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AI calendar
Upcoming AI hearings, deadlines, launches and the days new AI rules start, plus earnings days, conferences, chip and model dates from official sources.
What is coming up in AI. Dates can move: a hearing is rescheduled, a launch slips. The story behind each entry says where the date comes from.
November 2026
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November 2026
- Comments close on China’s draft AI export listChina’s Ministry of CommerceTodayConsultation closesCopy the link to this entry
Last day to comment on the draft that adds 40 technologies, 23 of them in AI, to China’s list of banned or licensed exports.
China proposes export limits on 23 AI technologies - UN review conference on autonomous weapons opensUnited NationsTomorrowConferenceCopy the link to this entry
Countries decide whether to start talks on a new treaty on autonomous weapons. The conference runs until November 20 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Date source UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
The US and Russia weakened a UN text on AI weapons - California’s AI shutoff recommendations dueCaliforniaTomorrowGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
Executive Order N-9-26 asks for recommendations on onsite auditors, independent checks and an emergency shutoff for the most powerful AI models.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch” - Claude Data turns on by default for EnterpriseAnthropicIn 4 daysProduct changeCopy the link to this entry
On Claude Enterprise plans, Claude Data switches on by default. Admins can turn it off in the organisation’s settings.
Anthropic adds Sheets and Whiteboards to Claude Conductor’s hosted service closes, and the company then starts deleting cloud user data.
Meta buys Conductor, and OpenAI agrees to buy Pierre- Proposed legal definition of “Super Intelligence” dueUS PresidentIn 13 daysGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
The president’s science and technology adviser must propose legislative language for a federal definition of the term.
Date 60 days after the September 29 order
Trump orders agencies to say “Super Intelligence”, not AI
December 2026
The introductory price of $2 and $10 per million input and output tokens ends, and $4 and $20 apply.
Google opens Gemini 4 Carbon to paying users- Clarksville, Arkansas, votes on data centre bondsClarksville, ArkansasIn 2 weeksVoteCopy the link to this entry
Voters decide whether to approve bonds linked to specific data centres, Smart Cities Dive reports.
Opponents win nearly all US data centre votes so far The launch price of $2 and $10 per million input and output tokens ends on November 30. Google says it then becomes $4 and $20.
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to paying users and developers Try it yourself: who can use it, the price, an example prompt- Deadline for South Korea’s 2027 budgetNational Assembly of South KoreaIn 2 weeksGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
The legal deadline for parliament to pass the 2027 budget, which puts 21.3 trillion won into AI, chips, physical AI and AI data centres.
South Korea’s president asks for nearly double AI spending - Comments close on Treasury’s COINS Act investment ruleUS Department of the TreasuryIn 3 weeksConsultation closesCopy the link to this entry
Last day for public comments on the draft rule that would widen US limits on investment in AI and other technologies in China and other countries of concern.
US Treasury proposes wider bans on AI investment in China - Google and Samsung’s Gemini glasses go on saleGoogle, Samsung, Warby Parker, Gentle MonsterIn 4 weeksProduct launchCopy the link to this entry
The Intelligent Eyewear collections go on sale online and in stores in the US, from $395. Gentle Monster’s also sell in South Korea.
Google and Samsung’s Gemini glasses open for preorder Ring’s $999.99 wheeled security robot for businesses starts shipping to US customers.
Ring’s $249.99 drone camera will patrol homes from January- Pennsylvania’s AI advertising label law takes effectPennsylvaniaIn 5 weeksLaw startsCopy the link to this entry
Act 99 of 2026 takes effect 60 days after its October 22 signing; this date is our own count. Ads with misleading AI content must then carry a clear AI label.
Pennsylvania law requires labels on misleading AI ads - Guidance for connecting agencies to America.gov dueWhite House budget officeIn 6 weeksGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
The Office of Management and Budget must tell agencies how to connect their services to America.gov.
Date 90 days after the September 29 order
US launches America.gov, an AI chatbot for public services
January 2027
- Connecticut’s AI companion chatbot rules startConnecticutIn 7 weeksRules startCopy the link to this entry
Rules for AI companion chatbots take effect, and the largest frontier AI developers must have anonymous internal channels for staff to report catastrophic risks.
Connecticut’s AI rules on layoffs and whistleblowers start Until December 31, Flash costs $9 and Flash-Lite $6 per million tokens of audio. Google says both prices then double.
Google’s new Gemini voices can copy a person’s voice- Extended US–China trade truce endsUnited States and ChinaIn 8 weeksGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
Our story reported the truce ending on November 10, while the US seeks shared rules with China on the biggest AI dangers. On September 28, China’s commerce ministry said both sides agreed to extend it to January 10, 2027.
Date source China’s Ministry of Commerce
The US wants an AI incident line with China - Reddit starts cutting off unregistered API appsRedditIn 8 weeksProduct changeCopy the link to this entry
Apps and bots that have not registered on Reddit’s Developer Platform start losing API access. Public API access ends in March 2027.
Reddit will end RSS feeds and its public API over scraping Ring’s $249.99 indoor drone camera starts shipping to US customers, if the FCC has authorised it by then.
Ring’s $249.99 drone camera will patrol homes from January
February 2027
- CMA decides on Microsoft’s strategic market statusUK Competition and Markets AuthorityIn 3 monthsRegulator decisionCopy the link to this entry
The legal deadline for the CMA’s final decision on Microsoft’s business software, including Copilot.
UK watchdog wants special status for Microsoft and Copilot
May 2027
- California criteria for AI verification organisations dueCaliforniaIn 5 monthsGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
Criteria for independent verification organisations are due, moved forward from January 1, 2028.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch”
July 2027
Employers may no longer discipline or fire workers based solely on an automated decision system, and must give written notice when they relied mainly on one.
California bars firing or disciplining workers by AI alone
August 2027
- Google must open Android to rival AI servicesEuropean CommissionIn 9 monthsRegulator deadlineCopy the link to this entry
Under a Digital Markets Act decision, Google must open Android features to rival AI services by this date at the latest. Google is challenging the decision in court.
Google sues to block EU orders opening Android to AI rivals
December 2027
- California registry of AI auditors dueCaliforniaIn 13 monthsGovernment deadlineCopy the link to this entry
A registry of AI auditors is due, moved forward from January 1, 2029.
California wants a plan for an AI “kill switch”
AI rules that start
The days new AI rules start to apply, from our AI rules checker, one line per place and day. Each rule there links to its official text.
- European Union: 2 AI rules startIn 2 weeksRules start
Do not offer or use AI that makes sexual deepfakes; Platforms: keep humans in charge of algorithmic management.
See the 2 rules in the checker - California: 14 AI rules startIn 7 weeksRules start
Let customers reach a human, not just a chatbot; Say in layoff notices when AI caused the cuts; No surveillance tools in workplace bathrooms; and 11 more.
See the 14 rules in the checker - Colorado: 3 AI rules startIn 7 weeksRules start
Explain automated decisions and offer a human review; Tell users your chatbot is AI and handle crises; Estimate ages and protect minors on your chatbot.
See the 3 rules in the checker - Illinois: Report frontier AI incidents and get yearly safety auditsIn 7 weeksRule starts
Large frontier AI developers must publish a safety framework, file disclosure statements with the state emergency management agency and send it regular summaries of catastrophic-risk assessments. Report critical safety incidents to that agency and the Attorney General within 72 hours, or 24 hours if lives are at risk. Yearly independent audits start on January 1, 2028.
See the rule in the checker - New York State: 2 AI rules startIn 7 weeksRules start
Keep unsafe chatbot features away from minors; Report frontier AI incidents within 72 hours.
See the 2 rules in the checker - Connecticut: Tell people when an AI tool helps decide about their jobIn 11 monthsRule starts
If an automated tool is a substantial factor in a job decision, give the person a written notice before the decision. Tell people in plain language when they are interacting with such a tool.
See the rule in the checker - European Union: 5 AI rules startIn 13 monthsRules start
AI for hiring and managing staff becomes “high-risk”; Check HR AI against the high-risk rules before you sell it; Treat AI for admissions, grading and exams as high-risk; and 2 more.
See the 5 rules in the checker
From official sources
Earnings days, conferences, chip factory dates and AI model dates that companies, organisers and governments have announced. They are not from our reporting: each links to the official page it comes from.
November 2026
- SC26 supercomputing conferenceACM and IEEE Computer SocietyTodayConference
The conference on high-performance computing in Chicago, where the TOP500 supercomputer list is usually updated.
SC26 (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- EU Apply AI Summit 2026European CommissionIn 2 daysConference
The European Commission’s summit on putting AI to use in Europe, in Brussels and online.
European Commission (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Google turns off Opal and the Labs-made GemsGoogleIn 2 daysProduct change
The experimental Opal mini-app builder and the “Gems made by Labs” in Gemini turn off; saved files stay in Google Drive but no longer run.
Google for Developers (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Microsoft Ignite 2026MicrosoftIn 2 daysConference
Microsoft’s conference for businesses and developers, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and online.
Microsoft (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Azure OpenAI retires o1, o3, o3-mini and o4-miniMicrosoftIn 4 daysModel retirement
In Microsoft Foundry, o1, o1-pro, o3, o3-pro, o3-mini, o3-deep-research and o4-mini retire; Microsoft lists GPT-5.6 Sol or Terra as replacements.
Microsoft Learn (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Anthropic retires Claude Sonnet 4.5 in its APIAnthropicIn 2 weeksModel retirement
Claude Sonnet 4.5 stops working on the Claude API; Anthropic’s replacement is Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Claude Platform release notes (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- AWS re:Invent 2026Amazon Web ServicesIn 2 weeksConference
Amazon’s cloud and AI conference in Las Vegas.
Amazon Web Services (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026NVIDIAIn 2 weeksConference
NVIDIA’s AI conference in Washington, D.C.
NVIDIA (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI shuts down Agent Builder and EvalsOpenAIIn 2 weeksProduct change
Agent Builder, the Evals dashboard and API, and the reusable-prompts API shut down for developers.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
December 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: usage billing on by defaultMicrosoftIn 2 weeksPrice change
New Copilot Business licenses bought through partners get usage-based billing switched on by default, capped at 4,000 Copilot Credits per user a month unless changed.
Microsoft Partner Center (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI’s API removes older GPT Image modelsOpenAIIn 2 weeksModel retirement
gpt-image-1.5, gpt-image-1-mini and chatgpt-image-latest leave the API.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- NeurIPS 2026 in SydneyNeurIPS FoundationIn 3 weeksConference
The largest AI research conference; the main meeting is in Sydney, with satellite meetings in Atlanta and Paris from December 9.
NeurIPS (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- EU Chips Act: EU–Japan chip call closesChips Joint Undertaking (EU)In 3 weeksChip funding
Applications close for the joint EU–Japan call on chiplets for AI and chip processes beyond 2 nanometres.
Chips Joint Undertaking (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Adobe’s quarterly results callAdobeIn 3 weeksEarnings
Adobe discusses the last quarter of its 2026 financial year on a call at 2:00 p.m. US Pacific time.
Adobe Investor Relations (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Azure OpenAI retires the first GPT-4oMicrosoftIn 3 weeksModel retirement
The May 2024 version of GPT-4o retires in Microsoft Foundry; standard deployments move to GPT-5.6 Sol by themselves, provisioned ones must be moved by hand.
Microsoft Learn (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- SEMICON Japan 2026SEMIIn 3 weeksConference
The chip industry’s trade show at Tokyo Big Sight.
SEMI (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- ChatGPT retires custom GPTsOpenAIIn 4 weeksProduct change
Custom GPTs stop working on all ChatGPT plans; Enterprise workspaces with an approved delay have until February 11, 2027.
OpenAI Help Center (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI’s API removes the first GPT-5 and o3 versionsOpenAIIn 4 weeksModel retirement
The API removes the August 2025 GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and nano, GPT-5 pro, o3 and o3-pro; the replacements are the GPT-5.6 models.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- IEEE IEDM 2026IEEE Electron Devices SocietyIn 4 weeksConference
The main meeting on new transistors and chip-making methods, in San Francisco.
IEEE IEDM (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- UN Internet Governance Forum 2026United NationsIn 4 weeksConference
The UN’s yearly forum on internet and AI policy, in Nairobi and online.
United Nations (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- US deadline to become an approved chip designerUS Bureau of Industry and SecurityIn 7 weeksChip rule
Last day for chip designers to apply for approved status under the US export rule on chips made by foundries.
Federal Register (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
January 2027
- Gemini 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 Flash API prices doubleGoogleIn 7 weeksPrice change
The introductory prices of these models in the paid Gemini API end; Gemini 3.8 Flash goes from $0.75 to $1.50 per million input tokens.
Gemini API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- CES 2027Consumer Technology AssociationIn 7 weeksConference
The consumer technology show in Las Vegas.
Consumer Technology Association (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI ends new fine-tuning jobsOpenAIIn 7 weeksProduct change
Customers can no longer start new fine-tuning jobs; fine-tuned models already made keep working until their base model retires.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI’s API removes its older voice modelsOpenAIIn 7 weeksModel retirement
The text-to-speech models tts-1, tts-1-hd and gpt-4o-mini-tts leave the API; the replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Amazon Bedrock ends Claude Opus 4.1Amazon Web ServicesIn 8 weeksModel retirement
Claude Opus 4.1 reaches end of life on Amazon Bedrock.
Amazon Bedrock User Guide (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI’s API removes older realtime and audio modelsOpenAIIn 2 monthsModel retirement
The gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, gpt-4o-audio and gpt-4o-realtime families leave the API; the replacements are gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-audio-1.5.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- SAP’s full-year 2026 resultsSAPIn 2 monthsEarnings
The business-software maker publishes its October–December and full-year 2026 results in the morning, Central European time.
SAP Investor Relations (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
February 2027
- Tokyo Electron’s quarterly resultsTokyo ElectronIn 3 monthsEarnings
The chip-equipment maker publishes the third quarter of its 2027 financial year; its calendar says the date can change.
Tokyo Electron IR Calendar (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- ISSCC 2027IEEE Solid-State Circuits SocietyIn 3 monthsConference
The main conference where chip makers present new chip designs, in San Francisco.
ISSCC (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- AAAI-27 in MontréalAAAIIn 3 monthsConference
A main AI research conference.
AAAI (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- SEMICON Korea 2027SEMIIn 3 monthsConference
The chip industry’s trade show at COEX in Seoul.
SEMI (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- OpenAI’s API removes whisper-1 and gpt-4o-transcribeOpenAIIn 3 monthsModel retirement
The older speech-to-text models leave the API; the replacements are gpt-live-transcribe and gpt-transcribe.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
March 2027
- MWC Barcelona 2027GSMAIn 3 monthsConference
The mobile and telecoms show in Barcelona.
GSMA (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Google Cloud retires Gemini 2.5 Flash ImageGoogleIn 4 monthsModel retirement
The image model known as Nano Banana retires on Google Cloud; the replacement is Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image.
Google Cloud documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- NVIDIA GTC 2027 in San JoseNVIDIAIn 4 monthsConference
NVIDIA’s main AI conference. Its home page gives March 15–18; its FAQ gives March 14–18.
NVIDIA (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- SEMICON China 2027SEMIIn 4 monthsConference
The chip industry’s trade show in Shanghai.
SEMI (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
April 2027
- OpenAI’s API removes GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAIIn 5 monthsModel retirement
gpt-5.1, gpt-5.3-codex and gpt-5.4-nano leave the API; the replacements are GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna.
OpenAI API documentation (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
- Azure OpenAI retires GPT-4.1 and GPT-4oMicrosoftIn 5 monthsModel retirement
GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, the later GPT-4o versions and GPT-4o mini retire in Microsoft Foundry; Microsoft says the dates cannot be extended.
Microsoft Learn (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
June 2027
- US tariff on Chinese chips rises from 0%Office of the US Trade RepresentativeIn 7 monthsChip rule
The US Section 301 tariff on chips from China rises from its starting level of 0%; the new rate must be announced at least 30 days before.
Federal Register (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 8
How this tracker works
An entry appears when one of our stories reports a fixed date ahead: a hearing, a legal deadline, a launch or a sales date. Below them, the days new AI rules start, from our AI rules checker, and dates from official sources: each was on the official page it links to on the day shown, and we check them again before they are near. Each date is the local day the source gives. Past dates drop off the list by themselves, and we add new ones with each edition.
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