AI News — June 1, 2026 | Talking Fingers

Model releases

[2026-05-31] DeepSeek — the 75% promotional discount on V4-Pro becomes the permanent base rate as the promo ends 15:59 UTC today: now $0.435/MTok input, $0.87/MTok output (cache-hit $0.003625/MTok). The “reference” list price is retired, locking in an aggressive low floor that keeps pressure on frontier-API economics. (Announced May 23; effective May 31.) (source)

[2026-06-01] GitHub — Copilot individual plans move to usage-based AI Credits billing today. Pro and Pro+ keep their $10/$39 prices but gain a two-part allowance: base credits matched 1:1 to subscription price (Pro 1,000, Pro+ 3,900) plus a variable flex allotment (Pro 500, Pro+ 3,100) that adapts as model economics shift. A new Max tier adds 10,000 base + 10,000 flex credits and priority access to new models for heavy individual users. (source)

[2026-05-30] Cognizant — TriZetto Unify reportedly now treats AI agents as first-tier consumers via a headless API model, launching Electronic Prior Authorization as its first agent-ready service (HL7 FHIR-aligned); Cognizant has not confirmed it. It shifts agent work from brittle UI automation to direct, auditable API calls — first-touch coordination at machine speed while humans keep clinical judgment. (source) (unconfirmed)

Microsoft Build 2026 (June 2–3, Fort Mason SF; Nadella keynote June 2, 9:30am PT): the Windows Agent Framework open-sourced under MIT, a multi-model Copilot (including Anthropic models), and — reportedly — Microsoft’s own homegrown coding models to power GitHub Copilot. Expect concrete API specs.
MCP spec 2026-07-28 final: the stateless core and MCP Apps move to stable; server operators will need to migrate off sticky sessions.
Mistral Large 4, DeepSeek V4.1, Qwen Max-class refreshes: still flagged as imminent late-spring releases, but no confirmed dates yet.