Weekly AI update · October 13, 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5 with monthly API credits, Codex suggests your next message
A second issue this week, for three changes too important to squeeze in: Anthropic's new small model with monthly API credits for Max and Team, a typing shortcut in Codex, and smarter automations in Google Workspace. Plus Google's new work agent.
Claude Haiku 5.5, plus monthly API credits for Max and Team
Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's new small model: its cheapest and fastest yet, built for high-volume jobs like summaries, sorting and live customer support. Anthropic also added a monthly API credit for building your own tools: $100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x, and up to $500 for Team, shared across users.
Why it matters: If you're paying for Max or Team, you now get credit to try a small custom tool or agent (a support bot, an auto-summary of form replies) without a separate bill. Haiku 5.5 is the model that keeps that kind of tool cheap to run.
Haiku 5.5: available now on all platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. API credits: rolling out this week to all Max and Team subscribers, for use on the Claude Platform.
Source: Anthropic, Oct 7 →Codex suggests your next message; press Tab to accept
In the Codex desktop app, after Codex replies, a suggested next message may appear in the box. Press Tab to accept it, then review or edit it before sending. Nothing is sent automatically, and you can turn it off under Show predictions in settings.
Why it matters: If you build or fix things with Codex, the routine "now do the next step" messages take one key instead of typing. Generating suggestions doesn't use up your Codex limits during the beta.
Beta for personal ChatGPT Pro users aged 18+, in all supported regions, in the latest Codex desktop app.
Source: OpenAI release notes, Oct 9 →Workspace Studio automations get smarter steps
Workspace Studio, Google's tool for building automations across Gmail, Meet and Drive, gets new steps: "if this, then that" branches inside other branches, Gmail triggers that ignore follow-up replies, a Drive step that finds a document by search, and Meet steps that pull the full invitee list to draft follow-up emails.
Why it matters: Small-business routines like "after every client meeting, draft a follow-up to everyone invited" or "when a new inquiry email arrives, find the right price sheet" are now possible without code.
All Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual subscribers with access to Workspace Studio. Rolling out gradually from Oct 13; may take up to 15 days to appear. On by default.
Source: Google Workspace Updates, Oct 9 →Google announces the Gemini agent for work
Google Cloud introduced the Gemini agent, which it calls "a universal agent for work": one prompt box for research, writing, questions and coding. It plans the work, connects to your business systems and delivers the result inside the documents and email you already use.
Why it matters: This is Google's answer to ChatGPT's agents and Claude's work tools, aimed at companies on Google Workspace. Worth watching if your business runs on Gmail and Drive.
Google's announcement doesn't say yet who can use it or when.
Source: Google blog, Oct 8 →Try this: design one automation before you build it
Before you set up an automation in Workspace Studio (or any tool), paste this into ChatGPT or Claude:
I want to automate this routine in my business: [describe it, e.g. after every client meeting I send a follow-up email]. Ask me up to 5 questions first. Then write it as clear steps: the trigger, each step, any "if this, then that" choices, and what should happen when something is missing. Flag anything I should check by hand before it goes out.
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Written by Ann Alalouf. Every item links to its official source.