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OpenAI releases GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst and Flare with SVG and GIF generation

GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst and Flare are released for image generation and editing, with adjustable complexity, SVG generation, and animated GIF generation. Markup-guided editing is added for supported GPT Image 2.5 and 2.6 models.

Claude Mythos 5, Opus 4.7 and Sonnet 4.6 text now carries Anthropic's watermark

Text generated by Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 carries Anthropic's text watermark on listed platforms. On Sonnet 4.6, requests that set temperature, top_p or top_k to a non-default value might not carry it.

Copilot app deletes unmigrated chats and content after December 31, 2026

Users must sign in to the updated Copilot app by December 31, 2026 to preserve eligible chats and content. Content that has not been migrated will be permanently deleted after that date.

Takes effect Dec 31, 2026 · in 56 days

Action needed:

Sign in to the updated Copilot app at copilot.com before December 31, 2026.

Claude API launches message threads in beta for smaller requests

Message threads keep the conversation on the server, so each later request sends only the new messages. A thread expires 5 minutes after its last request and is deleted no more than 1 hour after last use.

Gemini 2.5 Flash deprecated, requests route to 3.5 Flash-Lite on December 1, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash is no longer selectable in Google AI Studio. On December 1, 2026, all API requests to it will route to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and be billed at Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite rates.

Takes effect Dec 1, 2026 · in 26 days

Action needed:

Update your model string to gemini-3.5-flash-lite before December 1, 2026 and review the migration guide.

ChatGPT doubles all usage limits for Pro 100, 200, 500 and Business Premium

OpenAI is doubling all usage limits for the Pro 100/200/500 tiers and Business Premium, effective today. Pro 200 limits will not be reduced, so Work and Codex usage stays the same.

Gemini 2.5 Pro deprecated, requests route to 3.8 Flash on December 1, 2026

Gemini 2.5 Pro is no longer selectable in Google AI Studio. On December 1, 2026, all API requests to it will route to Gemini 3.8 Flash and be billed at Gemini 3.8 Flash rates.

Takes effect Dec 1, 2026 · in 26 days

Action needed:

Update your model string to gemini-3.8-flash before December 1, 2026 and review the migration guide.

Claude Max 20x becomes Ultra at $200 with no five-hour limit for verified accounts

The Max 20x plan is now called Ultra, at the same $200 per month, and existing subscribers move over automatically. Ultra includes 10 times the Pro plan's weekly usage and has no five-hour limit for verified accounts.

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite shutdown set for May 7, 2027

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has an earliest shutdown date of May 7, 2027. Google recommends moving to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite.

Takes effect May 7, 2027 · in 183 days

Action needed:

Migrate to gemini-3.5-flash-lite before May 7, 2027.

OpenAI releases GPT-6 Rosalind for life sciences research in the API

GPT-6 Rosalind brings specialized biological reasoning with scientific tool use to complex life sciences research. Access is limited to organizations approved for Rosalind Research through the trusted-access program.

Two Gemini Live preview models to shut down as early as November 17, 2026

The gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview and gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 models have an earliest shutdown date of November 17, 2026.

Takes effect Nov 17, 2026 · in 12 days

Action needed:

Migrate to gemini-3.8-live.

Mistral Large 4 releases open weights with three reasoning modes at $0.70 input

Mistral released the weights of the improved Mistral Large 4 under a modified MIT license. It now has Low, Medium and High reasoning modes, and pricing is $0.70 input, $0.07 cached input and $2.10 output per million tokens.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image to shut down as early as March 15, 2027

The gemini-2.5-flash-image model has an earliest shutdown date of March 15, 2027.

Takes effect Mar 15, 2027 · in 130 days

Action needed:

Migrate to gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.

Cursor's marketplace served a tampered Claude Code extension with an SSH backdoor

A maliciously modified Claude Code extension, not built by Anthropic, was available in the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace for about 11 hours. It tried to install a persistent SSH backdoor on macOS and Windows. Cursor removed it, rebuilt the marketplace and took the attacker server offline.

Action needed:

Check ~/.ssh/authorized_keys for the svc-telemetry key, run the remediation script, and rotate credentials accessible from affected hosts.

Gemini 4 Carbon, Google's strongest model, opens first to a subset of cyber defenders

Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest model, with access starting this week for a subset of cyber defenders. Access will widen gradually to trusted partners through the Fairwind Program, with broader availability to developers, businesses and consumers coming later.

GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user, Standalone is $10

Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise. Users without an Enterprise license get Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month, with no monthly AI credits per seat.

Jules winds down on December 31, 2026 and goes read-only after November 11

Google is winding down Jules as part of unifying its agentic coding efforts. Sessions can be finished until November 11, 2026, after which Jules is read-only until the end of the year. Users can export settings, environment variables, scheduled tasks, repos, memories and sessions with Jules Tools.

Takes effect Dec 31, 2026 · in 56 days

Action needed:

Finish open sessions by November 11, 2026 and export your Jules data with Jules Tools before the shutdown.

Copilot cloud sandboxes bill from November 2026 against a shared Actions entitlement

The included Actions compute entitlement becomes one shared, dollar-based pool instead of a fixed number of standard runner minutes. It covers standard runners, cloud sandboxes, and larger runners on Team and Enterprise Cloud. Billing for cloud sandbox usage begins in November 2026.

Action needed:

Review Actions budgets and usage, since higher-rate compute uses the entitlement faster.

ChatGPT Pro and Business add up to $500 a month in free API credits

Eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 per month in free API credits as a subscription benefit. The benefit is activated from ChatGPT or the API Platform by linking an API organization you own.

GitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally available with a 30% launch discount

Copilot Fusion routes and orchestrates models per task with Standard, High and Max effort levels. Users are billed per model used at standard rates, with a limited-time 30% discount on paid plans.