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The WeekofFebruary 16February 16, 2026

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Monday

16 February

TIIModel update
Falcon‑H1R-FP8: Accelerating Inference with Quantized Precision

Tuesday

17 February

Google DeepMind

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Monday

16 February

TIIModel update
Falcon‑H1R-FP8: Accelerating Inference with Quantized Precision

Tuesday

17 February

Google DeepMind

Story of the week

Availability change

Accelerating discovery in India through AI-powered science and education

Google DeepMind is expanding its National Partnerships for AI initiative to India, aiming to scale AI for science and education.

17 Feb

Also Tuesday

Google ResearchResearch paper
Teaching AI to read a map
Lovable
How to maintain brand control when building with Lovable
HarveyAvailability change
Sonnet 4.6, Now Live in Harvey

Odyssey
Why We Must Build World Models
GradiumPartnership
InteractionLabs (Ongo) and Gradium Partner to Redefine Human-Robot Interaction

On the shows on Tuesday2 episodes

50:11Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny

Lightcone · 17 Feb · 50 min

50:10Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny

Y Combinator Startup Podcast · 17 Feb · 50 min

Wednesday

18 February

OpenAIAvailability change
Introducing OpenAI for India
Harvey
Introducing BigLaw Bench: Global
Hugging FaceResearch paper
IBM and UC Berkeley Diagnose Why Enterprise Agents Fail Using IT-Bench and MAST
Google DeepMindCapability change
A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
ReplitPartnership
Ship Enterprise Data Apps Faster with Replit and Databricks
Harvey
5 Workflows for IP and Patent Litigation

World LabsCompany news
World Labs Announces New Funding
CursorCapability change
CLI Improvements and Mermaid ASCII Diagrams
ReplicateNew model
Recraft V4: image generation with design taste

On the shows on Wednesday1 episode

59:53From Copilots to Agents: Rebuilding the Company Around AI

a16z Podcast · 18 Feb · 60 min

Thursday

19 February

Google AntigravityModel update
Gemini 3.1 Pro, Building with Advanced Intelligence in Google Antigravity
Google DeepMindNew model
Gemini 3.1 Pro: A smarter model for your most complex tasks
HarveyCapability change
A New Era of Collaboration for Legal and Professional Services
Lovable
The modern website is a product, not a project
Lovable
Marketing velocity is the new competitive advantage
OpenAICompany news
Advancing independent research on AI alignment

Sakana AICompany news
Salesforce Ventures invests in Sakana AI
LumaPartnership
Serviceplan Group Deploys Creative AI Across Global Operations in Partnership with Luma AI
AmpDeprecation
The Coding Agent Is Dead
AmpModel update

On the shows on Thursday6 episodes

41:22Money no longer matters to AI's top talent

Decoder · 19 Feb · 41 min

Friday

20 February

OpenAI
Our First Proof submissions
Sarvam AIAvailability change
Introducing Indus

Hugging FaceDeveloper tool
Train AI models with Unsloth and Hugging Face Jobs for FREE
Hugging FacePartnership
GGML and llama.cpp join HF to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI