AI News, 18 February 2026

The 1 most significant AI story of the day, selected and summarised automatically by AI. Each links to the original reporting.

1. Products

   A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music

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   DeepMind's Gemini app has integrated Lyria 3, its most advanced music generation model, democratizing music creation for all users. This advancement demonstrates how generative AI is expanding beyond text and images into creative audio production, marking a significant step toward multimodal AI tools becoming mainstream creative assistants.

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