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MIT News — Artificial Intelligence · Oct 24, 2026
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Three certified security releases for 3.15, 3.14 and 3.13.
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)The first developer preview of Python 3.16 is ready for testing.
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)A brand new Python here for you to enjoy!
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Following tradition, a surprise rc3!
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Security updates across Python 3.10–3.14, the final maintenance release of 3.13, and a farewell to Python 3.10.
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)The 2026 Python Language Summit was hosted in Kraków, Poland as part of EuroPython 2026. There were 15 talks covering free-threading, Rust, garbage collection, type annotations, and more.
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Lightning talks on a one-time ABI break, safer interruptions, EktuPy (Scratch but Python), an AGENTS.md file for CPython, and a call to read PEP 836.
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Michael J. Sullivan presents PEP 827 and discusses a key design decision: how to store type annotations?
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Tobias Wrigstad, Fridtjof Stoldt, and Donghee Na propose a safe and performant, high-level concurrency model for free-threaded Python
Python Insider (opens in a new tab)Petr Viktorin gives an update on the Developer-in-Residence role and asks Python core developers for projects to prioritize
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