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Tuesday 11 August 2026

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Launches and products

11 Aug 2026MicrosoftMAI-Code-1.1-Flash Update to MAI-Code at a quarter of the cost, with 25% fewer tokens, 25% faster streaming and 22% better on Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Copilot CLI.

People and teams

Brad LightcapOpenAI → New venture (unannounced). Said on X he is leaving 'to start something new' after eight years; in April he had moved from COO to special projects on complex deals.