Daily AI Brief: Unannounced GPT-6.1 Terra spotted in Microsoft code, Anthropic intent-reading model due this month
testingcatalog · x · 2026-10-20
testingcatalog's Oct 20 daily brief:
OpenAI
- ChatGPT Slides adds real-time collaborative editing and comments for Pro/Business/Enterprise
- New "Decisions" API playground with Predicate, Choice, and Score modes
- Unannounced GPT-6.1 Terra model surfaced in a public Microsoft code update; 18 eval configs switched to it before being reverted
- Reuters: OpenAI is accelerating a new funding round ahead of Anthropic's expected IPO
Anthropic
- The Information reports a new model shipping this month, especially good at reading users' underlying intentions
xAI
- Grok Bot gets a limited-time Pumpkin Bot Halloween avatar; iPhone users can launch Bots via the Action Button
- Runway MCP now available in Grok Bot
The quoted Oct 19 brief also noted Aurora image models testing on Arena, Replit switching its default provider from Anthropic to OpenAI, Anthropic committing 5% of shares to a Public Benefit Fund, rumored Claude Fable 5.5, and a Claude personal finance feature using Plaid.
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