Releasesby GlyphOpenAI releases GPT-Realtime-2.1 and GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini
GPT-Realtime-2.1 improves alphanumeric recognition, silence and noise handling and interruptions for voice apps, and the mini version is a faster, lower-cost distilled reasoning model.
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Budgets are now generally available
Budgets, including budgets for Unity Gateway, are now generally available. Budgets let admins define spending thresholds. For requests managed through Unity Gateway, including Genie interactions, admins can set additional per-user thresholds and overrides, with configurable actions such as email alerting and usage blocking.
Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
You can now use Private Link to privately connect to Databricks account-level resources, such as the account console, through a VPC interface endpoint instead of the public internet. See Configure inbound Private Link for account-level resources .
July 6, 2026
This serverless compute release includes updates from Databricks Runtime 18 . New features Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow streaming query ID : Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow can now set the streaming query ID on demand.
You can use Gemini in Spanner Studio to fix errors in your SQL queries
You can use Gemini in Spanner Studio to fix errors in your SQL queries. When you run a query that contains an error, you can click Fix to view a line-by-line comparison of your query and a recommended correction, along with an explanation of the change. This feature is available in Preview .
Modeling
- Added support for agent-specific AI context via the omni_agent Mustache namespace, allowing you to customize AI behavior on a per-agent basis. See Optimize models for Omni AI for more information.
Self-serve identity provider changes
- New: Users with the Owner role can switch their tailnet's identity provider from the admin console for supported providers ( beta ).
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OpenAI releases the GPT-5.6 model family: Sol, Terra and Luna
GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna span frontier to high-volume workloads, and gpt-5.6 routes to Sol. The family adds Programmatic Tool Calling, explicit prompt caching controls, persisted reasoning and Pro mode, with multi-agent orchestration in beta.
OpenAI updates chat-latest to the latest ChatGPT Instant model
The chat-latest snapshot now points to the latest Instant model used in ChatGPT and will be updated regularly. OpenAI recommends GPT-5.5 for production API usage.
OpenAI API adds hard spend limits for organizations and projects
A monthly cap makes affected API requests return 429 once tracked spend reaches the limit. Spend alerts can warn before traffic is interrupted.
OpenAI releases GPT Transcribe and GPT Live Transcribe
GPT Transcribe handles accurate file transcription and final transcripts of Realtime turns, while GPT Live Transcribe provides low-latency streaming. Both support transcription context, keyword hints and multiple expected languages.
OpenAI releases an official Terraform provider
The provider manages projects, users, groups, roles, service accounts, certificates, invitations and project rate limits as code, with import and drift detection through standard Terraform workflows.
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna price 80% and Terra 20%, Fast mode replaces Priority
From July 30, GPT-5.6 Luna costs 80% less and Terra 20% less. Fast mode replaces Priority Processing, giving GPT-5.6 Sol up to 2.5x speed at twice the price, and priority requests map to it automatically.
OpenAI Usage and Costs dashboards filter and group by API key
Usage and Costs dashboards and the Usage and Costs APIs now support an API key dimension for reporting and analysis.
OpenAI Fast mode supports long-context requests for GPT-5.6 models
Prompts over 272K tokens can now run in Fast mode on GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna, at up to 2.5x the speed of the Standard tier.