Anthropic launched Cowork, a tool using Claude Code that assists non-programmers with routine tasks and gained viral traction on social media.[2]
OpenAI began testing ads in ChatGPT for some U.S. users on free and Go subscription tiers to support broader access to advanced features.
OpenAI's GPT-5.2 achieved a 70.9% win rate against human experts on economically valuable tasks in updated GDPval testing, enabling reliable time and cost savings.
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, outperforming Gemini 3 Flash in reliability, reasoning depth, agentic performance, and professional usefulness, making it the top AI for real work.
OpenAI updated ChatGPT Voice on February 12, 2026, improving its ability to follow user instructions and use tools like web search for better responses, primarily for free and Plus users.
ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0, a new AI video model going viral in China.
Anthropic announced it will cover electricity price increases caused by its data center expansions, compensating utilities and investing in energy generation and demand-reduction technologies.
Anthropic raised $30 billion in funding, signaling no end in sight to the AI arms race, with the deal finalizing at a $380 billion valuation.
NSF announces first AI-ENGAGE awards totaling $2.4M for international projects using AI in agriculture, including autonomous robots for disease detection and AI apps for pest management.
University of Pittsburgh expands access to Claude for Education, integrated with AWS, as the first university to do so, supporting writing, analysis, and long documents alongside other vetted AI tools like Gemini and Copilot.
Elon Musk is reorganizing xAI amid a reported talent exodus.