Releases

OpenAI will remove tts-1, tts-1-hd and two GPT-4o mini TTS snapshots from the API on January 6, 2027. The recommended replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.

OpenAI says custom GPTs are scheduled to retire across ChatGPT plans on December 11, 2026, with a migration path to plugins. Qualified Enterprise workspaces with an approved deferral may continue until February 11, 2027.

OpenAI will remove gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5 and the chatgpt-image-latest alias from the API on December 1, 2026. The recommended replacements are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst or Flare.

OpenAI is scheduled to shut down the v1/prompts API and reusable prompt objects on November 30, 2026. The migration path is to keep prompt content in application code.

OpenAI is scheduled to shut down the Evals dashboard and API on November 30, 2026, after making existing evals read-only on October 31.

AWS re:Invent 2026 is scheduled for November 30 through December 4 in Las Vegas, featuring cloud and AI announcements, keynotes and technical sessions.

Microsoft Ignite 2026 is scheduled for November 17–20 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, with an online digital experience focused on AI, cloud and enterprise technology.

SpaceXAI will retire the grok-imagine-image-quality alias on November 2, 2026. The alias will continue to resolve to grok-imagine-image-2.0 with quality set to low, at a lower per-image price.

Mistral will retire the third-party zai-glm-5-2 model from its API on October 31, 2026. Mistral directs integrations to zai-glm-5-3 at the same price.

OpenAI says existing content on the deprecated Evals platform becomes read-only on October 31, 2026, ahead of the platform shutdown on November 30.

Microsoft scheduled publication of its fiscal 2027 first-quarter financial results for October 28, 2026 after market close, followed by a live earnings webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

Oracle AI World 2026 is scheduled for October 25–28 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas. Oracle's flagship conference will feature executive keynotes, product announcements and demonstrations, customer case studies, technical sessions, hands-on labs, and training focused on Oracle's AI, cloud infrastructure, database, and applications portfolio.

OpenAI will remove gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 and gpt-4-0613 snapshot aliases from the API on October 23, 2026. The documented replacements are GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-5.6 Sol respectively.

NVIDIA says the 64GB DGX Spark configuration will become available from Acer, ASUS, Dell, Gigabyte, HP and MSI on October 23, 2026, starting at $4,999.

Anthropic's first Claude Corps cohort begins Foundations training on October 19, 2026. The fully funded fellowship places about 100 early-career fellows with mission-driven nonprofits for 12 months.

Skild AI's official careers page displayed 46 current openings spanning AI research, robotics, software, hardware, operations and commercial roles.

An independent tracker counted 48 live postings on Reflection's hiring system. The count is a point-in-time external snapshot.

An independent tracker reading Crusoe's applicant-tracking system counted 358 open postings. The figure may include multi-location listings and is marked illustrative.

Suno states that more than 100 million people have created music on the platform.

Oracle reports a community of five million registered customers and developers; this is a community-size adoption proxy.

Harvey states that more than 200,000 lawyers across 2,400+ organizations rely on its platform.

Databricks states that more than 20,000 organizations use its Data + AI Platform.

Open positions shown on Suno's official careers page.

Open roles indexed from xAI/SpaceXAI careers listings.

Open roles indexed from Shield AI's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Perplexity's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Palantir's careers site.

All jobs shown on Oracle's official careers search.

Open roles indexed from OpenAI's careers site.

Open roles indexed from NVIDIA's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Modal Labs' careers site.

Open roles indexed from Microsoft's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Harvey's careers site.

Jobs matched on Google's official unfiltered careers search.

Open positions shown on ElevenLabs' official careers page.

Distinct role postings listed on DeepSeek's official careers site.

Open roles indexed from Databricks' careers site.

Open roles indexed from Cursor's own careers page and rechecked 8 October 2026.

Open campus roles shown on Baidu's official careers page; this is a campus-hiring subset, not necessarily all company vacancies.

Open roles indexed from Anthropic's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Amazon's careers site.

An independent careers index counted 53 live roles on Thinking Machines Lab's verified Ashby hiring board. The number is a point-in-time external snapshot.

A current third-party careers index identified six publicly listed openings for SSI. The figure is an external snapshot and may change quickly.

Open roles indexed from Scale AI's own careers page and rechecked 7 October 2026.

Open roles indexed from Mistral AI's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Midjourney's careers site.

Open roles indexed from CoreWeave's careers site.

Open roles indexed from Cohere's careers site.

LinkedIn member profiles associated with Perplexity; a platform snapshot, not audited payroll headcount.

LinkedIn member profiles associated with OpenAI; a platform snapshot, not audited payroll headcount.