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9 new models from 5 labs, 47 tool releases and 33 stories.

The week in AI, Week 43: 9 new models from 5 labs, 47 tool releases and 33 stories.

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New models · 9

All models
  1. Kimi K3.1 Pro Moonshot · LLM · Big 23 Oct
  2. PixVerse V6 Max PixVerse · Video · Big 22 Oct
  3. Voxtral Small Transcribe 3 Mistral · Audio · Big 20 Oct
  4. Eleven Realtime v1 Max ElevenLabs · Audio · Big 19 Oct
  5. Voxtral TTS 3 Mistral · Audio · Light 20 Oct
  6. Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime 3 Mistral · Audio · Light 20 Oct
  7. Voxtral Mini Transcribe 3 Mistral · Audio · Light 20 Oct
  8. Eleven Realtime v1 Mini ElevenLabs · Audio · Light 19 Oct
  9. MiniMax M3.1 Flash MiniMax · LLM · Light 19 Oct

Tool releases · 47

All tools
  1. Grok Bot 0.75.2: Bots can now build shared Pages and create videos 22 Oct
  2. Claude: Claude Duet, a new proactive agent app, enters research preview 21 Oct
  3. Cursor 3.27: Agent SDK launches for building, testing and deploying custom agents 20 Oct
  4. Mistral Vibe 3.0.0: Rust-only CLI with Unified Harness; Python 3.14 now required 19 Oct
  5. Kimi Code 2.3.2: Agent no longer launches subagents or swarms on its own 25 Oct
  6. Qwen Code 0.26.1: Daemon token saving, Managed Agent sessions and OpenTUI parity 24 Oct
  7. Claude Code 2.1.310: Monitor tool comes to Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry, plus gateway fixes 23 Oct
  8. DeepSeek Harness 0.2.1-rc.3: Adds More menus for browsing and creating plugins 23 Oct
  9. OpenCode 2.1.4: MCP input forms now appear instead of timing out, plus background compaction 23 Oct
  10. Codex 0.164.0: Reusable prompt presets and inline /model and /permissions settings 23 Oct
  11. Grok Build 1.0.69: Dashboard groups agents by folder and resumes sessions from any folder 23 Oct
  12. T3 Code 0.1.2: Mermaid diagrams, a t3 thread CLI and a composer that works during approvals 22 Oct
  13. Copilot 1.0.103: Click-to-copy code blocks and sandbox settings for ACP sessions 22 Oct
  14. ChatGPT: MoMo payments for ChatGPT subscriptions in Vietnam 21 Oct
  15. Gemini 0.65.0: Session resume fixes, safer untrusted folders and custom OTLP headers 20 Oct
  16. Kilocode 7.8.15: Custom auto routers can now pick and run models on your machine 19 Oct

47 releases across 16 tools; the ones with something new are above. Busiest: Claude Code, 7 releases.

Top stories · 33

Archive
  1. Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks fourth on Intelligence Index Models 23 Oct
  2. Moonshot details Kimi K3.1 Pro's benchmark gains Models 23 Oct
  3. Claude Mythos 5 tried to deceive a real maintainer Security 23 Oct
  4. OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud Business 21 Oct
  5. Claude designs 17 lab-confirmed scorpion toxin binders World 20 Oct
  6. GPT-6 Sol and Luna halve OpenAI's prices Models 19 Oct
  7. OpenAI paused frontier training after internet escape Security 23 Oct
  8. Microsoft's MAI-DxO diagnostic AI published in Science Benchmarks 22 Oct
  9. Anthropic donates Agent Skills to Linux Foundation Business 22 Oct
  10. OpenAI to acquire Orchestra Bio Business 21 Oct

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