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Coverage is independent. - We do not provide investment, legal, or medical advice. ## AI Discovery Files - [robots.txt](https://handyai.news/robots.txt): Access control + AI crawler allowlist. - [ai.txt](https://handyai.news/ai.txt): AI usage permissions (Spawning.ai spec). - [agents.md](https://handyai.news/agents.md): Agent integration guide. - [/.well-known/agent.json](https://handyai.news/.well-known/agent.json): Agent Web Protocol manifest. - [/.well-known/security.txt](https://handyai.news/.well-known/security.txt): Security contact (RFC 9116). - [manifest.webmanifest](https://handyai.news/manifest.webmanifest): Web App Manifest. ## AI Weekly Updates - [GPT-5.6 rumors stir as Anthropic pushes a more “honest” Opus 4.8 (June 1, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/gpt-56-rumors-stir-as-anthropic-pushes.md): 🤔 “Why are there so many new models?”Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern artificial intelligence… - [New Gemini from Google and new Composer from Cursor; plus, the Pope wants you to take AI seriously (May 25, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/new-gemini-from-google-and-new-composer.md): 🤔 “The Pope is doing what now?”Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern artificial intelligence and… - [ChatGPT now connects to your bank account; Claude's business adoption surges (May 18, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/chatgpt-now-connects-to-your-bank.md): 🤔 “Should I let ChatGPT connect to my bank account?”Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern… - [Anthropic pens a supercomputer deal with SpaceX; ex-CTO testifies against OpenAI (May 11, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/anthropic-pens-a-supercomputer-deal.md): 🤔 “Why are so many AI companies focused on the Memphis supercomputer?” Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world… - [New mystery Claude model appears in testing; OpenAI adds OpenClaw to ChatGPT (May 4, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/new-mystery-claude-model-appears.md): 🤔 “How do I set up my OpenClaw agent?” Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern artificial… - [The AI industry lurches forward with GPT-5.5, GPT Image 2, and DeepSeek V4; plus, an Anthropic Mythos leak (April 27, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/the-ai-industry-lurches-forward-with.md): 🤔 “Should I even bother trying out DeepSeek, or stick with ChatGPT?” Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world… - [Opus 4.7 releases as OpenAI prepares "Spud" model for a direct response (April 20, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/opus-47-releases-as-openai-prepares.md): 🤔 “Is Claude Code better than Codex? What even is Codex?” Share Handy AI with your coworkers and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern… - [Both Claude and ChatGPT prepping major interface updates (April 13, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/both-claude-and-chatgpt-prepping.md): 🤔 “Should I switch to Claude from ChatGPT?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern artificial… - [OpenAI proposes AI taxes as rumors on "accelerant" GPT-6 stir (April 6, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/openai-proposes-ai-taxes-as-rumors.md): 🤔 “What the heck does ‘robot taxes’ mean?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy world of modern artificial… - [New super-powered Claude model "Mythos" leaks as OpenAI pairs back (March 30, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/new-super-powered-claude-model-mythos.md): 🤔 “How do I explain to my mom that AI is involved in global warfare policy?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy… - [Cursor punches up with Composer 2 (March 23, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/cursor-punches-up-with-composer-2.md): 🤔 “How do I explain to my mom that AI is involved in global warfare policy?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy… - [Anthropic sues the United States (March 16, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/anthropic-sues-the-united-states.md): 🤔 “How do I explain to my mom that AI is involved in global warfare policy?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy… - [OpenAI pushes out GPT 5.4 as robotics lead quits in protest of Pentagon deal (March 9, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/openai-pushes-out-gpt-54-as-robotics.md): 🤔 “How do I explain to my mom that AI is involved in global warfare policy?” Share Handy AI with your family and friends to help them understand the crazy… - [Anthropic goes to war with the Defense Department (March 2, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/anthropic-goes-to-war-with-the-defense.md): 🎆 Tired of having to explain AI stuff to your coworkers? Share Handy AI with them so that they can get the most important AI news delivered weekly to their… - [Sam Altman claims humans take more energy than AI as Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro (February 23, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/sam-altman-claims-humans-take-more.md): 🎆 Tired of having to explain AI stuff to your coworkers? Share Handy AI with them so that they can get the most important AI news delivered weekly to their… - [OpenAI hires OpenClaw developer, as Anthropic safety leader quits to write poetry (February 16, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/openai-hires-openclaw-developer-as.md): 🎆 Tired of having to explain AI stuff to your coworkers? Share Handy AI with them so that they can get the most important AI news delivered weekly to their… - [OpenAI and Anthropic fight for coding supremacy with GPT-5.3 Codex and Opus 4.6 (February 9, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/openai-and-anthropic-fight-for-coding.md): 🎆 Tired of having to explain AI stuff to your coworkers? Share Handy AI with them so that they can get the most important AI news delivered weekly to their… - [Anthropic preps Sonnet 5, while OpenAI plans to strike back with GPT-5.3 (February 2, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/anthropic-preps-sonnet-5-while-openai.md): 🎆 Tired of having to explain AI stuff to your coworkers? Share Handy AI with them so that they can get the most important AI news delivered weekly to their… - [Cursor's agent autonomously codes a browser in a week (January 19, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/cursors-agent-autonomously-codes.md): 🎆 Happy New Year from Handy AI! Celebrate 2026 by grabbing a month-long trial of Handy AI Premium, which includes an extended weekly update and some other… - [OpenAI and Anthropic double down on healthcare (January 12, 2026)](https://handyai.news/weekly/openai-and-anthropic-double-down.md): 🎆 Happy New Year from Handy AI! Celebrate 2026 by grabbing a month-long trial of Handy AI Premium, which includes an extended weekly update and some other… ## Model Drops - [Claude Opus 4.8 (May 28, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/claude-opus-48.md): Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.8 an hour ago, and on paper it’s the kind of release that’s easy to shrug at. Benchmarks tick up. Price stays flat ($5 per… - [Gemini Omni (May 19, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gemini-omni.md): Today at Google I/O: Gemini Omni, the “create anything from any input” multimodal family Google DeepMind shipped alongside Gemini 3.5 Flash. This is the first… - [Gemini 3.5 Flash (May 19, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gemini-35-flash.md): Google DeepMind just shipp Gemini 3.5 Flash at Google I/O 2026, an agentic Flash-tier model. This is the first Flash release in the series that beats its… - [Composer 2.5 (May 18, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/composer-25.md): Composer 2.5, the in-house coding model Cursor shipped to its IDE today. Built on the same open-source Moonshot Kimi K2.5 checkpoint as Composer 2, with 85%… - [GPT-Realtime-2 (May 12, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gpt-realtime-2.md): Model Drop: GPT-Realtime-2Seventh edition of Model Drop. Today: GPT-Realtime-2 and the two companion voice models OpenAI shipped through the Realtime API on… - [DeepSeek V4 (April 24, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/deepseek-v4.md): Rise and shine! While you were sleeping, DeepSeek dropped V4 of their frontier model… and she’s a bit underwhelming.Model: DeepSeek V4 preview, two variants… - [GPT-5.5 (April 23, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gpt-55.md): The SpecsModel: GPT-5.5 (gpt-5.5 on the OpenAI API once it rolls out, plus gpt-5.5-pro). Ships in three consumer surfaces: default GPT-5.5, GPT-5.5 Thinking… - [Kimi K2.6 (April 22, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/kimi-k26.md): Model: Kimi K2.6 (kimi-k2.6)Model type: Text + vision, with native image and video inputShip date: April 20, 2026Maker: Moonshot AI (Beijing)Pricing: $0.60 /… - [GPT Image 2 (April 21, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gpt-image-2.md): Today: GPT Image 2, which OpenAI just shipped into ChatGPT and the API.Model ID: gpt-image-2Max Resolution: 2K standard, 4K beta via APIAspect Ratios: 3:1… - [GPT-Rosalind (April 19, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gpt-rosalind.md): Today’s subject: GPT-Rosalind. This model is OpenAI’s first domain-specialized frontier model, shipped last week, is named after Rosalind Franklin, whose… - [Claude Opus 4.7 (April 17, 2026)](https://handyai.news/modeldrop/claude-opus-47.md): I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. The release cadence for frontier models is rapid (in the last thirty days alone we’ve had Mythos Preview tease… ## Optional - [Original newsletter on Substack](https://handyai.substack.com/): Source publication for every article indexed here.