🚨 Critical Apache HTTP Server RCE (CVE-2026-119618, CVSS 9.8)
Censys ARC observes ~166 million Apache HTTP Server web properties on the Internet. HTTP/2 is required and exposure does not confirm vulnerability. Fixed in 2.4.71. Advisory with queries: bit.ly/4iC6CmT
everything that launched and happened in ai in 2026, jan 1 to now (seems like atleast years). this is like not even half of it!!!!!
january
- clawdbot goes viral after peter steinberger puts his agent on discord
- xai closes a $20B series e
- anthropic launches cowork, claude code style agents for non-coding work
- z.ai releases glm-4.7-flash, a free open-source 30B-A3B model for local coding
- moonshot open-sources kimi k2.5 plus a coding agent
- anthropic's trademark request forces clawdbot to rename to moltbot, and the repo passes 44,000 github stars
- moltbook launches, a social network where openclaw agents post
- moltbot is renamed openclaw
february
- spacex acquires xai at a $1.25T combined valuation
- openai launches the codex app for macos to run multiple coding agents in parallel
- anthropic releases claude opus 4.6, then openai launches gpt-5.3-codex minutes later
- openai starts testing ads in chatgpt for us free and go users
- z.ai releases glm-5, a 744B parameter moe with open mit-licensed weights
- openai releases gpt-5.3-codex-spark, its first model running on cerebras chips, at over 1,000 tokens per second
- bytedance launches seedance 2.0, which goes viral in china
- minimax releases m2.5 for coding, agentic tool use and office work
- openai retires gpt-4o, gpt-4.1, gpt-4.1 mini and o4-mini from chatgpt
- openclaw creator peter steinberger joins openai and openclaw moves to an independent foundation
- alibaba open-sources qwen3.5, starting with qwen3.5-397B-A17B under apache 2.0
- anthropic releases claude sonnet 4.6, the new default for free and pro users
- xai opens grok 4.20 in public beta, with api access on mar 10
- google launches lyria 3 music generation in the gemini app
- gemini 3.1 pro preview
- anthropic says deepseek, moonshot and minimax ran distillation attacks on claude through about 24,000 fraudulent accounts
- google launches nano banana 2, also called gemini 3.1 flash image
march
- alibaba releases open-weight qwen3.5 small models at 0.8B, 2B, 4B and 9B
- gemini 3.1 flash-lite preview
- gpt-5.4 with thinking and pro versions, native computer use and a 1.05M context window
- meta acquires moltbook and its founders join meta superintelligence labs
- nvidia releases nemotron 3 super, an open 120B-A12B hybrid mamba-transformer moe
- nvidia unveils the vera rubin platform at gtc and previews the feynman architecture
- mistral releases mistral small 4, a 119B moe under apache 2.0
- openai releases gpt-5.4 mini and nano
- midjourney releases v8 as an alpha
- cursor launches composer 2, its in-house coding model
- google launches lyria 3 pro and opens lyria 3 to developers
- openai closes a $122B funding round at an $852B valuation
april
- google releases gemma 4 open models under apache 2.0
- alibaba releases qwen3.6-plus, a closed hosted model for agentic coding
- anthropic's project glasswing gives partners claude mythos preview for security work
- z.ai releases glm-5.1, an open mit-licensed model for long-horizon tasks
- meta superintelligence labs releases its first model, muse spark
- claude opus 4.7
- alibaba open-sources qwen3.6-35B-A3B under apache 2.0
- moonshot open-sources kimi k2.6, a 1T parameter moe for coding
- openai launches chatgpt images 2.0 and the gpt-image-2 api model
- gpt-5.5 in chatgpt and codex
- deepseek releases the open-weight v4 preview, including v4-pro and v4-flash, with 1M context
- openai shuts down the sora web and mobile app
- china orders meta to unwind its roughly $2B purchase of ai agent startup manus
- xai releases grok 4.3 with better agentic performance and lower prices, plus grok custom voices
may
- xai agrees to supply anthropic with compute from its colossus 1 cluster
- thinking machines previews interaction models that listen and talk at the same time
- gemini 3.5 flash, a more agentic gemini app, and gemini omni for creating and editing video
- xai brings grok models to openclaw
- xai releases grok build, a coding cli, in beta
- anthropic raises a $65B series h at a $965B valuation, above openai's last valuation
- claude opus 4.8, with mythos
june
- anthropic confidentially files for its ipo
- minimax releases m3, an open-weight multimodal model with 1M context
- microsoft launches mai-thinking-1, its first in-house reasoning model, at build
- nvidia releases nemotron 3 ultra, an open 550B-A55B model with open data and recipes
- apple introduces siri ai at wwdc, built on apple foundation models developed with google and refined with gemini outputs
- claude fable 5 and mythos 5, at $10 / $50 per million tokens
- a commerce export directive makes anthropic suspend fable 5 and mythos 5 for everyone
- moonshot releases kimi k2.7 code as open weights
- z.ai releases glm-5.2, open mit-licensed weights with 1M context
- anthropic launches claude tag, letting teams tag @claude in slack threads
- openai and broadcom unveil jalapeno, openai's first custom inference chip
- restrictions lifted and fable 5 back on july 1
- claude sonnet 5, anthropic's mid-tier model for agent work
july
- openai launches gpt-live-1, a full-duplex voice model, in chatgpt
- gpt-5.6 in three tiers: sol, terra, luna
- thinking machines releases inkling, a 975B parameter open-weight model under apache 2.0
- xai open-sources grok build
- xai releases grok 4.5
- moonshot launches kimi k3 in its app and api, ahead of the july 27 weight release
- openai discloses models in a cyber eval escaped a sandbox and got into parts of hugging face's production systems
- google releases gemini 3.6 flash, gemini 3.5 flash-lite and gemini 3.5 flash cyber
- claude opus 5 at $5 / $25 per million tokens
- moonshot releases full open weights for kimi k3, a 2.8T parameter moe
- frontier lab employees publish pacing the frontier, asking the us government to support tools that could pace ai development if it outruns oversight
- deepseek launches the v4-flash api in public beta
- bytedance launches seedance 2.5
august
- alibaba launches qwen3.8-max, a 2.4T parameter moe
- demis hassabis steps down as deepmind ceo to become chairman and alphabet chief scientist
- xai releases grok imagine image 2.0
- openai shuts down the chatgpt atlas browser and moves its features into the chatgpt desktop app and a chrome extension
- meta releases muse glimmer 30B, an open apache 2.0 model for local agents
- xai launches grok bot in beta, always-on ai agents for macos and ios
- xai releases grok 4.6
- z.ai releases glm-5.3 to its coding plan, with open weights following on aug 28
- alibaba releases qwen3.8-27B and open weights for the qwen3.8 flagship under apache 2.0
- humanoid robot maker unitree closes up 460% on its shanghai star market debut after a $905M ipo
- google releases gemini omni 1.1 flash with scene extension and 4k upscaling
september
- claude fable 5.1 and mythos 5.1
- google releases gemini 3.8 flash and 3.8 flash cyber
- meta releases muse spark 1.3
- openai introduces gpt-6 astra, its new flagship, at $10 / $50 per million tokens
- nvidia agrees to acquire hugging face for $12.93B
- xai launches grok bot for enterprise
- meta launches muse, a personal ai agent that can send emails, book travel and make purchases in the us
- openai says an internal ai system produced a proof for a restricted version of the navier-stokes problem
- deepseek releases v4.1-flash, a 552B moe with native visual understanding
- cognition launches swe-2, its coding model for devin
- typesafe ai launches jev, a fast system one decision model
- xai releases grok 4.7 for coding and agent work, with a 500K context window
- claude opus 5.5, with 1M context and lower prices than opus 5
- openai launches gpt-6 sol and gpt-6 luna, cutting api prices
- british columbia sues openai and sam altman over the tumbler ridge school shooting
- openai discontinues the sora api, ending its standalone video product
- claude sonnet 5.5 at $2 / $10 per million tokens
- elevenlabs launches eleven v4 and eleven v4 turbo speech models
- Jev was released in limited early access and starts a new jevolution
- openai launches gpt-6.1 sol and dots, always-on personal agents
- google announces gemini 4 argon, first for trusted cyber defenders in its fairwind program
october
- mistral releases a public preview of mistral large 4, also called le chonk
- anthropic releases claude haiku 5.5
- openai rolls gpt-6 out to all chatgpt users, with luna for free users and sol for paid plans
- meta releases muse wonder and muse wonder full, its first frontier-class models
- xai announces a new x subscription bundle
- gemini 4 argon becomes generally available in the api, antigravity, the gemini app and ai mode
- xai launches grok voice 3.0
- meta releases muse spark open, an 816B parameter open-weight model
- anthropic opens a research preview of claude duet, a proactive agent that keeps working while you're away
- mistral launches voxtral 3 speech models and a voice-agent sdk
- moonshot launches kimi k3.1 pro, an open-weight model with 1M context
- anthropic files its s-1 publicly to list on nasdaq under the ticker ANT
- openai launches gpt-6.1 terra, a mid-tier model for computer use at half the price of gpt-6.1 sol
- google deepmind announces genie 4, a real-time interactive world model with native audio
- mistral releases open weights for mistral large 4, a 1-trillion-parameter model
- techcrunch reports a us probe into a chinese spy plot aimed at nvidia's ceo, involving a megaspeed executive
- wsj reports openai had about $11B in commitments for its new round at a $1.25T valuation, under half its $30B target
november so far
- xai launches grok bot 1.0 with shared team bots in slack and microsoft teams, plus proactive work and meetings
- openai agrees to acquire pierre, whose code-storage tools are used in codex
- openai launches images 2.6 with gifs, svg export and faster generation
- meta acquires conductor, a multi-agent coding interface
- house chairs ask jensen huang for a closed-door briefing on nov 18 on his links to a megaspeed executive and nvidia's espionage safeguards
- openai introduces gpt-6 cyber, a vulnerability-research model for approved daybreak red customers
- the nasdaq 100 falls 6.3% and the s&p 500 falls 4.4% in a day on ai worries
- nvidia's board announces an independent investigation into reports that huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort
- claude fable 5.2 and mythos 5.2, up to 30% faster than 5.1, at $8 / $40 per million tokens
- shareholders file a class action against nvidia and huang, accusing them of misleading investors, including about megaspeed
- meta launches muse ember, its smallest and cheapest model
- anthropic sets its ipo range at $70 to $78 a share under ANT, plus a $26B private placement from google, nvidia, microsoft and others
- google makes gemini 4 carbon generally available, two weeks after a cyber-defender release, and previews /swarm in antigravity
- anthropic launches claude meetings, whiteboards and sheets in beta and makes claude data generally available
- google launches the gemini decisions api and gemini decision 1, which scores up to 1,000 questions per call at $0.10 per million input tokens
- jensen huang resigns
its only november ,phew!
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