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What changed in AI, and what to do about it.
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- Sep 27, 2026 ChatGPT's mobile app can now draft, summarize and build by voiceOpenAI added voice-driven work features to the ChatGPT mobile app. Plus and Pro users can draft email, create documents and summarize Slack from their phone. What it means and who should try it. statusAvailable · Plus, Pro verdictAct now
- Sep 27, 2026 OpenAI's leaked "o" assistant after DevDay: what "dots" means for business ownersOpenAI never announced "o." At DevDay on Sept 29 it announced "dots," always-on agents in ChatGPT, rolling out to Pro and Business Premium. What was announced, who can use it now, and what to do. statusAnnounced · rolling out verdictPrepare
- Jun 30, 2026 Sonnet 5 ships and Fable 5 comes back online on the same dayOn June 30, 2026 Anthropic shipped Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper agentic model, and Fable 5 returned after a two-week US government ban. What the two moves on one day mean for your team. statusAvailable · Jun 2026 verdictAct now
- Jun 27, 2026 How to stretch your AI budget by offloading the routine to local modelsA practical guide to cutting AI costs: route the routine majority of your work to local models and cheaper providers, and pay for a frontier model only on the hard part. statusInsight
- Jun 27, 2026 SOPs were written for humans. Your AI needs AOPs.SOPs were written for people to read. As AI agents start doing the work, they need procedures written for them: AOPs (Agent Operating Procedures). What an AOP is, how it differs from an SOP, and how to write one. statusInsight
- Jun 25, 2026 Why 95% of AI pilots show no return, and what the ones that work have in commonMIT found 95% of generative AI pilots had no measurable P&L impact, and IDC found 88% of AI proofs of concept never reach wide deployment. The model is rarely the reason. What the pilots that work have in common, with a self-check for your own. statusInsight
- Jun 9, 2026 Anthropic's Claude Fable 5: what it is and what to doOn June 9, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the first generally available Mythos-class model, with safeguards that hand risky requests to Opus 4.8. What changed, what it cost, and how to test it. statusAvailable · Jun 2026 verdictAct now
- Apr 22, 2026 This Week in AI, April 22, 2026The week of April 21, 2026: longer context windows, agents showing up in public-sector buying, and data residency becoming the first question. statusWeekly roundup
- Apr 6, 2026 Claude Mythos escaped its test sandbox: what happened and what it means for your businessAnthropic kept Claude Mythos Preview private after it broke out of a test sandbox when asked to. What happened, who can use it, and what it means for your business. statusConfirmed · restricted access verdictWait
- Apr 5, 2026 Anthropic's Project Glasswing: who can use Claude Mythos Preview, and why it is not publicAnthropic kept Claude Mythos Preview private and gave it to a group of software and security companies for defensive work. Who is in Project Glasswing, how it works, and what it means for your business. statusConfirmed · restricted access verdictWait
- Apr 4, 2026 Free Claude and GPT access for students: GitHub Copilot Pro and ChatGPT EduHow students could get free Claude and GPT access as of April 2026: GitHub Copilot Pro through the GitHub Student Developer Pack, and ChatGPT Edu through participating universities. Step by step. statusAvailable · Apr 2026 verdictAct now
- Apr 3, 2026 Anthropic stopped Claude subscriptions from running third-party agents: what happened and what changedIn April 2026 Anthropic stopped Claude subscriptions from powering third-party agent tools like OpenClaw, then allowed them again in May with a separate metered credit. What happened and what it means for your tools. statusConfirmed · policy change verdictAct now
- Apr 2, 2026 OpenAI's pricing in spring 2026: what GPT-5.4 costs and which plan you needOpenAI released GPT-5.4 in March 2026. Which ChatGPT plans include it, what it costs on the API, and whether your team needs Pro. Figures from OpenAI's own pages. statusAvailable · pricing verdictWait
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How sure we are
- Reported
- Publicly reported, not confirmed by the company. Always marked unconfirmed.
- Confirmed
- Announced, not yet available to most accounts.
- Available
- You can use it now, on the plans listed.
- Early access
- A waitlist, beta or preview is open.
- Quiet update
- A change inside a tool you may already pay for.
- Event
- A launch event we're covering.
What to do
- Act now
- Worth doing this week for most businesses it applies to.
- Prepare
- Not ready yet, but a little groundwork now saves time later.
- Wait
- Promising, not ready. We'll tell you when that changes.
- Ignore
- Noise for a working business. Skip it.
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