In the fast-evolving world of artificial intelligence, February 2026 has brought a wave of groundbreaking tools and models that are pushing the boundaries of creativity, productivity, and collaboration. From advanced video generation to ultra-fast coding assistants, these innovations offer exciting opportunities for developers, creators, and businesses alike. Curated by Quasa, here's our roundup of the top five must-know releases this week.
1. ByteDance's Seedance 2.0: A Breakthrough in Multimodal Video Creation
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, has unveiled Seedance 2.0, a new video model that's sparking massive buzz on social media for its superior generation quality and native audio capabilities. This upgrade allows users to attach diverse media elements — like reference photos of actors, clothing images, audio tracks for music or voice, or even full videos — to their prompts.
The model intelligently combines these with textual instructions to produce cohesive videos complete with integrated sound. It's essentially a hybrid of video generation and editing, supporting commands like "extend this video backward" or "replace this with that," reminiscent of advanced image tools.
Currently in beta via the ChatCut app, which serves as an AI video editor enabling natural language prompts for edits, cleanup, and motion graphics. Early testers have praised its prompt adherence and ability to handle complex scenes, though some note occasional over-cutting in action sequences. ByteDance plans a full rollout later this month, making it accessible to a broader audience. For creators experimenting with dynamic content, this could redefine short-form video production.
2. OpenAI's GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark: Real-Time Coding at Lightning Speed
OpenAI continues to innovate with the launch of GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a specialized model optimized for real-time coding tasks. This compact version of GPT-5.3-Codex emphasizes ultra-low latency, enabling interactive workflows where users can interrupt, redirect, or collaborate with the AI seamlessly. Key features include targeted code edits, near-instant responses, and a 128K context window for handling extensive projects — all while being text-only at launch.
Powered by Cerebras' Wafer Scale Engine 3 chips, it achieves over 1,000 tokens per second, drastically reducing latencies with optimizations like an 80% cut in client/server roundtrips and 50% faster time-to-first-token via persistent WebSocket connections. Benchmarks show it excelling on SWE-Bench Pro and Terminal-Bench 2.0, completing tasks far quicker than its predecessors.
Available now as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers through the Codex app, CLI, and VS Code extension, it operates under separate rate limits to manage demand. OpenAI plans to expand access soon, including API integration for select partners, with future enhancements like larger models, extended contexts, and multimodal support based on feedback. This tool is a game-changer for developers seeking efficient, real-time coding assistance.
3. ElevenLabs' v3 Text-to-Speech: Smarter Handling of Complex Content
ElevenLabs has officially released its text-to-speech (TTS) model v3 from alpha, bringing significant upgrades in accuracy and stability. The model now excels at interpreting numbers, symbols, and special notations in eight languages, achieving a 68% overall error reduction (from 15.3% to 4.9%) across 27 benchmark categories. Notable improvements include near-perfect handling of chemical formulas (99% error drop), phone numbers (99%), ISBNs (100%), URLs/emails (91%), license plates (91%), mathematical expressions (71%), and geographic coordinates (62%).
Examples highlight its contextual intelligence: reading ¥250,000 as "250,000 yen," SO₂ as "S O two," or sports scores like "102-98" as "one hundred two to ninety-eight." Users prefer v3 over the alpha version 72% of the time due to its enhanced stability.
Now generally available, this model opens doors for applications in audiobooks, virtual assistants, and content localization where precise pronunciation is crucial. Developers and creators can integrate it to elevate voiceovers and accessibility features.
4. Zhipu AI's GLM-5: Open-Source Powerhouse with Agent IDE
Zhipu AI has introduced GLM-5, a flagship open-source large language model (LLM) boasting 744 billion parameters (40 billion active via Mixture of Experts) and trained on 28.5 trillion tokens.
Designed for complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks, it supports English and Chinese, with strengths in reasoning, coding, and tool use. It handles up to 202,752 tokens in context and includes integrated parsers for tool calls.
Benchmarks position GLM-5 as a leader among open-source LLMs: 92.7 on AIME 2026 I, 96.9 on HMMT Nov. 2025, 77.8 on SWE-bench Verified, and $4,432.12 profit on Vending Bench 2, outperforming GLM-4.7 and rivals. Deployment is optimized with vLLM, SGLang, and FP8 quantization for efficiency.
Accompanying GLM-5 is Z Code, an "agent IDE" that facilitates planning, coding, reviewing, and deploying with AI agents. It offers full codebase understanding, automated reviews with inline suggestions, and seamless integrations.
While details on parallel multi-agent work are sparse, it promises frictionless collaboration. Available under MIT license on Hugging Face, GLM-5 and Z Code are ideal for researchers building advanced AI agents.
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5. Entire: The GitHub for AI Agents
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has launched Entire, a platform billed as "GitHub for AI-agents," with a $60 million seed round. Its debut product is an open-source CLI that automatically saves agent context as versioned "Checkpoints" in Git, capturing transcripts, prompts, files, token usage, and tool calls on every commit. This ensures traceability, efficient reviews, better handoffs, and reduced costs.
Currently supporting Anthropic's Claude Code and Google's Gemini CLI, Entire plans to add more agents like Codex and Cursor CLI. Future visions include a semantic reasoning layer for multi-agent coordination and an AI-native development lifecycle.
Available on GitHub, with community support via Discord and Discussions, Entire addresses the growing need for collaborative AI workflows. For teams working with agents, this could streamline version control and boost productivity.
These developments highlight AI's rapid maturation, offering tools that blend creativity with efficiency. Stay tuned for more as these roll out — opportunities like these could transform your workflow this week.
