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Code.org readies Hour of AI 2026 with Sprite Lab 2 projects and an Adaptive finish flow.

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◆Current state
Code.org's November 12 and 13 builds prepare the 2026 Hour of AI activity: a project type, display art, a freeplay dialog and finish dialog, and Sprite Lab 2 sharing, project pictures and image uploads. Adaptive gets a finish flow with stats tiles, a warning before rebuilding a project with work in it, accessibility fixes and configurable model-call timeouts. The AI gateway fallback now allows international use of the Adaptive tutorial.
◆Where it's heading
After switching Adaptive to Gemini 3 and adding OpenAI models to AI Chat Lab on November 8, the team has moved to shipping the student-facing pieces for Hour of AI in December. Sprite Lab 2 is being finished as the activity's main canvas, and Adaptive is being hardened with timeouts, fallbacks and accessibility work ahead of classroom traffic.
◆Prediction
Builds through early December will likely keep finishing the Hour of AI 2026 activity and scaling the AI gateway for classroom load.

◆Recent moves

  1. 13h ago

    Code.org builds Hour of AI 2026 freeplay and Sprite Lab sharing

    A large build that adds the Hour of AI 2026 freeplay dialog, project art and a mod, plus Sprite Lab 2 sharing, project pictures and image uploads. Adaptive gets configurable timeouts and accessibility fixes, all aimed at the December event.

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  2. 1d ago

    Code.org adds sprite delete blocks and Adaptive accessibility

    A three-change build: blocks to delete specific sprites, a repositioned alert and Adaptive accessibility updates. Small polish between larger Hour of AI builds.

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  3. 1d ago

    Code.org adds Adaptive finish flow and international AI tutor use

    Adaptive gains a finish flow with stats and a congrats panel and warns before rebuilding a project with work in it, and the AI gateway fallback opens the Adaptive tutorial to international students. It moves Adaptive from model upgrades to classroom readiness.

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  4. 3d ago

    Code.org adds Sprite Lab 2 player 2 and quiz saving

    Sprite Lab 2 gets a second player, say bubbles and modal styling, quiz config now saves explicitly, and a themed-tooltips change was reverted. Steady progress on the Lab2 rewrite.

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  5. 4d ago

    Code.org improves Sprite Lab 2 image UI

    A one-change build for Sprite Lab 2's image interface, part of the ongoing Lab2 polish.

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  6. 4d ago

    Sprite Lab 2 level editor; Adaptive gets Statsig events

    Sprite Lab 2 gains a level-mode editor and new blocks, quizzes can be saved manually, and Adaptive now logs pathway, step and AI-call events plus a switch to OpenAI models. The instrumentation follows the Gemini 3 move two days earlier.

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