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OpenCode has a security breach last that impacted 1.4% of console users
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 has released, beating GPT 5.6 Sol on Terminal-Bench while being ~17x cheaper.
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 has released, beating GPT 5.6 Sol on Terminal-Bench while being ~17x cheaper. It improves the previous DeepSeek V4.1-Flash result by 35%, accomplished with "no algorithmic innovation" but instead by RL training it on multiple coding agent harnesses.
Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models in mid-November
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on November 16th, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative Claude Opus 4.8* 2026-11-16…
Claude Code Desktop Vulnerability: Preview Pane Data Exfiltration
CGemini 4 Argon had the best launch day user share of any frontier model on Cline since June.
Gemini 4 Argon had the best launch day user share of any frontier model on Cline since June. ~3x as many users tried it on day one as Claude Opus 5.5 or Sonnet 5.5. We're also seeing Argon using 30% fewer tokens on average than Claude models. It's a really efficient model!
Models: Kimi K3 now available in Kiro
Kimi K3 is now available with experimental support across the Kiro IDE, CLI, Crew, and Web for Pro, Pro+, Pro Max, and Power customers using Kiro's US geography. Moonshot AI's open-weight model accepts text and images and has a 1M-token context window, making…
KKilo is supporting All Day AI on October 22 by giving 5 people $1,000 in Kilo credits.
Kilo is supporting All Day AI on October 22 by giving 5 people $1,000 in Kilo credits. The event is 15 hours, and has 122 speakers from Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenRouter, and more. Free, online, and no vendor pitches. Register and share the event by October 15 to qualify for the cr
Models: Claude Sonnet 4 reaches end of life
Claude Sonnet 4 has reached end of life in Kiro as of October 14, 2026. If your work depends on it, choose another available model before continuing. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the latest Sonnet model. See Model lifecycle for lifecycle stages and end-of-life dates.
Gemini 4 Argon is #1 on Val Index, completing agentic tasks at half the cost of Opus 5.5.
Gemini 4 Argon is #1 on Val Index, completing agentic tasks at half the cost of Opus 5.5. Google shared that the Chrome team recently used Argon to refactor ~6 million lines of legacy features out of a 40-million line codebase, eliminating an entire category of browser crashes.
Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Cursor!
Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Cursor! It scores 52.8% on CursorBench at default effort, on par with Opus 5.5. Priced at $2/M input and $10/M output tokens.
Introducing the Kilo MCP.
Introducing the Kilo MCP. Connect Kilo Desktop, CLI, VS Code or any agent to the Kilo platform, then ask your agent what you spent this month, update your agent profiles or start a cloud agent without leaving your editor. Setup takes two steps.
VCodex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default
COpenCode 2.0
Coming soon to GitHub Copilot: intelligent local model routing.
📣 Coming soon to GitHub Copilot: intelligent local model routing. We are excited to announce the next step in our Project HydraFusion vision. GitHub Copilot will soon be able to automatically route tasks to a local model when it's most suitable, helping you save on AI credits.
Claude Haiku 5.5, our latest model
Meet Mistral Large 4, aka Le Chonk.
Meet Mistral Large 4, aka Le Chonk. • 1T parameters, natively multimodal. 49B active. It is the best open weights model from US or Europe on aggregated benchmarks. • State-of-the-art on critical workloads, including cyber defense, manufacturing and finance and it surpasses clos
GLM-5.3 is now available on Amazon Bedrock.
GLM-5.3 is now available on Amazon Bedrock. Bring powerful coding and agentic capabilities to your enterprise. Get started:
Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code
Ling 3.1 flash is here, and it's completely FREE in Kilo Code until October 13th!
Ling 3.1 flash is here, and it's completely FREE in Kilo Code until October 13th! Shoutout to @novita_labs for serving it up!
Introducing Kiro workflows, now generally available.
Introducing Kiro workflows, now generally available. 👻 Take complex agent orchestration beyond prompts and sessions. Sequence work. Fan it out in parallel. Loop on results. Vary agents, models, and effort by step. All in the workflow itself. Refine it. Save it as a recipe. Ru
Qwen3.8-27B is now accessible via @nebiustf.
Qwen3.8-27B is now accessible via @nebiustf. Whether you are building agents or doing deep research, this 27B dense model is ready for your multi-step workflows! 🥳
QGPT-6 Sol and Luna by @OpenAI are now available in Cosmos!
GPT-6 Sol and Luna by @OpenAI are now available in Cosmos! We'll be upgrading all our workflows from the GPT-5.6 series of models in the coming days and measuring the impact on our software factory...
Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol
Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.
Introducing Superset for iPhone.
Introducing Superset for iPhone. Remotely control agents running on your computer. Review and ship PRs from your pocket.
SClaude Sonnet 5.5 is now available
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available with experimental support across the Kiro IDE, CLI, Crew, and Web for Pro, Pro+, Pro Max, and Power customers in us-east-1 (IAD) and eu-central-1 (FRA). Anthropic reports stronger performance on long, complex coding tasks and…