Anthropic’s Opus 5.5 is cheaper than Opus 5, but its migration guide flags four breaking changes—always-on thinking, no forced tool_choice, append-only thinking blocks, and a new computer-use toolset—that can return 400s in existing agent loops. Claude Code and Managed Agents already handle it; custom agents need code changes before flipping the model ID.
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash Lite TTS on Sept 23: design voices from natural language prompts, pick from 2,000+ presets, or clone from a 30 second sample with consent checks, SynthID, and C2PA. Available in AI Studio and the Gemini API for voice agents, audiobooks, and dual speaker scenes…
Anthropic moved Claude Code cloud sessions (formerly Claude Code on the web) out of research preview on Sept 23 for Pro, Max, and Team, plus eligible Enterprise seats. Sessions run on Anthropic managed VMs so work continues with the laptop closed, sharing rate limits with other Claude Code usage…
SoftBank Group raised $11.1 billion in dollar and euro high yield bonds—the largest junk corporate bond sale on record—to help fund its OpenAI stake and other AI bets. Yields ran as high as 9.75%, after OpenAI and SB Energy IPO plans slipped…
At Connect, Meta briefly showed Muse Charm: a chunky screen and lanyard device with fingerprint wake, a camera, and mics so you can talk to Muse without unlocking a phone. Zuckerberg said only a few units exist so far, with holiday shipping aimed at December…
OpenAI brought voice based agentic workflows to the ChatGPT mobile app: Plus and Pro can use the Work tab by voice to draft docs or emails and summarize Slack, while Free and Go get plugins and connected apps. Conversations can start on mobile voice and resume on desktop, matching the earlier GPT Live desktop rollout…
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