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title: "AI changelog: AI tool updates and model releases, week by week"
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summary: "58 dated changes to 56 AI tools: shutdowns, renames, acquisitions, replacements, access changes and country availability changes, with dates, details and the maker's own source pages."
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# What changed in AI tools, AI models and apps built with AI

58 dated changes to 56 AI tools, newest first: shutdowns, renames, acquisitions, replacements, access changes and country availability changes. Every row links to the maker's own pages and gives its stated date, marked "around" when the timing is approximate. We keep a saved copy of each source page. Older reviews, lists and AI answers often still describe these tools as they were, so check here before you pick one.

| Date | Tool or model | Change | What changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Gemini Code Assist | Access changed | Google stopped selling new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions; existing subscriptions keep working until the end of their contract. | [Google Cloud docs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/sunset) |
| 2026-09-24 | Sora API | Shut down | OpenAI discontinued the Sora API. | [OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation) |
| 2026-08-26 | Assistants API | Replaced | OpenAI shut down the Assistants API and directs developers to the Responses API and Conversations API. | [OpenAI developer docs](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/assistants/migration) |
| 2026-07-17 | Gemini Code Assist on GitHub, consumer version | Shut down | Google sunset the consumer version of Gemini Code Assist on GitHub. | [Google Gemini Code Assist docs](https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations) |
| 2026-07-15 | [Kilo Code](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/kilo-code) | Acquisition announced | Anaconda has acquired Kilo Code and said it remains available with no changes to existing products, plans, or support for current users. | [Anaconda press release](https://www.anaconda.com/press/anaconda-acquires-kilo-code), [Anaconda announcement](https://www.anaconda.com/blog/anaconda-acquires-kilo-code), [Kilo Code Joined Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/blog/kilo-code-joins-anaconda-what-builders-should-know) |
| 2026-07-13 | JetBrains AI Assistant | Country availability changed | JetBrains ended its hosted AI service in China; AI Assistant there still works with your own API keys, local models and ACP agents. | [JetBrains help](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/ai-assistant/licensing-and-subscriptions.html) |
| 2026-07-09 | ChatGPT group chats | Access changed | OpenAI stopped users from creating or joining group chats and said existing chats would soon become read-only. | [OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/12703475-retiring-group-chats-in-chatgpt) |
| 2026-06-18 | [Gemini CLI](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/gemini-cli) | Access changed | Gemini CLI stopped serving free personal Google accounts and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, who were told to move to Antigravity CLI. API key and Gemini Code Assist license sign-in still work. | [Gemini CLI announcement on GitHub](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/28017) |
| 2026-06-18 | Gemini Code Assist | Access changed | Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions stopped serving Gemini Code Assist for individuals and Google AI Pro and Ultra users. | [Google developers docs](https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations?hl=en) |
| around 2026-06-16 | [Continue](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/continue) | Acquisition announced | Cursor acquired Continue, as its homepage says, and its GitHub repository is now read-only and no longer actively maintained. | [Continue homepage](https://continue.dev/), [Continue 2.0.0, its final release, on GitHub](https://github.com/continuedev/continue/releases/tag/v2.0.0-vscode), [Continue repository on GitHub](https://github.com/continuedev/continue) |
| 2026-06-11 | Ona | Acquisition announced | OpenAI announced that it will acquire Ona and bring its secure cloud execution and orchestration technology into Codex. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-ona/) |
| 2026-06-02 | [Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/windsurf) | Renamed | Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop. It is the same editor with the same features under the Devin name. | [Devin Desktop FAQ](https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/devin-desktop-faq) |
| 2026-05-23 | Emmi AI | Acquisition announced | Mistral announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Physics AI company Emmi AI. | [Mistral AI news](https://mistral.ai/news/accelerate-ai-native-industry/) |
| 2026-05-18 | Stainless | Acquisition announced | Anthropic announced it is acquiring Stainless, a leader in SDKs and MCP server tooling. | [Anthropic news](https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-acquires-stainless) |
| 2026-05-15 | Amazon Q Developer | Access changed | From May 15, 2026 AWS blocks new Q Developer Free accounts and new subscriptions; existing customers keep access, with IDE plugins and paid subscriptions supported until April 30, 2027. | [AWS DevOps blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/amazon-q-developer-end-of-support-announcement/) |
| 2026-05-15 | [Roo Code](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/roo-code) | Shut down | The Roo Code extension was shut down and its GitHub repository was archived. | [Roo Code repository on GitHub](https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code) |
| 2026-05-07 | OpenAI self-serve fine-tuning | Access changed | OpenAI stopped organizations that had never run fine-tuning from creating fine-tuning jobs on its self-serve platform. | [OpenAI API deprecations](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations) |
| 2026-04-30 | Whisk | Replaced | Google discontinued Whisk on April 30, 2026 and moved its best capabilities into Flow, its platform for AI image and video creation. | [Google Workspace Updates blog](https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/03/whisk-is-moving-to-flow-on-april-30-2026.html) |
| 2026-04-26 | Sora web and app | Shut down | OpenAI discontinued the Sora web and app experiences. | [OpenAI Help Center](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001152-what-to-know-about-the-sora-discontinuation) |
| 2026-03-31 | Augment Code Next Edit and Completions | Access changed | Augment planned to end Next Edit and Completions for Indie, Standard Max and Legacy plan users, and keep them for Enterprise plans for now. | [Augment Code changelog](https://www.augmentcode.com/changelog/planned-march-31-sunset-for-next-edit-and-completions) |
| 2026-03-27 | Clockwise | Shut down | Clockwise said its team is joining Salesforce and its product would no longer be available from March 27, 2026. | [Clockwise](https://getclockwise.com/) |
| 2026-03-19 | Astral | Acquisition announced | OpenAI announced that it will acquire Astral and plans to keep supporting its open source tools uv, Ruff and ty after closing. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/) |
| 2026-03-09 | Promptfoo | Acquisition announced | OpenAI announced that it is acquiring Promptfoo and will integrate its technology into OpenAI Frontier once finalized, while the open-source project continues. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo/) |
| 2026-02-25 | Vercept | Acquisition announced | Anthropic acquired Vercept and said Vercept will wind down its external product in the coming weeks. | [Anthropic news](https://www.anthropic.com/news/acquires-vercept) |
| 2026-02-17 | Koyeb | Acquisition announced | Koyeb announced a definitive agreement to join Mistral AI; it will keep operating and gradually become part of Mistral Compute. Closing is subject to conditions. | [Koyeb blog](https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-is-joining-mistral-ai-to-build-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure) |
| 2026-01-15 | ChatGPT on WhatsApp | Access changed | OpenAI said that due to a WhatsApp policy and terms change, ChatGPT would no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, 2026. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-whatsapp-transition/) |
| 2025-12-31 | Microsoft Bot Framework SDK and Emulator | Replaced | Microsoft archived the Bot Framework SDK and Emulator, stopped servicing SDK support tickets from December 31, 2025, and points to the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK. | [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/what-is-new?view=azure-bot-service-4.0) |
| 2025-12-29 | Manus | Acquisition announced | Manus announced it is joining Meta and will continue to sell and operate its subscription service through its app and website. | [Manus blog](https://manus.im/en/blog/manus-joins-meta-for-next-era-of-innovation) |
| 2025-12-03 | Bun | Acquisition announced | Anthropic announced it is acquiring Bun, a JavaScript runtime, and said Bun will remain open source and MIT-licensed. | [Anthropic news](https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-acquires-bun-as-claude-code-reaches-usd1b-milestone) |
| 2025-12-03 | Neptune | Acquisition announced | OpenAI announced a definitive agreement to acquire neptune.ai, whose tools track experiments and monitor model training. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-neptune/) |
| 2025-11-24 | Character.AI open-ended chat for under-18 users | Access changed | Character.AI began removing open-ended chat for under-18 users in the US, with other markets following in short order. | [Character.AI blog](https://blog.character.ai/an-update-on-changes-to-our-under-18-experience/) |
| 2025-11-17 | Amazon Q Developer CLI | Renamed | AWS updated Amazon Q Developer CLI to Kiro CLI on Nov 17, 2025 (v1.20.0); the start command changed to kiro-cli and configuration file paths changed. | [AWS blog (Japanese)](https://aws.amazon.com/jp/blogs/news/kiroweeeeeeek-in-japan-day-6-amazon-q-developer-cli-to-kiro-cli/) |
| 2025-11-10 | GitHub App-based Copilot Extensions | Replaced | GitHub deprecated Copilot Extensions built as GitHub Apps on November 10, 2025, in favor of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. | [GitHub Changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-24-deprecate-github-copilot-extensions-github-apps/) |
| 2025-10-30 | marimo | Acquisition announced | CoreWeave announced a definitive agreement to acquire Marimo, creator of the open-source marimo notebook, and said it is committed to maintaining the open-source project. | [CoreWeave news](https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-acquires-marimo-to-unify-the-generative-ai-developer-workflow) |
| 2025-10-30 | Weavy | Acquisition announced | Figma acquired Weavy, a generative AI and editing platform, and it continues as Figma Weave. | [Figma blog](https://www.figma.com/blog/welcome-weavy-to-figma/) |
| 2025-10-29 | Grammarly | Renamed | Grammarly announced it is changing its company name to Superhuman; the Grammarly product continues under its name. | [Grammarly blog](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/company/introducing-new-superhuman/) |
| 2025-10-23 | Sky | Acquisition announced | OpenAI acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the maker of Sky, a natural language interface for the Mac. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-software-applications-incorporated/) |
| 2025-10-14 | Gemini Code Assist tools | Replaced | Gemini Code Assist tools stopped working on October 14, 2025 and are replaced by agent mode with MCP servers; using @ with a tool name no longer connects to them. | [Google Cloud release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/release-notes) |
| 2025-10-09 | Google Agentspace | Renamed | Google began referring to the Google Agentspace experience in the Google Cloud console and the default application as Gemini Enterprise. | [Google Cloud release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/enterprise/docs/release-notes) |
| 2025-10-02 | AI Applications | Renamed | Google renamed AI Applications to Vertex AI Search in its documentation and marketing; product functionality and API endpoints stay the same. | [Google Cloud release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/release-notes) |
| 2025-09-08 | Humanloop | Shut down | Humanloop sunset its platform following its acquisition, and after that date the platform and all data are permanently inaccessible. | [Humanloop changelog](https://humanloop.com/docs/changelog/2025/08) |
| 2025-09-04 | The Browser Company | Acquisition announced | Atlassian announced an agreement to acquire The Browser Company, the team behind the Dia and Arc browsers. | [Atlassian blog](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/company-news/atlassian-acquires-the-browser-company) |
| 2025-09-03 | OpenPipe | Acquisition announced | CoreWeave announced a definitive agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a platform for training AI agents with reinforcement learning. | [CoreWeave news](https://coreweave.com/news/coreweave-to-acquire-openpipe-leader-in-reinforcement-learning) |
| 2025-09-02 | Gitpod | Renamed | Gitpod is now Ona: the company re-founded itself as Ona, an AI software engineering agent platform. | [Ona stories](https://ona.com/stories/gitpod-is-now-ona) |
| 2025-07-23 | Sourcegraph Cody | Access changed | As of July 23, 2025 Sourcegraph ended the Cody Free and Cody Pro plans and removed Cody from Enterprise Starter; Cody Enterprise is not affected. | [Sourcegraph blog](https://sourcegraph.com/blog/changes-to-cody-free-pro-and-enterprise-starter-plans) |
| 2025-07-17 | OpenAI Operator | Replaced | OpenAI said Operator is now fully integrated into ChatGPT as ChatGPT agent and that the standalone Operator site would sunset in the coming weeks. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/introducing-operator/) |
| 2025-07-14 | [Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)](https://cookiesforai.app/tools/windsurf) | Acquisition announced | Cognition announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, including its IP, product, trademark, brand, business and team. | [Cognition blog](https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf) |
| 2025-07-09 | io Products | Acquisition announced | OpenAI said the io Products, Inc. team has officially merged with OpenAI, while Jony Ive and LoveFrom remain independent. | [OpenAI](https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/) |
| 2025-07-01 | Superhuman Mail | Acquisition announced | Superhuman announced it is being acquired by Grammarly. | [Superhuman blog](https://blog.superhuman.com/superhuman-is-being-acquired-by-grammarly/) |
| 2025-06-18 | Base44 | Acquisition announced | Wix announced its acquisition of Base44, an AI-powered app-building platform, and said Base44 will continue to operate as a distinct product and business. | [Wix press room](https://www.wix.com/press-room/home/post/wix-further-expands-into-vibe-coding-with-acquisition-of-base44-a-hyper-growth-startup-that-simplif) |
| 2025-06-17 | MagicBrief | Acquisition announced | Canva announced its intent to acquire MagicBrief, which will continue to operate independently for now. | [Canva newsroom](https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/magicbrief-acquisition/) |
| 2025-05-05 | Weights & Biases | Acquisition announced | CoreWeave completed its acquisition of Weights & Biases, the AI developer platform. | [CoreWeave blog](https://www.coreweave.com/blog/coreweave-completes-acquisition-of-weights-biases) |
| 2025-04-29 | Meta View | Replaced | Meta is merging the Meta View glasses companion app into the new Meta AI app, and paired devices, settings and media transfer to a Devices tab. | [Meta Newsroom](https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-new-way-access-ai-assistant/) |
| 2025-04-02 | Vertex AI Agent Builder | Renamed | Google renamed Vertex AI Agent Builder to AI Applications; product functionality and endpoints stay the same. | [Google Cloud release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/generative-ai-app-builder/docs/release-notes) |
| 2025-03-14 | Google Assistant on mobile | Replaced | Google announced it is upgrading mobile users from Google Assistant to Gemini, and that classic Google Assistant will later no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available for new downloads. | [Google blog](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/google-assistant-gemini-mobile/) |
| 2025-03-10 | Moveworks | Acquisition announced | ServiceNow announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moveworks and its front-end AI assistant and enterprise search technology. | [ServiceNow Newsroom](https://newsroom.servicenow.com/press-releases/details/2025/ServiceNow-to-extend-leading-agentic-AI-to-every-employee-for-every-corner-of-the-business-with-acquisition-of-Moveworks-03-10-2025-traffic/default.aspx) |
| 2025-02-19 | AWS Chatbot | Renamed | AWS renamed AWS Chatbot to Amazon Q Developer in chat applications; functionality, pricing and setup are unchanged. | [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/chatbot/latest/adminguide/service-rename.html) |
| 2025-01-15 | Microsoft 365 app | Renamed | Microsoft began rolling out the Microsoft 365 Copilot app name and icon on January 15, 2025, and changed the web address to m365.cloud.microsoft. | [Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/the-microsoft-365-app-transition-to-the-microsoft-365-copilot-app) |

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