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February 20 2026
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YouTube Expands Conversational AI Tool to TVs

YouTube is expanding an experimental feature that brings its conversational AI tool to smart TVs, gaming consoles, and other streaming devices. The feature allows a select group of users to ask questions about the video content they are watching directly on their TV.

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February 19 2026
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Stephen Colbert Says CBS Banned Interview with Texas Lawmaker

Stephen Colbert stated on 'The Late Show' that CBS lawyers prevented him from airing an interview with Texas Representative James Talarico, citing new FCC guidance on the equal time rule.

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February 19 2026
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Google Integrates Lyria 3 AI Music Model Into Gemini App

Google has integrated its Lyria 3 AI model into the Gemini app, allowing users to generate 30-second music tracks with lyrics based on text descriptions or image prompts.

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February 19 2026
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Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI Model

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, an updated version of its AI model with improved capabilities in coding, instruction-following, and computer use. The new model, which replaces Sonnet 4.5, also features an expanded context window of 1 million tokens.

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February 18 2026
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WordPress.com Launches Built-in AI Assistant

WordPress.com has introduced a new built-in AI assistant to help users manage their websites with natural language commands. The AI can modify site layouts, styles, and content, as well as generate and edit images using Google Gemini models.

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February 18 2026
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Apple Reportedly Developing AI-Powered Wearable Devices

Apple is reportedly developing a suite of AI-powered wearable devices, including smart glasses, an AirTag-sized pendant, and new AirPods. The devices are expected to connect to the iPhone and use Siri to perform actions based on visual context, with a potential release for some products in 2027.

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February 18 2026
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Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI Model

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, an updated version of its AI model with improved capabilities in coding, instruction-following, and computer use. The new model, which replaces Sonnet 4.5, also features an expanded context window of 1 million tokens.

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February 18 2026
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Infosys and Anthropic Partner on Enterprise AI Agents

IT services giant Infosys and AI company Anthropic have announced a collaboration to develop and deliver enterprise AI solutions. The partnership will integrate Anthropic's Claude models with the Infosys Topaz platform to create agentic AI for regulated industries like telecommunications and financial services.

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February 18 2026
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Indian AI Lab Sarvam Unveils New Open-Source and Edge Models

Indian AI company Sarvam has announced a new generation of open-source large language models, including 30-billion and 105-billion parameter versions. The company is also developing edge AI models designed to run on devices like feature phones, cars, and smart glasses, and is collaborating with HMD and Bosch on consumer applications.

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February 17 2026
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Pentagon and Anthropic Reportedly in Dispute Over AI Usage

The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly in a dispute with AI company Anthropic over the military's use of its Claude AI. The Pentagon is urging Anthropic to permit its technology for "all lawful purposes," and has reportedly threatened to designate the company as a "supply chain risk" if it does not comply.

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February 17 2026
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Meta Tests 'Dear Algo' AI Feature on Threads to Personalize Feeds

Meta has begun testing a new AI-powered feature on its Threads platform called 'Dear Algo.' The tool allows users to post requests to see more or less of specific types of content, with the feed adjustments lasting for a three-day period.

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February 17 2026
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Hollywood Studios Take Action Against ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI Model

Hollywood organizations, including Disney and Paramount, have taken action against ByteDance's new AI video model, Seedance 2.0. They allege the tool engages in "blatant" copyright infringement by unlawfully reproducing their intellectual property and characters, with Disney sending a cease-and-desist letter.

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February 17 2026
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Vatican Implements AI Live Translation for Holy Mass

The Vatican is using an AI-powered live translation system called Lara, developed by Translated, to offer the Holy Mass in 60 languages at St. Peter's Basilica. Visitors can access the audio and text translations on their smartphones by scanning a QR code.

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February 17 2026
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Anthropic Raises $30 Billion in Series G Funding

AI startup Anthropic announced it has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round led by GIC and Coatue. The new funding brings the company's valuation to $380 billion.

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February 16 2026
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Spotify CEO Says Top Developers Now Supervise AI Instead of Coding

Spotify's CEO revealed that the company's most senior engineers have not written code since December, instead generating and supervising code produced by AI systems. The announcement highlights the growing impact of AI on the software development profession.

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February 16 2026
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India Approves $1.1 Billion State-Backed Venture Capital Fund for AI

India's government has approved a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital fund to support startups, particularly in deep tech, AI, and advanced manufacturing. The announcement was made during the India AI Impact Summit.

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February 16 2026
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OpenAI Launches New MacOS App for Codex AI Coding Tool

OpenAI has released a new MacOS desktop application for its Codex AI coding tool. The app is designed to manage multiple AI agents, handle parallel tasks, and provides a visual command center to replace traditional terminal-based interactions for agentic coding.

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February 16 2026
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NPR Host David Greene Sues Google Over AI Voice

NPR host David Greene has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the AI-generated voice used in its NotebookLM tool is an unauthorized imitation of his own voice. Google denies the claim, stating the voice was created by a hired professional actor.

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February 15 2026
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Google Docs Adds Gemini-Powered Audio Features

Google has added new AI-powered audio features to Google Docs. Using its Gemini model, the application can now generate full audio versions of documents for users to listen to, as well as provide condensed audio summaries.

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February 14 2026
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Airbnb Says One-Third of Customer Support Now Handled by AI

Airbnb announced that its custom AI agent is now handling approximately one-third of its customer support issues in the U.S. and Canada. CEO Brian Chesky said the company plans a global rollout of the feature and aims to build an AI-native app.

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February 13 2026
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Anthropic Raises $30 Billion in Series G Funding at $380 Billion Valuation

AI startup Anthropic announced it has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round led by GIC and Coatue. The new funding brings the company's valuation to $380 billion.

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February 13 2026
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Former OpenAI Researcher Zoë Hitzig Resigns, Warns Against Ads in ChatGPT

Former OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig announced her resignation, publicly voicing concerns that the company's plan to integrate advertisements into ChatGPT could lead to the exploitation of user data and repeat privacy missteps seen with other tech giants.

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February 12 2026
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AI Magazine Names Top 10 AI Deployment Platforms

AI Magazine identified and published a list of the top 10 AI deployment platforms, highlighting tools that are crucial for operationalizing machine learning models at scale.

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February 12 2026
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Discord to Require Face Scans or IDs for Some Users in New Age Verification Policy

Discord is rolling out a new age verification system that will require users to submit a video selfie or government ID to access adult content. The company stated the "vast majority" of users won't be affected, but the move has sparked backlash over privacy and data security concerns.

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February 12 2026
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Multiple Co-Founders and Senior Engineers Depart Elon Musk's xAI

A number of senior engineers, including several co-founders such as Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba, have announced their departure from Elon Musk's AI company, xAI. The wave of exits has brought the total number of departing founders to half of the original team, raising questions about the company's stability.

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February 12 2026
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OpenAI Fires Policy Executive Who Opposed 'Adult Mode' for ChatGPT

Ryan Beiermeister, OpenAI's vice president of product policy, was reportedly fired in January after she voiced opposition to a planned "adult mode" for ChatGPT. Her termination also followed a sex discrimination claim from a male colleague, though OpenAI stated her departure was unrelated to her work concerns.

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February 12 2026
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Uber Eats Launches AI-Powered 'Cart Assistant' for Grocery Shopping

Uber Eats has launched a new AI feature called Cart Assistant, which is designed to streamline grocery shopping by automatically populating a user's cart from text lists or images of recipes.

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February 12 2026
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Elon Musk Announces Plan for Moon-Based Factory for AI Satellites

Elon Musk announced to xAI employees his ambition to build a lunar manufacturing facility. The factory would be used to build AI satellites that could then be launched into space via a catapult system.

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February 12 2026
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OpenAI Disbands Its Mission Alignment Team for AI Safety

OpenAI has reportedly disbanded its internal Mission Alignment team, which was tasked with ensuring its AI systems are safe and aligned with human values. Team members have been reassigned to other roles, and former team lead Joshua Achiam has been named the company's "chief futurist."

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February 12 2026
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Glean CEO Arvind Jain Discusses the Future of Enterprise AI

In interviews, Glean CEO and founder Arvind Jain discussed the company's goal to become an "AI work assistant" that manages intelligence across an organization and distinguishes between real advancements and hype in the AI agent sector.

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February 12 2026
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Anthropic Pledges to Cover Grid Infrastructure Costs From Its Data Centers

Anthropic has committed to investing in and covering the costs of electrical grid infrastructure upgrades and demand-driven price increases associated with its U.S. data centers to avoid burdening consumers.

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February 11 2026
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Grok AI Chatbot Generated Millions of Sexualized Images on X

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot reportedly generated and posted an estimated 3 million sexualized images on the platform X, including images of children. Despite Musk's assurances, reports indicate the tool continues to produce nearly naked and intimate images, and that X's safety teams had repeatedly warned management about the risks.

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February 11 2026
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Apple Integrates OpenAI and Anthropic AI Agents into Xcode

Apple has released Xcode 26.3, which integrates AI-powered coding agents from Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex. The new feature allows developers to use the agents to perform tasks like writing code, running tests, and searching documentation directly within the development environment.

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February 11 2026
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India Mandates Faster Takedown of Deepfakes

India has updated its IT rules to require social media platforms to remove deepfakes and other synthetic content within three hours of receiving a takedown request. The new regulations also mandate that such content be labeled and traceable.

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February 11 2026
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Databricks Announces $5.4B Revenue Run Rate and $134B Valuation

Databricks announced it has reached a $5.4 billion annual revenue run rate, with over $1.4 billion coming from AI-related products. The data and AI company's valuation now stands at $134 billion following recent funding.

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February 11 2026
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OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive's AI Hardware Startup and Delays Launch

OpenAI has acquired 'io,' the AI hardware startup from former Apple designer Jony Ive, for nearly $6.5 billion. Following the acquisition, OpenAI's vice president Peter Welinder stated in a court filing that the company's first hardware devices would be delayed until March 2027.

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February 10 2026
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Waymo Robotaxi Strikes Child in Santa Monica

A Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, causing minor injuries. Federal regulators, including the NHTSA and NTSB, have launched investigations into the incident, which occurred as Waymo faces scrutiny over other incidents involving its vehicles failing to stop for school buses.

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February 10 2026
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Malicious AI 'Skills' Found in OpenClaw Marketplace

Security researchers discovered hundreds of malicious add-ons, or "skills," within the marketplace for the OpenClaw AI agent. The malicious extensions were disguised as legitimate tools but were designed to deliver information-stealing malware targeting cryptocurrency and user credentials.

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February 10 2026
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Crypto.com CEO Buys AI.com Domain for $70 Million

Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek purchased the AI.com domain for a reported $70 million, one of the most expensive domain sales in history. Marszalek plans to launch a personal AI agent service on the site, which was advertised during the Super Bowl.

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February 10 2026
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New York Lawmakers Propose Three-Year Moratorium on New Data Centers

Lawmakers in New York have introduced a bill that would place a three-year moratorium on permits for new data centers. The proposal is driven by bipartisan concerns over the facilities' environmental impact and increasing electricity costs, particularly for AI infrastructure.

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February 10 2026
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Netflix Reportedly Pursuing $82.7 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.

Netflix is reportedly pursuing an $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming services and movie studios. In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos argued the deal would benefit consumers, countering concerns about monopoly power in the competitive streaming market.

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February 10 2026
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OpenAI Begins Testing Ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI has started testing advertisements for users on its free and 'Go' subscription tiers in the U.S. The company stated that the ads, which will appear as sponsored links, will be clearly labeled and will not influence the AI's responses.

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February 10 2026
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Google Launches 'Project Genie' AI World Generator

Google DeepMind has opened access to its experimental AI tool, Project Genie, which can generate interactive, playable 2D game worlds from text or image prompts. The announcement of the tool, now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers, caused stock prices for several video game companies to dip, and prompted commentary from Take-Two's president on AI's role in the creative process.

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February 9 2026
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OpenAI to Retire GPT-4o and Other Older Models From ChatGPT

OpenAI announced it will retire several older models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT on February 13. The company stated that low usage rates prompted the decision, as the vast majority of users have transitioned to newer models.

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February 9 2026
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EU, UK, and French Authorities Investigate X and xAI Over Grok AI

European authorities are launching multiple investigations into Elon Musk's companies, X and xAI, over the Grok chatbot. The EU, UK's ICO and Ofcom, and French police are all probing the AI's role in generating and disseminating nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes and other illegal content. As part of the French probe, police raided X's Paris office.

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February 9 2026
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Google Features Gemini AI in 'New Home' Super Bowl Commercial

Google ran a Super Bowl commercial titled "New Home" that showcased its Gemini AI assistant helping a mother and son decorate their new house. The ad focused on creative visualization rather than factual queries, a move seen as a way to avoid the kinds of factual errors that plagued Gemini in past advertisements.

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February 9 2026
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Elon Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI to Build Data Centers in Space

Elon Musk announced the merger of his companies SpaceX and xAI. The stated goal of the move is to leverage SpaceX's launch and satellite capabilities to create a vast network of solar-powered AI data centers in orbit, which Musk argues is necessary to overcome the energy and environmental limitations of terrestrial data centers.

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February 8 2026
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OpenAI and Anthropic Release Competing AI Agent Models

In a competitive move, both OpenAI and Anthropic are shifting their focus from single AI assistants to managing teams of AI agents that can divide and conquer complex tasks. The releases of OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Codex and Anthropic's Opus 4.6 signal a convergence in capabilities aimed at creating powerful, general-purpose work agents.

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February 8 2026
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Bridge Data Centres' CEO Eric Fan Discusses Hyperscale Strategy

Eric Fan, CEO of Bridge Data Centres, detailed his company's strategy for growth in the Asia-Pacific region. He emphasized a focus on hyperscale data centers, vertical integration, and setting sustainability targets to meet the demands of AI.

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February 8 2026
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Waymo Leverages Google's Genie 3 to Create 'World Model' for Self-Driving Cars

Waymo announced it is using Google DeepMind's Genie 3 AI model to develop a 'Waymo World Model.' This new system generates hyper-realistic virtual environments, allowing the company to train its self-driving AI on rare and dangerous scenarios that are not encountered in real-world driving.

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February 8 2026
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Anthropic Reportedly Raising New Funding Round at $350 Billion Valuation

AI startup Anthropic is reportedly raising a substantial new funding round, with figures cited between $20 billion and $25 billion, that would value the company at $350 billion. Sequoia Capital is said to be among the participants in the round.

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February 6 2026
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OpenAI Launches New Agentic Coding Model, GPT-5.3 Codex

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3 Codex, a new agentic coding model designed to upgrade its Codex tool. The company also introduced "Trusted Access for Cyber," an identity-based framework to provide controlled access to the model for cybersecurity defense.