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Google launches Deep Research Max with MCP, native charts, and 85.9% BrowseComp
Google added Deep Research and Deep Research Max to the Gemini API with collaborative planning, multimodal inputs, MCP support, and native charts. The agents push cited web-plus-private-data reports into developer workflows, and Max is tuned for slower overnight runs.

Anthropic tests removing Claude Code from Pro, then restores the pricing page
Anthropic briefly removed Claude Code from new Pro signups on its pricing page, then staff said it was a small test and the page was reverted. Watch subscription pages closely if you rely on entry-level access to Anthropic's coding agent.

Codex reaches 4 million weekly users and resets rate limits
OpenAI said Codex passed 4 million weekly users less than two weeks after clearing 3 million, and then reset usage limits again. The scale jump matters because it points to rapid coding-agent adoption and likely plan and capacity changes.


OpenAI launches GPT Image 2 with thinking, 2K outputs, and text rendering gains
OpenAI released GPT Image 2 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API with thinking mode and 2K outputs. Early tests and Arena scores suggest it is usable for slides, UI mockups, and dense infographic layouts.

Google launches Deep Research Max with MCP, native charts, and 85.9% BrowseComp
Google added Deep Research and Deep Research Max to the Gemini API with collaborative planning, multimodal inputs, MCP support, and native charts. The agents push cited web-plus-private-data reports into developer workflows, and Max is tuned for slower overnight runs.

LightOn releases LateOn and DenseOn at 149M params with BEIR 57.22
LightOn open-sourced DenseOn and LateOn plus the training pipeline behind them, including 1.4 billion query-document pairs and decontaminated BEIR results. Teams can use the small open retrieval models and reproduced data mixtures instead of opaque closed-data baselines.

Kimi K2.6 launches API with $0.95/M input, 256K context, and video input
Moonshot put Kimi K2.6 on API with cache-hit/cache-miss pricing, tool calls, JSON modes, and native text-image-video input. It also open-sourced FlashKDA and landed in Warp, Cosine, Genspark, and OpenClaw, making the launch usable coding-agent infrastructure.
Anthropic tests removing Claude Code from Pro, then restores the pricing page
OpenRouter adds Firecrawl web search with full-page markdown grounding
Claude Code 2.1.117 updates default effort and fixes OAuth, WebFetch, and plugins
Codex reaches 4 million weekly users and resets rate limits
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OpenAI Codex adds Chronicle screen memories in macOS Pro preview
OpenAI added Chronicle, a Codex preview that turns recent screen context into reusable memories for errors, files, docs, and workflows. The macOS Pro-only feature stores local memory unencrypted and can burn rate limits quickly, so watch prompt-injection risk before relying on it.


Kimi K2.6 launches with 58.6 SWE-Bench Pro and 4,000-tool-call agent runs
Moonshot open-sourced Kimi K2.6, a 1T-parameter MoE with 32B active parameters, 256K context, multimodal input, and larger agent swarms. It now sits near frontier closed models for long-horizon coding and tool use, so teams can try it for agent workflows.

Qwen launches Qwen3.6-Max-Preview on Qwen Chat with AA Index 52
Qwen put Qwen3.6-Max-Preview live on Qwen Chat as an early flagship preview with stronger agentic coding and world-knowledge claims. Early testers report strong first-pass results, but the Max line remains closed rather than open-sourced.

Kimi K2.6 adds day-one support across vLLM, SGLang, Ollama, and OpenRouter
Kimi K2.6 shipped across vLLM, SGLang, OpenRouter, Baseten, Ollama, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and Droid within hours of launch. That cuts the usual lag between model release and production trials, so mixed-provider agent stacks can test it sooner.

Claude adds live artifacts in Cowork with synced dashboards and version history
Anthropic added live artifacts in Cowork, letting Claude build dashboards, trackers, and visualizations that stay connected to apps and files. The outputs now keep version history and refresh with current data instead of staying static, so teams can use them for ongoing work.






