Encord has announced several upgrades and new features for November, enhancing its annotation platform with a focus on improving workflows, bitmask tools, DICOM parsing, and automated labeling. The new Task Management System, now the default for all users, is designed to handle up to 500,000 tasks with improved UX and communication features for annotators. The bitmask tool now supports RGB and HSV thresholds and includes a lock feature to prevent label overlap. Encord Active has been upgraded to support custom metadata, nested attributes, and improved integration with Annotate, allowing for better data filtering and management. Additionally, the DICOM editor has been enhanced with a new parser and improved Multiplanar Reconstruction capabilities for more accurate annotations. Lastly, Encord introduces a new VLM prediction feature for automated labeling, leveraging advancements from OpenAI's GPT 4 Vision to classify images efficiently.