AI Radar | October 10, 2026
This week: Claude Haiku 5.5 drops its price 75%, OpenAI speeds up GPT-6, and ChatGPT starts taking meeting notes.
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Claude Haiku 5.5: 75% cheaper and faster
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, its cheapest model, at a price 75% lower than the last version. Companies like Asana and HubSpot already use it for repetitive work like summaries, database lookups and sorting information. If you pay for API usage on this kind of work, check how much your bill would drop with Haiku 5.5.
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Claude Docs, Slides and Design are now free for everyone
Anthropic took three tools out of beta, Docs, Slides and Design, and made them free on every plan. People have already created more than 45 million documents. It also launched Dashboards, which connects to BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake and Salesforce to answer questions in plain English.
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OpenAI makes GPT-6 50% faster: it now generates 50 tokens per second
OpenAI sped up GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol by 50%, going from 30 to 50 tokens per second. The change is already live on every plan and product, and you don't have to do anything. Answers come back faster in ChatGPT and in your connected apps.
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OpenAI simplifies API pricing: the top tier now costs $500
OpenAI cut its rate limit tiers from five options to three and dropped the top tier from $1,000 to $500. If you use the API, you now reach the highest limits for half the price. Current customers move over automatically.
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ChatGPT now takes notes in your meetings automatically
OpenAI launched a meetings plugin in beta for the ChatGPT desktop app on Mac. It captures notes on its own, summarizes them and pulls out to-dos. You can share them with your team or keep them private. It's available to Pro and Business users.
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Google launches a universal Gemini agent for your work
Google introduced a Gemini agent built into Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Calendar, with memory that carries across devices. 90% of Fortune 100 companies already use Gemini. Customers like Bradesco cut document review time from an hour to five minutes.
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GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast: 8 times faster at the same price
OpenAI launched Ultrafast mode for GPT-6.1 Sol, running 8x faster than the standard version. API prices are $12 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens. It's for debugging code, agents moving through apps, and live experiences that need instant answers.
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Google Edge Foresight: meeting transcripts with no internet
Google released an experimental app called Edge Foresight that transcribes and summarizes meetings fully offline on your Mac. Everything stays on your computer and nothing goes to a server. It's free and runs on a small model, a good fit if you handle sensitive information.
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ChatGPT Auto-review is free for keeping an eye on automated agents
OpenAI made Auto-review free in ChatGPT. It sends a second agent to check every action the first one takes and block anything risky. Your agents can work on their own more, without you approving every step. It's available now to all signed-in users.
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Atlassian and OpenAI bring GPT-6 to Rovo and Jira
Atlassian and OpenAI expanded their partnership to bring GPT-6 to the Atlassian platform and its Rovo assistant. Rovo pairs OpenAI's intelligence with Atlassian's Teamwork Graph, which connects people, projects and documents. They're looking at adding AI agents to Jira to assign work automatically.
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TikTok launches AI selling tools: Buy Direct and Shopping Assistant
TikTok announced new AI commerce tools like Buy Direct for in-app checkout and Shopping Assistant, an agent that helps customers find products. It also launched TikTok Ad Network to stretch campaigns to almost 400,000 apps. If you sell on TikTok, check whether Buy Direct is available in your country yet.
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Midjourney tests 'Thinking Mode' for more accurate images
Midjourney is testing a Thinking mode that follows prompts more closely and keeps generated images more consistent. You can try it now at alpha.midjourney.com. The company wants user feedback before deciding whether to roll it out to everyone or as a premium option.
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