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9 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches Plugin support for Claude Code beta

What's new? Anthropic launched plugin support for Claude Code to bundle slash commands, agents, MCP servers and hooks; it is in public beta via /plugin in terminal and VS Code;

9 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

ICYMI: Cursor released Plan Mode for structured code planning

What's new? Cursor rolled out Plan Mode to let developers draft and edit structured plans; it runs an agent to scan codebases and save plans in Markdown

9 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Google launches Gemini CLI Extensions for tool integrations

What's new? Gemini CLI extensions let developers link their terminal with favorite tools; pre-built integrations offer a playbook guiding the AI agent to external services;

7 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Google launches Gemini 2.5 for UI automation

What's new? Gemini 2.5 computer use model is open via Gemini API on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI for UI control; it shows low latency, high accuracy and safety checks;

7 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Opal gets new debugging tool and expands to 15 countries

What's new? global expansion of Opal to 15 countries including Canada, India, Japan, and Brazil; new debugging tool offers step-by-step workflow checks with visual error feedback;

7 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Spotify launches ChatGPT integration for music and podcasts

What's new? ChatGPT now supports a Spotify integration for free and premium users to get music or podcast picks; results open in the Spotify app while users keep account control;

5 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

OpenAI to add granular rights controls to Sora video platform

OpenAI will soon roll out Sora updates that give IP owners granular control over character likeness in AI video generation for text prompts.

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Google launches Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model in general availability

What's new? Gemini 2.5 flash image is launched via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI; it offers 10 aspect ratios, image blending, low latency and competitive pricing;

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Cursor rolls out hooks, team rules and sandboxed terminals

What's new? Hooks beta and Team rules let teams script AI agents with Bugbot control; shareable deeplinks, sandboxed terminals, menubar status and image support aid workflows;

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches Claude integration for Slack workspaces

What's new? Anthropic launches Claude Slack integration for paid Slack workspaces on Slack Marketplace; Claude works via DM, panel and @Claude for doc and chat summary;

1 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Hume AI launches Octave 2 and EVI 4 mini voice models

What's new? Octave 2 is a TTS model with sub200ms response, 11 languages, voice conversion and phoneme editing soon; EVI 4 mini powers speech-to-speech tasks with external LLM;

1 Oct 2025 · 1 min read

Microsoft announces Agent Framework preview

What's new? Agent Framework is a public preview SDK for multi-agent AI with OpenAPI and Agent2Agent support; Voice Live API and Azure AI Foundry add realtime speech and workflows;

1 Oct 2025 · 2 min read

ICYMI: Google unveils visual AI mode update with Gemini 2.5 in US

What's new? Google AI mode in search now accepts text and image queries using Gemini 2.5; Google Shopping Graph shows over 2B listings for online products;

29 Sep 2025 · 2 min read

Microsoft launches Agent Mode and Office Agent for 365 Copilot

What's new? Agent Mode adds AI help in Excel and Word on the web for multi-step tasks; Office Agent in Copilot chat crafts presentations and documents on the web;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

GitHub introduces Copilot CLI for vibe coding in terminal

What's new? GitHub Copilot CLI offers an AI agent for terminal code tasks; it uses GitHub MCP with custom servers for repo management;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Meta introduces Vibes feed for AI-generated content

What's new? Meta has introduced Vibes on its AI app and Meta.ai for AI-generated short videos; users can remix and share clips with visuals, music and style options;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Cloudflare launches NET Dollar stablecoin for AI payments

What's new? Cloudflare reveals its NET Dollar stablecoin for AI payments; it uses its global network to support micropayments and pay-per-use models;

25 Sep 2025 · 1 min read

Google upgrades Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite on AI Studio and APIs

What's new? Google previewed updated Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI with -latest alias; models cut tokens and add audio, image, translation;