AI Updates on 2026-02-13

Google releases upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think achieving 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2, 48.4% on Humanity's Last Exam without tools, and 3455 Elo on Codeforces @demishassabis
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark in research preview with dramatically faster code generation speeds compared to standard GPT-5.3-Codex @OpenAI
Alibaba releases Qwen AI Slides powered by Qwen3 Agent and Qwen-Image 2.0 that generates complete presentation slides from text or documents @Alibaba_Qwen
Chinese AI labs release three frontier open-source models in one week: Minimax M2.5, Kimi K2.5, and Zhipu GLM-5 at 3-20x lower cost than US models @deedydas
Google releases Gemini 3 Deep Think upgrade enabling 3D-printable object generation from sketches with full physics properties for Google AI Ultra subscribers @GeminiApp
GPT-5.2 is now available in Arena's Text and Vision Arena for public testing in Battle mode @arena

Anthropic partners with CodePath to bring Claude and Claude Code to 20,000+ students at community colleges, state schools, and HBCUs @AnthropicAI
Cursor releases long-running agents for Ultra, Teams, and Enterprise plans capable of completing much larger tasks with new harness @cursor_ai
Vercel data shows no holiday coding lull in 2025-2026, attributed to developers tinkering with new AI models on side projects @cramforce
YC W26 company shows explosive Stripe dashboard growth, demonstrating rapid AI startup traction @garrytan
Marc Andreessen warns of "extreme overregulation" in AI with thousands of state bills and concerning European restrictions threatening American technology @a16z

Andrew Ng reports Hollywood's deep concerns about AI including unauthorized training data use, union job protection, and feeling technology is forced upon them @AndrewYNg
François Chollet projects AGI arrival around 2030, defining it as when it's no longer possible to identify tasks humans can do that AI cannot @fchollet
Call center employment remains stable at 2.75M US jobs projected for 2026, serving as potential canary for AI-caused job displacement @fchollet
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman predicts most accountant and lawyer tasks will be fully automated within 12-18 months, though experts dispute timing @FT

Google DeepMind launches Project Genie allowing US Google AI Ultra subscribers to create explorable 3D worlds from text prompts @GoogleDeepMind
World Labs releases Advanced editing in Marble for all users, enabling scene modifications and variations in 3D world creation @theworldlabs
AI voice technology enables ALS patient to sing again after disease stole their voice, demonstrating medical restoration capabilities @techreview

GPT-5.2 derives novel theoretical physics result showing specific gluon interaction can occur under conditions physicists thought impossible, published with IAS, Vanderbilt, Cambridge, and Harvard researchers @OpenAI
AI2 introduces RLER (RL with Evolving Rubrics) for Dr. Tulu, using dynamic rubric buffers that adapt evaluation criteria as model behavior changes during training @cwolferesearch
Science Magazine publishes discovery of 45-nucleotide RNA molecule capable of perfect self-replication, potentially explaining origin of life @JSheltzer
SceneSmith system generates complete simulation-ready environments with dozens of objects, articulated furniture, and full physics from single text prompt @NicholasEPfaff
APEX demonstrates unified humanoid policy for adaptive traversal across platforms up to 80cm (114% leg length) without reference motion @yk20wang