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-:fire: Nov 8: AutoGen is selected into [Open100: Top 100 Open Source achievements](https://www.benchcouncil.org/evaluation/opencs/annual.html) 40 days after release.
+:fire: Nov 8: AutoGen is selected into [Open100: Top 100 Open Source achievements](https://www.benchcouncil.org/evaluation/opencs/annual.html) 35 days after spinoff.
 
 :fire: Nov 6: AutoGen is mentioned by Satya Nadella in a [fireside chat](https://youtu.be/0pLBvgYtv6U) around 13:20.
 
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ This project is a spinoff from [FLAML](https://github.com/microsoft/FLAML).
 
 :fire: Heads-up: pyautogen v0.2 will switch to using openai v1. Please read the [migration guide](https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/docs/Installation#python).
 
+:tada: **Oct 03**: Autogen spins off from [FLAML](https://github.com/microsoft/FLAML) on Github and has a major paper update.
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+:tada: Aug 16: [Paper about AutoGen](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08155) on arxiv.
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 :fire: FLAML is highlighted in OpenAI's [cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook#related-resources-from-around-the-web).