Google unveils Gemini 3.5 Flash and new AI agents at I/O 2026

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Publishes 2026-07-28 RC of the Model Context Protocol

This release marks the release candidate (RC) `2026-07-28` revision of the Model Context Protocol. The specification is available in draft form. For a detailed overview of changes, see 2026-07-28 draft changelog…

Anthropic raises $65B at $965B valuation, launches Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic announced a massive $65B Series H financing at a $965B valuation, led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia, with run-rate revenue surpassing $47B. They launched Claude Opus 4.8, an update to Opus…

Codex Rises, Claude Meters Programmatic Usage

a quiet day lets us report on a long trend of the major coding agents

OpenAI navigates GPT-5.6 launch, executive exit, legal setback

OpenAI’s Turbulent Week: GPT-5.6 Launch, Executive Departure, Legal Setback and Product Shifts Mark Pivotal Stretch for the Company AI Insider

OpenAI launches GPT 5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Codex becomes ChatGPT superapp

A big day for OpenAI.

Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5 To Handle Complex Jobs On Its Own

Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5 To Handle Complex Jobs On Its Own NDTV

Introducing Claude Sonnet 5

Introducing Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

Anthropic releases Claude Science for researchers and pharma

Anthropic releases Claude Science, a product aimed at researchers, the pharma industry statnews.com

Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with its most advanced safety stack.

Introducing computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI Inference chip

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño AI Inference chip Techzine Global

OpenAI plans ChatGPT overhaul with coding tools and AI agents

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products — $850bn…

Microsoft releases Agent Control Specification for AI governance

Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: Microsoft announces the Agent Control Specification, an open-source standard that aims to provide granular, consistent governance over AI agent behavior — As AI agents grow ever more…

GitHub Copilot desktop app adds canvases for user-agent collaboration

Mario Rodriguez / The GitHub Blog: GitHub unveils the GitHub Copilot desktop app in preview, which introduces a new feature called canvases for bidirectional work between users and agents — At Microsoft Build…

Microsoft unveils Scout, always-on AI agent for Teams scheduling

Reece Rogers / Wired: Microsoft announces Scout, an always-on AI agent built on OpenClaw, appearing as a contact within Microsoft Teams to automate scheduling and more — Microsoft's OpenClaw-style agent appears…

Microsoft unveils execution containers for Windows AI agents

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Microsoft unveils Microsoft Execution Containers for Windows, an OS-level sandbox for AI agents, with OpenAI, Nvidia, Manus, and Nous Research as partners — For the past two…

Nvidia launches world model and driving AI for robots at GTC Taipei

Nvidia used GTC Taipei to launch a series of models for robots, autonomous vehicles, and video systems. The centerpieces are the new world model Cosmos 3, a significantly scaled-up driving model called Alpamayo 2…

Jensen Huang: Microsoft and Nvidia to reinvent PC with 40+ devices

Katie Tarasov / CNBC: Jensen Huang says Microsoft and Nvidia will “reinvent the PC”, starting with 30+ laptops and 10 desktops coming in the fall from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others — Nvidia has emerged…

Opus 4.8 now defaults to high effort mode and enables dynamic

What's changed Opus 4.8 is here! Now defaults to high effort · /effort xhigh for your hardest tasks Introducing dynamic workflows: ask Claude to create a workflow and it orchestrates work across tens to hundreds of…

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Google is launching its own version of OpenClaw

Google is launching its own take on OpenClaw, the buzzy AI agent platform that caused a stir in the tech industry earlier this year. Announced during Google I/O 2026, Gemini Spark is an always-on AI agent that can…

Google I/O 2026 keynote: live updates on Gemini and Android

Abner Li / 9to5Google: A live blog of the Google I/O 2026 keynote, where the company is set to announce the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more — I/O 2026 kicks off today as Google's…

Vera Arrives: NVIDIA’s First CPU Built for Agents Lands at Top AI Labs

Ian Buck hand-delivers the first NVIDIA Vera CPU systems to Anthropic, OpenAI, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and SpaceXAI — marking the moment agentic CPUs move from announcement to production.

Vera Arrives: NVIDIA’s First CPU Built for Agents Lands at Top AI Labs

Ian Buck hand-delivers the first NVIDIA Vera CPU systems to Anthropic, OpenAI, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and SpaceXAI — marking the moment agentic CPUs move from announcement to production.

Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action

Gemini 3.5 is built to help you execute complex, agentic workflows.

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OpenAI released GPT-Realtime-2, a voice model with GPT-5-class reasoning, tool use, interruption handling, and extended context windows up to 128K tokens, achieving top scores on Big Bench Audio and Conversational…

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Google launched Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a realtime voice and vision agent model with 2x longer conversation memory, supporting 70 languages and 128k context. Mistral AI released Voxtral TTS, a low-latency, open-weight…

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OpenAI launched GPT-5.3-Codex with a Super Bowl ad emphasizing "You can just build things" as a product strategy, focusing on builder tooling over chat interfaces. The model is rolling out across Cursor, VS Code, and…

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OpenAI launched GPT-5.2-Codex API, touted as their strongest coding model for long-running tasks and cybersecurity. Cursor integrated GPT-5.2-Codex to autonomously run a browser for a week, producing over 3 million…