xAI's Grok 4.6 is generally available
Grok 4.6 is now generally available (GA) and available for production use on the global endpoint and the US multi-region endpoint.
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Databricks Apps telemetry is now generally available
Configuring telemetry for your Databricks apps is now generally available. Databricks Apps telemetry collects traces, logs, and metrics and persists them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.
Lakebase Search is generally available
Lakebase Search is now generally available. It brings scalable vector and keyword search to Lakebase projects through two Postgres extensions, so you can run semantic and exact-term search in a single database without a separate search stack: lakebase_vector adds the lakebase_ann index type for approximate nearest-neighbor vector search.
Apache Iceberg™ tables: Partition evolution (General availability)
With this release, we're pleased to announce the general availability of partition evolution for Snowflake-managed Iceberg tables. You can now change a table's partition specification after you create the table by adding, dropping, or replacing partition fields, without rewriting existing data.
[In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Routines in Foundry Agent Service
In public preview, Foundry Agent Service adds Foundry Routines, a native trigger primitive for running published agents automatically. Production agents often need to run on a schedule or when a business event occurs, and today that means assembling exter
[Launched] Generally Available: Enable and disable controls for Microsoft Foundry agents in Agent 365
Microsoft Foundry now exposes enable and disable actions for Foundry agent objects within the Agent 365 governance surface in Microsoft Admin Center, generally available. Administrators can control whether a Foundry agent is available for use across their
[In preview] Public Preview: Network egress controls for hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry
In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now lets customers govern the outbound connections a hosted agent can make. Customers author ordered rules matched on destination host, including FQDN with wildcards such as *.contoso.com, with actions to allow, deny,
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Agent Platform SDK for Python version 2.0.1 is available
Version 2.0.1 of the Agent Platform SDK for Python ( google-cloud-agentplatform ) is now available. This release migrates generative AI modules to the Google Gen AI SDK, decouples the agent surface from google-cloud-aiplatform into a dedicated package, and introduces restructured namespaces.
Gemini Omni Flash supports stateful and streaming video generation (Preview)
Gemini Omni Flash supports stateful ( store: true ) and server-sent event (SSE) streaming ( stream: true ) video generation in the Interactions API in Preview . You can temporarily store generated videos and interaction state on the server, stream status updates and final outputs over an SSE connection, or retrieve completed asynchronous interactions using...
CodeMender updates (v0.8.0)
This release introduces updates to CodeMender: Gemini 3.8 Flash default : Gemini 3.8 Flash ( gemini-3.8-flash ) is now supported and enabled as the default model for CodeMender CLI sessions, delivering faster inference and improved reasoning. A one-time notice in the CLI informs users when the new default is active.
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber available in allowlisted GA
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is a post-training version of the Gemini 3.8 Flash model tailored specifically for cybersecurity use cases. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is available in GA behind an allowlist. For more information, see Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber .
Reinforcement learning fine-tuning in the Google Cloud console (Preview)
You can create, monitor, and test reinforcement learning fine-tuning jobs for Gemini models in the Google Cloud console ( Preview ). From the Models > Tuning page, you can configure Python code or model-based reward functions, test reward logic against sample prompts before launching a job, track training and evaluation metrics in real time, and test tuned...
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5 is available in Model Garden.
Gemini model deprecation and retirement date updates
The retirement and deprecation dates for the following Gemini models have been updated: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image ( gemini-2.5-flash-image ) : Deprecated and scheduled for retirement on March 15, 2027 (extended from October 2, 2026). Migrate to Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image ( gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image ).
Cyber Verification Program for Claude is available in Preview
Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program (CVP) is available in Preview on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. CVP enables verified organizations to use supported Claude models (Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 5, and Claude Opus 5) for legitimate defensive cybersecurity tasks with default dual-use restrictions lifted.