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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.

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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.

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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.

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NVIDIA's GTC conference comes to Berlin on Oct 20–22, 2026, with a keynote. Bloomberg reported Jensen Huang plans about $2B in European AI deals around the trip.

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.

OpenAI named Uday Ruddarraju, formerly of xAI and most recently its CTO of Compute, to lead its infrastructure and compute businesses, including Stargate. He replaces Sachin Katti, who will stay on as an adviser. OpenAI now projects about $750B of compute spending through 2030, up from roughly $600B.

Reuters, citing two people at Anthropic's pre-IPO investor day, reported Q3 2026 revenue of $16.8B, up 45% from $11.6B in Q2. The company told investors it was profitable on an adjusted basis. Anthropic has not publicly confirmed the figures; its IPO is reportedly targeting a valuation above $2T.

Anthropic opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office, in Singapore, and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The MOU covers AI safety, security and evaluation, adoption research, and responsible public- and private-sector adoption. Anthropic says more than 1,500 GovTech Singapore staff use Claude Code.

Anthropic plans to share third-quarter financial updates with prospective institutional investors at an investor day in San Francisco on Oct 14, per CNBC and Bloomberg reports. Reports cite a potential IPO valuation of about $1.8–2 trillion; no IPO date or public S-1 yet.

At Workday Rising 2026, Workday said Jev, a model from TypeSafe AI, lets its new Sana home experience generate forms, calendars and approval cards on demand.

NVIDIA announced a five-year compute donation worth $250M (about $50M a year) for UK research on agentic AI safety and security. Recipients include the wider UK research community, Oxford's BOLD lab, UCL's SOFAIR and Imperial College London, with compute delivered through UK-based NVIDIA Cloud Partners.

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OpenAI is reportedly in early talks to buy security research firm Trail of Bits, per The Information. Deal size is undisclosed and neither company has confirmed.

Applied Intuition has reportedly received multiple investment offers valuing it at a minimum of $30 billion, double its June 2025 valuation of $15B, ahead of a possible round that could exceed $1B. Unconfirmed by the company.