Releasesby GlyphVercel Sandbox now runs on Vercel Managed Images
Today we are introducing Vercel Managed Images (VMI), a set of versioned, open-source base images you can use as-is or extend. The source for every image lives in the public vercel/sandbox repository. Managed images replace Sandbox runtimes, which are now deprecated.
Also shipped Aug 10, 2026Vercel in August 2026 →
BigQuery supports gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.5-flash GA models
Both models work in all BigQuery generative AI functions and are available on the us, eu and global multi-regional endpoints.
AI_MULTI_EMBED support for large video files in semantic video search (General availability)
Snowflake Cortex AI_MULTI_EMBED is now generally available for semantic video search with support for large video files up to 6 GB using the TwelveLabs Marengo Embed 3.0 model, enabling organizations to index and search production-grade video content directly in Snowflake.
Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST catalog integration (General availability)
Snowflake can now connect directly to the Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST endpoint, so you don’t need to create an AWS Glue integration. This capability is now generally available.
Request Access in Workspaces (Preview)
With this preview release, you can resolve access-related SQL errors in Workspaces by submitting access requests directly from Snowsight. When a query fails because of missing privileges and the user can’t self-resolve the issue by switching roles, the user can submit a request with a reason.
READ METADATA privilege is GA
The READ METADATA privilege is now generally available in Unity Catalog. READ METADATA provides read-only visibility into the same metadata available to the object's owner or a user with MANAGE , including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.
Notion connector (Beta)
The managed Notion connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector ingests pages, data sources, databases, blocks, comments, and users from Notion into Databricks. See Notion connector .
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DeepSeek V4 Pro now runs updated weights on AI Gateway
DeepSeek V4 Pro now runs on updated weights on AI Gateway. They are used by default when you call deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro , so existing requests pick them up with no change to the model ID or your code. To use the updated DeepSeek V4 Pro, set model to deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 in the AI SDK .
Exa web search free through August 31 on AI Gateway and eve
Exa web search is now free on AI Gateway through August 31, and it's now the default web search for eve agents. The tool works with any AI Gateway model, with no separate Exa API key.
Set up coding agents in one command with AI Gateway
Using coding agents means setting up multiple accounts, provisioning API keys, and scattering observability and billing. Now, you can route them through AI Gateway to centralize all of this and add controls, with set up in one command: Any of 200+ models in any agent , including models the agent has no native support for.
Grok 4.6 now available on AI Gateway
Grok 4.6 from SpaceXAI is now available on AI Gateway . The model has a 500K token context window and accepts text and image inputs. Grok 4.6 supports low, medium, high, and xhigh reasoning levels and defaults to high.
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 now available on Vercel AI Gateway
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Preview from xAI is now available on AI Gateway. The model follows detailed instructions closely and plans typography and layout together, so dense, multi-part visuals like infographics, posters, and title screens hold their structure and small text stays legible.
GLM 5.2 free for eve agents through August 27 via Blackbox on AI Gateway
GLM 5.2 , the open-weights coding model from Z.ai with a 1M-token context window, is free for eve agents through August 27, served by Blackbox AI on AI Gateway . New eve agents come with GLM 5.2 as their default model. Use npx eve@latest init my-agent to get started.
Gemini 3.7 Flash now available on AI Gateway for 50% off
Gemini 3.7 Flash from Google is now available on AI Gateway for 50% off till December 31st, 2026. Gemini 3.7 Flash improves on prior Flash models at software engineering and agentic work.
Grok Build is now available in the AI SDK harness layer
The AI SDK harness layer lets you run established coding-agent runtimes through one unified interface, so you can switch runtimes without changing your application code. Today we are adding Grok Build, which runs through the same HarnessAgent interface as every other supported harness.