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Grok 4.1 Fast models now available on Vercel AI Gateway
You can now access xAI's latest models, Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning and Grok 4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning, via Vercel's with no other provider accounts required. These models have a 2M context window and are designed for agentic tool calling.AI Gateway Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning is best suited for structured reasoning and agentic operations that require high accuracy, whereas Grok 4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning is tailored to speed. To use the Grok 4.1 Fast models in AI Gateway with the , set to or .AI SDKmodelxa
You can now invalidate the CDN cache by providing a source image
Vercel dynamically transforms source images to reduce file size while maintaining high quality on the visitor's browser.Image Optimization You can now invalidate the CDN cache by providing a source image. This feature marks all transformed images derived from that source image as stale. The next request serves stale content instantly while revalidation happens in the background, with no latency impact for users. There are several ways to invalidate a source image: In addition to invalidating by
Improved analytics experience now available on the Vercel Firewall
We have launched improvements to the Vercel Firewall UI, simplifying your application security monitoring and analysis. Vercel Firewall includes the System firewall and DDoS mitigations, Web Application Firewall, and Bot Management capabilities. The updated experience surfaces more information on security events and mitigations, and allows for easier event investigations, bringing together all security events analytics in one place. The updates include: Learn more about the or visit the on you
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) now available in the AI Gateway
You can now access Google's cutting edge image model, Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image), via Vercel's with no other provider accounts required.AI Gateway Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is designed to work for more advanced use cases than Nano Banana. This model introduces improvements specifically for professional and creative workflows, like the generation of diagrams with accurate labeling and integration of web search information for images with up-to-date information. Nano Banana P
Helping 1,000 small businesses build with AI
OpenAI is partnering with DoorDash, SCORE, and local organizations to help 1,000 small businesses build with AI. The Small Business AI Jam gives Main Street business owners hands-on tools and training to compete and grow.
Cloudflare Fundamentals, Terraform - Terraform v5.13.0 now available
Earlier this year, we announced the launch of the new Terraform v5 Provider. We are aware of the high number of issues reported by the Cloudflare community related to the v5 release. We have committed to releasing improvements on a 2-3 week cadence to ensure its stability and reliability, including the v5.13 release. We have also pivoted from an issue-to-issue approach to a resource-per-resource approach - we will be focusing on specific resources to not only stabilize the resource but also ensu
Early experiments in accelerating science with GPT-5
OpenAI introduces the first research cases showing how GPT-5 accelerates scientific progress across math, physics, biology, and computer science. Explore how AI and researchers collaborate to generate proofs, uncover new insights, and reshape the pace of discovery.
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