The week in AI

1. MAI-Voice-2.1 Microsoft · Audio · Big 1 Oct
2. FLUX 3 Image Black Forest Labs · Image · Big 1 Oct
3. Ideogram 4.5 Ideogram · Image · Big 30 Sep
4. Gemini 4 Argon Google · LLM · Big 30 Sep
5. Eleven v4 ElevenLabs · Audio · Big 28 Sep
6. Kling 4.0 Kling · Video · Big 28 Sep
7. MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming Microsoft · Audio · Medium 1 Oct
8. GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI · LLM · Medium 29 Sep
9. Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic · LLM · Medium 28 Sep
10. MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash Microsoft · Audio · Light 1 Oct
11. Eleven v4 Turbo ElevenLabs · Audio · Light 28 Sep
12. Kling 4.0 Flash Kling · Video · Light 28 Sep

1. Claude Code 2.1.287: Claude Mods let plugins change deeper behavior, plus a watchdog side agent 1 Oct
2. Muse: Muse for Small Business adds skills and connectors to help run a business 29 Sep
3. ChatGPT: Codex Cloud runs coding tasks in isolated workspaces, even while you're away 29 Sep
4. Dots: Dots launch as always-on ChatGPT agents with their own cloud computer 29 Sep
5. T3 Code 0.0.45: Start threads without a project, plus one-click provider updates 2 Oct
6. Grok Bot 0.67.0: Marketplace renamed Connect Apps, with categories and recommendations 2 Oct
7. Grok Build 1.0.49: Stricter, more consistent permission prompts for hooks, web tools and shell 2 Oct
8. Codex 0.160.0: Projectless sessions, task history paging and X11 middle-click paste 1 Oct
9. Copilot 1.0.91: New sandbox CA commands for managing proxy certificate trust 1 Oct
10. Kilocode 7.8.3: Clickable next-step suggestions and auto-recovery from context limits 1 Oct
11. Gemini 0.62.0: Adds Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.5 Flash Lite, plus terminal and auth fixes 29 Sep
12. DeepSeek Harness 0.2.0-rc.2: Bundled dsh command on desktop, model search, and fixes 29 Sep
13. Claude: Claude Sonnet 5.5 launches as a faster, cheaper partner to Opus 5.5 28 Sep

62 releases across 14 tools; the ones with something new are above. Busiest: ChatGPT, 20 releases.

1. 1 Google DeepMind unveils Gemini 4 Argon Models 30 Sep
2. 2 OpenAI launches always-on "dots" agents Tools 29 Sep
3. 3 OpenAI introduces GPT-6.1 Sol Models 4 Oct
4. 4 OpenAI says Moonshot AI ran distillation campaign Security 30 Sep
5. 5 Anthropic: GLM-5.3 nears Mythos-level exploit skills Security 29 Sep
6. 6 Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5 Models 28 Sep
7. 7 Runway unveils Solaris, a model that generates interfaces Models 1 Oct
8. 8 Runway unveils open-weight robotics model Praxis-1 Models 30 Sep
9. 9 Kling 4.0 brings native 30-second video generation Models 28 Sep
10. 10 Anthropic commits $100M to train enterprise engineers Business 2 Oct

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