What changed in AI tools, week of 10 Aug 2026

10 Aug 2026 to 16 Aug 2026. Every line is a dated change on a HokAI record: a release, a pricing move, a new feature or a deprecation, with the vendor source where there is one. Not sure what any of it means for you? Ask Smart Match what fits your job and budget.

Tools

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Agents

  • Almanac 13 Aug 2026 · Release · Almanac launches: the agent with a company brain source
  • Grok Bot 13 Aug 2026 · Integration · Connector catalog expands past the initial set source
  • Grok Bot 12 Aug 2026 · Model upgrade · Wider rollout shifts to Grok 4.6 source
  • Grok Bot 11 Aug 2026 · Release · Grok Bot launches in early beta source

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Skills

  • Kernel 14 Aug 2026 · New feature · MCP server gains OAuth/PKCE improvements and private browser networking source

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Services

  • CoreWeave 11 Aug 2026 · Integration · Cross-cloud tools added: Interconnect, SUNK Anywhere, LOTA Cross-Cloud source

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Models

  • Qwen3.8-27B 14 Aug 2026 · Release · Qwen3.8-27B launches with open weights under Apache 2.0 source
  • GLM-5.3-Flash 14 Aug 2026 · Release · GLM-5.3 (full, text-only) launches ahead of the Flash variant source
  • GLM-5.3 14 Aug 2026 · Security · GLM-5.3 cyber-defense capability surfaces 2,436 real vulnerabilities source
  • GLM-5.3 14 Aug 2026 · Breaking change · Thinking can no longer be disabled via the API source
  • GLM-5.3 14 Aug 2026 · Release · GLM-5.3 launches as a coding and cyber-defense post-training refresh source
  • MiniMax Music 3.0 13 Aug 2026 · Release · MiniMax Music 3.0 open weights published on Hugging Face source
  • Qwen3.8-27B 13 Aug 2026 · Release · Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B ship alongside the 27B checkpoint source
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash 13 Aug 2026 · Pricing change · Introductory pricing halves input/output cost through end of 2026 source
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash 13 Aug 2026 · Release · Gemini 3.7 Flash launches with major coding and agent gains source
  • DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 13 Aug 2026 · Pricing change · Peak/off-peak pricing structure announced, effective August 16 source
  • DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 13 Aug 2026 · Release · DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 leaves preview, reaches general availability source
  • Grok 4.6 13 Aug 2026 · Benchmark · Artificial Analysis independently verifies AA Intelligence Index 61 source
  • North Micro Vision Instruct 12 Aug 2026 · New feature · Cohere Labs publishes technical deep-dive and benchmark comparison source
  • North Micro Vision Instruct 12 Aug 2026 · Release · North Micro Vision Instruct launches as Cohere's first vision entry in the North family source
  • Grok 4.6 12 Aug 2026 · Release · Grok 4.6 launches, holding the base model constant source
  • LFM2.5-VL-3B 12 Aug 2026 · Benchmark · Large grounding and screen-understanding gains over LFM2-VL-3B source
  • LFM2.5-VL-3B 12 Aug 2026 · Release · LFM2.5-VL-3B launches as Liquid AI's flagship edge vision-language model source
  • Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B 12 Aug 2026 · Release · Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B open-weighted on Hugging Face source
  • Muse Glimmer 11 Aug 2026 · New feature · Day-one ecosystem support: NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, and quantized builds source
  • LTX-2.5 11 Aug 2026 · New feature · Day-one ComfyUI workflow templates source
  • LTX-2.5 11 Aug 2026 · Release · LTX-2.5 launches with open weights source
  • MAI-Code-1.1-Flash 11 Aug 2026 · Deprecation · Predecessor MAI-Code-1-Flash set to retire September 10, 2026 source
  • MAI-Code-1.1-Flash 11 Aug 2026 · Release · MAI-Code-1.1-Flash launches with native vision and a steep price cut source
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 11 Aug 2026 · New feature · Day-zero inference support lands in vLLM, SGLang, and NeMo Switchyard source
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 11 Aug 2026 · Release · Nemotron 3.5 Lightning launches: 30B MoE tuned for AI agent workloads source
  • Muse Glimmer 10 Aug 2026 · Release · Muse Glimmer 30B launches as Meta's first open-weight agentic model source
  • Solar Pro 4 10 Aug 2026 · Pricing change · Launch promotion cuts pricing 90% through September 10, 2026 source
  • Solar Pro 4 10 Aug 2026 · Release · Solar Pro 4 launches as Upstage's agent-first flagship source
  • GPT-5.6-Cyber 10 Aug 2026 · New feature · Daybreak Blue tier launches alongside Daybreak Red source
  • GPT-5.6-Cyber 10 Aug 2026 · Release · GPT-5.6-Cyber launches with the Daybreak Blue/Red tier split source

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