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8 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Claude launches Dashboards and Motion in beta

Claude Dashboards is in beta on paid plans and Motion on Team and Enterprise. Docs, Slides, and Design are out of beta, including on Free.

7 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 with Intelligent UI in ChatGPT

GPT-6 with Intelligent UI rolls out to paid ChatGPT tiers first, with Free and Go following the next day. Work and Codex models stay unchanged.

7 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Microsoft brings hybrid AI and agent controls to Windows

MXC is generally available on Windows 11, while GitHub Copilot local model routing is due later in October and Copilot PC capabilities follow in coming months.

7 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5 at lower API prices

Anthropic released Haiku 5.5, cut Sonnet 5.5 cache-read costs and announced monthly API credits of $100 or $200 for Max and up to $500 for Teams.

7 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Sesame updates voice agents with their own computers

Sesame's iOS and Android preview adds a new voice model, computers for each agent, Google app connections and support for custom MCPs.

7 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Claude adds editing in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Claude for Google Workspace is in public beta on all paid plans, with a sidebar for Docs, Sheets, and Slides and separate file-editing connectors.

6 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Mistral launches Large 4 preview with 1 T parameters

Mistral opened the Large 4 preview API with 49 billion active parameters and plans to release its model weights by the end of the month.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Aleph Alpha releases open-weight Kolibri with 1M context

Kolibri is now on Hugging Face with 78.1B total parameters, 3.46B active per token, tool calling and support for contexts up to one million tokens.

2 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming

MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming launches with transcripts in just over 100ms, alongside MAI-Voice-2.1 and Flash for multilingual voice agents.

30 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with SOTA score on DeepSWE

Gemini 4 Argon begins with trusted cyber defenders. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are first in its planned broader rollout.

30 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

OpenAI launches Dots agents powered by GPT-6 Astra

Dots are rolling out to eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users, with an admin-enabled Enterprise beta and specialist pilots.

30 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth of Astra pricing

OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol in ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API, with lower agent costs and an Ultrafast option coming to Codex.

29 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Meta launches Muse for Small Business with new connectors

Muse for Small Business adds connections to Meta accounts and third-party tools, plus custom connectors and approval gates for external actions.

29 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5.5 with faster output

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available across Claude and major cloud platforms, with over 30% faster output and new cyber safeguards.

29 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Manus 2.0 launches with Studio, Cloud Computer and Cue

Manus 2.0 is live with Studio, event-triggered automations and paid Cloud Computer hosting; Cue personal agents are in limited free early access.

28 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

ElevenLabs launches Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo voice models

Eleven v4 adds more expressive speech and stable voice clones; v4 Turbo brings low-latency streaming to ElevenLabs voice agents and the API.

26 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Microsoft brings Home, Code and Autopilot to Copilot

Copilot Home and Code roll out through Frontier in the coming weeks, while the persistent Autopilot agent expands to private preview at month’s end.

25 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar

Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is now available in Gemini Enterprise, adding a speaking video persona that can keep talking while tools run in the background.