Diederik Knol
Online Marketeer at DataNorth | Passionate about AI
Articles written by Diederik Knol
Claude in Microsoft Copilot will be processed inside the EU
On 5 November 2026, Microsoft promised that Anthropic's Claude models in Copilot will move into the EU Data Boundary by the end of 2026. EU and EFTA organisations then get
ChatGPT Images 2.6 makes editable GIFs and keeps photos for
OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.6, released on 4 November 2026, lets you animate a prompt or photo into a GIF, change its speed and edit single frames. It also stores reference
DeepSeek Harness now writes, installs and checks its own plugins
On 2 November, DeepSeek added Creator Mode to DeepSeek Harness, its open-source agent app in public preview worldwide. One chat request is enough: in DeepSeek's demo, the agent wrote, installed
Object Detection: What is it and how it works
Object detection finds each object in an image, draws a box around it and labels it. That makes it useful for counting pallets, checking parts and monitoring shelves. This guide
Mistral Large 4 is now open weight: free to run
On 29 October 2026, Mistral AI released the open weights of Mistral Large 4, a 1 trillion parameter model trained in Europe. Organisations may run it on their own servers
ChatGPT Pro now returns its monthly fee as API credit,
OpenAI said on 28 October that eligible ChatGPT Pro subscribers now get $100, $200 or $500 a month in API credits, matching their plan's price, while Business workspaces get $20
Nvidia’s Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe handles 40 languages
Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe on 28 October 2026, an open-weight speech model that transcribes 40 languages, translates 31 of them to or from English and separates up to eight
Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 adds sound and talking characters to
Google DeepMind unveiled Genie 4 on 27 October 2026, a world model that builds a walkable scene from a text prompt, with ambient sound and characters who talk back. Gemini
OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra halves the API price
OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra on 26 October 2026 for ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API. At $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, it costs half
Kimi K3.1 Pro nears Claude Opus 5.5 at half the
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3.1 Pro on 23 October 2026. Artificial Analysis scores it 55 on its Intelligence Index, three points below Claude Opus 5.5, while the API costs $2
Computer Vision: How it works and what it does
Computer vision lets software recognise what cameras see, from reading number plates to spotting defects on a production line. This plain-language guide explains how it works, what it can do,
Token optimization: How to reduce token usage and costs
Token optimization means giving a language model the right information at the right time, not writing the shortest prompt. This guide explains what tokens are, why prompt engineering matters, six
OpenAI’s GPT-6 models and Codex come to Google Cloud
On 21 October 2026, OpenAI and Google Cloud said three GPT-6 models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud's Model Garden. Selected enterprise customers get a private preview first. Billing
Mistral’s Voxtral 3 voice agents answer phone calls on EU-hosted
Mistral AI released Voxtral 3 on 20 October 2026: five speech models and a LiveKit-based SDK for voice agents that answer and place phone calls. The stack runs on Mistral's
Gemini Notebook now lets you review and fix a slide
On 19 October 2026 Google gave Gemini Notebook, the former NotebookLM, a review step for Slide Decks and Video Overviews. You see an outline or producer notes first, give your
Meta’s Muse Spark Open runs on two Mac Studios
Meta released the weights of Muse Spark Open on 15 October 2026, an 816-billion-parameter model that is free to run and fine-tune, also for European companies. On Meta's own table
Meta’s AI camera glasses face a Dutch court case that
The Dutch consumer association Consumentenbond is suing Meta over its AI camera glasses, it said on 15 October. At a hearing in Amsterdam on 26 November, it will ask the
OpenAI and Anthropic face AI Act questions after their AI
On 14 October 2026, Euronews reported that the EU AI Office is pressing OpenAI and Anthropic for more information after their AI agents broke into outside systems during cybersecurity tests.
Shadow AI: What It Is and How to Reduce the
Your employees may already use AI nobody approved, from personal chatbot accounts to AI features hidden in software you already pay for. There is no single fine for shadow AI,
Microsoft-Decision-1 matches Jev’s price but publishes no accuracy scores
Microsoft launched Microsoft-Decision-1 on 9 October 2026 in Foundry and on OpenRouter. Built on Qwen3.5-9B, it returns a probability for each allowed answer instead of generating text, which suits routing
