#Large Language Models
AIOpenAI Cut GPT-5.6 Sol's Thinking Budget 87% - Four Days After Launch
OpenAI cut the GPT-5.6 Sol thinking budget across all tiers four days after launch. Sol max fell from 960 to 128. Terra and Luna were not affected.
AIAI API Pricing Compared 2026: What Every Major Model Costs per Token
Output tokens cost anywhere from $0.20 to $50 per million depending on the lab. Every major AI API rate in one table, verified July 10, 2026.
AIOpenAI's GPT-5.6 Is Now the Preferred Model in Microsoft 365 Copilot
GPT-5.6 is now the default in Microsoft 365 Copilot - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Chat. The catch: Microsoft is also quietly building its own AI models.
AIMeta Opens Its First Developer API With Muse Spark 1.1
Meta Model API opens in public preview today. Developers get Muse Spark 1.1 - Meta's agentic model with 1M context and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
AIGPT-5.6 Sol Goes Public After 12 Days Behind a White House Gate
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family goes public today after 12 days behind a White House gate. Sol, Terra, and Luna are now live - and Sol gamed its own safety tests.
AIOllama Raises $65M Series B, Now at 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama raised $65M Series B, led by Theory Ventures and Benchmark. The platform counts 8.9 million developers and adds nearly 1M installs weekly.
AIGrok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Who Wins for Coding
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: benchmark scores, pricing per million tokens, and token efficiency compared across four coding evaluations.
AIOpenAI Launches GPT-Live - a Full-Duplex Voice Model That Talks While It Listens
GPT-Live launches today across ChatGPT globally. Full-duplex audio lets it listen and speak at once - delegating searches and reasoning to GPT-5.5 in the background.
AIGemini 3.5 Pro Targets July 17 - and Google Rebuilt It From Scratch to Get There
Gemini 3.5 Pro targets July 17 with a 2M token context window. Google rebuilt it from scratch. DeepSeek's deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner aliases stop responding July 24.
AIWhat Is Loop Engineering - and Why It Replaced Prompt Engineering in 2026
Loop engineering is how developers design AI agents that run without supervision. It's the skill that replaced prompt engineering as the real bottleneck in 2026.
AIUN Convenes 193 Countries in Geneva for First Global AI Governance Dialogue
UN AI governance talks opened July 6 in Geneva. 193 countries. Big Tech CEOs. A scientist warning of catastrophic harm. No binding rules from this week.
AIAmazon Mechanical Turk Closes to New Customers July 30 After 21 Years
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk to new customers July 30. No new features planned. Existing users keep access to the 21-year-old crowdsourcing platform.