AI Developments Poised to Transform Industries, Says Citic Securities

On February 21, Citic Securities released a report highlighting the potential impact of advancements in AI technologies on various industries. According to Jin10, the report emphasizes the evolution of native multimodal and world model technologies, which are expected to reshape sectors such as marketing, film, and gaming. Citic Securities notes that Anthropic's release of Claude Opus 4.6, featuring Agent Teams and adaptive thinking capabilities, has significantly integrated with the Office ecosystem and facilitated complex engineering task management. This development is driving deeper AI penetration in verticals like finance and law. Meanwhile, OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3-Codex, which not only sets new standards in programming and terminal operations but also demonstrates AI's ability to autonomously develop through environmental control and self-construction. In the multimodal domain, ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 has begun internal testing, addressing video generation consistency issues through comprehensive multimodal referencing and precise lens control. This initiative is expected to collaborate with Doubao and Seedream to form a complete multimodal matrix, significantly reducing content production costs and accelerating commercialization.