THE 60-SECOND VERSION
● DALL·E GPT retires today. Image generation stays. Custom GPTs unaffected. Download what you want to keep.
● Tomorrow: Sonnet 5 reprices, GPT-5.4 leaves Codex, two Kimi models sunset.
● Agent authorisation rules are converging across Google, NIST and a Senate bill.
DALL·E GPT retires today
OpenAI removes the official DALL·E GPT from ChatGPT today, announced in its 31 July release notes. Image generation is not going away — ChatGPT Images continues on every tier including free — and custom GPTs with image generation enabled are explicitly unaffected.
The part worth acting on: OpenAI recommends downloading any images you want to keep, and has not said what happens to images generated through the old GPT after today. In the absence of clearer guidance, download is the answer.
Worth separating from the API story. The dall-e-2 and dall-e-3 API models were removed on 12 May 2026, announced back in November 2025. Today is a ChatGPT product retirement only.
How to find and save your images, and what changes →
The rules for agents that spend money
Google published an agent payments protocol, NIST is doing concept work on agent identity and permission, and the AI AGENT Act sits in the US Senate as S.5051. All three converge on the same requirement — a verifiable record that an agent was authorised for a specific task.
The capability arrived first. Cloudflare has already shipped programmable wallets and per-request payment via x402, with over 20 companies participating, and Salesforce measured enterprise agent deployments going from five per organisation to thirteen.
What to build regardless of which standard wins →
And a fourth thing expires tomorrow
Claude Code weekly limits have run 50 percent above the published standard since 13 May, on Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise. It was announced as temporary and has been extended three times, most recently on 19 August. The current window closes 31 August.
The arithmetic matters: removing a 50 percent increase leaves you at two thirds of the boosted ceiling, so capacity falls by a third rather than a half. Check Settings, Usage — if your weekly bar regularly passes 67 percent, you would hit the cap without it.
How the limits work, and what to check today →
Tomorrow is the deadline
| Date |
What happens |
| Aug 31 |
Claude Sonnet 5 goes $2 to $3 per million input, $10 to $15 output, plus a tokenizer change adding 10 to 35 percent tokens on code |
| Aug 31 |
GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini leave Codex for ChatGPT sign-in users. Still available via API key |
| Aug 31 |
kimi-k2.5 and moonshot-v1 sunset, migrate to kimi-k3 |
| Early-mid Sept |
Grok 4.7 window per Musk. Still no model ID at docs.x.ai |
| Oct 1 |
OpenAI vs Apple hearing |
| Oct 24 |
deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner deprecated |
| Nov 12 |
OpenAI models leave Cursor following the SpaceX acquisition |
| ~Nov 21 |
GPT-5.6 Sol promotional pricing ends, $4/$20 back to $5/$30 |
The full checklist for tomorrow, including the tokenizer maths →
Still open
- OpenAI is ending its Cursor partnership on 12 November, citing terms-of-service concerns after the SpaceX acquisition. Anthropic has said nothing. What it means for your subscription →
- The Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic was struck down as unlawful retaliation, though a second case remains live in Washington. What the ruling found →
- GLM-5.3 weights were listed for 28 August after a two-week safety hold, with the flagship licence still unstated.
FAQ
Is DALL-E leaving ChatGPT?
The official DALL·E GPT is retired today, 30 August. Image generation continues through ChatGPT Images on all tiers, and custom GPTs with image generation are unaffected.
Will I lose my DALL-E images?
OpenAI has not said. It recommends downloading anything you want to keep before today, which is the only guidance given.
What changes on 31 August?
Claude Sonnet 5 rises to $3 in and $15 out per million with a tokenizer change alongside, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini leave Codex for ChatGPT sign-in users, and kimi-k2.5 and moonshot-v1 sunset.
Can AI agents make payments now?
Within owner-set limits, yes. Cloudflare shipped programmable wallets with allowances and merchant whitelists, and over 20 companies are participating in agent-initiated payment flows.