# AI News Digest - 2026-02-01

1. Civitai operated a marketplace that facilitated the creation and sale of instruction files (LoRAs) used to produce bespoke deepfakes, with researchers finding the majority of deepfake requests targeted women and many winning submissions and requests remaining available despite an announced 2025 ban.

2. Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft for Azure cloud access while its main cloud provider, Amazon, was pursuing legal action against the startup.

3. David Silver departed DeepMind to found a new AI startup, stating that he did not believe large language models alone would lead to superintelligence.

4. OpenAI retained a lead in enterprise AI while Anthropic was reported to be gaining rapidly, and the study found that large companies had not broadly shifted to open-source AI solutions.

# References

1. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/30/1131945/inside-the-marketplace-powering-bespoke-ai-deepfakes-of-real-women/](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/30/1131945/inside-the-marketplace-powering-bespoke-ai-deepfakes-of-real-women/)

[Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/30/1131945/inside-the-marketplace-powering-bespoke-ai-deepfakes-of-real-women/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/perplexity-signs-750-million-deal-with-microsoft/](https://the-decoder.com/perplexity-signs-750-million-deal-with-microsoft/)

[Perplexity signs $750 million deal with Microsoft](https://the-decoder.com/perplexity-signs-750-million-deal-with-microsoft/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-pioneer-david-silver-departs-to-found-ai-startup-betting-llms-alone-wont-reach-superintelligence/](https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-pioneer-david-silver-departs-to-found-ai-startup-betting-llms-alone-wont-reach-superintelligence/)

[Google Deepmind pioneer David Silver departs to found AI startup, betting LLMs alone won't reach superintelligence](https://the-decoder.com/google-deepmind-pioneer-david-silver-departs-to-found-ai-startup-betting-llms-alone-wont-reach-superintelligence/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/openai-still-leads-enterprise-ai-but-anthropic-is-gaining-fast-according-to-new-study/](https://the-decoder.com/openai-still-leads-enterprise-ai-but-anthropic-is-gaining-fast-according-to-new-study/)

[OpenAI still leads enterprise AI, but Anthropic is gaining fast, according to new study](https://the-decoder.com/openai-still-leads-enterprise-ai-but-anthropic-is-gaining-fast-according-to-new-study/)

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