Briefings
Daily model and tariff notes. Archive as produced.
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October 9, 2026 · JerryWLambert.com AI Briefing
Daily Model Brief, October 9, 2026
No list price changed today. OpenAI adds a GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast tier at six times Standard, and Google sets an October 23 shutdown for a Deep Research preview.
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October 8, 2026 · JerryWLambert.com AI Briefing
Daily Model Brief, October 8, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 5.5 at a tenth of Haiku 4.5's price and halves the cost of Sonnet 5.5 cache hits.
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October 7, 2026 · JerryWLambert.com AI Briefing
Daily Model Brief, October 7, 2026
Perplexity halves its Decisions API price. Google drops an October image shutdown and raises the cost of a 4K image.
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October 6, 2026 · JerryWLambert.com AI Briefing
Daily Model Brief, October 6, 2026
Mistral Large 4 lands at a discount. Three OpenAI models retire October 22.
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September 7, 2026
Quiet overnight on first-party tariffs. Live seats hold.
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September 5, 2026
OpenAI cleared the GPT-6 Astra Trusted Access banner. The price stayed put.