28 stories, plainly told
Every development we logged over the past 30 days, what happened, and what it means for you. Newest first; each carries its cited evidence.
China clears Apple Intelligence, powered by Alibaba's Qwen
Apple's AI features can now launch in China, running on Alibaba's Qwen model.
DeepSeek makes its powerful V4 models official
DeepSeek's V4 line moves from preview to full release, with a very long memory.
ChatGPT hit by global outage, restored same day
Consumers lost access for hours, but OpenAI's business tools kept running.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6, its new flagship model family
Three models (Sol, Terra and Luna) now power ChatGPT and OpenAI's developer tools.
Independent test puts GPT-5.6 Sol top on coding
Artificial Analysis says Sol leads a coding test while using fewer resources.
GPT-5.6 arrives with low prices for developers
OpenAI set Sol at about a third of a top rival's cost per task.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent for offices
The tool tries to finish whole tasks (docs, decks and spreadsheets) on its own.
Grok 4.5 ranks 4th on a leading AI intelligence test
An outside lab placed Grok 4.5 among the top models, but not at the very top.
Mistral's first robot model steers with one camera
A small, open model lets robots follow spoken directions using a single camera.
OpenAI ships GPT-Live-1 for natural voice chats
New voice models aim to sound more human and handle back-and-forth talk better.
xAI releases Grok 4.5, its most capable model yet
The company's newest AI is built for coding and multi-step tasks.
Grok 4.5 priced at $2 per million input tokens
xAI set prices low to compete with pricier frontier models.
Anthropic brings Fable 5 back worldwide with new guardrail
After a 19-day pause, the model returns with a filter that blocks a known misuse trick.
Meta plans to rent out its AI computing power
Meta wants to sell spare computing power and its models, like a cloud company.
Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5, its new default
The mid-tier model claims near-top quality at a lower price and powers Free and Pro plans.
Claude Sonnet 5 launches with lower intro pricing
Cheaper token prices run through August, though a change may raise how tokens are counted.
US lifts export limits on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Regulatory clearance returns for Anthropic's most advanced models after a hold.
DeepSeek doubles its prices during busy hours
DeepSeek now charges more at peak times, a first for the fast-growing lab.
Google ships fast, low-cost image and video models
Nano Banana 2 Lite makes quick images; Gemini Omni Flash turns them into video.
Senior DeepMind researchers leave for rivals
Big-name departures to OpenAI and Anthropic raise questions about Google's AI lab.
Meta launches its own smart glasses with built-in AI
Meta's first self-branded glasses put its Muse Spark AI on your face.
