Latest news from the AI world
February 16-18, 2026: Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improved computer use and 1M token window. Qwen releases Qwen3.5-397B in open-weight Apache 2.0. Google integrates Lyria 3 into Gemini. OpenAI unveils EVMbench, Cohere launches Tiny Aya, Runway opens its Gen-4.5 API.
February 14-16, 2026: Anthropic opens Bengaluru office with major partnerships in India. Kimi unveils Claw, a native OpenClaw app with 5,000+ skills. GitHub Copilot integrates MCP. OpenAI publishes Codex recap and launches First Proof challenge.
February 1-14, 2026: MiniMax releases M2.5, open-source frontier model with 80.2% on SWE-Bench. Kling launches its 3.0 model for video. Perplexity deploys Model Council (multi-model), Deep Research on Opus 4.6, and DRACO benchmark. Mistral announces its biggest hackathon, Cohere signs Magnus Carlsen.
February 13, 2026: GitHub launches Agentic Workflows in technical preview, GPT-5.2 derives a result in particle physics, OpenAI introduces Lockdown Mode against prompt injections, and Anthropic and Google invest in AI education.
Anthropic announces a $30 billion Series G ($380B valuation), OpenAI launches real-time GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark on Cerebras, Google unveils Gemini 3 Deep Think with record scores in sciences, and xAI restructures teams with Macrohard.
Z.ai launches GLM-5 (744B params, MIT License), Anthropic releases its first ASL-4 sabotage risk report, OpenAI adds server-side compaction and network containers to its API, Kimi unveils Agent Swarm, and Runway raises $315M.
Anthropic launches 2.5x faster mode for Opus 4.6, OpenAI tests ads in ChatGPT, ElevenLabs closes $11B Series D, GPT-5.3-Codex arrives in Copilot, and Mistral releases Voxtral Transcribe 2.
GitHub opens Agent HQ to Claude and Codex in public preview, Anthropic explains why Claude will remain ad-free, Apple integrates Claude Agent SDK into Xcode, Mistral launches Voxtral Transcribe 2, and ElevenLabs raises $500M in Series D.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M context and agent teams, OpenAI releases GPT-5.3-Codex and the Frontier platform, Google updates Gemini 3 for the Super Bowl, and GitHub introduces pinned comments.
SpaceX acquires xAI to deploy AI in space, OpenAI releases Codex App on macOS, Qwen releases an 80B model for coding agents, Anthropic partners with Allen Institute and HHMI for scientific research.
Google launches Project Genie to create interactive worlds, Gemini arrives in Chrome with Auto Browse, Veo 3.1 adds image-to-video, and Personal Intelligence connects your Google apps.
Claude plans the first AI drive on Mars, Anthropic enriches Cowork with 11 plugins and publishes a study on loss of autonomy, OpenAI accelerates ChatGPT apps, xAI launches a cutting-edge video API.