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November 2026

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Conductor Cloud shuts downConductorIn 5 daysProduct changeCopy the link to this entry

    Conductor’s hosted service closes, and the company then starts deleting cloud user data.

    Meta buys Conductor, and OpenAI agrees to buy Pierre

December 2026

  1. Gemini 4 Carbon’s price doublesGoogleIn 2 weeksPrice changeCopy the link to this entry

    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
  2. Gemini 4 Argon’s API price doublesGoogleIn 2 weeksPrice changeCopy the link to this entry

    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
  3. 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
  4. Ring Rover Cam ships in the USRing (Amazon)In 4 weeksSales dateCopy the link to this entry

    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

January 2027

  1. Gemini 3.8 voice prices doubleGoogleIn 7 weeksPrice changeCopy the link to this entry

    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
  2. 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
  3. Ring Drone Cam ships in the USRing (Amazon)In 2 monthsSales dateCopy the link to this entry

    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

  1. Microsoft starts honouring the shared AI training opt-outMicrosoftIn 3 monthsProduct changeCopy the link to this entry

    Bing’s crawler starts reading the __usage_ai-training entry in robots.txt and the page setting ai-grounding:disallow. Google plans to follow in early 2027.

    Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic back one AI opt-out

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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  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

  9. 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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. SEMICON Japan 2026SEMIIn 3 weeksConference

    The chip industry’s trade show at Tokyo Big Sight.

    SEMI (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

  6. 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

  7. 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

  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

  9. 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

January 2027

  1. 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

  2. CES 2027Consumer Technology AssociationIn 7 weeksConference

    The consumer technology show in Las Vegas.

    Consumer Technology Association (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

February 2027

  1. 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

  2. AAAI-27 in MontréalAAAIIn 3 monthsConference

    A main AI research conference.

    AAAI (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

  3. SEMICON Korea 2027SEMIIn 3 monthsConference

    The chip industry’s trade show at COEX in Seoul.

    SEMI (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

  4. 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

  1. MWC Barcelona 2027GSMAIn 3 monthsConference

    The mobile and telecoms show in Barcelona.

    GSMA (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. SEMICON China 2027SEMIIn 4 monthsConference

    The chip industry’s trade show in Shanghai.

    SEMI (opens in a new tab)

    Checked Oct 8

April 2027

  1. 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

  2. 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

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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