# AI news, Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's AI news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/ai-news/2026-08-26/

## Claude Code adds model picker, cache TTL and keyless login

Tools. Changes how organisations run Claude Code with API keys, Bedrock or Vertex, including orgs that disallow API keys.

Source: Anthropic, https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog

## OpenAI deprecates the Codex mcp-server command

Tools. Agents that still launch Codex as an MCP server need to move to the Codex app server or the Claude Code plugin.

Source: OpenAI, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/changelog

## OpenAI puts GPT-5.6 family into AWS Kiro coding agent

Agents. Spec-driven Kiro with Terra claims lower cost on Terminal-Bench tasks. Matters for teams comparing AWS agent tooling with Cursor or Claude Code.

Source: OpenAI, https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6-in-kiro/