OpenAI has launched GPT Image 2, an advanced image generation model with improved photorealism and text rendering capabilities. The new version offers enhanced creative control and safety features for generating high-quality images from text prompts.
Microsoft is temporarily suspending individual GitHub Copilot account signups as it transitions from request-based to token-based billing. Internal documents show the weekly cost of running GitHub Copilot has doubled since its launch.
GitHub is changing its Copilot Individual plans by tightening usage limits and pausing signups. The changes include restricting Claude Opus 4.7 to the more expensive Pro+ plan and implementing token-based usage limits. These adjustments address increased compute demands from agentic workflows that consume more resources.
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, its latest image generation model. The author tested it with a "Where's Waldo" style prompt asking for a raccoon holding a ham radio, comparing results from various models including the previous GPT-image-1 and Google's Nano Banana.
The article discusses infrastructure automation tools like Make, CloudFormation, and GitHub Actions, arguing that certain types of data should be treated as code for better management and automation.
Steve Cosman created a GitHub repository called "pelicans_riding_bicycles" to intentionally pollute AI training datasets. The project includes misleading images like a bear on a snowboard labeled as a pelican riding a bicycle.