AI Updates on 2026-02-14

Google upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex science and engineering challenges, available via early access program and Google AI Ultra @GoogleAI
Bytedance releases Seed 2 Pro achieving top rankings on image and video understanding benchmarks at $0.47/M input tokens @deedydas
OpenAI updates GPT-5.2 with API name "gpt-5.2-chat-latest" showing improved performance @arena
Kling AI launches Kling 3.0 with 15-second video generation, native audio support, and 4K image output @arena
Bytedance releases GLM-5 taking #3 overall on Design Arena and #1 among open-weights models @Designarena

Airbnb reports one-third of US and Canada customer support now handled by AI systems @TechCrunch
Sentient AI processed 5.6 million queries in one week with 25-50% better cost efficiency on NVIDIA Blackwell @NVIDIAAI
Google simplifies Gemini API payments with in-platform upgrades and usage tracking in AI Studio @OfficialLoganK
Apptronik raises $935M for humanoid robots with Google DeepMind partnership @TechCrunch

OpenAI's internal model solves at least 6 of 10 novel research math problems in First Proof challenge @merettm
GPT-5.2 derives new theoretical physics result on gluon interactions in collaboration with Harvard and Cambridge researchers @OpenAI
MIT develops technique enabling generative materials models to create quantum materials following specific design constraints @MIT
Anthropic research on meta-learning memory designs shows AI agents can automatically design their own memory mechanisms @jeffclune
Google releases Perch 2.0 bioacoustics foundation model advancing underwater sound analysis for marine ecosystem monitoring @GoogleAI

Waymo introduces World Model powered by Genie 3 for autonomous vehicle training in complex scenarios @GoogleAI
Claude Code adds SSH support for remote machine development with improved Bash tool performance @amorriscode
NotebookLM launches Video Overviews in mobile app for on-the-go learning @GoogleAI