OpenAI gives developers three months to migrate from GPT-4 models

This edition leads with a hard deadline for GPT-4 developers, profiles a rare Apple-Meta AI collaboration, and examines an Australian policy shift. Also inside: espionage rings, device hijacking, and the hardware squeeze from the AI boom.

OpenAI gives developers three months to migrate from GPT-4 models

OpenAI has announced it will retire four GPT-4 models from its API on January 14, 2027, giving developers just three months to migrate production traffic. The short notice contrasts with the company's earlier promise of six months' warning, and the recommended replacement, GPT-6 Luna, requires adjustments for applications relying on reasoning or tool calls.

OpenAI's three-month migration deadline from GPT-4 models is a critical call to action for developers relying on the API, with a hard date set for January 2027.

Apple and Meta team up to run new Muse Spark Open AI model on Mac Studio

Apple and Meta announced a collaboration Thursday that will let developers run Meta's new open-weight AI model, Muse Spark Open, locally on high-end Mac Studio computers. The partnership, reached after months of work, marks a notable thaw in relations between two companies that have clashed for years over privacy and advertising.

The Apple-Meta partnership to run Muse Spark Open on Mac Studio marks a rare collaboration between the two rivals, potentially opening a new ecosystem for local AI inference.

Australia's digital duty of care bill targets Truth Social; gender 'debates' not policed

The Albanese government introduced its digital duty of care bill to parliament on Thursday, with Communications Minister Anika Wells confirming the reforms would capture US President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform and revealing a list of proscribed online harms. The same day, the government's private health insurance rebate bill faced a Senate standoff, and Greens senator Jordon Steele-John took leave amid allegations.

Australia's digital duty of care bill targets platform responsibility and Truth Social, a significant policy move in the Australian tech landscape.

Google showcases Argon in science

Google released Gemini 4 Argon and says it improves reasoning and complex workflows across several fields. Google DeepMind said researchers used Argon to find magnetic-field designs challenging a longstanding plasma-physics assumption, while Google AI presented an interactive biology atlas built by the model.