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invideo says GPT‑6 Astra can plan edits with frame‑level accuracy, improve color‑grading and correction success about threefold, and produce roughly 50 custom effects in a single day. Sanket Shah, CEO of invideo, highlighted fewer reasoning steps and stronger task retention.
10xJoy, created by Philip and Cristian, debuts an early beta to convert business goals into editable briefs and connect clients with builders by email. The service is free for clients and builders; project scope, contracts and payments are negotiated directly with builders.
Ringg reports that its agent platform, built on GPT‑5.6 and other OpenAI models, handles more than 7 million connected calls each month and resolves up to 65% of routine inquiries. The company says migrating some workloads from GPT‑4.1 to GPT‑5.6 cut model costs by about 90%.
Proaction reports a 60% increase in sales after adopting Codex alongside GPT‑Live‑1 and GPT‑6 Astra. The company says Codex saves 40–60 engineering hours and 25–33 founder hours per month by generating customized demos and streamlining workflows.
OpenAI released MentalHealthBench on September 23, 2026: an open benchmark co-created with more than 80 licensed mental health experts to assess model responses across realistic mental health dialogues. It uses expert-written rubrics and an automated grader, GPT‑5.6 Sol.
Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, a pact that depends on delivery and availability conditions. Akamai expects initial revenue in 2027 and may invest $5.5 billion to build capacity; the agreement includes a convertible-warrant tied to spending.
Airbnb has broadened engineering and product teams’ access to OpenAI frontier models, including GPT‑6 Astra, via OpenAI APIs and Amazon Bedrock. The company said early use has accelerated engineering work and coincided with a reported 80% rise in shipped features year‑over‑year.
Synthesia created an interactive digital avatar of reporter Dominic-Madori Davis that answers questions only about her article on venture-backed startup fraud. The avatar was made from photos and a two-minute voice sample and uses Synthesia’s video and voice models.
OpenAI and Grab announced GO Forward with AI, a two-year programme to help 30,000 Grab driver, delivery and merchant partners develop practical AI skills. It begins in Singapore and will expand to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines this year, then Malaysia and Vietnam in 2027.
Jango is a testing tool that runs groups of AI agents to simulate multiple users interacting in real time. The product description says each agent has its own browser, account, goals and memory, and that tests produce reports with actions, errors and screenshots.