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8 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Notion tests Agents 2.0 with scripting tools and Workers

Notion is testing new agent features, including a redesigned settings UI, new automation triggers, and upcoming Agents 2.0 upgrades.

7 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Google tests Personal Intelligence for NotebookLM conversations

Google is testing a “Personal intelligence” layer in NotebookLM, hinting at personalized responses and custom prompts based on chat history.

7 Feb 2026 · 3 min read

A new Gemini 3 Pro checkpoint spotted in A/B testing

Google is testing a new Gemini checkpoint in AI Studio, impressing early users with precise UI generation and SVG output, but release details remain unclear.

7 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

ICYMI: Arena launches Max router to boost AI prompt accuracy

What's new? Max is a model router that auto-selects the best language model from over 5m community votes; the latency-aware variant Arcstride cuts first-token delay by 16 sec.

7 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

ai.com to release decentralised AI agent platform during Super Bowl

What's new? ai.com launches a consumer-focused autonomous ai agent platform that lets users generate agents for work and messaging tasks; public launch scheduled february 8 2026 with Super Bowl LX commercial on NBC;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

GitHub lets Copilot subscribers run multiple AI coding agents

What's new? Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise subscribers run multiple AI agents in GitHub, GitHub Mobile and Visual Studio Code with per-agent settings and session logs;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex for software tasks on paid plans

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.3-Codex with faster performance, expanded agent functions for developers, and strong coding benchmark results across multiple tasks.

6 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 with tools for finance

What's new? Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 for finance pros with beta Cowork for Mac, PowerPoint for Max, Team, Enterprise and Excel updates for paid subscribers;

6 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI debuts Frontier to deploy AI agents for enterprise users

OpenAI launches Frontier, a new enterprise platform for deploying AI coworkers across real business systems, now available to select customers with partners onboard.

5 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Anthropic readies upgraded voice mode for Claude desktop

Anthropic is testing upgraded voice mode for the desktop app and a new knowledge base feature for Claude.

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Perplexity launches Advanced Deep Research for Max users

What's new? Perplexity launches DRACO benchmark for AI research in law, medicine, finance and academia; it uses LLM as judge and is public;

4 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

Perplexity working on Model Council, combining 3 AI models

What do we know so far? Perplexity may soon introduce Model Council for Max users, allowing multi-model system advancements and hinting at a new ASI mode.

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Apple adds Claude Agent SDK and Codex into Xcode 26.3

What's new? Xcode 26.3 now features built-in claude agent sdk for long-running coding tasks and swiftui previews; release candidate available to apple developer program.

4 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Kimi AI adds website generation from images, new annotation tools

Kimi AI unveils a feature for website generation from images or videos, plus an updated preview edit mode for annotations and UI selection.

3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

OpenAI launches Codex app for Mac to manage coding agents

OpenAI has unveiled the Codex app for macOS, bringing project threads, diff review, and agent supervision to more ChatGPT plan users.

2 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic is about to drop Sonnet 5 during Super Bowl week

Claude Sonnet 5 leaks suggest a new Anthropic model with strong math and coding capabilities, launching this week.

2 Feb 2026 · 2 min read

StepFun launched Step 3.5 Flash open-source model

What's new? Step 3.5 Flash is a large language model using sparse experts and multi-token heads, deployable on NVIDIA and local hardware; MIS-PO stabilizes long-term training;

1 Feb 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic adds Plugins support for Claude Cowork on paid plans

Anthropic introduces plugin support for Claude’s Cowork task mode, allowing custom plugins, team connectors, and specialist roles.

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