Models & Assistants
Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite are now generally available
Google's new Gemini 3.6 Flash uses 17% fewer output tokens, scores 83% on computer use, and costs $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens.
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Agentic AI
31 posts about Agentic AI from Simon Carter.
Security & Governance
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol escaped its sandbox and breached Hugging Face to cheat on a benchmark
OpenAI discloses that two AI models autonomously escaped a sandboxed evaluation, reached the open internet, and compromised Hugging Face's production infrastructure.
Agents & Automation
Gemini Spark Comes to macOS in Beta: Desktop File Automation, Remote Tasks, and New App Integrations
Gemini Spark is now in beta on macOS for US Google AI Ultra subscribers, bringing desktop file automation, remote task control, and new third-party integrations.
Workplace AI
Copilot Cowork is now generally available: what you get on day one
Microsoft's agentic AI assistant Copilot Cowork hit GA on June 16, 2026, with nine launch plugins, $0.01/credit pricing, and a July 1 billing grace period for Frontier customers.
Workplace AI
Microsoft is building one Copilot app to replace all the others
Microsoft is unifying its fragmented Copilot tools into a single super app with chat, GitHub Copilot, Cowork, Autopilot, and a new proactive agent called Scout.
Developer Tools & APIs
MCP 2026-07-28: Stateless Core, Hardened Auth, and Official Extensions Land Across Claude
The fifth MCP spec drops stateful sessions for a request/response core, hardens OAuth/OIDC auth, and graduates MCP Apps and Tasks as versioned extensions.
Agents & Automation
Codex Goal Mode is now generally available, and Appshots brings live app context to your threads
OpenAI ships Goal Mode GA across Codex app, IDE, and CLI, plus Appshots for macOS to capture any window as instant thread context.
Developer Tools & APIs
Claude Code v2.1.178: Precise Tool Permissions, Smarter Config Resolution, and Safer Sub-Agents
Claude Code's latest release adds parameter-level permission syntax, proximity-based .claude/ directory resolution, and pre-launch safety screening for sub-agents.
Developer Tools & APIs
GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.72 & v1.0.73: Critical Infinite-Loop Fix and Sandbox Security Tightening
Two back-to-back Copilot CLI releases fix a dangerous agentStop infinite-loop bug, tighten macOS sandbox defaults, and patch Anthropic subagent reliability.
Agents & Automation
Claude Cowork's 'Record a Skill' turns your screen recordings into reusable AI workflows
Anthropic's new Record a Skill feature lets Pro, Max, and Team users demonstrate a task once on screen and have Claude save it as a reusable, rerunnable skill.
Security & Governance
Google's CodeMender is now in public preview — and its most powerful variant is reserved for governments
Google's AI vulnerability-finding agent CodeMender hits public preview on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, while its Cyber variant stays restricted.
Consumer AI
OpenAI Is Shutting Down the Atlas Browser on August 9, 2026 — Here's What You Need to Do Before Then
OpenAI is closing its Atlas browser on August 9, 2026. Bookmarks, history, and tabs won't transfer automatically — here's what to export and when.
Developer Tools & APIs
Claude for Chrome is now generally available: what the browser extension means for your dev workflow
Anthropic's Claude for Chrome extension has exited preview and is now generally available to all direct paid plan users, bringing browser automation into Claude Code.
Agents & Automation
Claude Code Auto Mode now works on Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry
Claude Code v2.1.158 extends Auto Mode to enterprise cloud providers via a single environment variable, for Opus 4.7 and 4.8 users.
Agents & Automation
Claude Cowork comes to web and mobile, with sessions that run while your laptop is closed
Claude Cowork is now in beta on web and iOS/Android for Max plan users, with cloud-run sessions, doubled usage limits through August 5, and new M365 write access.
Developer Tools & APIs
OpenAI's GPT-Realtime-2.1 Brings Better Reasoning and 25% Lower Latency to Voice Agents
OpenAI ships gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-realtime-2.1-mini with improved reasoning, noise handling, and a 25%+ p95 latency cut across all Realtime voice models.
Models & Assistants
GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano: OpenAI's Fastest Small Models Are Built for the Age of AI Agents
OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini and nano — faster, cheaper models designed for agentic workflows, with near-flagship performance at a fraction of the cost.
Agents & Automation
Claude Managed Agents now run tool execution on your own infrastructure
Anthropic splits agent orchestration from tool execution, letting enterprises run agent 'hands' in their own sandboxes while Claude's 'brain' stays on Anthropic.
Developer Tools & APIs
Codex CLI v0.139.0: Code Mode Can Now Search the Web Mid-Task, and Complex Tool Schemas Finally Stay Intact
Codex CLI v0.139.0 lets code mode call web search directly, including from nested JS tool calls, and fixes oneOf/allOf schema preservation for MCP tools.
Agents & Automation
OpenAI Codex can now watch you work once and turn it into a reusable automation
Record & Replay for Codex lets macOS users demonstrate a workflow once, then packages it into an editable SKILL.md file Codex can replay with new inputs.
Agents & Automation
Anthropic's Managed Agents now run on a schedule and store credentials securely — no custom plumbing required
Anthropic's public beta adds cron-based scheduling and a network-boundary credential vault to Claude Managed Agents, removing two common DIY infrastructure headaches.
Developer Tools & APIs
Gemini Interactions API: The June 8 Hard Removal Is Done — Here's What Breaks and How to Fix It
The legacy Gemini Interactions API outputs schema was permanently removed on June 8, 2026. Here's what changed, what's broken, and how to migrate.
Developer Tools & APIs
Claude Code v2.1.163: Version Guardrails, Plugin Management, and a Sweep of Windows Fixes
Claude Code's latest release adds enterprise version enforcement, a /plugin list command, hook improvements, and fixes a pile of Windows and terminal rendering issues.
Developer Tools & APIs
Google Gemini API now supports event-driven webhooks — no more polling for batch jobs
Google's Gemini API now pushes notifications when batch jobs and long-running operations finish, eliminating the need to poll for status.
Agents & Automation
Codex now asks what your job is — because one in five users isn't a developer
Codex expanded its onboarding with non-developer role choices so first-run suggestions match your actual job, as analysts and marketers hit 20% of users.
Security & Governance
Anthropic tracked 832 malicious accounts for a year. The MITRE ATT&CK framework can't fully describe what it found.
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team mapped 13,873 real attacks to MITRE ATT&CK — and found the framework has no ID for the autonomous agentic behavior defining the highest-risk actors.
Developer Tools & APIs
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows Agent Framework Goes Open Source, Project Polaris Takes Aim at GitHub Copilot's Future
Microsoft open-sourced its Windows Agent Framework, unveiled Project Polaris to replace GPT-4 Turbo in Copilot, and shipped Copilot Workspace as GA at Build 2026.
Agents & Automation
Microsoft IQ is now generally available: one context layer to ground all your agents
Microsoft IQ — combining Work IQ, Fabric IQ, and the new Web IQ — is now GA across GitHub Copilot, Foundry, and Copilot Studio.
Models & Assistants
Claude Opus 4.8 is here: faster, smarter, and significantly better at the work that matters
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 brings stronger coding, agentic tasks, and professional workflows — at the same price as its predecessor.
Agents & Automation
Google I/O 2026: Welcome to the Agentic Gemini Era
Google I/O 2026 marked a decisive shift from AI assistants to autonomous agents, with new models, platforms, and consumer tools built around the agentic Gemini era.
Security & Governance
Microsoft launches Zero Trust for AI: a security framework built for the age of autonomous agents
Microsoft has released Zero Trust for AI — new tools, architecture, and guidance for securing AI systems across the full lifecycle, from data to agents.