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Qwen4-Max opens a limited preview through Token Plan APIs

2026-11-11 · New

Alibaba opened Qwen4-Max preview with text, image and video input and a one-million-token context. API access is limited to Token Plan, without pay-as-you-go access. The fixed preview runs from November 11 at 10:00 through November 25 at 24:00 Beijing time, then retires. Integrations need a migration plan.

QwenCloud: Qwen4-Max preview documentation

Baidu launches ERNIE 5.5 Flash post-training preview

2026-11-11 · New

Baidu launched ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview on Qianfan: 280 billion total parameters, 14 billion active and a one-million-token context. It is the first post-trained version of the earlier Base model. Developers can test coding and tool workflows. Training remains unfinished; Baidu plans weights by November 25. This API preview differs from the existing Base checkpoint.

Baidu: ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Baidu official release index

Google launches Decisions API for up to 1,000 questions per input

2026-11-11 · New

Gemini Decisions API scores choices across text, images, audio, video and PDFs, accepting up to 256,000 input tokens and 1,000 independent questions and returning probabilities and confidence. Google lists $0.10 per million input tokens with no output-token billing. The interface targets bounded tasks such as tool selection and model routing, with confidence scores supporting review routing.

Google: Gemini Decisions API

DeepMind opens AlphaGenome 2 for non-commercial research

2026-11-11 · New

AlphaGenome 2 combines DNA sequences with a specified cell type or state to predict variant effects. Its API is available for non-commercial research; commercial research remains in private preview. Cell-conditioned predictions help researchers prioritize experiments beyond tissue averages. These are research predictions rather than validated clinical conclusions.

DeepMind: AlphaGenome 2

DeepMind uses AlphaProof Code to verify Signal security properties

2026-11-10 · Recent

DeepMind introduced AlphaProof Code: humans review specifications, AI agents construct proofs and Lean checks them, verifying specified security properties of Signal’s core cryptographic implementation down to compiled code. The team is releasing verification artifacts for scrutiny and reuse. Conclusions depend on approved specifications and scope; they do not establish that the entire application is free of bugs.

DeepMind: AlphaProof Code

Anthropic adds collaborative spreadsheets and whiteboards to Claude

2026-11-10 · Recent

Claude Sheets lets teams and Claude edit formulas and multiple tabs together; Whiteboards organizes ideas, flows and diagrams collaboratively. The official Whiteboards guide identifies it as a paid-plan beta. These tools keep discussions in editable workspaces. Whiteboards is on by default for Team and requires administrator enablement for Enterprise; Claude Meetings remains forthcoming.

Anthropic: Sheets, Whiteboards and interactive connectors

Claude Whiteboards availability

Google Labs opens a US adult waitlist for Tabletop

2026-11-11 · New

Google Labs introduced Tabletop, turning links, files and prompts into shared itineraries, polls, expense splitters and brackets that groups can use concurrently through a shared link. It turns group planning into interactive tools. Access remains experimental and waitlisted for US users aged 18 or older.

Google Labs: Tabletop collaborative experiment

Gemini Live starts rolling out on CarPlay with synced conversations

2026-11-11 · New

Google began a global CarPlay rollout of Gemini Live for iOS users in supported languages, enabling voice calendar checks, email summaries and continuation of conversations synced with iPhone. Users need an updated Gemini app, microphone permission and a first Live session on their phone. The release adds a conversational interface inside the car.

Google: Gemini on CarPlay

Qwen4-Max · Alibaba

Preview · 2026-11-11 · preview

This issue: limited Token Plan API preview, ending November 25.

QwenCloud: Qwen4-Max preview documentation

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ERNIE · Baidu

5.5 Flash Preview · 2026-11-11 · preview

This issue: post-training API preview; weights forthcoming.

Baidu: ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Baidu official release index

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Praxis · Runway

1 · 2026-11-11 · stable

This issue: weights and inference/fine-tuning code released under Apache 2.0.

Runway: Praxis-1 weights released

Praxis-1 code and license

Praxis-1 official weight collection

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Claude Whiteboards · Anthropic

Beta · 2026-11-10 · beta

Recent verified baseline: paid-plan beta; Enterprise requires administrator enablement.

Anthropic: Sheets, Whiteboards and interactive connectors

Claude Whiteboards availability

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AMD ships sixth-generation EPYC SP7; Azure and OCI instances are forthcoming

2026-11-10 · Recent

AMD announced general availability of Zen 6-based sixth-generation EPYC SP7, with partner server systems shipping for enterprise computing, GPU hosts and agent execution environments. Enterprises can evaluate server purchases now; the Microsoft Azure and OCI instances cited in the announcement remain forthcoming. System shipments and future cloud availability are separate milestones.

AMD: sixth-generation EPYC SP7 availability

Runway releases Praxis-1 robot weights and code under Apache 2.0

2026-11-11 · New

Runway released weights and inference/fine-tuning code for the Praxis-1 model introduced in September, under Apache 2.0. Its repository and model collection provide single-arm DROID and bimanual YAM checkpoints. Robot teams can inspect and adapt the policy. Cameras, embodiments and tasks still require tuning and local testing; released artifacts do not guarantee plug-and-play operation.

Runway: Praxis-1 weights released

Praxis-1 code and license

Praxis-1 official weight collection

Gemini Robotics 2.5 reports 96% success in a Mercedes parts-sorting pilot

2026-11-10 · Recent

DeepMind is rolling Gemini Robotics 2.5 out to robotics partners. It reports 96% success for Apptronik Apollo 2 sorting and packing automotive parts in a Mercedes production-line proof of concept. This provides evidence from an actual workstation pilot. The company-reported result is task- and setup-specific, rather than a measure of factory-wide unattended operation.

DeepMind: Gemini Robotics 2.5

NVIDIA contributes OpenShell to CNCF and previews GPU-cluster tools

2026-11-10 · Recent

NVIDIA announced its OpenShell agent-runtime contribution to CNCF and public previews of Kubernetes Engine and Kubernetes Recipes for GPU-cluster deployment and lifecycle management. The announcement also describes Snapshot for restoring checkpointed workloads without model reload and warmup. Teams can inspect the open components; the two Kubernetes tools remain previews.

NVIDIA: OpenShell and Kubernetes infrastructure

Norway plans data-center licensing as new grid reservations pause

2026-11-10 · Recent

Norway is developing licensing for existing and future data centers, with main principles planned for autumn 2027. Statnett has temporarily paused new grid-capacity reservations, expecting to lift the pause by August 1, 2027 at the latest. Developers need to recheck grid arrangements and future conditions. Licensing is still being developed; the reservation pause is not a blanket shutdown of data-center operations or construction.

Norwegian government: data-center licensing and grid reservations

Anthropic launches IPO roadshow with a proposed $70–78 share range

2026-11-10 · Recent

Anthropic launched its IPO roadshow for a proposed 825 million Class A shares at an expected $70–78 per share, applying for a Nasdaq listing under ANT. The offering combines company shares and selling-stockholder shares; the latter proceeds do not go to Anthropic. Pricing remains provisional and registration is not effective; this is not a completed raise or listing.

Anthropic launches IPO roadshow