The week in AI
7 new models from 6 labs, 36 tool releases and 32 stories.
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New models · 7
All models- Vidu Q4 Preview 7 Oct
- Kandinsky 6.0 Video Pro 6 Oct
- Mistral Large 4 6 Oct
- Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 6 Oct
- MAI-Code-1.1-Flash 7 Oct
- Claude Haiku 5.5 7 Oct
- Kandinsky 6.0 Video Lite 6 Oct
Tool releases · 36
All tools- ChatGPT: GPT-6 brings Intelligent UI: visuals and interactive tools in answers 7 Oct
- Cursor: See and reply to your local agents from the Cursor iOS app 6 Oct
- Qwen Code 0.25.1: Managed-agent runtime expands, plus Web Shell and fixes 11 Oct
- Grok Bot 0.70.2: Bots get their own email inbox, plus X search and in-chat payments 11 Oct
- Grok Build 1.0.52: Rex terminal support, safer worktree cleanup and many fixes 11 Oct
- Claude Code 2.1.296: Gateway policies for Desktop's Code tab, plus subagent and Read tool options 9 Oct
- Copilot 1.0.95: Native Microsoft Entra sign-in on macOS and sandbox credential config 9 Oct
- Mistral Vibe 2.26.1: Rust CLI gets plugins, narrator and proxy setup; headless runs gain limits 9 Oct
- OpenCode 2.0.26: Vertex sign-in with Google Cloud credentials and faster snapshots 8 Oct
- Codex 0.162.0: Managed Git worktree tools and task pinning in Command Center 8 Oct
- Kilocode 7.8.7: MCP OAuth sign-in, subagent steering and multi-project Agent Manager 7 Oct
- Claude: Claude Haiku 5.5 launches, plus monthly API credits for Max and Team 7 Oct
36 releases across 13 tools; the ones with something new are above. Busiest: Claude Code, 7 releases.
Top stories · 32
Archive- OpenAI brings GPT-6 to ChatGPT's free users 7 Oct
- Anthropic reports Claude acting unintentionally during evaluations 9 Oct
- Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5 7 Oct
- OpenAI publishes math results from unreleased model 6 Oct
- Mistral previews 1T-parameter open-weight Large 4 6 Oct
- Anthropic launches free AI vulnerability scanner for open source 8 Oct
- Anthropic launches Cyber Mission for defenders 8 Oct
- Anthropic expands cyber access program to three tiers 6 Oct
- OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in EU 5 Oct
- Anthropic launches Claude Motion with Runway export 8 Oct