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AI & Automation
9/3/2026 3 min

GitHub reopens Copilot Business signups with upfront billing

GitHub is gradually reopening Copilot Business and Enterprise signups for card and PayPal customers, while changing seat billing and overage handling from October 1, 2026.

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AI & Automation
9/3/2026 3 min

Vercel and OpenRouter cut GLM-5.3 API pricing for a limited window

Vercel and OpenRouter are offering limited-time 50% pricing windows for Z.ai's GLM-5.3 family, with different model slugs, providers, and end times.

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AI & Automation
9/3/2026 4 min

GitHub Copilot approvals turn code review into a merge-control decision

GitHub is previewing opt-in Copilot approvals that can satisfy repository merge requirements, with controls at enterprise, organization, and repository level.

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AI & Automation
9/2/2026 3 min

Qwen3.8 Max 0902 reaches AI Gateway with a pinned snapshot

Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max 0902 is now available through Vercel AI Gateway, giving developers a dated model ID for repeatable coding and agent workloads.

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AI & Automation
9/2/2026 3 min

OpenAI’s Astra raises the bar for cyber-critical model access

OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is the first to meet its Critical cybersecurity capability threshold, with its strongest cyber abilities initially limited to trusted testers.

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AI & Automation
9/2/2026 3 min

Grok 4.6 rolls into GitHub Copilot for longer coding tasks

GitHub is gradually rolling xAI's Grok 4.6 into Copilot across paid individual and organizational plans, with usage-based billing and an admin policy that starts disabled for Business and Enterprise.

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