Friday’s briefing brings easier file editing in Gemini: documents, spreadsheets and presentations can now be revised inside a web conversation, with PDFs also editable on mobile. OpenAI has also raised Work and Codex allowances and cancelled the planned Pro 200 cut.
New releases
ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium. From 29 October, Pro 100 (US$100/month) and Pro 500 (US$500/month) include twice their previous Work and Codex allowance, while Pro 200 (US$200/month) retains its higher allowance or doubles its lower one, cancelling the planned reduction; Business Premium also gains usage. More
ChatGPT. GPT-6 Luna’s 29 October update makes replies shorter and less flattering for Free, Go and signed-out users; on Plus and Pro it affects only the fallback model used after GPT-6 message limits. More
Claude Code. Claude Code v2.1.314 adds a configurable directory boundary for direct file edits in every permission mode, plus idle compaction for conversations of at least 200,000 tokens in VS Code and the desktop Code tab. More
Claude Platform and Enterprise. The new beta Usage and Cost Analytics API lets authorised Claude Console and Enterprise organisations report token use and spending by model, workspace, API key, user or service account, while existing reporting endpoints remain supported as legacy APIs. More
Microsoft Copilot for finance. More than 25 new finance skills expand Microsoft 365 Copilot across Excel and Cowork, with Finance and Capital Markets plugins generally available to licensed Cowork users with usage-based billing enabled, accounting tools restricted to Frontier, and ERP and partner plugins starting to roll out. More
Gemini app. All personal and Workspace accounts with Gemini access can now generate, preview and directly edit files in web conversations, including documents, spreadsheets and presentations, while PDFs can also be previewed and edited on mobile. More
Canva. Canva Pro subscribers can now select Brush in Canva AI to revise existing designs through prompts, from changing individual text elements to restyling a whole deck or adapting it for another format, while retaining editable elements. More
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