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18 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

ICYMI: ZAI launches GLM-5.2 open model with 1M context

GLM-5.2 by Z.ai delivers a 1M-token context window for coding agents, project-scale software work, debugging, and code-driven video generation.

18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork globally for Microsoft 365

What's new? Microsoft announced Copilot Cowork, a cloud-hosted agent system that runs multi tool tasks; it has a usage based billing model and Adobe, Miro and Atlassian plugins;

16 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

ICYMI: OpenAI released CDP support for browser use on Codex

OpenAI’s Codex now gains controlled access to Chrome DevTools, letting it profile JavaScript and modify site elements in its in-app browser mode.

14 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Telegram launches smartwatch apps and rich formatting for bots

What's new? Telegram launched smartwatch apps for Apple Watch and Android Wear OS with chat functions; telegram added rich text for bots, ai guardian bots and poll privacy options;

13 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Anthropic suspends Fable 5 and Mythos 5, Community reactions

What's new? Anthropic suspended Fable 5 and Mythos 5 following a government export control directive; a bypass method was uncovered during safeguards testing;

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

MiniMax M3 launches on NVIDIA platform with Free Endpoint

What's new? MiniMax M3 is a multimodal model on NVIDIA accelerated compute with text, image, video support and sparse attention for long tasks available via NVIDIA API;

5 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Early Look: Microsoft rolls out Scout AI agent to Frontier users

Microsoft Scout, the new always-on desktop agent, is now rolling out to Frontier program users with fresh automation features and deep Microsoft 365 support.

3 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Microsoft Build 2026 recap, from Windows to Copilot, all AI

Microsoft Build 2026 introduces seven new MAI models for coding, reasoning, image, and voice, with MAI-Thinking-1 in private preview on Foundry. Loads of Copilot and hardware updates in addition.

29 May 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches dynamic workflows for Claude Code

What's new? Anthropic now offers flexible workflows in Claude Code for multi-step coding projects using parallel agents; it adds workflow recovery and admin controls.

29 May 2026 · 1 min read

Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro are now in General Availability

What's new? Google Cloud launched Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro images for scalable creation; they support 1k, 2k output with a preview for video input;

29 May 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 and new effort selector

What's new? Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with coding, reasoning, agentic skill upgrades, and self-checks; Fast mode runs 2.5x faster at one-third cost; New effort control on Claude and parallel workflows in Claude Code.

27 May 2026 · 1 min read

Sesame debuts iOS app in preview with 4 personal voice agents

What's new? Sesame launched iOS preview of lifelike conversation partners in 39 countries; digital agents Maya, Miles, Simone and Charlie offer search cards, note-taking and incognito mode;

23 May 2026 · 2 min read

Perplexity open-sources Bumblebee security scanner

Perplexity has released Bumblebee, an open-source security scanner for developer machines that helps detect risky packages and extensions.

19 May 2026 · 1 min read

Google unveils 24/7 Gemini Spark AI Agent for advanced tasks

What's new? Google launched Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent built on Gemini 3.5 and Antigravity for tasks, and it links Workspace with Canva, OpenTable, and Instacart for tasks.

19 May 2026 · 1 min read

Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash AI model to all users

What's new? Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash for developers, enterprises and users on AI platforms; it powers Gemini Spark and yields output four times faster with robust safety measures;

19 May 2026 · 1 min read

Google rolls out Gemini Omni AI for video generation and editing

What's new? Gemini Omni Flash is a multimodal AI model that takes text, image, video, and audio inputs. It supports video editing and embeds a SynthID watermark.

19 May 2026 · 1 min read

Anthropic launches new secure tools for Claude Managed Agents

What's new? Enterprises can run Claude Managed agent sandboxes in private MCP environments; secure runtime controls and audit logging keep sensitive data safe.

18 May 2026 · 1 min read

Cursor released Composer 2.5 with up to 10x cost efficiency

What's new? composer 2.5 is released on cursor with ai coding support using targeted reinforcement learning corrections; 25x synthetic training and behavioral calibration guide long-running tasks;