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# AI news for Wednesday 21 OCT 2026

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AI news for 21 OCT 2026: 4 updates. Every card links to the maker's own page.

## Wednesday 21 OCT 2026

- **Baseten decision models arrive on AI Gateway** (Founder news, [Vercel](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel), 21 OCT 2026): Mammoth-1 and Elephant-1 classify text, route requests, and score content against criteria an application defines. Why it matters: Developers can ask several questions about the same input in one request. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/basetens-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free)
- **Cloudflare adds createAI to the Agents SDK** (Founder news, [Cloudflare](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/cloudflare), 21 OCT 2026): The new createAI function unifies access to Workers AI models, AI Gateway catalog models, dynamic routes, and vendor models. [Cloudflare changelog](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-10-21-createai/)
- **Vercel Routing Middleware now supports Python** (Founder news, [Vercel](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel), 21 OCT 2026): Developers can write routing middleware in Python for FastAPI, Flask, Django, and other Python frameworks. Why it matters: Python developers can rewrite, redirect, or answer requests before they reach an app. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/routing-middleware-now-supports-python)
- **Claude Duet opens as a research preview** (Founder news, Claude, 21 OCT 2026): Claude Duet is a proactive agent that surfaces items needing attention, completes assigned tasks, and keeps working when the user steps away. [Claude article](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet)

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