The Lab NotesIndependent news on AI research and the model labs: what shipped, what it costs, and what moved in the numbers.https://thelabnotes.com/en-usDeepSeek scraps plan to retire V4 Pro, citing user demandhttps://thelabnotes.com/deepseek-v4-pro-reversal/https://thelabnotes.com/deepseek-v4-pro-reversal/DeepSeek's documentation showed Sept. 15, 2026, that it reversed a plan to retire V4 Pro days after announcing the shutdown alongside its V4.1-Flash launch.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTDeepSeekV4.1-FlashV4-ProThe Lab NotesGmail search's AI Overviews go global, but paid plans onlyhttps://thelabnotes.com/gmail-ai-overviews-global/https://thelabnotes.com/gmail-ai-overviews-global/Google said Sept. 15, 2026, it is expanding AI Overviews in Gmail search beyond the US to global users on paid plans with English set as their Gmail language.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogleGmailAI OverviewsThe Lab NotesMicrosoft fixes Claude Cowork on Windows, but doesn't say sohttps://thelabnotes.com/claude-cowork-windows-fix/https://thelabnotes.com/claude-cowork-windows-fix/Anthropic said Sept. 14, 2026, that a Microsoft Windows update fixed the outage that had blocked Claude Cowork from running local commands.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnthropicClaude CoworkWindowsThe Lab NotesGemini can now trigger Workspace actions from any app you are inhttps://thelabnotes.com/gemini-cross-app-orchestrator/https://thelabnotes.com/gemini-cross-app-orchestrator/Google said Sept. 9, 2026, that Gemini can trigger actions in other Google Workspace apps from Chat, Drive, Docs, Slides or Gmail without switching.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogleGoogle WorkspaceGeminiThe Lab NotesGemini in Google Sheets comes to Android for analysis, not formulashttps://thelabnotes.com/gemini-sheets-android/https://thelabnotes.com/gemini-sheets-android/Google made Gemini in Google Sheets generally available on Android Sept. 10, 2026, for data analysis and charts, while formulas and edits still require the web.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogleGoogle WorkspaceGoogle SheetsThe Lab NotesGoogle Pics is now generally available in Workspace, on by defaulthttps://thelabnotes.com/google-pics-workspace-launch/https://thelabnotes.com/google-pics-workspace-launch/Google Pics, a new AI image editing tool for Google Workspace, became generally available Sept. 1, 2026, on by default unless an admin disables it.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogleGoogle WorkspaceImage EditingThe Lab NotesClaude Code measures what a plugin adds by running without ithttps://thelabnotes.com/claude-code-plugin-eval-baseline/https://thelabnotes.com/claude-code-plugin-eval-baseline/The eval command in Claude Code 2.1.269 runs each test case with a plugin and again without it, then reports the gap as a single number.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnthropicClaude CodeEvalsThe Lab NotesGemini's Windows app overlays any window with Alt+Spacehttps://thelabnotes.com/gemini-desktop-app-windows/https://thelabnotes.com/gemini-desktop-app-windows/Google's Gemini app for Windows launched Sept. 11, 2026, on by default for enabled organizations, with an Alt+Space overlay and Gmail and Drive summaries.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogleGeminiWindowsThe Lab Notes