Home Assistant 2026.3 brings room-by-room cleaning for robot vacuums, an Android voice assistant with a local wake word, more reliable automations, and numerous interface and energy improvements.

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors).

Sophie Koonin discusses the realities of large-scale technical migrations, using Monzo’s shift to TypeScript as a roadmap. She explains how to handle "bends in the road," from documentation and ...

OpenAI's new GPT-5.4 clobbers humans on pro-level work in tests - by 83% ...

GPT-5.4 is out now on ChatGPT (where it goes by the name GPT-5.4 Thinking) as well as on the OpenAI API and OpenAI’s coding ...