Anthropic Launches Sonnet 4.6 With 1M Token Context Window
17 February 2026
Claude Sonnet 4.6 narrows the gap with Opus 4.6, offering 1M token context, improved coding, and stronger office automation at lower cost.
ByteDance to Add Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 After Hollywood Copyright Backlash
16 February 2026
ByteDance introduces Safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following legal threats from Disney and Paramount and warnings from the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.5-Plus With 1M Context Window for AI Agents
15 February 2026
Alibaba introduced Qwen3.5 on February 16, 2026, pairing open-weight release with a hosted 1M-context model and efficiency gains designed for AI agents.
ByteDance Expands AI Video With Seedance 2.0 Amid Backlash
12 February 2026
ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 in February 2026, enabling multimodal AI video generation with audio. Hollywood groups including the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA condemned the model over copyright concerns.
MiniMax Releases M2.5 AI Models Promising Near Frontier Performance at a Fraction of the Cost
12 February 2026
MiniMax unveiled M2.5 and M2.5-Lightning AI models that approach frontier coding performance while sharply lowering costs, with OpenHands adding external support for long-run agent use.
Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.6 With a 1M-Token Context Window
5 February 2026
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 with 1M-token context in beta, longer agent work, and stronger outputs for coding and office tasks.
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3-Codex and Frontier Orchestration Platform
5 February 2026
OpenAI has released GPT-5.3-Codex and the Frontier orchestration platform. These tools enable enterprises to manage autonomous AI coworkers at scale.
Roblox Releases 4D Creation Toolset in Open Beta for Interactive AI-Generated Objects
4 February 2026
Roblox 4D creation is now in open beta, letting creators and players generate functional, physics-driven 3D objects with Cube-powered schemas.
AI Mode in Google Search and AI Overviews Receive Gemini 3 Upgrades
27 January 2026
Google Search now runs AI Overviews on Gemini 3 worldwide, letting users move from summaries to contextual conversations without leaving results.