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13 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Google opens Gemini 3 Deep Think API in Early Access

What's new? Google updated Gemini 3 Deep Think, a reasoning mode in the Gemini app and via API for select users; Mode tops benchmarks in math, physics, chemistry and engineering;

13 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Cline drops CLI 2.0 coding agent, powered by K2.5 and M2.5 for free

Cline CLI 2.0 brings coding agents into the terminal with interactive and autonomous modes, ACP support, and a free Kimi K2.5 and MiniMax M2.5.

11 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

OpenAI works on ChatGPT Skills, upgrades Deep Research

OpenAI’s updated Deep Research in ChatGPT with GPT-5.2, and is working on a new Skills section for ChatGPT to install and edit SKILLS.

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Kimi launches Agent Swarm AI for parallel research and analysis

What's new? Agent Swarm coordinates 100 sub-agents to execute 1500 tool calls at 4.5x single-agent speeds; it is offered on Kimi's platform as a research preview;

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Telegram revamps app with new interface and craftable gifts

What's new? Telegram updated its Android, iOS and iPad apps with a redesigned look, bottom bar, media viewer and shortcut; gift crafting, group transfer and bot button color options added;

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI tests sponsored ads in ChatGPT for free US users

OpenAI is testing sponsored placements in ChatGPT for U.S. users on Free and Go tiers, with privacy rules, user controls, and clear ad labeling.

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Cursor launches Composer 1.5 with upgrades for complex tasks

What's new? Composer 1.5 uses 20x more RL steps and a thinking tokens system for code reasoning; it applies self summarization to manage long context lengths;

7 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

ICYMI: Arena launches Max router to boost AI prompt accuracy

What's new? Max is a model router that auto-selects the best language model from over 5m community votes; the latency-aware variant Arcstride cuts first-token delay by 16 sec.

7 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

ai.com to release decentralised AI agent platform during Super Bowl

What's new? ai.com launches a consumer-focused autonomous ai agent platform that lets users generate agents for work and messaging tasks; public launch scheduled february 8 2026 with Super Bowl LX commercial on NBC;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

GitHub lets Copilot subscribers run multiple AI coding agents

What's new? Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise subscribers run multiple AI agents in GitHub, GitHub Mobile and Visual Studio Code with per-agent settings and session logs;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex for software tasks on paid plans

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.3-Codex with faster performance, expanded agent functions for developers, and strong coding benchmark results across multiple tasks.

6 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 with tools for finance

What's new? Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 for finance pros with beta Cowork for Mac, PowerPoint for Max, Team, Enterprise and Excel updates for paid subscribers;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI debuts Frontier to deploy AI agents for enterprise users

OpenAI launches Frontier, a new enterprise platform for deploying AI coworkers across real business systems, now available to select customers with partners onboard.

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Perplexity launches Advanced Deep Research for Max users

What's new? Perplexity launches DRACO benchmark for AI research in law, medicine, finance and academia; it uses LLM as judge and is public;

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Apple adds Claude Agent SDK and Codex into Xcode 26.3

What's new? Xcode 26.3 now features built-in claude agent sdk for long-running coding tasks and swiftui previews; release candidate available to apple developer program.

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Kimi AI adds website generation from images, new annotation tools

Kimi AI unveils a feature for website generation from images or videos, plus an updated preview edit mode for annotations and UI selection.

3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches Codex app for Mac to manage coding agents

OpenAI has unveiled the Codex app for macOS, bringing project threads, diff review, and agent supervision to more ChatGPT plan users.

2 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

StepFun launched Step 3.5 Flash open-source model

What's new? Step 3.5 Flash is a large language model using sparse experts and multi-token heads, deployable on NVIDIA and local hardware; MIS-PO stabilizes long-term training;