Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar
Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar adds near real-time visual presence to live dialogue, with lip-syncing, expressions, and turn-taking across 97 languages. It is available in Gemini Enterprise starting today.
The Deploy Log | Month by month
What shipped in AI in September 2026
370 rows dated September 2026 are in The Deploy Log: 8 leads, 35 in Models and APIs, 320 in Tools and products, 5 in Robotics, hardware and chips and 2 in Funding and acquisitions, from 70 publishers. They include Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar from Google, Gemini 3.8 TTS from Google, Gemini Omni in Vids from Google, Kimi K3 on Bedrock from Amazon Web Services, SageMaker HyperPod Gateway from Amazon Web Services and 365 others. Every item sourced to the publisher's own page.
Leads
Gemini 3.8 TTS
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS generate speech in over 100 languages, with voice creation from natural language prompts, 2,000+ production-ready voices, and voice replication from a 30-second sample. Both are rolling out today in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
Gemini Omni in Vids
Google Vids now lets anyone with a Google or Google Workspace account generate 1080p HD videos at no cost using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with scene extension, exact clip durations, and upscaling of existing AI clips.
Kimi K3 on Bedrock
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is available on Amazon Bedrock, the first open model to reach 2.8 trillion parameters, with a 1-million-token context window and a 2.5x improvement in scaling efficiency over Kimi K2.
SageMaker HyperPod Gateway
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod Inference Gateway is a Kubernetes-native, GPU-aware routing system that deploys as a single EKS managed addon and reduces first-token latency by up to 82%.
Astra for Law
OpenAI introduced Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index covering more than 230 million URLs and 26 partner-built plugins, passing the Vals AI Legal Research Bench overall correctness check on 54.0% of questions versus 38.7% for GPT-6 Astra with web search alone.
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra, rolling out to the OpenAI API and through Microsoft Azure and Amazon Bedrock at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output, the same headline price as Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1, which shipped the same week. Cache reads are priced separately, and Fast mode costs 2x.
Waymo Denver San Diego Tampa
Waymo began welcoming first public riders in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa on September 1, 2026, marking 14 cities with fully autonomous trips. Tens of thousands in each city have signed up.
Models and APIs
Anthropic models in Seoul and Singapore
Anthropic models are available for in-region inference in Seoul and Singapore on Amazon Bedrock.
Claude in-country inferencing in India
Claude models are available for in-country inferencing in India on Amazon Bedrock.
Flux TTS Inline Controls
Flux TTS /v2/speak now supports inline pause (500-3000 ms) and pronunciation controls, with pause on batch and pronunciation on batch and streaming.
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS models
Added Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS models to the Python SDK.
Google Cloud Lakehouse public datasets
Adds Wikipedia pageviews and GitHub commit histories as public Apache Iceberg datasets in Google Cloud Lakehouse.
java-genai v1.74.0
Adds Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS models, plus gcs_metrics_uri for tuning job metrics.
js-genai v2.25.0
Adds Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS models to SDKs.
AdvancedMathBench-AutoVerifier
AutoVerifier model weights, tokenizer, and evaluation code released on Hugging Face.
GPT-6.1 Sol on Amazon Bedrock
GPT-6.1 Sol is now available on Amazon Bedrock.
NVIDIA Kumo Tabular
Open tabular foundation model now on Hugging Face in three sizes from 28M to 215M parameters.
OVIE-512
Kyutai released a 512x512 OVIE checkpoint with 41.6 ms per view on H100.
OVIE-ft-DL3DV
Kyutai released a DL3DV fine-tuned OVIE checkpoint with 0.1B params on Hugging Face.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on OpenRouter
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available on OpenRouter at $2/$10 per 1M tokens with 1.0M context.
Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo
Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo are available, with Turbo median inference latency of approximately 100 ms.
Grok 4.7 on Amazon Bedrock
Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock.
Mistral Python Client v3.0.0
Python client v3.0.0 released with 24 stable API surface removals.
MiMo-V2.6-Flash-MOPD and MiMo-V2.6-Pro-MOPD
MiMo-V2.6-Flash-MOPD and MiMo-V2.6-Pro-MOPD released on Hugging Face with 1M token context and 309B total parameters.
Health Guardian features
Health Guardian features are rolling out in the Google Health app, with blood pressure trends, insulin resistance trends, and sleep breathing quality metrics included free with Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5 devices.
Intern-Decision-4B
InternLM releases Intern-Decision-4B, 2B, and 0.8B multimodal structured decision models on Hugging Face.
Perceptron Mk1.5
Perceptron Mk1.5 is available on OpenRouter at $0.15 input and $1.50 output per 1M tokens.
TypeSafe Jev Router
Jev Router is available on OpenRouter with a 1,000,000 token context window and zero pricing.
ChatGPT Ads
ChatGPT Ads now available in more than 60 countries after adding Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
Gemini Connected Apps
A new wave of Connected Apps is rolling out to Gemini.
Claude Opus 5.5 on AWS
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWS.
Grok 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock
xAI's Grok 4.6 is now available in Amazon Bedrock.
AgentCore runtime
The new AgentCore runtime delivers a P75 cold start latency of about 2 seconds from a 200 MB image to 2 GB, while the original runtime rose from roughly 5.4 seconds to nearly 30 seconds.
GLM 5.3 FlashX
GLM 5.3 FlashX is available on AI Gateway, serving Z.ai's multimodal coding model at about 200 tokens per second with no markup and no platform fee on inference.
GPT-Live 1
GPT-Live 1 from OpenAI is available on AI Gateway as a full-duplex voice model that can listen and speak at the same time, with client delegation to any text model on AI Gateway.
Claude Fable 5.1
Unchanged at $10 per million input and $50 per million output, with cache reads down to $0.25 per million, and Mythos 5.1 alongside it.
Gemini 3.8 Flash
$0.75 per million input and $3.75 per million output until December 31, 2026, then $1.50 and $7.50 from January 1, 2027.
K2 Horizon
Open weights under Apache 2.0: 375B parameters, 23B active per token, a 512K context window, and a GPQA Diamond score of 87.3 in the model card's own table.
Muse Spark 1.3
Two prices for the same model and the same 1M context window: $0.10 per million input on the contributor tier, where your inputs improve Meta's products, and $1.25 on the standard tier, where they do not.
ChatGPT Epic EHR integration
Healthcare organizations can now connect Epic environments to ChatGPT for Healthcare, and across 4,363 physician ratings, 99.1% of responses were rated safe across 27 clinical use cases.
WeatherNext 3
WeatherNext 3 generates hourly forecasts at 5-kilometer resolution, five times sharper than WeatherNext 2, and is integrated across Google Search, Gemini app, Google Maps, Google Maps Platform Weather API, and Google Earth Engine starting today.
WebGPU kernels
Hugging Face released @huggingface/kernels with 207 WebGPU kernels, 2.57x faster than ORT WebGPU by geometric mean across 809 matching test cases on an Apple M4 GPU.
Tools and products
5th Gen AMD EPYC on Aurora and RDS
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support 5th generation AMD EPYC processors.
AI Gateway Browserbase Tools
Browserbase Search and Fetch tools are available through AI Gateway, requiring AI SDK 7.0.116 or later.
AI Gateway Machine Payments
AI Gateway supports Machine Payments in beta for /ai/run with select open models via x402 stablecoin payments.
AWS CLI Agent Toolkit updates
AWS CLI now supports bulk skill updates and version checks for the Agent Toolkit for AWS.
AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing
AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing is now available in 6 additional regions.
AWS Jam AI Agent Experiences
Three new AWS Jam experiences for building, deploying, and hardening AI agents are now available.
Amazon Managed Grafana 13.2
Amazon Managed Grafana now supports creating Grafana 13.2 workspaces.
Amazon S3 Vectors metadata pre-filtering
Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre-filtering for higher recall on filtered searches.
Anthropic Java SDK v2.67.0
Adds refusal stop reason, Claude Enterprise analytics, spend limits, RBAC, per-user usage reports, and Plugins to the Admin API.
Anthropic Python SDK v1.10.0
Anthropic Python SDK v1.10.0 adds Admin API analytics, spend limits, RBAC, and Plugins.
Aurora Serverless faster scaling
Amazon Aurora serverless now scales faster to support agentic AI and other bursty workloads.
Aurora and RDS R8a instances
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances.
Bedrock Claude in-region London
Amazon Bedrock expands Claude models in-region support in the UK (London).
Claude Code v2.1.286
Claude Code v2.1.286 adds a count to stacked permission prompts and mouse support for "N more" rows in fullscreen lists.
Cline CLI v3.0.66
CLI binaries now built with Bun 1.4.2 and Windows proxy startup fixed.
Cline Desktop v0.0.38
Linux ARM64 .deb and .rpm packages now ship alongside x64 builds.
Cline Desktop v0.0.39
Desktop v0.0.39 fixes blank window on Linux with NVIDIA driver and adds app info to .deb and .rpm packages.
Cline SDK v0.0.88
Anthropic requests now use server-side refusal fallback and provider allow_fallbacks; Stop during turn preparation no longer dropped.
Cline v4.1.22
Adds Bee and Pareto Inference providers; GPT-6.1 Sol becomes default model for OpenAI and other providers.
Cloudflare One Client for Windows
Beta release 2026.8.2033.1 is available with fixes for traffic blocking, reauthentication, DNS, and client crashes.
Copilot Code Reviews for Azure Repos
Effort levels, comment resolution, and audit log events added to Copilot Code Reviews for Azure Repos.
Cosmos DB Mirroring VNet Data Gateways
Cosmos DB mirroring in Fabric now supports virtual network data gateways for accounts secured by private endpoints or virtual networks.
Data Agent Kit GA
Data Agent Kit is generally available with support for BigQuery Graph, Bigtable, and Managed Service for Apache Spark.
Docs, Sheets, Slides comments API
Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides APIs now support programmatic comments; Docs adds suggested edits.
GPT-6 Astra UltraFast on Bedrock
OpenAI GPT-6 Astra now supports UltraFast mode on Amazon Bedrock.
GPT-6.1 Sol on DigitalOcean Inference
GPT-6.1 Sol is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference and Agent Development Kit.
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.91-0
Version 1.0.91-0 lets statically analyzable read-only shell pipelines enter execution-evidence review; incomplete or unbound pipelines require explicit approval.
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.90
Release 1.0.90 adds GPT-6.1 Sol model selection, --mcp-github-auth, and session-scoped read-only directory approvals.
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.90-6
Added GPT-6.1 Sol to model selection.
Google Cloud CLI remote MCP server
Google Cloud introduced the Google Cloud CLI remote MCP server in preview, giving AI agents access to gcloud and bq commands.
Google Vids caption customization
Google Vids captions can now be customized for font, position, and animation.
HSTU Generative Recommender Workflow
NVIDIA recsys-examples now provides an end-to-end HSTU inference workflow with Dynamo-Triton, achieving up to 5.93x lower latency at batch size 8.
Lakebase Postgres extensions
Supported Postgres extensions updated to newer versions, including postgis 3.6.4 on Postgres 18 and hll 2.21.
Ling 3.1 Flash on AI Gateway
Ling 3.1 Flash from InclusionAI is available on AI Gateway, free through October 13, 2026, with 262K-token context.
MCP Inspector 2.2.0
MCP Inspector 2.2.0 released with sandbox proxy loading and keychain degradation fixes.
MCP Inspector 2.3.0
MCP Inspector 2.3.0 released with loopback binding and sandbox port pinning fixes.
MCP Inspector 2.4.0
MCP Inspector 2.4.0 released with app-rendered form elicitations and SecretStore support.
MCP Inspector 2.5.0
MCP Inspector 2.5.0 released with Firefox smoke tests and tool schema rendering fixes.
Microsoft plugin registry
Plugin registry rolling out now for Copilot Home, Code, Autopilot, Microsoft 365 apps, and SharePoint.
NVIDIA cuObject and SCADA Server SDK
NVIDIA cuObject client and server libraries are now generally available, with the SCADA Server SDK enabling storage providers to build servers.
Nemotron 3 Diarization
Transformers v5.18.0 adds Nemotron 3 Diarization, an open-weight streaming speaker diarization model supporting up to eight speakers.
RDS M8a instances
Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances.
Raycast v2.6
Raycast v2.6 reduces host memory by 50% and adds Auto model preferences: Lightweight, Balanced, Flagship.
Retool 4.66 Edge
Retool 4.66 is now available on the Edge release channel for self-hosted organizations.
SDK v0.0.89
Oversized MCP and Composio tool results can now be recovered in full via a per-session cache with a cline://cache URI.
Spanner Omni GA
Spanner Omni, the deploy-anywhere version of Spanner, is now generally available for on-premises and other clouds.
Together AI LoRA rank limit
Together AI now allows LoRA adapters with rank up to 128, up from 64.
Together Link beta
Together Link beta runs six coding agents on Together AI models on macOS and Linux, installable with one command.
TorchVision 0.29.1
TorchVision 0.29.1, a patch release compatible with PyTorch 2.14.1, with no new features.
Vercel Sandbox Secure Compute
Vercel Sandbox now supports Secure Compute, connecting sandboxes to a team's dedicated network with static IPs and VPC peering.
WorkSpaces Core Blackwell GPU
Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances adds support for NVIDIA Blackwell GPU.
anthropic-sdk v0.130.0
Adds refusal stop reason, Claude Enterprise analytics, spend limits, RBAC, usage reports, and plugin marketplaces to the Admin API.
anthropic-sdk-go v1.78.0
anthropic-sdk-go v1.78.0 adds a list spend limits endpoint and marks Claude Sonnet 4.5 deprecated with end-of-life November 30, 2026.
anthropic-sdk-java v2.68.0
anthropic-sdk-java v2.68.0 adds a list spend limits endpoint and marks Claude Sonnet 4.5 deprecated with end-of-life November 30, 2026.
langchain-openai 1.6.7
langchain-openai 1.6.7 released with Azure workload identity discovery.
openai-java v4.73.0
Adds external storage provider callback handlers, session traces, translation secrets, and pagination and Azure deployment fixes.
sdk v0.131.0
Adds list spend limits endpoint and deprecates sonnet 4.5.
AI Gateway User Insights
User Insights for AI Gateway is available to all customers at no additional cost, showing model overuse and potential savings.
Agent Runners link previews
Every site created with Agent Runners now includes Open Graph tags for rich link previews.
Azure Cosmos DB in Fabric Database Hub
Azure Cosmos DB accounts can now be discovered and monitored from Fabric Database Hub in public preview.
BigQuery FAILOVER_HISTORY view
BigQuery users can query INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FAILOVER_HISTORY for near real-time failover events.
Claude Code v2.1.285
Claude Code v2.1.285 adds CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_WEB_FETCH, claude --desktop, and plugin configure options.
Claude on Bedrock in India, South Korea, Singapore
Amazon Bedrock expands Claude model availability to India, South Korea, and Singapore.
Cloudflare Application Profiles
Positive security enforcement with Cloudflare Application Profiles.
Cloudflare Containers disk limit
Custom Container instance types can now allocate up to 20 GB disk regardless of memory.
Cloudflare network log fields
Gateway network logs and Network Session Logs now identify Mesh, Workers VPC, and Tunnel replica traffic.
ComfyUI v0.38.0
ComfyUI v0.38.0 released.
DOKS Isolated Worker Nodes
Isolated Worker Nodes for DigitalOcean Kubernetes are generally available, removing public IPv4 addresses from nodes.
Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba) 2.8.4
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.4 adds Java 25 support and upgrades libthrift, httpclient5, httpcore5, and lz4-java.
DiskANN Vector Index in Azure SQL
DiskANN Vector Index and Search are generally available in Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and Fabric SQL database.
ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey
Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey now supports public endpoints.
Final Cut Camera 2.4
Final Cut Camera 2.4 adds variable aperture on iPhone 18 Pro, Cinematic mode effects for regular video, and iOS 27 pro options.
Firefox FX 157
Firefox FX 157 rolls out the new design to all desktop and mobile users.
GKE Agent Sandbox for RL
GKE Agent Sandbox optimized for RL and Agent Sandbox RL orchestration SDK are generally available, with 10x-45x faster time-to-first-command.
GPT-6.1 Sol in GitHub Copilot
GPT-6.1 Sol is generally available in GitHub Copilot for Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
GPT-6.1 Sol on AI Gateway
GPT-6.1 Sol is available on Vercel AI Gateway as openai/gpt-6.1-sol with lower standard input and output pricing than GPT-6 Astra.
GPT-6.1 Sol on Netlify AI Gateway
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model is available through Netlify's AI Gateway and Agent Runners with zero configuration required.
Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS in Vids
Google Vids upgraded AI voiceovers and avatar narration to Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTS, available now.
Gemini 3.8 Flash default for AlphaEvolve
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now the default model for AlphaEvolve experiments, replacing Gemini 3.5 Flash.
Gemini Enterprise security agents
New partner-built security agents and AI defenses from Acalvio and Britive are available in Gemini Enterprise.
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.90-5
Fixed model availability message and MCP tool calls completing despite progress updates.
Jev in LangSmith Evals
Jev is available as a judge for evaluations in LangSmith, offering fast, low-cost evaluation of open-ended agent behavior.
Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series
Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series are generally available.
NVIDIA VSS Blueprint 3.3
VSS Blueprint 3.3 adds the Build Vision Agent skill and Adaptive EVS, cutting alert contextualization latency 17% and increasing concurrent VLM streams 46%.
Ollama v0.35.0
Ollama now supports decision models through /v1/systemone, returning choices, probabilities, and scores.
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol on Unity Gateway
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol is available on Unity Gateway via Foundation Model APIs.
OpenAI Python SDK v3.21.0 adds GPT-6.1 Sol model identifier
The openai-python SDK release adds the GPT-6.1 Sol model identifier.
Plaid Speed
Plaid inference for GPT-6 Astra modes runs up to 6x faster and costs 6x per token.
Qwen Code Desktop v0.24.7
Qwen Code Desktop v0.24.7 released with session diagnostics fix, Java SDK attestation client, trajectory time range, and Qwen Live endpoint settings.
RunPod Deploy When Available
RunPod's Deploy When Available is now GA, queuing for any GPU spec and deploying when capacity opens.
Seer Agent
Seer Agent gains new capabilities for interacting with Sentry projects and collecting data from more places.
Sentry JavaScript SDK 11.1.0
Sentry JavaScript SDK 11.1.0 traces TypeSafe Jev and adds typesafeIntegration for @typesafe-ai/sdk, enabled by default.
Shopify App Pricing migration
Apps using the Billing API can now migrate existing subscriptions to Shopify App Pricing via Partner Dashboard tool or Shopify CLI commands.
TESSERA Earth observation embeddings
TESSERA global Earth observation embeddings are now available on AWS Open Data.
Threat Signals
Agentic skills for open-source threat intelligence, free for every Cloudflare account.
TogetherLink beta
TogetherLink beta runs Claude Code, Codex, and desktop apps on Together AI models with automatic routing, cost tracking, and headless mode.
Visual Studio BYOM
Bring Your Own Model is available in preview and enabled by default across Community, Professional, and Enterprise SKUs.
WSL Containers (WSLC)
WSL containers is now generally available with the new wslc.exe command.
a2a-python v1.2.0
a2a-python v1.2.0 adds HTTP+JSON responses, caching headers, multi-replica cluster mode, and media type validation.
langchain-anthropic 1.7.5
Release adds Claude Sonnet 5.5 compatibility and serializes invalid tool calls as tool use on replay.
langchain-core 1.6.6
langchain-core 1.6.6 released with Claude Sonnet 5.5 compatibility fix.
openai-go v3.68.0
OpenAI Go SDK v3.68.0 adds computer use to beta agents.
openai-java v4.72.0
GPT-6.1 Sol model identifier and computer use for beta agents in Java SDK v4.72.0.
openai-node v7.25.0
OpenAI Node SDK v7.25.0 adds computer use to beta agents.
1Password Event Logs connector (Beta)
1Password Event Logs connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta, ingesting 1Password event logs into Databricks.
@modelcontextprotocol/core 2.2.0
@modelcontextprotocol/core 2.2.0 published with deprecation warning for OAuth providers missing expectedIssuer.
@modelcontextprotocol/server 2.2.0
@modelcontextprotocol/server 2.2.0 published with fixes for unhandled promise rejection and stack overflow.
@modelcontextprotocol/server-legacy 2.2.0
@modelcontextprotocol/server-legacy 2.2.0 published with dependency update to core 2.2.0.
Agent Runners inline preview
Agent Runners now shows a deploy preview inline next to the prompt.
Akamai WAF connector (Beta)
Akamai WAF connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta, ingesting WAF security events from Akamai into Databricks.
Anthropic Python SDK v1.9.0
Adds claude-sonnet-5-5, between_tools thinking type, and cache diagnostics GA.
Ask in Google Earth Engine
Ask, a Gemini-powered chat assistant, is available in Google Earth Engine Code Editor for writing, debugging, and optimizing geospatial queries.
BigQuery Data Transfer Service MCP server
The BigQuery Data Transfer Service MCP server is now Generally Available (GA).
Blazor AI components
Experimental Blazor AI components for agentic UI, available as a prerelease package with .NET 11 RC1 SDK.
Claude Agent SDK Python v0.2.161
Python SDK v0.2.161 released with bundled Claude CLI updated to version 2.1.284.
Claude Code v2.1.284
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now the default Sonnet model on the Anthropic API with 1M context, $2/$10 per Mtok, $0.20/Mtok cache reads.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 in Devin
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available in Devin, scoring 64.4% on FrontierCode 1.1.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 in GitHub Copilot
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is generally available in GitHub Copilot for Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on AI Gateway
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available on AI Gateway as anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on AWS
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available on AWS.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on AWS GovCloud (US)
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available on AWS GovCloud (US).
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on DigitalOcean Inference
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference and Agent Development Kit.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 on Netlify
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available through Netlify AI Gateway and Agent Runners with zero configuration required.
Codex CLI rust-v0.158.0
Codex CLI 0.158.0 adds copy-on-select, OAuth client secrets for MCP, bearer tokens for exec-server, and transparent image backgrounds.
CrewAI 1.15.23
CrewAI 1.15.23 adds native Gemini 3.8 Flash support and crewai eval improvements.
CrowdStrike Falcon Event Stream connector
CrowdStrike Falcon Event Stream connector is available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta, ingesting Falcon Event Stream events into Databricks.
Firebase Phone Number Verification
10 new carrier networks are available today across Malaysia, Spain, Pakistan, and six Vodafone countries.
Firebase plugin for Codex
Firebase agent plugin is available in the Codex plugin directory with agent skills, MCP server, and CLI tools.
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.89
Adds Claude Code rule files as custom instructions, click-to-focus inputs, unread turn dots, routing tier suggestions, and MCP OAuth scope support.
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.89-6
Copilot CLI v1.0.89-6 improves PR creation to follow repository pull request templates and fixes shell output metadata.
Jev-as-a-Judge in Arize AX
Arize AX now integrates directly with TypeSafe AI, bringing native Jev-as-a-Judge evaluations into the Arize evaluation workflow.
Luxembourg Azure Extended Zones
Luxembourg Azure Extended Zones are generally available.
MCP TypeScript SDK 1.31.0
Stored OAuth tokens and client information now include an issuer field; pass expectedIssuer when constructing OAuth providers.
MCP TypeScript SDK 2.2.0
MCP TypeScript SDK 2.2.0 released with expectedIssuer required for machine-to-machine OAuth providers.
MLX-VLM v0.7.4
Generate multiple images per prompt via num_images for qwen_image, flux2, ideogram4, plus audio and padding fixes.
Microsoft 365 Unified Audit Logs connector
Beta connector ingests unified audit events from Microsoft 365 workloads into Databricks.
Milvus v2.6.24
Milvus v2.6.24 released with lower peak memory and faster filtered search.
Milvus v3.0.2
Milvus v3.0.2 released with search and query performance improvements.
Okta System Logs connector
Beta connector ingests Okta System Log audit and security events into Databricks.
OpenAI Python SDK v3.20.0
OpenAI Python SDK v3.20.0 adds Agents credential and session options, Cyber access programs, and incremental WebSocket snapshots.
PostHog Backfill App Store analytics
Data Warehouse can backfill App Store Connect analytics from account inception or January 2024 on first sync, resync, or full refresh.
Rekognition Face Liveness Feedback Codes
Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness now returns Feedback Codes.
SQLAlchemy 2.1 mssql-python support
SQLAlchemy 2.1.0 is generally available with built-in mssql-python support for SQL Server and Azure SQL.
Valkey 9 on DigitalOcean
Valkey 9 is now available for database clusters, and new clusters use it by default.
Vector search in Azure SQL
Vector search and vector indexes are generally available in Azure SQL.
Workday Activity Logging connector
Beta connector ingests Workday user activity log events into Databricks.
Z4D machine family GA
Storage-optimized Z4D VM and bare metal instances are generally available with up to 84,000 GiB Local SSD and up to 40% better performance than Z3.
anthropic-sdk-go v1.76.0
Anthropic Go SDK v1.76.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5, between_tools thinking type, and cache diagnostics GA.
anthropic-sdk-java v2.66.0
Anthropic Java SDK v2.66.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5, between_tools thinking type, and cache diagnostics GA.
bedrock-sdk v0.34.0
Anthropic Bedrock SDK v0.34.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5.
claude-agent-sdk-typescript v0.3.284
claude-agent-sdk-typescript v0.3.284 adds renamed skill directory aliases, ultracode settings, and fixes forkSession and getSessionMessages bugs.
foundry-sdk v0.5.0
Foundry SDK v0.5.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5.
langchain 1.4.3
langchain 1.4.3 supports Bedrock Mantle chat models in init_chat_model and recognizes GPT-6 structured output.
langchain-fireworks 1.7.0
langchain-fireworks 1.7.0 adds prompt caching middleware and fixes mid-stream read timeouts.
playwright-mcp v0.0.83
Bug fixes for browser_find, browser_navigate, browser_reload, and download handling.
sdk v0.129.0
SDK v0.129.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5, between_tools thinking type, and ClientToolUnion.
vertex-sdk v0.20.0
Vertex SDK v0.20.0 adds claude-sonnet-5-5.
Compute Engine X5 series
Compute Engine X5 series is generally available with 48TB memory configurations, up from the X4's 32TB limit.
Copilot CLI v1.0.89-5
Copilot CLI v1.0.89-5 pre-release adds Claude Code rule files in .claude/rules as custom instructions.
InvokeAI 6.14.2
Version 6.14.2 adds custom font import for Canvas text and style transfer to krea-2 via reference image.
KoboldCpp 1.122.1
KoboldCpp 1.122.1 adds an integrated KoboldCpp Agent with 9 built-in tools and a 2k token system prompt.
Lovable connectors and GPT-6 models
Lovable adds Discord and Google Business Profile connectors, plus GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna for app AI features.
Unsloth CUDA 13 Wheels
Prebuilt Linux x86_64 CUDA 13 wheels for flash-attn 2.8.4, causal-conv1d 1.7.0, and mamba-ssm 2.3.2.post1.
Codex rust v0.157.0
Codex rust-v0.157.0 adds GPT-6 Sol and Luna to the model catalog, including Amazon Bedrock support and migration prompts for older models.
Zed v1.21.0
Zed v1.21.0 adds BYOK support for Claude Opus 5.5 with an Anthropic API key and GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna with an OpenAI API key.
Ollama v0.34.4
Ollama v0.34.4 makes structured outputs on thinking models apply in a single pass, and Qwen 3.8 prompt processing is faster on Apple Silicon.
Copilot weekly releases
GitHub Copilot adds Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, and Grok 4.7 across Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans, with local sandboxing in the Copilot app now in public preview.
Gemini TTS on AI Gateway
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS from Google are now available on AI Gateway, generating speech in more than 100 languages with long-form narration and two-speaker dialogue.
Omni 1.1 in Vids
Google Vids now supports generating and upscaling AI videos to 1080p with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with full rollout starting September 23, 2026.
Meet occupancy counting
Occupancy counting is now available for Android-based Logitech Gen 2 room hardware, starting with Logitech Rally Board 65, with an extended rollout starting September 28, 2026.
Compute Engine X5 48TB instances
New X5 series generally available with 48TB memory configurations, up from the 32TB X4 limit.
PostHog AI Observability Backfill
AI Observability evaluation can now run on data already collected, instead of only on new data as they arrive.
16k context LLM models
RunPod now supports Panchovix's 16k-token context models.
AI agent skills for AWS MCP Server
AWS End User Messaging and Amazon SES now offer AI agent skills for the AWS MCP Server.
Better Forge template
RunPod released Better Forge, a template for Stable Diffusion pods with a total payload of approximately 12GB.
Claude Agent SDK TypeScript v0.3.283
v0.3.283 adds plugin_errors to SDKSystemMessage, fixes session rewinding, and includes warnings in stream-json output.
Cline Desktop v0.0.36
Desktop v0.0.36 fixes proxy startup failures and window sizing on scaled displays.
DSPy 3.4.0
DSPy 3.4.0 introduces Jev integration with three experimental decision types and native LM engines.
EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances
Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions.
EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances
Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions.
EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances
Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions.
FastMCP v4.0.10
Task-enabled tools now work behind search transforms and CodeMode.
Flutter Replay Screenshots
Session Replay for Flutter Android can use configurable screenshot resolution, JPEG quality, and native-screen pixel formats.
Genie Code document processing
Genie Code can now build end-to-end document processing pipelines by orchestrating parsing, classification, extraction, and validation.
Genie One MCP server
The Genie One MCP server is now generally available as a Databricks-provided MCP Service in Unity Gateway.
GitHub Actions query result cap
GitHub Actions API and UI now report "2,500+" when workflow run query results exceed 2,500 records.
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.89-4
Copilot CLI pre-release 1.0.89-4 adds Auto routing tier suggestions and configurable direct plugin installs.
Google Calendar time zones
Google Calendar on the web now displays up to three time zones, up from two.
Kilo Code JetBrains 7.1.8
JetBrains 7.1.8 adds checkpoints settings, companion skill installs, CycloneDX SBOMs, and OAuth client ID metadata support.
Kilo Code v7.8.1
Publishes CycloneDX SBOMs and supports public HTTPS pages in localhost previews.
LangSmith Custom Apps
LangSmith Custom Apps lets users build, publish, and run custom UIs on LangSmith data directly inside LangSmith.
Langfuse v4.45.4
v4.45.4 refreshes embedded Langfuse skills and skips Azure LLM connection tests.
Langfuse v4.46.0
v4.46.0 adds side-by-side experiment comparison, formatted JSON, skill management, and 100-row tracing tables.
LiteLLM v1.100.3
LiteLLM v1.100.3 released with 7445 commits to main since this release.
Memorystore for Valkey 9.1
Memorystore for Valkey 9.1 is generally available with up to 3x QPS at microsecond latency.
Nemotron 3 Diarization on DigitalOcean
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Diarization model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference and Agent Development Kit.
OpenHands v1.24.0
v1.24.0 adds toggling all workspace folders, scoped OpenAI subscription caches, and read-only shared automation conversations.
Pixel Canary on AI Gateway
Pixel Canary is available as stealth/pixel-canary on AI Gateway, free for a limited time, with 90.3% Next.js eval baseline.
Pydantic AI v2.50.0
Adds DecisionModel and exposes OpenAI service_tier in provider details.
Pydantic AI v2.51.0
Adds OpenAI GPT-Live support with OpenAILiveModel and exposes context_window_used.
Railway Free VMs
Free VMs with 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM are available via ssh railway.new with no account required.
Raycast External Model Providers
Raycast v2.5 lets extensions provide their own AI models to AI Chat.
RunPod Serverless GPU and SGLang
RunPod now supports up to four 80GB GPUs per worker and offers an SGLang quick deploy endpoint.
Storage Intelligence advisor
Storage Intelligence advisor is generally available along with expanded storage batch operations capabilities.
Tags for Databricks assets
Tags for dashboards, notebooks, Databricks apps, and Genie Agents are now generally available.
Vercel Container Registry GitHub Action
New vercel/vcr-action/login action authenticates with GitHub OIDC and pushes container images to VCR.
Vercel Sandbox memory observability
Sandbox memory usage data now available in dashboard and CLI, reporting average, P75, and P95 memory.
runpod-python 0.10.0 Local API Server
runpod-python 0.10.0 adds a local API server for testing worker handlers via --rp_serve_api.
xAI Grok 4.7 in OCI Generative AI
xAI Grok 4.7 is now available on demand in OCI Generative AI with a 500,000-token context window.
Amazon GameLift Servers
GameLift Servers is now available in 5 new regions and 8 Local Zones.
Amazon RDS for MySQL Extended Support
Amazon RDS for MySQL Extended Support adds minor versions 5.7.44-rds.20260902 and 8.0.46-rds.20260908.
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL post-quantum TLS
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports post-quantum TLS key exchange.
Android Studio BYOA
Android Studio Canary now supports Bring Your Own Agent with Claude Agent, OpenAI Codex, and Google Antigravity.
Azure Instant Access for VM restore points
Azure Instant Access for VM restore points is generally available.
Model Armor Melbourne
Model Armor prompt injection and jailbreak detection filters are available in Melbourne with data residency enforcement.
harness-cli v0.1.3
harness-cli v0.1.3 replaces setup Q&A with Quickstart, Customize, and Export, and adds /tools.
huggingface_hub v1.33.0
huggingface_hub v1.33.0 adds a validating progress bar for large Xet uploads and simpler skills installs.
huggingface_hub v2.0.0
huggingface_hub v2.0.0 replaces its HTTP dependency with httpx2.
langchain-openai 1.6.6
langchain-openai 1.6.6 released with a fix that raises on error events in the stream path.
ComfyUI v0.37.2
ComfyUI v0.37.2 released with no specific numeric change stated.
Connect routing step data in lake
Amazon Connect Customer now provides routing step data in the analytics data lake.
Gemini Notebook in Google Docs
Google Docs can now ground AI prompts in existing Gemini Notebook sources with inline citations.
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash in Vids
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is now in Google Vids with 1080p generation and upscaling, rolling out starting September 23, 2026.
GitHub Actions Node 20 retirement
GitHub Actions runners now use Node 24, and Node 20 is no longer available.
GitHub Copilot Local Sandboxing
GitHub Copilot app adds per-project local sandboxing for filesystem, network, and credential access, off by default.
GitHub Copilot OTel support
GitHub Copilot app now supports OpenTelemetry configuration through enterprise-managed settings.
Google Admin temporary roles
Admins can assign roles for predefined durations such as 30 days or a custom expiration date and time.
Google Meet occupancy counting
Occupancy counting is available for Android-based Logitech Gen 2 room hardware starting with Rally Board 65.
LiteLLM v1.100.2
LiteLLM released version 1.100.2.
LiteLLM v1.101.1
Released LiteLLM v1.101.1.
LiteLLM v1.102.1
LiteLLM v1.102.1 released with 4148 commits since previous release.
LiteLLM v1.99.3
LiteLLM released version 1.99.3.
Vercel Blob stores
Store creation limits of 100/500/1,000 are removed; creation is billed at $5.00 per million on Pro.
claude-code v2.1.281
Claude Code v2.1.281 adds gateway support for desktop policy blocks, Bedrock IAM role assumption, and Bedrock guardrails.
codex rust-v0.156.1
Release 0.156.1 of the codex Rust crate is tagged.
langchain-anthropic 1.7.4
langchain-anthropic 1.7.4 adds Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 profile augmentations.
langchain-openai 1.6.5
langchain-openai 1.6.5 adds Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 profile augmentations and mid-conversation tool changes.
llama.cpp v0.5.0
llama.cpp v0.5.0 adds HRM-Text support, MiMo-V2.6 and HunyuanOCR conversion, and multi-address HTTP binding.
vLLM v0.30.1rc0
vLLM v0.30.1rc0 adds MI355 dense NVFP4 and MoRI kernel mirrors.
Amazon EMR 7.14
Amazon EMR 7.14 is now available.
C++ whole codebase indexing
C++ code intelligence in GitHub Copilot CLI now supports whole codebase indexing, enabled by default.
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is now the default Opus model with 1M context and $4/$20 per Mtok.
Claude Opus 5.5 in GitHub Copilot
Claude Opus 5.5 is available in GitHub Copilot and billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing.
Claude Opus 5.5 on AI Gateway
Claude Opus 5.5 is available on AI Gateway with a 1M-token context window and 128K max output tokens.
Claude Opus 5.5 on AWS GovCloud
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWS GovCloud (US).
ComfyUI v0.37.1
ComfyUI v0.37.1 tagged on 22 Sep with no numbered change listed.
Confluence for Google Chat
Confluence integration for Google Chat is available now to all Google Workspace customers.
Drives for Vercel Sandbox
Drives for Vercel Sandbox are now in public beta on Hobby, Pro, and Enterprise with a default maximum size of 1 TiB.
GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock.
GPT-6 Sol and Luna in Copilot
GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now selectable in GitHub Copilot across Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.
GPT-6 Sol and Luna on AI Gateway
GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now available on Vercel AI Gateway at a lower price than GPT-6 Astra.
Genie One MCP
Genie One MCP is now generally available.
Google Sheets pivot table sorting
Google Sheets pivot tables now support manual reorder and custom sort, available to all Workspace customers.
LiteLLM v1.102.0
LiteLLM v1.102.0 tagged with no numbered change listed.
Mac mini and Mac Studio
Mac mini with M6 starts at $899, Mac Studio with M5 Ultra starts at $5,499, with up to 4.3x faster AI performance.
NVIDIA P100 EOS on Compute Engine
NVIDIA P100 GPUs on Compute Engine reached end of support and are shut down.
Ollama v0.34.3
Ollama v0.34.3 adds Nemotron H vision model support on Apple Silicon with MLX and fixes HuggingFace model pulls.
langchain-anthropic 1.7.3
langchain-anthropic 1.7.3 released with structured output routing fix and mid-conversation system message support.
langchain-deepseek 1.1.1
langchain-deepseek 1.1.1 released with dependency bumps and strict mode routing fix.
langchain-fireworks 1.6.2
langchain-fireworks 1.6.2 released with test fixes and dependency bumps.
langchain-openai 1.6.4
langchain-openai 1.6.4 released with refreshed OpenAI model profile data.
langchain-openrouter 0.2.9
langchain-openrouter 0.2.9 released with dependency bump anyio 4.13.0 to 4.14.2.
vLLM v0.30.0
vLLM v0.30.0 fixes DeepGEMM CUDA 12.9 release builds.
AI Gateway Jev support
AI Gateway now supports Jev through TypeSafe clients, HTTP API, and AI SDK.
Amazon EVS FedRAMP Class C
Amazon EVS is now in scope for FedRAMP Class C.
Apigee X maintenance
Apigee instances below 1-18-0-apigee-4 will be updated within seven to 21 days.
Azure Sphere OS 26.09
Azure Sphere OS version 26.09 is now generally available.
ComfyUI v0.37.0
ComfyUI v0.37.0 is now available.
GitHub Enterprise credential inventory exports
Enterprise owners can export all credentials via CSV or paginated REST API.
Google Sheets manual calculation
Editors can pause automatic recalculation and trigger a sheet-wide update manually.
Grok 4.7 on Vercel AI Gateway
Grok 4.7 is available on AI Gateway with a 500K token context window and 40% off through September 27.
MiMo V2.6 on AI Gateway
MiMo V2.6 Pro, Flash, and Pro UltraSpeed are available with 1M token context and up to 128K output tokens.
Open WebUI v0.11.4
Slim image is now about 175 MB, 89% smaller than the last release.
Python Workers
Python Workers are now generally available on Cloudflare.
Vercel Connect Microsoft Teams
Vercel Connect now includes a managed connector for Microsoft Teams, available from the dashboard or CLI.
Workday for Google Sheets
Workday for Google Sheets is a new add-on available in the Google Workspace Marketplace.
langchain-core 1.6.4
langchain-core 1.6.4 released with deprecation of chat message history.
langchain-openai 1.6.3
langchain-openai 1.6.3 released with support for GPT-6 request constraints.
langchain-typesafe
langchain-typesafe 0.0.1a3 released with TypeSafeClassifier and experimental middleware.
iPhone 18 Pro lineup
Apple debuted iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 at Apple Store locations worldwide on Friday, September 18.
Expert Intelligence in Notebook
Google Workspace introduced Expert Intelligence in Gemini Notebook, featuring more than 100,000 books from major publishers that users can add as sources for grounded responses, infographics, audio overviews, and quizzes.
Gemini Notebook learning tools
Gemini Notebook added an audio recorder, real-time conversation in nearly 100 languages, interactive learning overviews, new quiz formats, and short video overviews in more than 80 languages.
Notebooks in Gemini
Notebooks in Gemini are now available to students, educators, and professionals, letting users add up to 10 sources to a notebook and combine the Gemini app with Gemini Notebook for study guides and video overviews.
Ubuntu 26 runner image
The Ubuntu 26.04 runner image for GitHub Actions is now fully supported on x64 and arm64, and the ubuntu-latest label will migrate from Ubuntu 24.04 to Ubuntu 26.04 between October 19 and November 19, 2026.
Workflow execution protections
Workflow execution protections for GitHub Actions are generally available with workflow file targeting, insights, and a REST API, and a default rule disables pull_request_target for public repositories, enforced on November 2, 2026.
Ollama v0.34.2
Ollama v0.34.2 added first-run setup with sign-in or local options, an ollama://apps shortcut, and fixed excessive memory growth during long generations with MLX speculative decoding.
Claude Code v2.1.277
Claude Code v2.1.277 added AGENTS.md support, a CLAUDE_GATEWAY_PROXY_IS_EGRESS_BOUNDARY flag, and fixed sessions hanging with no result after internal errors, now reporting the error and exiting with code 1.
Codex rust-v0.155.0
Codex rust-v0.155.0 added experimental voice conversations with live transcripts, Touch ID verification for MCP requests, and AWS credential export commands for Amazon Bedrock.
Codex rust-v0.155.1
Codex rust-v0.155.1 fixed new local TUI sessions leaving reasoning summaries disabled by default, which had caused request rejection by providers that do not support them.
vLLM v0.30.0rc2
vLLM v0.30.0rc2 tagged a bugfix to avoid receive reports for notification-only requests in NIXL.
LangChain 1.4.2
LangChain 1.4.2 fixed preserving model-generated tool calls in human-in-the-loop tool call edits and added a notice to ToolMessage.
Zed v1.20.2
Zed v1.20.2 fixed payment errors from non-Zed model providers incorrectly prompting users to upgrade to Zed Pro, and fixed different snippet extensions for the same language canceling each other.
AWS Continuum Updates
AWS Continuum now supports credential testing and accessible domain suggestions.
Amazon SNS 1 MiB payloads
Amazon SNS now supports message payloads up to 1 MiB.
Code coverage ruleset REST API
GitHub now allows managing the Restrict code coverage repository ruleset option via generally available REST API.
Copilot weekly releases Sep 14
GitHub Copilot adds generally available usage metrics for VS Code Agents and budget request approval for Business and Enterprise plans.
EC2 X8i in São Paulo
Amazon EC2 X8i instances are now available in the South America (São Paulo) Region.
ECS Express Mode Graviton
ECS Express Mode now supports AWS Graviton ARM64 workloads.
GitHub Copilot model deprecation
GitHub Copilot will deprecate Gemini 3.7 Flash, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5 mini, and Grok 4.5 on October 19, 2026.
RTB Fabric AZ affinity
AWS RTB Fabric now supports configurable Availability Zone affinity.
Resilience Hub capabilities
AWS Resilience Hub adds three new capabilities.
AWS Batch bulk job cancellation
AWS Batch now supports bulk job cancellation and termination.
Agentic CLI usage metrics
GitHub Copilot CLI reports now include agentic activity metrics for skills, custom agents, MCP servers, slash commands, and plugins.
Amazon Corretto 27
Amazon Corretto 27 is now generally available, a new long-term support JDK distribution.
Oracle DB@GCloud Turin
Oracle Database@Google Cloud is now available in europe-west12 (Turin, Italy) for Exadata Database Service.
Vercel Marketplace
Native Marketplace resources can now connect to custom environments on Pro and Enterprise plans.
Vercel Sandbox Harbor evals
Harbor evals can now run on Vercel Sandbox with each trial in an isolated Firecracker microVM, enabling parallelization beyond local machine limits.
AWS Client VPN
AWS Client VPN now supports MacOS 27 Golden Gate.
Amazon SageMaker AI
Amazon SageMaker AI now supports serverless model customization for NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
AWS PrivateLink
AWS PrivateLink is now available for Pro and Enterprise teams as part of Advanced Networking, with the first connection included and each additional connection costing $30 per month plus $0.04 per GB data transfer.
Adaptive Intelligence
Cloudflare launched Adaptive Intelligence on August 31, 2026, a bot detection engine that makes getting through so slow and costly that attacks stop being worth running, analyzing more than a trillion requests a day.
Claude Code v2.1.261
Claude Code v2.1.261 adds bashOutputMaxChars and taskOutputMaxChars settings up to 128K characters, a /skill-doctor command to show unused skills, and fixes for Remote Control sessions and Bedrock setup.
Gemini custom instructions
Custom instructions for Gemini in Workspace now apply across Ask Gemini in Drive, Ask Gemini in Chat, and the Gemini side panel in Slides, Sheets, and Gmail, with rollout starting September 2, 2026.
Google Pics
Google Pics is generally available starting September 1, 2026, bringing AI image generation and object-based editing into Google Workspace with upscaling to 2K or 4K and editing from Google Docs or Slides.
Ollama v0.33.3
Ollama v0.33.3 adds image and audio support for Gemma 4 on the MLX engine, reports cached prompt tokens, and honors GGUF model defined default parameters.
Workspace Studio new steps
Workspace Studio Flows adds four automation steps: Move Drive file, Copy Drive file, Send a Chat reply, and Reply to email, with admin controls rolling out starting September 1, 2026.
Zed v1.18.0
Zed v1.18.0 adds support for GPT-5.6's 1M-token context window on Amazon Bedrock, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.6, and inline debugger values for C and C++.
Cursor agents in Sandbox
Cursor Cloud Agents can now run in Vercel Sandbox, providing isolated Firecracker microVMs for each agent request.
Vulnerability Discovery
Cloudflare announces early access to Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation, using OpenAI Daybreak models to detect and propose fixes for codebase vulnerabilities.
Google Vids summaries
Google Vids now turns Google Docs, PDFs, and Word files into AI-generated video summaries, available now on Rapid Release.
Robotics, hardware and chips
Lenovo AI Express and AI Fast Start
Lenovo AI Express quick-start program and AI Fast Start pilot service, with order-to-ship in as little as 15 business days and working pilot in 90 days.
Vera Rubin NVL72 on CoreWeave
CoreWeave announced availability of NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems with Spectrum-X 102.4T Ethernet networking, and Cognition is running production workloads.
Isaac ROS 5.0
Isaac ROS 5.0 released with support for ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04.
Waymo Singapore
Waymo announced a partnership with Singapore's Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority to launch a fully autonomous, all-electric commercial ride-hailing service via the Waymo app in 2028, after serving more than 20 million fully autonomous rides.
GeForce NOW
Aniimo and 10 other titles are now streaming on GeForce NOW, including a path-tracing update for 007 First Light.
Funding and acquisitions
HPE Networking AI-era guidance
HPE expects Data Center Networking revenue to grow at a low-to-high 50s percent CAGR through fiscal 2029.
NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face
NVIDIA agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000, keeping the platform open and multi-cloud.
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