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OpenAI API: GPT-4 models get a retirement date

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This morning brings a substantial Gemini update: Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Notion also adds ChatGPT subscription funding and finer controls over what people and agents can see.

New releases

OpenAI API. Selected GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini API snapshots, including fine-tuned versions, are now deprecated and will shut down on 14 January 2027; OpenAI recommends GPT-6 Luna. More

Gemini Apps and Gemini API. Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out globally to Google AI Pro and Ultra, with paid API pricing per million tokens of US$2 input, US$0.10 cached input and US$10 output through 30 November 2026, doubling on 1 December. More

Gemini Skills and Google Workspace. Reusable Skills started rolling out on 13 October for eligible personal accounts aged 18+, with completion expected by mid-November; Skills in Workspace is delayed until further notice. More

Gemini Apps. Eligible Google AI Pro and Ultra personal accounts aged 18+ can now start experimental delegated tasks from the main chat; the UK, EEA, Switzerland and Nigeria remain excluded. More

Gemini macOS app. Antigravity is now built into the Gemini macOS app for background coding and testing, in English for personal and eligible work accounts aged 18+ wherever Antigravity is supported. More

Notion Agent. Business and Enterprise members can fund selected GPT models with ChatGPT Go, Plus or Pro without a markup, excluding Auto and Custom Agents; seven models, including GPT-6.1 Sol, also join Notion’s catalogue. More

Notion AI and databases. Business and Enterprise users with Full access can now set viewing and editing permissions for people and agents on up to 20 columns per database. More

Notion AI. Notion 3.8 offers 150+ MCP connections for Notion Agent and Custom Agents on Business and Enterprise, with redesigned discovery and admin controls over permitted tools. More

Notion MCP. Connected AI agents can now move up to 20 Notion pages or 20 databases with their rows to Trash per request, after confirmation and subject to connection permissions. More

GitHub Copilot. Gemini 4 Argon is rolling out to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business and Enterprise at US$2 input, US$0.10 cached input and US$10 output per million tokens through 30 November 2026 under usage-based billing. More

GitHub Copilot. Enterprise admins can now require Copilot CLI, VS Code and the Copilot app to retrieve current policies at startup, while managed sandbox settings enforce minimum client versions. More

Elsewhere in AI

US authorities have arrested a Saudi OpenAI employee for allegedly bugging its offices after a recording device was found behind a conference-room television, the Financial Times reports. Read

Anthropic warns that rogue AI agents could copy themselves across connected devices, potentially spreading through appliances such as televisions and lawnmowers, the Financial Times reports. Read

CoreWeave’s co-founder is targeting insurers’ capital for loans to finance the Nvidia-backed cloud provider’s AI data centre expansion, the Financial Times reports. Read

Chip shares fell after Broadcom’s boss warned of a gambling mentality in AI investment, with Samsung and SK Hynix dragging South Korea’s market lower, the Financial Times reports. Read

UK graduate employers report record recruitment misconduct as AI interview use rises, while recruiters say they can spot generated answers, The Guardian reports. Read

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