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Cisco Advances AI-Ready Networking Strategy with Wi-Fi 7 Campus Deployment
Cisco partners with Georgetown University for a large-scale Wi-Fi 7 campus deployment, featuring automated analytics, unified access layer management and multi-layered security to create AI-ready infrastructure for research applications.
OpenAI and Cisco Collaborate on Enterprise AI Engineering Agents
OpenAI and Cisco announced a partnership to embed Codex AI agents into enterprise workflows, aiming to accelerate builds, automate defect fixes, and enable AI-native development. This collaboration signifies deep penetration of AI agent technology into enterprise engineering.
Cisco's Second AI Summit Focuses on AI Economy Builders, Uniting Infrastructure and Model Layer Leaders from NVIDIA, OpenAI, AWS, Google
Cisco announced its second annual AI Summit on February 3, 2026, hosted by CEO Chuck Robbins and CPO Jeetu Patel. The speaker lineup unites decision-makers across AI infrastructure (NVIDIA, AWS, Google), core models (OpenAI, Anthropic), applications (Figma, Box), and capital (Andreessen Horowitz). The agenda spans the full spectrum of AI's influence, from reshaping compute, venture capital, and infrastructure to redefining design, workforce, and geopolitics.
Cisco-OECD Research Reveals Geographic and Generational Divides in AI Adoption: Emerging Markets Lead, Youth Drive Usage
Cisco-OECD joint research finds emerging economies like India, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa lead globally in GenAI adoption rates, trust, and engagement, with the under-35 demographic as the primary driver. The insights inform Cisco's Digital Impact Office strategy to bridge digital divides via initiatives like Networking Academy and Country Digital Acceleration programs.
Cisco becomes Official Technology Partner of Madison Square Garden with AI-ready data center and campus network infrastructure
Cisco entered a multi-year partnership with Madison Square Garden Entertainment, becoming an official partner. The deployment includes Cisco's Catalyst switches and wireless hardware, Catalyst Center for management, Identity Services Engine (ISE), and Nexus 9000 series data center switches, aiming to build a flexible, scalable, and future-ready network foundation.
Anthropic Launches Project Glasswing: AI Model Autonomously Finds Zero-Days, Reshaping Cyber Defense
Anthropic announces Project Glasswing, partnering with AWS, Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and others to use its frontier model Claude Mythos Preview for autonomous vulnerability discovery. The model found thousands of zero-days, including decades-old flaws in OpenBSD, FFmpeg, and Linux kernel. Anthropic commits $100M in usage credits, aiming to shift cybersecurity to AI-driven defense at scale.
US Orders Anthropic to Globally Shutdown Fable 5 and Mythos 5: AI Export Control Escalates
On June 22, 2026, the US government ordered Anthropic to globally shut down its most advanced models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing their autonomous cyberattack capability (ExploitBench 78.0%). This extends export controls from hardware to model weights, marking a new era of sovereign AI governance.
NVIDIA Tops Data Center Ethernet Market: GPU Compute Dictates Network Architecture
IDC reports NVIDIA captured 21.5% of the data center Ethernet switch market in Q1 2026, with $2.1B revenue. This milestone, driven by the Spectrum-X platform using RoCE and NVLink, marks a control shift where GPU compute dictates network architecture, directly challenging Cisco and Arista.