OpenAI's median researcher went from near-zero to roughly $600 a day on coding agents between February and late August.
OpenAI rates Astra at its highest cybersecurity risk tier while calling it the safest model it has shipped.
Artificial Analysis rebuilds its Intelligence Index at v4.2, adding private test data and new knowledge-work benchmarks.
Copilot's weekly roundup adds Fable 5.1 and Gemini 3.8 Flash, and puts Agent Merge into public preview.
Astra's developer launch pitches 3D model building, and a familiar bird shows up in the demo reel.
Willison argues the greenfield rewrite almost always ends with two production systems instead of one.
Researchers argue agents expand software engineering past code rather than replacing the engineers doing it.
Autodesk Flow Studio adds 3D Editor plus Canvas, a single workspace for generation, assembly, rendering and refinement.
Beeble launches Canvas, a node-based AI compositing system with native SwitchX and SwitchLight model access.
Seedance 2.5 does native 30-second clips, reads 3D white models and green screen, and ships Maya and Blender plugins.
Wētā FX and AWS agree to explore developing AI tools for visual effects artists.
Avid takes Media Composer 2026.8 and agentic editing to IBC2026, with speaker-driven multicam auto cut.
FireCut brings its AI acceleration tools across from Premiere Pro into DaVinci Resolve.
Boris FX acquires Vegas Pro, Sound Forge and Acid Pro, moving from finishing tools into full applications.
Nugen Audio launches Post and Producer subscription plans at IBC2026 in Amsterdam.