Releasesby GlyphAdvancing price-performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
GPT‑5.6 is now available in Kiro, helping developers plan, build, review, and test software with better price-performance.
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BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview
Teams can monitor the performance, adoption, latency and costs of BigQuery data agents and their conversations using Google Cloud Observability.
Verkada connector (Beta)
The Verkada connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests organization audit logs and access users from your Verkada organization into Databricks. Authentication uses a Verkada organization API key. See Verkada connector .
Private network gateway is in Private Preview
Private network gateway is in Private Preview . A private network gateway connects Databricks serverless compute to resources in your VPC, on-premises systems, and the internet through a single managed gateway, reusing your existing network connectivity configuration (NCC).
Connect to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams with your workspace URL (Public Preview)
When you sign in to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams, you can now enter your workspace URL instead of a server hostname to connect to your Databricks account. See Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams .
The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta
The INSERT , UPDATE , and DELETE privileges are in Beta in Unity Catalog. These privileges are least-privilege alternatives to MODIFY that let you grant write access to a table's data without also granting the ability to change its schema or other metadata. The privileges require Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.
Gemini Enterprise: D&B Commercial Graph data store (Preview)
The D&B Commercial Graph data store is available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise. You can connect D&B Commercial Graph to search and import company data using natural language. For more information, see Connect D&B Commercial Graph .
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OpenAI deprecates whisper-1 and gpt-4o transcribe models, shutdown February 26, 2027
whisper-1, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe and gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize shut down February 26, 2027; migrate to gpt-live-transcribe or gpt-transcribe. The Assistants API shut down August 26, 2026.
OpenAI API adds per-request regional processing via prefixed domains
Projects with Global geography can select regional processing for an individual request by calling a prefixed domain. Existing eligibility, retention, endpoint and model requirements still apply.
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol pricing to $4 input and $20 output per MTok
GPT-5.6 Sol input pricing drops 20% and output pricing 33%. The promotional price runs at least through November 21, 2026.
OpenAI launches a Prompt Caching dashboard
The dashboard tracks cache hit rate over time, cache reads per write and the split of cache-read, cache-write and uncached tokens, filterable by model and service tier, to help improve caching efficiency.
OpenAI gpt-image-2 adds transparent backgrounds in preview
Set background to transparent with png or webp output in the Images API and Responses image tool for gpt-image-2 and gpt-image-2-2026-04-21. jpeg is not supported.
OpenAI API mTLS and X.509 workload identity federation are GA
Mutual TLS and X.509 workload identity federation can be configured in the Platform console, with access governed by organization roles and permissions, enabling keyless authentication.
OpenAI API supports IPv6 connections to api.openai.com
Connections to api.openai.com can now use IPv6.
OpenAI API separates slow_down 429s from server_is_overloaded 503s
Traffic ramping too quickly now returns 429 slow_down, while temporary model overload returns 503 server_is_overloaded. Honor Retry-After when present, otherwise use exponential backoff.