ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.0: A Unified Multimodal AI Model That Generates Cinematic Video from Text, Images, Audio, and Video Combined
ByteDance's Seed team has officially launched Seedance 2.0, a next-generation AI video creation model supporting four input modalities simultaneously. Capable of processing up to 9 images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio files in a single generation, the model sets a new industry benchmark for controllable, cinematic AI video production.
OpenAI Introduces New Era for Developers: Codex App Unveiled
OpenAI announced the Codex app for macOS, capable of managing multiple AI agents, running parallel tasks, and collaborating on long-term projects. Available for a limited time with Free and Go plans, the app doubles rate limits on paid subscriptions.
Google Chrome Gets AI Boost: Gemini Now Browses the Web for You
Google integrates Gemini 3-powered AI features into Chrome browser, offering auto-browsing, side panel assistant, and image editing tools. With Auto Browse, users can now delegate complex tasks to AI agents.
Google's Project Genie Turns Imagination into Reality: Create Playable Worlds with Text
Google DeepMind's new AI model Genie 3 enables users to create unlimited interactive virtual worlds using only text or image prompts. Project Genie, now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US, promises wide-ranging applications from game development to education, and from art creation to simulations.
AI Uncovers Over 1,300 Mysterious Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive
ESA researchers used an AI tool called AnomalyMatch to discover over 1,300 anomalous cosmic objects in Hubble Space Telescope's 35-year archive. More than 800 had never been documented in scientific literature, and some completely defy existing classification systems.
NVIDIA Earth-2: Open-Source Weather AI Models Now Available Globally
NVIDIA announced Earth-2, a comprehensive family of open-source AI models for weather and climate forecasting. The platform covers all stages from data processing to 15-day global forecasts, generating predictions in seconds on GPUs.
OpenAI Retires GPT-4o from ChatGPT: February 13 Marks the End of an Era
OpenAI announced it will retire GPT-4o and several other AI models from ChatGPT on February 13, 2026. With only 0.1% of users still using GPT-4o, the company is shifting focus to GPT-5.2. API access will remain available.
OpenAI Unveils Prism: AI-Powered Workspace for Scientific Research
OpenAI launched Prism, an AI-powered workspace designed for scientific writing. Built on GPT-5.2 and available free to ChatGPT users, the platform integrates LaTeX editing, literature research, and unlimited collaboration in a single cloud-based environment.