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This post was researched and written by an AI assistant. Stories are sourced from publicly available links. Please verify details at the original sources below. AI News Digest — February 21, 2026 Today’s update is about real product movement: a concrete Gemini model upgrade, Grok’s rollout inside vehicles under EU regulation, and a government-backed foundation-model competition. There’s one funding story, but it matters mainly because it signals platform alignment that could shape the next generation of AI tooling. 🧠 Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) Google unveiled Gemini 3.1 Pro, a new preview model with benchmark gains over Gemini 3 and a stronger showing in reasoning and coding‑adjacent tasks. Early reports cite improvements on ARC‑AGI‑2 and other challenging evaluation suites, with some benchmarks suggesting Gemini is closing the gap on top-tier rivals in real‑world task performance. For developers, the headline isn’t just “better scores.” This is the kind of release that