OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth the price of its flagship Astra model
“near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard API input and output token prices”
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10 tracked signals on API.
OpenAI DevDay 2026 unveiled GPT-6 Astra alongside 20+ developer announcements
Power Platform CLI now supports auto-generated API command groups in public preview.
“Generation is more than a faster way to create commands.”
Gemini Life API introduces async function calling for enhanced user interactions.
“This really, really neatly shows the higher reasoning capabilities that are now available within Gemini life.”
Gemini Live API introduces async function calling and proactive audio features.
“We've introduced async function calling for faster execution, proactive audio so we only speak when relevant.”
OpenAI launches the Agents API for building cloud agents.
Apple introduces View Annotations API for enhanced app interactions.
“Hey Siri, send this photo to Kevin and say, 'Rachel got us some paper to practice our folds. What color would you like?'”
OpenAI launches Ultrafast API tier running GPT-5.6 Sol at 750 tokens/second via Cerebras
Google expands Gemini API Managed Agents with Gemini 3.6 Flash, hooks, and production-ready features.
Google launches Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, its first LLM-based transcription model with live streaming support.
“this model is both available for unary on the interactions API but also for life transcription on the life API”