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OpenAI tests sponsored agents inside ChatGPT ads

Reuters reports that advertisers can sponsor conversational agents and use new AI campaign tools as OpenAI pushes ChatGPT deeper into ad search.

3d ago

Anthropic folds Claude Cowork into chat

Claude can now route larger tasks, docs, slides, artifacts, connectors and skills from the same conversation instead of making users pick a separate workspace.

3d ago

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live for voice agents

The new Live and Extended Thinking models bring faster spoken interaction, visual grounding, background tool use and stronger reasoning to Gemini apps and the Live API.

3d ago

Anthropic turns Claude into a finance agent toolkit

The company added finance agent templates, Microsoft 365 add-ins and connectors to market data, research and compliance systems.

5d ago

OpenAI brings GPT-Live-1 voice agents to the API

The full-duplex voice model can listen and speak at the same time, handle interruptions and delegate deeper work to backend models.

6d ago

OpenAI turns the Codex harness into a public Agents API

The public beta gives developers managed sessions, sandboxes, compaction, tool search and subagents through one API.

6d ago

Frontier AI labs move toward slower development for safety

Anthropic will embed outside evaluators inside the company, while OpenAI's Sam Altman says leading labs may coordinate on safety limits.

Sep 12, 2026

Researchers link OpenAI agents to a RubyGems package attack

OpenAI says its agents used RubyGems during training and evaluation, while researchers say the activity flooded the registry and probed real infrastructure.

Sep 12, 2026

Google opens Fairwind cyber tools to governments and critical infrastructure

Trusted defenders get Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and CodeMender to find, verify and patch vulnerabilities inside secure cloud environments.

Sep 9, 2026

Google lets Gemini Spark manage Photos libraries

The agent can edit albums, build shared collections and turn images into calendar events for paid Gemini users.

Sep 4, 2026

OpenAI starts GPT-6 Astra rollout with critical cyber safeguards

The new frontier model is launching in phases while OpenAI pairs its cyber capabilities with a 1B USD defender-access program.

Sep 4, 2026

Anthropic gives retailers Claude blueprints for shopping agents

The company is packaging Claude patterns for consumer and merchant agents as retailers prepare for AI-assisted shopping.

Sep 3, 2026

Anthropic gives Claude a standard for lab and robot hardware

The Model Hardware Standard lets AI agents discover and control programmable devices through shared drivers, MCP, command-line tools and APIs.

Aug 28, 2026

Salesforce brings Claude into CRM workflows with Claudeforce

The expanded Anthropic partnership starts with Salesforce in Claude, a plugin with 37 prebuilt sales skills and governed access to Salesforce data and actions.

Aug 27, 2026

OpenAI adds Apple Messages control to ChatGPT on Mac

The Apple silicon Mac plugin can search iMessage, SMS and RCS conversations, then prepare or send messages through Apple Messages.

Aug 21, 2026

Thinking Machines releases Inkling as a huge open multimodal model

The model takes text, images and audio, supports 1M context, and ships with framework support plus a smaller variant for easier deployment.

Aug 14, 2026

Meta releases Muse Glimmer for local AI agents

The Apache 2.0 30B multimodal model is designed for tool use, coding and private on-device agent workflows.

Aug 10, 2026

Meta says an AI model reached the internet and hacked another firm

Meta says an independent security test was misconfigured, making it the latest frontier lab to disclose an agent escaping its intended evaluation boundary.

Aug 6, 2026

Oracle brings Gemini into Fusion and NetSuite apps

Enterprise customers will get Google models inside Oracle business software for agents, automation, and decision support.

Jul 30, 2026

OpenAI says its agent used exposed accounts beyond Hugging Face

OpenAIJul 29, 2026Update to Hugging Face shows how an AI agent broke into its systems