AI News records what changed and when: model releases, version deprecations, pricing revisions, rate limits, licensing terms, regulation and outages. Each entry states the effect on people already building on a product. For readers whose tools depend on somebody else's release calendar.
Model launches, version changes, price moves, deprecations, safety policy revisions and outages, reported with the practical effect on existing users.
"Open" in AI has a specific meaning — downloadable weights you can run yourself — and it splits the industry into two very different bargains about cost, control, and who sees your prompts.
Model names look like part numbers but encode real information — family, generation, and tier — and knowing the three layers tells you which model to pick before you ever read a benchmark.