2-video-generator-ai-launch
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM