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Oct 27, 2026, 1:43 AM EDT
GitHub Copilot Assisted Permissions Is GA: A Model Now Pre-Approves Agent Commands, Paths and URLs
Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and VS Code can now let a large language model approve clearly safe agent requests and send the rest to you. Here is how to turn it on, what admins can lock down, and why it is not a sandbox.
Oct 26, 2026, 11:57 PM EDT
Cursor Adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Putting Every Effort Tier on Its Cost Frontier at $0.60-$0.98 per Task
Cursor's model picker now includes DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with no BYOK proxy required. CursorBench 4.0 data shows all four effort tiers beat every other benchmarked model at the same or lower price per task.
Oct 26, 2026, 10:56 PM EDT
GPT-6.1 Terra Lands on Amazon Bedrock and GitHub Copilot at Half Price
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra arrives simultaneously on Amazon Bedrock and GitHub Copilot, offering a 1M-token context window, 3x faster task execution, and 50% lower token pricing for daily agentic workflows.

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A diagram showing the two-part Character.AI Chapter 11 bankruptcy deal: the distressed startup enters bankruptcy, which separates the transaction into Disney receiving employees and a technology license while the remaining corporate shell retains all legal liabilities and regulatory exposure.

October 19, 2026

Character.AI Files Chapter 11 as Disney Strikes Deal to Hire Staff While Bankruptcy Sheds Legal Liability

Court filings reveal Character.AI's Chapter 11 was the second step of a Disney deal to transfer 60+ staff and a technology license while the remaining shell retains all legal liabilities over chatbot safety.

Diagram of Epic Games' AI-first pivot: a before box with hand-written code, hand-made art and a struck-through March 2027 release date, a middle box where Claude writes the code and full AI workflows make the art, and a right box where humans guide, review and own quality, above an amber band asking what the guardrails are.

October 13, 2026

Epic Delays Its Disney Shooter and Orders an AI-First Rebuild: No Hand-Written Code, Claude Generates, Humans Direct

Epic has delayed its Marvel and Star Wars shooter indefinitely and told staff there will be no more hand-written code, with Claude-generated code and full AI art workflows. What the first big-studio AI-first mandate means for teams building on coding agents.

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