AI News: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4, and everything you need to know

ODOpenAI DotsOpenAIUnverified

OpenAI's always-on, proactive assistant agent inside ChatGPT with no model selector; it picks the right tools itself. Creator had early access and showed it drafting emails, surfacing Slack/email/flight alerts and building a daily scratchpad. Requires Pro ($100+) or business plans, which he calls a tough sell versus Meta's free Muse.

GSGPT-6.1 SolOpenAIAvailable in EU

A cheaper model almost as good as GPT-6 Astra, priced at $2/$10 per million tokens versus $10/$50. Scores 52 on Artificial Analysis at about 72 cents per task. Available on paid plans in work mode and Codex, not yet in chat.

GSGPT-6.1 SolOpenAIAvailable in EU

Coming-soon mode that reportedly runs on Cerebras chips, generating 300 tokens per second (about 8x faster). It costs 6x the price and requires the $500/month plan.

PIPrivate IntelligenceOpenAIUnverified

Confidential computing option that lets users run OpenAI models without OpenAI accessing the underlying content or training on it.

CICodex in the cloudOpenAIAvailable in EU

Codex tasks run in the cloud so work continues after you close your laptop and can be resumed from another computer. A Codex CLI refresh, code review and security were also mentioned briefly.

ODOpenAI Decisions APIOpenAIAvailable in EU

API for real-time decision-making that outputs one of finite predefined answers to user-defined questions instead of text. Creator sees it as OpenAI's answer to Jev from the previous week.

CSChatGPT SpacesOpenAIUnverified

Collaborative team home where teammates, ChatGPT and Dots share knowledge. Creator thinks it resembles Projects but more collaborative. Available on Pro, Business and Enterprise.

CPChatGPT PagesOpenAIUnverified

A new document type for human and agent collaboration inside ChatGPT, supporting writing, research, charts and images. Creator compares it to Notion built into ChatGPT.

CMChatGPT Meetings PluginOpenAIUnverified

Meeting note-taker saving summaries and action items to ChatGPT spaces, with audio deleted once notes are ready. Creator sees it as a Granola competitor.

SISign in with ChatGPTOpenAIUnverified

Lets developers offer login with a ChatGPT account, with AI usage billed to the user's own account rather than the developer's API key.

OVOptimizely Virtual TeammatesOptimizelyUnverified

Sponsored segment: a preconfigured SEO and AI-search (AEO) analyst virtual teammate that audits a site, finds content gaps and monitors it proactively. Creator connected it to futuretools.io.

CSClaude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicAvailable in EU

Anthropic's cheaper model at $2/$10 per million tokens, tops Terminal Bench but trails Opus 5.5 elsewhere. Creator criticizes benchmarking at max effort, where it costs more per task than Opus 5.5 ($7.62 vs $5.98) and uses the most tokens. In his Beauty Bench it ranked 13th, behind GPT-6.1 Sol.

CCClaude Code ModsAnthropicAvailable in EU

Lets users prompt Claude Code to modify itself, changing behavior, customizing the UI and swapping in their own features.

G4Gemini 4 CarbonGoogleUnverified

New frontier model claiming state-of-the-art benchmarks above Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra, priced at $2/$10 with a 1M-token output limit. Only rolling out to trusted cyber defenders via the Fair Wind program. Artificial Analysis scored it tied with GPT-6 Astra.

I4Ideogram 4.5IdeogramAvailable in EU

Image model billed as the most precise editing model. Creator tested a reference-image edit placing a person at Petco Park, and the original person stayed identical.

SDStrands Decider 2BAmazonUnverified

Small open-source decision model from Amazon's Strands agentic division. Creator isn't sure how to read its benchmarks but says it seems decent.

GTGrok Team BotsxAIUnverified

Team version of Grokbot where a bot is built around a shared role or workflow, with shared context, plugins, credentials and memories while members still work with it individually.

EVElevenLabs V4ElevenLabsAvailable in EU

ElevenLabs' most emotive voice model, steerable via style directions, with multiple languages and improved voice cloning. Creator played samples and found the clone very close.

Microsoft's new voice model with realistic expression and multiple languages. Creator played examples and thinks ElevenLabs has a slight edge.

MSMicrosoft Streaming Transcription ModelMicrosoftUnverified

Microsoft AI's first streaming transcription model, transcribing in near real time, such as for live streams.