The Neural Daily 2026-02-16: Billionaire Lobsters and Hollywood Heists

OpenAI snags a "one-person unicorn" in a billion-dollar bidding war for OpenClaw, signaling a wild new era of autonomous agents and "digital plumbing." From India’s emergence as a sovereign AI superpower to the photorealistic "digital heist" of Hollywood, we break down why consumers are rejecting Apple Intelligence while the enterprise world pivots to high-stakes middleware. Strap in for a high-speed look at the "Age of the Lobster" and the fight for data sovereignty in a world of synthetic clones.