07 / Feb 9 – Feb 15, 2026 · 36 RELEASES
AI News Week 7, 2026
Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5 (745B) push reasoning frontiers. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark delivers 1000+ tok/s real-time coding. Immersive media explodes with Alive, Hibiki-Zero, MOSS-TTS, and Qwen-Image-2.0.
Language Models (6)
Gemini 3 Deep Think
Google DeepMind · Reasoning
Major upgrade to Google's specialized reasoning mode, advancing complex problem-solving in science, research, and engineering domains.
GLM-5
Zhipu AI · MoE Architecture
745B MoE model (44B active) with native Agent Mode, MIT-licensed. Achieves record-low hallucination rate using the SLIME RL technique, rivaling top Western models.
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
OpenAI · Code Generation
First real-time coding model delivering 1000+ tokens/sec on Cerebras hardware. Smaller sibling of GPT-5.3-Codex optimized for ultra-low latency interactive coding.
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax · Code Generation
Production LLM trained with extensive RL across complex real-world environments. Achieves 80.2% on SWE-Bench Verified, 100 tok/s at ~$1/hour continuous usage.
LLaDA 2.1-mini
InclusionAI · MoE Architecture
16B MoE diffusion language model with error-correcting token editing. Features Speed and Quality modes for configurable inference trade-offs.
Schematron-3B
Inference.net · Small Language Models
Fine-tuned 3B model for converting noisy HTML into schema-conformant JSON. Achieves 100% valid JSON output and improves factuality by ~10x when paired with web search.
Vision & Image (3)
DeepSeek-OCR-2
DeepSeek · OCR & Document
Advanced OCR system using visual causal flow methodology for human-like text recognition. Converts documents to markdown with layout preservation and streaming output.
DeepGen 1.0
DeepGen Team · Text-to-Image
Lightweight 5B multimodal model (3B VLM + 2B DiT) unifying image generation, editing, reasoning generation, and text rendering. Competitive with models 3–16x larger.
Qwen-Image-2.0
Alibaba Qwen · Text-to-Image
Next-gen 7B image model unifying text-to-image generation and editing. Native 2K resolution with professional typography rendering supporting 1K-token prompts.
Video & Animation (5)
DuoGen
NVIDIA · Text-to-Video
Framework for interleaved multimodal generation fusing pretrained MLLM with video DiT. Enables step-by-step guides, visual planning, and visual drafts for reasoning.
Alive
ByteDance · Text-to-Video
Unified audio-video generation system creating synchronized content from text or images. Features temporally-aligned cross-modal fusion for precise lip-sync.
JUST-DUB-IT
Research · Video Editing
Video dubbing via joint audio-visual diffusion. Adapts a foundational audio-video model for video-to-video dubbing using a lightweight LoRA approach.
Decart Avatar Live
Decart AI · Real-time Video
Realtime API that animates portrait images with audio input via WebRTC. Generates talking avatars at 25 FPS, 1280x720 with synchronized lip movements.
Delulu Stream
Delulu · Real-time Video
AI-powered streaming tool letting chat members modify broadcaster appearance in real-time — outfit swaps, character transforms, and environment effects linked to tips.
Audio & Speech (7)
SoulX-Singer
Soul AI Lab · Voice Cloning
Zero-shot singing voice synthesis model supporting melody-conditioned (F0) and score-conditioned (MIDI) control for high-fidelity voice cloning of unseen singers.
SoulX-Singer Demo
Soul AI Lab · Voice Cloning
Interactive demo page showcasing zero-shot singing voice synthesis with melody and score control, featuring audio samples across multiple vocal styles.
Hibiki-Zero
Kyutai · Speech-to-Text
Real-time 3B multilingual speech-to-speech translation model. Converts French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German speech to English with voice preservation. MIT licensed.
Hibiki-Zero Blog
Kyutai · Speech-to-Text
Technical deep-dive into Hibiki-Zero's real-time speech translation architecture, covering voice preservation, minimal latency design, and multilingual capabilities.
MOSS-TTS
OpenMOSS · Text-to-Speech
Open-source speech generation suite with 5 models: TTS, dialogue, voice generator, realtime, and sound effects. Supports 20 languages with high expressiveness.
MioTTS-2.6B
Aratako · Text-to-Speech
Lightweight LLM-based TTS model for English and Japanese with zero-shot voice cloning. Achieves 0.135 RTF on consumer GPUs at 25Hz framerate.
UniAudio 2.0
Research · Text-to-Speech
Unified audio language model with ReasoningCodec for both understanding and generation. Handles TTS, text-to-music, song generation, voice conversion, and speech recognition.
Agents & Automation (6)
VisionClaw
Community · Agent Framework
Real-time AI assistant for Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses combining voice interaction, visual perception via Gemini Live API, and automated actions via OpenClaw.
MiniMax Agent
MiniMax · Agent Framework
Desktop AI agent platform with Expert Agent feature for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. Automates coding, analysis, and productivity workflows at $19/month.
PicoClaw
Sipeed · Agent Framework
Ultra-lightweight AI assistant in Go running on <10MB RAM. Boots in <1 second on 0.6GHz processors, supports Telegram/Discord/QQ with web search and long-term memory.
Nanobot
Nanobot AI · Agent Framework
Open-source MCP host for building AI agents by combining MCP servers with LLMs. Configurable via YAML with web UI, targeting Slack/SMS/email integrations.
OnSpace AI
OnSpace · Agent Framework
No-code agentic app builder generating cross-platform mobile and web apps from text prompts or Figma designs. Integrates Sora 2, Gemini, and Supabase.
Dash
Agno AGI · Agent Framework
Self-learning data agent converting natural language to SQL with 6 layers of context grounding. Learns continuously without retraining from error patterns and fixes.
Developer Tools (7)
The Companion
The Vibe Company · AI Infrastructure
Web UI for managing parallel Claude Code and Codex sessions. Features streaming output monitoring, permission gating, and session persistence via WebSocket.
Daggr
Hugging Face · AI Infrastructure
Open-source Python library for building AI workflows connecting Gradio apps, ML models, and custom functions with auto-generated visual canvas for inspection.
verl
ByteDance · AI Infrastructure
Production-ready RL training library for LLMs supporting PPO, GRPO, RLHF with FSDP/Megatron backends. Scales to 671B parameters across hundreds of GPUs.
SLIME
THUDM · AI Infrastructure
LLM post-training framework integrating Megatron with SGLang for RL scaling. Powers GLM-5, physics reasoning (P1), and kernel generation (TritonForge).
Monty
Pydantic · AI Infrastructure
Minimal secure Python interpreter written in Rust for AI-generated code. Microsecond startup, snapshotting, and sandboxed execution for PydanticAI code-mode.
ONNX Model Zoo
ONNX · AI Infrastructure
Curated collection of pre-trained models in ONNX format covering vision, NLP, and generative AI. Historical archive now bridging to Hugging Face ecosystem.
Paper to Notebook
Community · AI Infrastructure
Web tool converting research paper PDFs into executable PyTorch notebooks using Gemini. Analyzes structure, designs architecture, generates code, and validates.
Research & Safety (2)
Awesome AI Agent Papers
VoltAgent · Survey & Overview
Weekly-updated curated collection of 224+ arXiv papers on AI agents covering multi-agent systems, memory/RAG, evaluation, tooling, and security.
PagedAttention (vLLM)
UC Berkeley · Research Paper
Foundational paper on efficient memory management for LLM serving using PagedAttention, enabling near-zero waste in KV cache memory and powering the vLLM engine.
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