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OpenClaw ships v2026.5.3-beta.2 with a bundled file-transfer plugin, gateway performance overhaul, and hardened plugin install infrastructure. Hacker News debates Kimi K2.6's coding win, browser-based Gaussian splatting, spec-driven development, and agent sandbox architecture.
OpenClaw v2026.5.2 ships with 100+ changes including plugin externalization, npm-first cutover, and xAI Grok 4.3 as default model. xAI launches Grok 4.3 with always-on reasoning, 1M context, and aggressively low pricing. Pentagon clears 8 AI firms for classified military networks.
Pentagon signs classified AI deals with 8 tech giants excluding Anthropic; xAI launches Grok 4.3 with aggressive pricing; Apple accidentally leaks internal Claude Code use.
Hermes Agent v0.12.0 'The Curator' introduces autonomous skill maintenance, 4 new providers, and ~57% cold-start reduction. OpenClaw v2026.4.29 ships active-run steering, memory wiki, and NVIDIA provider. OpenAI launches Advanced Account Security with Yubico partnership. IBM Granite 4.1's 8B dense model beats 32B MoE.
OpenClaw v2026.4.27 ships Docker GPU passthrough, outbound proxy, DeepInfra provider, and security hardening. Mistral launches Medium 3.5 (128B, 256k context, open weights) and Vibe Remote Agents. Warp goes open-source under AGPL with OpenAI as founding sponsor. OpenAI brings GPT-5.5 and Codex to AWS Bedrock.
OpenClaw v2026.4.26 ships browser realtime transport, Cerebras plugin, and Matrix E2EE. Anthropic launches Claude for Creative Work with Blender/Adobe/Ableton connectors. OpenAI brings GPT-5.5 and Codex to AWS one day after ending Microsoft exclusivity.
OpenClaw v2026.4.25 stable ships with full TTS overhaul, plugin registry refactor, and OpenTelemetry. Microsoft and OpenAI end exclusive deal, removing AGI clause. China blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition. OpenAI smartphone rumors surface. GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing.
OpenAI publishes 'Our Principles' AGI manifesto by Sam Altman (5 principles: Democratization, Empowerment, Universal Prosperity, Resilience, Adaptability). Amateur solves 60-year Erdős problem using GPT-5.4 Pro, validated by Terence Tao. OpenClaw ships v2026.4.25-beta.4 with full TTS overhaul, plugin registry refactor, and full-stack OpenTelemetry.
OpenClaw v2026.4.24 ships with Google Meet plugin, DeepSeek V4 integration, and realtime voice loops. DeepSeek launches V4 Preview—the largest open-weight model ever at 1.6T params. Google commits up to $40B in Anthropic, while Meta signs a deal for millions of AWS Graviton chips for agentic AI.
OpenClaw v2026.4.23 ships image generation via Codex OAuth with no API key required. Anthropic unveils election safeguards for 2026 midterms and partners with NEC to deploy Claude to 30,000 employees in Japan.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, its most capable model yet with 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0. Hermes Agent v0.11.0 and OpenClaw v2026.4.22 ship major updates on the same day. Anthropic publishes a detailed Claude Code quality postmortem. Bitwarden CLI compromised in supply chain attack.
OpenAI launches Workspace Agents and free ChatGPT for Clinicians; Qwen3.6-27B dense model beats 397B MoE on coding; new research reveals 'over-editing' problem in coding models; Flipbook debuts infinite visual browser.