Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 retirement deadline: August 5, 2026
Inventory Opus 4.1 traffic by serving platform, move Anthropic API workloads to claude-opus-4-8, and test prompts, tools, streaming, safety, latency and cost before August 5.
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What launched. What changed. What it costs. Whether it worked.
- Launches.
- Changes.
- Pricing.
- Evidence.
- Distribution.
Kingy AI tracks AI product launches, model changes, pricing and tested workflows, then separates official facts, company claims and evidence from what remains unproven.
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Verified vendor deadlines, replacements and required actions—available as a page, RSS, JSON and calendar feed.
OpenAI retires GPT-5.2 Chat Latest and GPT-5.3 Chat Latest on August 10
Replace both affected model IDs, then regression-test prompts, output handling, latency and cost before the August 10 shutdown.
Google Imagen 4 API shutdown window: August 17, 2026
Move representative prompts to gemini-3.1-flash-image and test aspect ratios, safety, provenance, latency, quota and cost before the August 17 earliest shutdown window.
How Kingy works
From launch claim to useful evidence.
Kingy AI records what changed, checks the source, tests workflows where practical, and connects credible products with creators and buyers.
What launched or changed
Product releases, model updates, funding, availability and material feature changes, linked to their sources.
Explore AI launchesWhat it costs and who confirmed it
Pricing, access and capability notes are attributed to official sources, company claims or named external evidence.
Browse product recordsWhether the workflow held up
Kingy-tested examples show the inputs, outputs and limits observed. Untested claims stay labelled as claims.
See workflow evidencePut credible products in context
Creator videos, launch records, product profiles and supporting assets help qualified AI products reach the right audience.
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Decide what is worth using
Follow model changes, compare current costs, inspect product records and use source-linked workflows instead of launch-day claims alone.
Track launches and changesBuild a product record and launch path
Submit a launch or material product change for editorial review, connect releases to evidence, and request creator distribution when the product is ready to demonstrate.
Explore the founder pathPlan with inspectable campaign evidence
Review public creator examples, measurement boundaries, ROI planning inputs and disclosure standards before choosing a campaign.
Review campaign evidenceEvidence status
Read the standards“Verified” tells you what the evidence supports.
A source can confirm that something launched. It does not automatically prove that every product claim worked in practice.
- Official sourceConfirmed by primary documentation or an announcement.
- Company claimAttributed to the vendor, without presenting it as independent proof.
- Kingy-testedA workflow or output reproduced and described by Kingy AI.
- Third-party evidenceSupported by a named external source readers can inspect.
- Not yet verifiedAn open claim, missing source or result that still needs evidence.
Research
Read the indexHow much traffic does AI actually send?
Published estimates disagree by more than an order of magnitude. Wave One compares nine study records selected under its published rules and adds Kingy's own measured seven-day evidence, with limits and corrections shown.
- 677.8 : 1Pages AI crawlers took from kingy.ai for every visit they sent back.
- 1.3279%Share of our own traffic that came from AI assistants, 20–26 July 2026, seven complete days.
- 9 studiesCatalogued by measurement method, tiered by whether the method can be checked.
- CC BY 4.0Full dataset downloadable as CSV; chart as SVG and PNG. Republish with attribution.
01 · Track
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Launch Radar
Jul 31
DeepSeek V4-Flash-0731 launches in API beta with native Codex support DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 as the official V4-Flash API public beta. The checkpoint keeps the…
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Jul 30
Google retires Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 Preview on August 31 Google announced that gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview will shut down on August 31, 2026, and its deprecation…
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Jul 28
Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification goes final The final Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification became the current authoritative protocol version. It…
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Jul 28
OpenAI releases Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK in limited beta OpenAI published the Codex Security command-line client and TypeScript SDK. The CLI supports repository…
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Jul 27
Microsoft Project Perception Microsoft announced Project Perception, an agentic security system that coordinates specialized red, blue, and…
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02 · Inspect
Browse product records
Featured product records
Plan an AI workflow with costs and evidence in view.
Answer five questions to map the categories your workflow needs, the tradeoffs to expect and a 30-day starting plan. Missing pricing or capability evidence is clearly flagged.
Five questions
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ChatGPT
ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, coding, image creation and analysis, voice, and everyday work.
Free: Yes
API: Yes
Open: No
- Company
- OpenAI
- Pricing
- Free and paid plans are available; plan features, limits, and current prices are listed on ChatGPT's official pricing page.
Claude
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding support, document work, and long-context reasoning for individuals, teams, and enterprises.
Free: Yes
API: Yes
Open: No
- Company
- Anthropic
- Pricing
- Claude offers free and paid plans; features, usage limits, and current prices vary by plan and region and are listed on Anthropic's official pricing page.
Codex
Codex is OpenAI's coding agent for writing, reviewing, and shipping code across local projects, editors, terminals, cloud tasks, and automated workflows.
Free: Yes
API: No
Open: No
- Company
- OpenAI
- Pricing
- Codex access and usage limits vary by ChatGPT plan and account; current eligibility and prices are listed on OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT pricing pages.
Perplexity
Perplexity launched Deep Research as a research mode that runs many searches, reads sources, reasons through the material, and returns a structured report.
Free: Yes
API: No
Open: No
- Company
- Perplexity AI
- Pricing
- At launch, Perplexity said Deep Research would be free with limited daily use for non-subscribers and higher usage for Pro subscribers.
Lovable
Lovable 2.0 added a refreshed product experience with workspaces, multiplayer collaboration, chat mode agent, security scan, dev mode, visual edits, custom domains, and pricing changes.
Free: Yes
API: No
Open: No
- Company
- Lovable
- Pricing
- Lovable 2.0 listed Pro plans starting at $25/month and Teams plans starting at $30/month for teams.
Runway
Runway introduced Gen-4, a video generation model focused on consistent characters, locations, and objects across shots.
Free: Yes
API: Yes
Open: No
- Company
- Runway
- Pricing
- Runway model access depends on paid Runway plans and product availability; current limits are published by Runway.
Canva AI
Canva AI brings generative design, writing, image, presentation, and editing tools into Canva.
Free: Yes
API: No
Open: No
- Company
- Canva
- Pricing
- Canva offers free and paid plans; AI feature limits vary by plan.
03 · The report
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Can Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 Flash Really Use 1 Million Tokens? The 1M Context Reality
Both providers document a million-token window. Kingy built and tokenized a five-tier retrieval test, but official-API access stopped before inference—so accepted context, accuracy, latency and caching remain unverified.
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Can Full Kimi K3 Run on a 64GB M1 Max? The 1.7TB SSD Reality
Evidence checked August 1, 2026. This is a source-audited technical report, not a Kingy hardware test. The available machine was a 24GB…
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OpenAI Says Astra Found 10 New Math Results. Here’s What the Evidence Shows
OpenAI published ten Astra-generated research claims with a 249-page manuscript and public Lean proofs. The evidence is unusually strong; independent review has only begun.
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Can GLM-5.2 Run on a 256GB Mac Studio? The 239GB Tightrope
A 239GB GLM-5.2 quant can fit in 256GB of unified memory—but only after a unit conversion, and only with strict limits on context, runtime overhead and quality claims.
AI News
Google Earth’s AI Image Tool Lasted One Day. The Trust Problem Will Last Longer
Google rolled back Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth after one day. Here’s why watermarks weren’t enough—and what safer geospatial AI needs.
AI Guides
Kimi K3 vs. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: Which One Is Better?
Kimi K3 leads a major independent index. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 wins on API price and home-lab feasibility. See the evidence and trade-offs.
Creator distribution
Show buyers what the product does—and what the evidence supports.
Review 132 public video records with source links and measurement boundaries.
Kingy turns launches, product changes and documented workflows into creator-led education. Paid relationships are disclosed, claims remain attributed, and campaign evidence is separated from editorial judgment.
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