This morning’s briefing opens with Barclays’ plan to cut 5,000 jobs as it steps up AI adoption. Google Meet is beginning a rollout of speech translation across 63 languages, while Canva has released its first image model worldwide.
New releases
OpenAI Decisions API. The GPT-6 Luna Decisions API is now generally available with 400 questions per request, up from 200, JSON input, question-level images and caching; standard charges per million tokens are US$0.10 uncached input, US$0.01 cache reads, US$0.125 for 30-minute cache writes or US$0.25 for 12-hour writes, with no output charge. More
Claude Platform on Google Cloud. The full Claude Platform is now generally available through an Anthropic-managed Google Cloud service using Google Cloud authentication, billing and spending commitments; Anthropic processes the data through US or Global endpoints. More
Google Meet. Eligible Workspace and Google AI Pro/Ultra hosts are gaining 63-language speech translation with automatic language detection and individual listening controls: eligible base Workspace plans and AI Pro allow 90 minutes, while AI Expanded/Ultra Access and AI Ultra allow eight hours; Rapid Release started on 22 October and Scheduled Release starts on 2 November. More
Google Vault. Authorised administrators on eligible Vault editions can now export saved Gemini conversations from Workspace apps as JSON, including prompts, answers and attachments; API support follows within 14 days of the interface rollout. More
Canva. Craft, Canva’s first image model developed in house, is now available worldwide to all users in Dream Lab, generating images up to 2K with text in 55 languages; developer access uses a preview API. More
1Password for Agents. New integrations let Meta Muse and SpaceXSI Grok Bot request approved logins without seeing passwords, rolling out over the coming days at no extra cost for 1Password Individual and Family accounts on 1Password.com; ChatGPT Work and Claude Duet connections remain forthcoming. More
GitHub Copilot. For GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise, enforcement of the default policy for eligible unconfigured features is rolling out from 22–26 October, preserving explicit choices and keeping previews opt-in. More
Elsewhere in AI
Barclays announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs as it increases AI adoption, alongside third-quarter profits that fell short of City expectations, the Financial Times reports. Read
OpenAI has lowered its valuation target to US$1.25tn after floating US$1.4tn earlier this month, according to documents seen by the Financial Times. Read
AI stock falls pulled global markets lower on Thursday, with the Nasdaq down 2.6% and the S&P 500 down 1.2%, The Guardian reports. Read