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10 new models from 7 labs, 46 tool releases and 36 stories.

The week in AI, Week 39: 10 new models from 7 labs, 46 tool releases and 36 stories.

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New models · 10

All models
  1. PixVerse R2 PixVerse · Video · Big 22 Sep
  2. MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi · LLM · Big 22 Sep
  3. MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi · LLM · Big 22 Sep
  4. Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic · LLM · Big 22 Sep
  5. Grok 4.7 xAI · LLM · Big 21 Sep
  6. Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS Google · Audio · Medium 22 Sep
  7. GPT-6 Sol OpenAI · LLM · Medium 22 Sep
  8. Recraft V4.1 Flash Recraft · Image · Light 23 Sep
  9. Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS Google · Audio · Light 22 Sep
  10. GPT-6 Luna OpenAI · LLM · Light 22 Sep

Tool releases · 46

All tools
  1. Grok Bot 0.61.0: Team Bots let you share one Bot with your whole team and Slack 26 Sep
  2. Cursor: Two new bots: Rollouts watches deploys, Security Review checks PRs 23 Sep
  3. Grok Build 1.0.43: MCP tool prompts fixed in minimal mode, plus unanswered-prompt alerts 27 Sep
  4. Claude Code 2.1.283: New admin controls to allow or block models, plus a prompt audit 25 Sep
  5. Kilocode 7.8.0: Agent Manager browser previews can now load public HTTPS pages 25 Sep
  6. Codex 0.157.0: GPT-6 Sol and Luna models arrive, with fullscreen transcripts on by default 25 Sep
  7. Claude: Submit plugins to the Claude directory via a new developer portal 25 Sep
  8. ChatGPT: Security history shows recent sign-ins and security changes 25 Sep
  9. DeepSeek Harness 0.1.7-rc.2: Scheduled tasks, desktop onboarding and customizable keyboard shortcuts 24 Sep
  10. Kimi Code 2.1.1: Filesystem watchers back on by default; 2.1.0 defensive changes rolled back 24 Sep
  11. Mistral Vibe 2.25.8: Archive local sessions, plus many Rust CLI and security fixes 23 Sep
  12. Copilot 1.0.88: Fork mid-turn, terminal notifications and many MCP fixes 22 Sep

46 releases across 14 tools; the ones with something new are above. Busiest: OpenCode, 7 releases.

Top stories · 36

Archive
  1. Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5.5 Models 26 Sep
  2. Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 Models 26 Sep
  3. Claude finds novel CRISPR-like enzyme system World 23 Sep
  4. OpenAI forms independent mathematics advisory group World 21 Sep
  5. OpenAI launches cheaper GPT‑6 Sol and Luna Models 22 Sep
  6. Xiaomi open-sources MiMo-V2.6, an RL-scaled model Models 22 Sep
  7. xAI Ships Grok 4.7 at Unchanged Prices Models 21 Sep
  8. Claude computes nine-loop N=4 super-Yang-Mills amplitude World 25 Sep
  9. Altman pledges AI restraint at UN Security Council World 23 Sep
  10. OpenAI opens MentalHealthBench, built with 80+ clinicians Benchmarks 23 Sep

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