Google begins removing Assistant from Android phones, tablets, Wear OS, headphones, and Android Auto on 4 September 2026, with no way to switch back.
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 with cache reads cut 75% to $0.25/MTok, saving up to 45% on agentic workloads. Mythos 5.1 stays restricted.
Google retires gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview on 31 August 2026. The replacement, gemini-robotics-er-2-preview, adds multi-robot coordination and agentic code execution.
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OpenAI's ad business reaches $1B annualised run rate. From 31 August 2026, advertisers in India, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa can buy directly.
From 31 August 2026, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini no longer work in Codex under ChatGPT sign-in. Here is what to do.
The official DALL·E GPT in ChatGPT closes permanently on 30 August 2026. Any images stored there must be downloaded before the deadline.
Anthropic has confirmed the $2/$10 per million token rate for Claude Sonnet 5 is now permanent. The planned 50% increase from 1 September 2026 will not happen.
Claude Code now starts before the sandbox loads, the Linux binary shrinks from ~340 MB to ~75 MB, and /cost, /usage, and /tasks get per-command token detail.
Anthropic opens a free Enterprise tier of Claude for Teachers to U.S. K-12 schools and districts, with SSO, FERPA terms, and one year free if enrolled by 30 June 2027.
Claude Code v2.1.248 ships a restricted mode for CI pipelines, widens cross-session agent messaging to Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry, and adds per-agent prompt cache TTL.
OpenAI's Site Tools feature lets ChatGPT use structured tools websites expose via WebMCP, working inside your live signed-in session.
Anthropic's MHS research preview lets AI agents discover and safely control microscopes, robotic arms, and quantum hardware through a single open protocol.