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May 2, 2026 · Industry Insights

AI News Flash: DeepSeek Multimodal Breakthrough, Codex Major Update, Grok 4.3 Launch (May 1‑2)

The AI roundup covers OpenAI's Codex upgrade with Workspace Agents and 40% token efficiency, xAI's Grok 4.3 API offering 128K context and 60% lower pricing, Ant Group's open‑source Ling 2.6‑1T model, DeepSeek's multimodal Visual Primitives framework and its sudden removal, plus the ongoing GPT‑Plus account bans and their mitigation.