AI users now strategically deploy over 30 different models for specialized tasks, with no single model capturing more than 17% of usage as the market fragments from two dominant models controlling 90% in January to four models each holding just 10% by December.
MIT researchers unveil DiffSyn, a groundbreaking AI model that generates 1,000 material synthesis recipes in under a minute by analyzing 50 years of scientific papers, successfully creating new zeolite materials with enhanced thermal stability and revolutionizing traditional trial-and-error laboratory methods.
Google DeepMind launches an expanded AI Battle Arena featuring poker and Werewolf games to test artificial intelligence models' social strategy skills and risk management abilities, with Gemini 3 Pro and Flash currently dominating leaderboards and a live-streamed poker tournament scheduled for February 2026.
OpenAI unveils an upgraded Codex app for macOS that revolutionizes coding by letting developers manage multiple AI agents simultaneously across parallel project threads, featuring custom Agent Skills, automated background tasks, and team-based delegation capabilities that surpass single-agent competitors like Claude Code.
New research reveals software engineers who heavily rely on AI coding tools complete tasks faster but score 17% lower on programming comprehension tests, with passive AI users showing the steepest skill decline compared to developers who actively engage with AI explanations.
OpenAI retires four AI models including GPT-4o on February 13 with two weeks notice, as only 0.1% of users still use GPT-4o daily while most have migrated to the improved GPT-5.2 featuring enhanced personality, customization, and creative capabilities.
OpenAI releases Whisper, a powerful speech recognition AI that understands multiple languages and offers six different model sizes from 39M to 809M parameters, using advanced Transformer technology to handle speech recognition, translation, and language identification in one unified system.
David Silver, co-creator of Google DeepMind's groundbreaking AlphaGo system, departs to launch London startup Ineffable Intelligence with the ambitious goal of building 'an endlessly learning superintelligence that self-discovers the foundations of all knowledge' through reinforcement learning methods.
OpenClaw AI agent enables autonomous crypto trading and task execution on local hardware while creator battles trademark disputes and scammers who exploited rebranding chaos to launch a fake $16 million token that crashed to near-zero.
AI startup Decagon secures Series D funding led by Coatue and Index Ventures to revolutionize customer support, targeting automation of 70% of interactions by 2030 while achieving 85% ticket deflection rates and tripling customer satisfaction in a $600 billion market opportunity.