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Week of April 27, 2026: OpenAI and Microsoft revise their partnership through 2032, GitHub Copilot switches to GitHub AI Credits starting June 1, and DeepMind launches an AI campus in Seoul.
OpenAI adds a browser and macOS computer use to Codex (v0.122) then GPT-5.5 as the recommended model (v0.125), GitHub adds 4 enterprise capabilities to Copilot for Jira, and DeepSeek permanently lowers cache prices to 1/10th.
April 25, 2026 marks a packed day: DeepSeek-V4 open source available everywhere, GPT-5.5 deployed in GitHub Copilot and the OpenAI API, Cohere + Aleph Alpha merger with USD 600 million from Schwarz Group, and Claude Code v2.1.119 with more than 40 improvements.
April 23, 2026: GPT-5.5 surpasses 85% on ARC-AGI-2, persistent agents spread across OpenAI and Anthropic, GitHub Copilot gets 7 updates, and Kimi K2.6 deploys 300 parallel sub-agents.
OpenAI launches gpt-image-2 with reasoning, Google DeepMind unveils Deep Research Max, NVIDIA x Adobe x WPP deploy autonomous creative agents.
On April 20, 2026, a busy day: Anthropic and Amazon sign a major 5 GW and $5B deal, GitHub pauses new Copilot Pro/Pro+ signups, Kimi K2.6 sets new open-source coding records, and Qwen previews its next flagship model.
April 18, 2026: xAI launches audio STT and TTS APIs at the best prices on the market, Claude for Word in beta for Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise, Midjourney V8.1 with native 2K rendering, Luma opens Innovative Dreams with AWS, and Kimi publishes its PraaS architecture.
April 17, 2026: Claude Design in research preview, Claude Code v2.1.113 in native binary, Codex CLI v0.121 with plugin marketplace, Copilot CLI Auto Model GA, NotebookLM Free in Gemini App, NVIDIA NemoClaw and Runway Seedance 2.0 iOS.
April 16, 2026: Claude Opus 4.7 GA with SWE-bench Pro 64.3%, Codex extends computer use to macOS, GPT-Rosalind for the life sciences, Gemini integrates Nano Banana 2 into Google Photos, Perplexity Personal Computer, and the gh skill command.
Anthropic redesigns Claude Code on desktop with parallel sessions, OpenAI launches Agents SDK v0.14.0 with native sandbox, Google releases Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS and its macOS app on April 15, 2026.
April 14, 2026: Anthropic launches routines in Claude Code (planning, API, webhooks), Google DeepMind releases Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 with industrial instrument reading, Z.ai opens GLM-5.1 under MIT license, and GitHub Copilot gains three new features.
April 13, 2026: GitHub launches remote control for Copilot CLI sessions from web and mobile, MiniMax releases M2.7 open-source with day-0 vLLM support, the Qwen3.5-Omni API becomes available internationally, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live takes the lead in the τ-Voice voice leaderboard.