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Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 matches top US AI models at a fraction of the cost, and Chinese models now account for 30-46% of US enterprise token usage.

Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk on July 30, 2026, putting the 21-year-old crowdsourcing platform on life support.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 with Sol, Terra, and Luna models plus GPT-Live voice system. GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

OpenAI GPT-5.5 Instant Gets a Major Personality Upgrade OpenAI rolled out a significant update to GPT-5.5 Instant in late June…

The US government requested early access to GPT-5.6 before its public rollout, while Anthropic faces export controls on its Mythos and Fable AI models.

xAI Grok 4.5 is now in private beta at SpaceX and Tesla with a 1.5T V9 model trained on Cursor data. Monthly releases planned through end of 2026.

OpenAI Codex crosses 5 million weekly active users, up 6x since February 2026, with 20% now non-developers using it for reports, data analysis, and automation.

AI sales-tech startup Astra, backed by Perplexity founder Aravind Srinivas, shut down just four months after raising funding, highlighting the turbulence in India’s AI startup ecosystem.

Microsoft launches a new AI deployment company with 6,000 employees and 2.5 billion dollars in backing to help businesses deploy AI at scale.

OpenAI merges Codex into ChatGPT across all platforms. Six role-specific plugins target business teams from sales to investment banking.