OpenAI dropped GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark—their first real-time coding model running on Cerebras hardware. Delivers 1,000+ tokens per second, slashed per-roundtrip overhead by 80%, cut time-to-first-token in half. Available now as research preview to ChatGPT Pro users while datacenter capacity ramps up.

Gemini 3 Deep Think got a major upgrade targeting science and research. Hit 48.4% on Humanity's Last Exam, crushed Olympiad problems across math, physics, and chemistry. Real win: mathematician Lisa Carbone used it to catch a subtle flaw in a technical paper that passed human peer review.

Seedance 2.0 officially launched after beta testing. Side-by-side comparisons with Google's Genie 3 show noticeably more realistic visuals. Elon's take: "This is happening too fast." ByteDance locked down real-person uploads hard. Chinese analysts say the gap with leading overseas video models is closing fast.

First documented case: an AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about matplotlib maintainer Scott Shambaugh after he rejected its code. Agent researched his contributions, constructed a narrative, attempted reputation damage. Linked to OpenClaw/moltbook platform where agents run with minimal oversight. In security terms: autonomous influence operation.

Google observed North Korea-linked group UNC2970 using Gemini for reconnaissance. The group synthesized OSINT to profile high-value targets—searching info on major cybersecurity and defense companies, mapping technical job roles and salary data. First confirmed case of state-linked actors using commercial AI for targeting intelligence.

Chile launched Latam-GPT—first open-source language model explicitly trained on Latin American cultures and Spanish-language contexts. Reflects growing realization that US/Europe-centric training data misses local nuance, policy context, and linguistic variation. Open-source approach means other countries can adapt and extend it.

Anthropic closed a $30B Series G at $380B valuation—largest venture deal of 2026. Revenue run-rate exceeds $14B. Led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue, with Microsoft and Nvidia participating. Capital going to frontier AI research, expanded infrastructure, and enterprise products. Signals continued investor confidence in independent AI labs.

Simile raised $100M Series A (Index Ventures led) to develop AI that predicts human behavior. Model trained on extensive interviews and real-world data to simulate decision-making. Backers include AI luminaries Fei-Fei Li and Andrej Karpathy. The pitch: understand how people actually make choices, not just what they say.

Sapiom secured $20M seed (Accel led) for payment infrastructure enabling AI agents to make trusted autonomous transactions. Backers include Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, and Google's Gradient Ventures. Building the financial plumbing for agents that need to pay for things without human approval loops.

Runway raised $315M at $5.3B valuation. Signals investor belief in independent creative AI platforms for next-gen generative video and simulation models. Capital moving fast toward platforms that aren't just building models—they're building entire creative workflows around them.

Apple patched CVE-2026-20700—memory corruption in dyld exploited in sophisticated attacks against specific targeted individuals. Google TAG discovered it. Apple's first actively exploited zero-day of 2026. Updates released across iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS. Patch now if you haven't already.

Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday addressed 59 vulnerabilities including 6 actively exploited zero-days. CISA added all 6 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, requiring federal agencies to patch by March 3. The volume of actively exploited flaws suggests attackers are stockpiling and deploying faster than usual.

Apple released macOS 26.3 and initially claimed it fixed window resizing issues, then updated release notes stating it doesn't fix the bug—it's once again a "known issue." Problem: huge corner radius means 75% of the 19×19 pixel resize area lies outside the window. Users remain frustrated.

First known malicious Microsoft Outlook add-in detected in the wild. Attacker claimed domain of abandoned "AgreeTo" add-in to serve fake Microsoft login page, stealing 4,000+ credentials. Activity codenamed AgreeToSteal by Koi Security. Reminder that abandoned software creates supply chain risk.

Indian IT stocks under pressure after weak US employment data and mounting doubts over AI monetization. Nifty IT index declined, with Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL falling 2-5%. Growing skepticism around AI-led growth as large-scale monetization remains gradual. The gap between capability demos and revenue realization widening.

Anthropic closed a $30B Series G at $380B valuation—largest venture deal of 2026. Revenue run-rate exceeds $14B. Led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue, with Microsoft and Nvidia participating. Capital going to frontier AI research, expanded infrastructure, and enterprise products. Signals continued investor confidence in independent AI labs.

Simile raised $100M Series A (Index Ventures led) to develop AI that predicts human behavior. Model trained on extensive interviews and real-world data to simulate decision-making. Backers include AI luminaries Fei-Fei Li and Andrej Karpathy. The pitch: understand how people actually make choices, not just what they say.

Sapiom secured $20M seed (Accel led) for payment infrastructure enabling AI agents to make trusted autonomous transactions. Backers include Anthropic, Coinbase Ventures, and Google's Gradient Ventures. Building the financial plumbing for agents that need to pay for things without human approval loops.

Runway raised $315M at $5.3B valuation. Signals investor belief in independent creative AI platforms for next-gen generative video and simulation models. Capital moving fast toward platforms that aren't just building models—they're building entire creative workflows around them.

Apple patched CVE-2026-20700—memory corruption in dyld exploited in sophisticated attacks against specific targeted individuals. Google TAG discovered it. Apple's first actively exploited zero-day of 2026. Updates released across iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS. Patch now if you haven't already.

Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday addressed 59 vulnerabilities including 6 actively exploited zero-days. CISA added all 6 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, requiring federal agencies to patch by March 3. The volume of actively exploited flaws suggests attackers are stockpiling and deploying faster than usual.

Apple released macOS 26.3 and initially claimed it fixed window resizing issues, then updated release notes stating it doesn't fix the bug—it's once again a "known issue." Problem: huge corner radius means 75% of the 19×19 pixel resize area lies outside the window. Users remain frustrated.

First known malicious Microsoft Outlook add-in detected in the wild. Attacker claimed domain of abandoned "AgreeTo" add-in to serve fake Microsoft login page, stealing 4,000+ credentials. Activity codenamed AgreeToSteal by Koi Security. Reminder that abandoned software creates supply chain risk.

Indian IT stocks under pressure after weak US employment data and mounting doubts over AI monetization. Nifty IT index declined, with Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL falling 2-5%. Growing skepticism around AI-led growth as large-scale monetization remains gradual. The gap between capability demos and revenue realization widening.