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Short answer: ChatGPT added a Security history log on September 25, 2026. On the web it sits under Settings, in the Security and login section. It lists sign-ins, sign-outs, and MFA or passkey changes, with time, location, and device. A strange city alone isn’t proof of a break-in. A device you don’t own, or an…

Short answer: GitHub Copilot retires six models on October 19, 2026. That includes GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5 mini, Gemini 3.7 Flash, and Grok 4.5. GitHub’s suggested swaps are GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Grok 4.6. Most swaps cost the same or less. One doesn’t. Moving from GPT-5.4 to GPT-5.6 Sol raises…

Short answer: Starting October 9, 2026, Gemini users without a paid plan get Flash-Lite only, according to Google’s Gemini Apps Help page. Flash and Pro disappear from the free model picker. AI Plus keeps Flash but loses Pro. Only AI Pro and AI Ultra keep all three. If you mostly ask quick questions, free Flash-Lite…

Short answer: As of October 1, 2026, Microsoft prices MAI-Voice-2.1 at $22 per million characters and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash at $15 (microsoft.ai). A 10-minute voiceover script runs about 12,000 characters. So one video costs roughly a quarter on Voice 2.1. For captions on recorded videos, the streaming model is the wrong pick. The batch MAI-Transcribe-2 model is…

Short answer: ChatGPT Finances opened to Free and Go users in the U.S. on October 2, 2026. It links your bank, card, and investment accounts through Plaid, and your credit report through Experian. Access is read-only. ChatGPT can’t move money or pay bills. It can read balances, transactions, and debts, though. Your training setting covers…

Short answer: Sign in with ChatGPT gives an app two separate things. One is your name, email, and profile picture. The other, only if you allow it, is a slice of your Plus or Pro usage. That slice comes out of the same weekly pool you use for ChatGPT work and Codex. Set a per-app…

Short answer: You can’t use Gemini 4 Argon yet unless you’re a vetted cyber-defense partner. Google announced it on September 30, 2026, but it’s only rolling out through the Fairwind Program. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are next. Google hasn’t given a date. Free Gemini users come later still. If a site…

Short answer: A ChatGPT dot only gets the apps you connect on its Plugins screen. Review each app’s permissions before you connect it. Then set Custom rules so sending, deleting, or posting asks you first. Password changes and money transfers always come back to you. Disconnecting an app stops new access. It does not erase…

Short answer: You won’t find GPT-6.1 Sol in regular ChatGPT chat. OpenAI only offers it in ChatGPT Work and Codex for now. It needs a Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Edu plan. On Enterprise and Edu, an admin has to switch it on first. If it’s missing in the Codex VS Code extension, or the…

Short answer: A Claude Code mod is not sandboxed. It runs inside Claude Code with your own permissions. It can read your files and your API keys. It can even approve a tool call before you’re asked. So check it before you install it. Run claude plugin validate on the mod’s folder and read the…