Updated November 11, 2026 · 61 updates tracked
AI Updates
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November
Businesses in ChatGPT opens a Business Hub and Business Agents
On November 10, 2026 OpenAI introduced Businesses in ChatGPT in beta. Business Hub is where a business claims its listing, updates details, and sees aggregated mentions and website clicks. Eligible US ecommerce and online service businesses can also publish a Business Agent.
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- AI
- Status
- Beta
- Plans
- Eligible businesses; Business Agents start with US ecommerce and online services
ChatGPT will retire Advanced and Standard voice on December 11
On November 10, 2026 OpenAI said it will retire Advanced and Standard voice from ChatGPT Voice on December 11, 2026. GPT-Live stays. Live video and screen sharing keep using Advanced voice until GPT-Live can do that.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Coming Soon
- Plans
- ChatGPT Voice
Claude adds Whiteboards, Sheets, and Claude Data
On November 10, 2026 Anthropic launched Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets in beta, and made Claude Dashboards generally available under the name Claude Data. Interactive connectors can also open as full apps beside a chat. All three are on paid plans, with different Enterprise defaults.
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- AI
- Status
- Beta
- Plans
- All paid plans; Enterprise defaults differ
Gemini 4 Carbon is generally available
On November 10, 2026 Google made Gemini 4 Carbon generally available as gemini-4-carbon. Introductory API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens through November 30, then $4 and $20. Google AI Ultra subscribers are getting it in the Gemini app, AI Studio, and Google Antigravity.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Paid Gemini API; Google AI Ultra in the Gemini app, AI Studio, and Antigravity
Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 are available
On November 9, 2026 Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, the same underlying model with different safeguards. API price is $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. Anthropic still points most everyday coding and knowledge work at Claude Opus 5.5.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Fable on paid plans; Mythos through verification programs
Google AI Studio can build apps with Google Maps
On November 9, 2026 Google opened Google Maps Platform inside Google AI Studio. You describe an app, AI Studio enables Maps, and a live map loads in the preview. The sandbox allows 100 calls a day per API with no credit card. Production quotas need a Cloud billing account.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- AI Studio sandbox, no credit card; production uses Cloud billing
Hermes Agent 0.23.1 raises the plugin catalog size cap
Nous Research released Hermes Agent v0.23.1 on November 9, 2026. The plugin catalog had grown past the 2 MiB cap clients accept, so installs were silently using the catalog shipped with the app. This release raises the cap to 16 MiB. GitHub published the tag at 01:42 UTC on November 10.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Hermes Agent
Claude Enterprise can tag projects with cost codes
On November 6, 2026 Claude's release notes added project tags in beta for eligible Enterprise organizations. Admins can tag projects with codes the company already uses, such as a charge code or a client-matter number, and see most spend in those projects by tag.
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- AI
- Status
- Beta
- Plans
- Eligible Enterprise organizations
Codex CLI 0.167.0 adds an agent command center and provider switching
On November 6, 2026 OpenAI published Codex CLI 0.167.0. The terminal can open an agent command center, switch connected backends without losing a draft, preview local images while you compose, and set up Google Cloud Vertex AI from sign-in.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Codex CLI
gemini-embedding-2-preview now routes to the GA embedding model
On November 6, 2026 Google deprecated gemini-embedding-2-preview. Requests to that model string now route to gemini-embedding-2 and are billed at Gemini Embedding 2 rates. Google says the schema, price, and embedding space match, so existing vectors do not need to be rebuilt.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Gemini API
Grok Bot adds shared-page themes and direct Team Bot messages
On November 6, 2026 Grok Bot 0.79.3 added a light and dark theme switch on shared pages, and let people in a shared Slack workspace message a Team Bot directly. A revoked X Money connection stays signed out until you tap Connect.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Grok Bot; some items Teams or Enterprise
Claude Platform adds security posture, IP allowlists, and remote sign-out
On November 5, 2026 the Claude Platform release notes added three beta admin controls. Enterprise organizations can read security-posture results and sign a member out everywhere. Console organizations can refuse API requests from addresses that are not on an IP allowlist.
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- AI
- Status
- Beta
- Plans
- Claude Enterprise for posture and sign-out; Console organizations for IP allowlists
Gemini API accepts more Office files and richer tool results
On November 5, 2026 the Gemini API added PowerPoint 97-2003, OpenDocument presentations, and OpenDocument spreadsheets as inputs, plus page images for older Word files. Function results can now return Office files, audio, video, and Files API URIs.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Gemini API
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is generally available
On November 5, 2026 Google released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash as gemini-omni-1.2-flash. Video generation goes up to 15 seconds, video output is priced 30% lower at $12 per million tokens, and paid-tier rate limits doubled. Requests to Omni 1.1 Flash route to 1.2 on December 3.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Gemini API paid tier; Gemini app for Google AI subscribers
GPT-6 Cyber is for approved Daybreak Red vulnerability research
On November 5, 2026 OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Cyber for authorized vulnerability research. It is available first through the API and Codex to a select group of approved Daybreak Red customers. OpenAI reports 48.5% on ExploitGym, up from 32.1% for GPT-5.6 Cyber.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Approved Daybreak Red customers, API and Codex
Grok Bot adds gift requests, flight booking, and computer retention
On November 5, 2026 the Grok Bot changelog, including versions 0.79.0 and 0.79.1, says the Bot asks structured questions before it looks for a gift, follows airline checkout until it hands you a link, and admins can terminate idle Bot computers after a retention period.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Grok Bot; computer retention is a Teams admin setting
Hermes Agent 0.23.0 opens the desktop in a browser and unifies sessions
On November 5, 2026 Nous Research released Hermes Agent v0.23.0, the Hearth release. The desktop workspace can be served from your own gateway, one gateway owns each session across CLI, TUI, desktop, editors, bots, and cron, and the plugin catalog grew past 1,050 entries. The web app is off by default.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Hermes Agent
Personal Finance in Claude is in beta in the US
On November 5, 2026 Anthropic started rolling out Personal Finance in Claude, a US-only beta on Pro, Max, and Ultra. You can link bank, credit card, loan, and investment accounts, see balances and spending on one page, and ask Claude about that money. Access is read-only.
- Topic
- AI
- Status
- Beta
- Plans
- Pro, Max, and Ultra, US only
ChatGPT Images 2.6 adds GIFs and saved reference photos
On November 4, 2026 OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Images 2.6, a faster image model that holds details more steadily across edits. GIF creation is rolling out in ChatGPT, and saved reference images let you reuse a photo by name. The API release is GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst and Flare.
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- AI
- Status
- Rolling Out
- Plans
- ChatGPT; API models GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst and Flare
Grok Bot schedules reorders and links Slack by workspace name
On November 4, 2026 Grok Bot's changelog says a scheduled reorder of your usual list asks for one approval per order and shows the checkout total on that approval. You can also connect a personal Tailscale tailnet so Bots can reach MCP servers on it.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Grok Bot
Grok Bot can request refunds and finish more checkouts itself
On November 3, 2026 Grok Bot's changelog says the Bot can ask for a refund on a subscription charge, and that it lists each way to ask before it sends anything. After you approve a flight, stay, or grocery cart and its total, it pays on its own unless something material changes.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Grok Bot; some Slack and Teams behavior called out separately
SpaceXSI describes Data Bot, a Team Bot for warehouse questions
On November 2, 2026 SpaceXSI published how its data team uses Data Bot, a Team Bot in Grok Bot. The bot queries the warehouse with skills the data team maintains, keeps shared memory managers can approve, and can post in Slack. The post is about SpaceXSI's own bot, not a separate product SKU.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Grok Bot Team Bots
October
August
Hermes Agent 0.21.0 builds Bot Mode into the desktop app
On August 31, 2026 Nous Research released Hermes Agent v0.21.0, the Pantheon release, tagged v2026.8.31. Bot Mode is a default-on part of the desktop app, with named agents, avatar faces, and group chats. The notes also cover cron memory, steering subagents mid-run, and driving the desktop browser.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent 0.20.0 adds streaming voice, wake words, and grounded citations
On August 3, 2026 Nous Research released Hermes Agent v0.20.0, the Herald release, tagged v2026.8.3. Voice replies stream and can be interrupted, wake words run on device, and a grounded-citations skill checks quotes against the page they came from.
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- AI
- Status
- Live
- Plans
- Hermes Agent
Rolling out Notion and AI across a whole organisation? See workcraft.co.