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Ep 836: Updated GPT-5.6, A new Cheap Meta Model, Qwen 3.8 released and impressive and 7 more AI updates you can use today

from Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast · host Everyday AI

Free AI users rejoice: there’s finally unlimited, free frontier AI. 🤯(That doesn’t require like a $50k machine to run.) That’s because OpenAI just updated its GPT-5.6 model and with the update, it made GPT-5.6 Luna available to free users without limits. And that wasn't the only big win this week for free and cheap AI. From open weight models and an Open Agent Plugin standard to Meta's new pricing structure and coding harness, we saw a lot of new AI features this week. Here's the 7 you should be using today. Updated GPT-5.6, A new Cheap Meta Model, Qwen 3.8 released and impressive and 7 more AI updates you can use todayNewsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageToday's Episode on LinkedIn: Thoughts on this? Join the convo on LinkedIn and connect with other AI leaders.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: [email protected] with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:GPT-5.6 Luna Free Unlimited AccessMeta Muse Code Contributor Pricing ExplainedAlibaba Qwen 3.8 Max Model ReleaseAdobe Unified Plugin Updates for ChatGPTCloudflare OS Open Source AI WorkspaceOpen Agent Plugin Standard LaunchedMinimax H3 Open Weights Video ModelGemini Notebook Agentic Features ExpandedGPT-5.6 Soul Model Update & ComparisonTimestamps:00:00 OpenAI unveils free GPT 5.604:06 Adobe integration with ChatGPT08:05 Introducing MetaSpark's new features12:31 Using Alibaba Cloud for APIs14:00 27B Model for Large Enterprises16:32 Introduction of Gemini notebook features19:50 Discussing AI technology updates24:46 Cloudflare OS open source release27:37 Mini Max AI video model overview30:44 Election impact and access issues33:45 Anthropic's recent challenges36:59 Closing and subscription reminderKeywords: GPT-5.6, OpenAI, free AI plan, GPT-5.6 Luna, unlimited AI use, Meta Muse, Spark 1.2, Muse Code, contributor tier, Meta AI, terminal coding agent, coding agent, cheap AI model, Alibaba, Qwen 3.8 Max, open weights model, million token context window, text to video, open source AI, agent orchestration, agent plugins, plugin JSON standard, Gemini Notebook, Gemini 3.5 Pro, Google AI update, agentic notebook, code interpreter, artificial analysis rankings, MiniMax H3, open video model, AI video generator, text to video, image to video, multimodal context, Cloudflare OS, open source agent platform, AI workspace, API pricing, frontier models, token pricing, persistent background subagents, model fine-tuning, AI skill packages, Anthropic, Claude Opus, Claude Fable, AI desktop agent, SaaS alternatives, AI election riskSend Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info)

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Free AI users rejoice: there’s finally unlimited, free frontier AI. 🤯 (That doesn’t require like a $50k machine to run.) That’s because OpenAI just updated its GPT-5.6 model and with the update, it made GPT-5.6 Luna available to free users without limits. And that wasn't the only big win this week for free and cheap AI. From open weight models and an Open Agent Plugin standard to Meta's new pricing structure and coding harness, we saw a lot of new AI features this week.&...

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