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Find longer articles in the blog, explore a topic through the guides, or browse earlier news.xAI releases Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 with an August 5 alias switch
xAI released Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 for speech-to-speech developers, with a documented August 5 switch for the grok-voice-latest alias and $0.08-per-minute audio pricing.
Read updatexAI adds reference-guided 1080p video generation to Grok Imagine
xAI updated Grok Imagine Video 1.5 with text-to-video, multi-image references, native 1080p output, and API access, giving creators and developers more control over character and scene consistency.
Read updateGitHub Models shuts down for all users as inference moves to Foundry
GitHub Models is now fully retired, removing the playground, model catalog, inference API, and BYOK endpoints for every customer after a July migration window.
Read updateOpenAI says Astra generated ten mathematical advances with Lean certificates
OpenAI says an internal version of its next major model, Astra, produced ten new results across mathematics and theoretical computer science, with human-prepared manuscripts and Lean certificates released for scrutiny.
Read updateCodex retires GPT-5.4 models for ChatGPT sign-in on August 31
OpenAI says GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini will stop working in Codex sessions that use ChatGPT sign-in on August 31, 2026, while API-key sessions remain unaffected.
Read updateMiniMax releases H3 for unified 2K video and native stereo audio
MiniMax H3 combines text, images, video, and audio in one generation context, with 2K output, native stereo sound, reference-based creation, and natural-language video editing.
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