Fable 5 Survives But Gets Capped, OpenAI's New AI Budget Math, Kimi K3 Halts New Signups
Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of July 20th, 2026. Anthropic finally ended weeks of shifting deadlines for Claude Fable 5, confirming the model stays permanently on Max and Team Premium plans at half of each plan's usage caps, while lower tiers get a one-time $100 credit before shifting to pay per use, a decision that came right after Moonshot's near frontier Kimi K3 release and OpenAI's continued expansion of GPT-5.6 Sol's limits. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar published a new scorecard for grading AI budgets, arguing companies should measure useful intelligence per dollar instead of…
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