ACN Daily Brief: Thursday, November 12, 2026

0:01 Headlines

Google launches a new model for everyday coding. Devin reworks its Teams plan. And Claude Code tests a new Code Mode. From LNN, I'm Mike Swindell, and this is your daily AI news brief for Friday, November 13th.

0:19 Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen

Our top story: Google has launched Gemini 4 Hydrogen. Google says the new model is built for agentic work: tasks an AI carries out on its own, step by step. Developers can use it today in the Gemini API. The price: a dollar fifty per million tokens of input. Google's Antigravity coding tool also gets an Orchestrator. A stronger Gemini model plans the work. Hydrogen makes the edits and runs the tests. Why it matters: teams building with AI agents get a new Google option, aimed at fast, everyday work.

0:52 Devin reworks its Teams plan

Next, Devin. Cognition, the company behind the coding agent, has reworked its Teams plan. Teams no longer pay for seats in the Devin Desktop app. Admins can connect sign-in services like Okta, and set a usage limit for each person. And there's a new cap: one hundred seats, down from two hundred. Why it matters: smaller teams get more admin control, while teams of more than one hundred no longer fit on the plan.

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1:41 Claude Code tests a new Code Mode

And finally, Claude Code. Anthropic has added an experimental Code Mode to its coding agent. Claude Code works through tools, like reading a file or running a command. In Code Mode, Claude writes JavaScript programs that call those tools. It's off unless you turn it on, and organizations can switch it off for everyone. Why it matters: developers get a new, optional way for Claude Code to use its tools.

2:06 Outro

That's your brief for Friday, November 13th. Sources are linked in the description. LNN is brought to you by Levr, the control plane for your coding agents, at levr.one.