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GPT-5.5 (“Spud”) and the Frontier Race, Microsoft’s Agentic Copilot Rollout and more...
And everything else you need to catch up on that happened this week yet!
What's Up in AI
April 24, 2026
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We’re seeing both sides of AI progress: smarter models and more autonomous tools.
Fun stuff for you before you get started:
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Also, an exciting announcement in the end :))
In today’s issue:
🧠 GPT-5.5 (“Spud”) and the Frontier Race
📊 Microsoft’s Agentic Copilot Rollout
⚡ 5-4-3-2-1 hits you just can't miss
📰 What Else Happened in AI
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What Happened (Apr 22, 2026):
Microsoft made agent-powered Copilot features generally available across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
What You Need to Know:
Copilot can now take multi-step actions — like drafting documents, analyzing data, and building presentations from prompts.
It works across apps, pulling context to complete workflows end-to-end instead of just assisting.
The rollout marks a shift from AI helpers to agents embedded directly in everyday productivity tools.
Why It Matters:
Microsoft is turning Office into an AI operating system for work — where tasks get done, not just suggested.
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What Happened (Apr 2026):
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 (codename: Spud), calling it a “new class of intelligence” with top scores across reasoning, coding, and agent tasks.
What You Need to Know:
5.5 leads across reasoning, agentic workflows, computer use, and coding benchmarks, with some scores nearing Anthropic’s Mythos.
It keeps similar speed to 5.4, but is more efficient — with OpenAI using Codex + 5.5 to optimize its own GPU infrastructure.
Pricing lands at $5 / $30 per 1M tokens, positioned as roughly half the cost of rival frontier coding models, and is rolling out across ChatGPT and Codex.
Why It Matters:
OpenAI isn’t just improving models — it’s improving the entire stack (model + infra + cost), which is what actually wins the long game.
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3-THINGS IN TREND
A viral post points out that you can access 80 AI models at no cost using Nvidia’s hosted APIs
There’s a wave of fake "artists" selling products online that are really just dropshippers using AI
A Redditor created an insanely detailed 3D version of Where’s Waldo using ChatGPT Images 2.0. Can you find him?
2-USEFUL LINKS
Robots aren’t that good at running, are they? 😅
Yesterday We Showed One Clip of the Beijing race but that wasn’t all. Humanoid robots from multiple Chinese companies took on a real half marathon course in Beijing—and it was a mix of impressive and chaotic. Some bots ran with surprisingly stable posture, while others stumbled, drifted off track, needed mid-race repairs, or even battery swaps to keep going.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN AI 📰
🛠️ Claude Code Bugs Identified
Anthropic traced Claude Code issues to three bugs in a post mortem. It reset usage limits for affected subscribers.
🏥 ChatGPT for Clinicians Launches
OpenAI released ChatGPT for Clinicians for verified U.S. health workers. GPT 5.4 scored 59.0 on HealthBench Pro, outperforming doctors and Opus 4.7.
📉 Meta Plans Workforce Cuts
Meta told employees it will lay off 10 percent of staff in May. The move is tied to AI efficiency and new investments.
🚀 SpaceX Eyes Mistral Partnership
SpaceX is in talks with Mistral AI on a partnership alongside its Cursor deal. Elon Musk is leading the push.
🧠 Tencent Releases New Open Model
Tencent open sourced Hy3 preview. It is built on a new training stack with strong agentic coding and search performance.
Funding 💰️
OpenAI Adds Another $12 Billion to Latest Funding Round
AI-focused deals now make up 75% of health tech funding, J.P. Morgan report finds
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