OpenAI dots: always-on agents that run in the background on GPT-6 Astra, connect to 4,000+ apps, and take on recurring work like tracking projects or monitoring feedback. Rolling out to Pro and Business Premium users first, per OpenAI.
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Google’s Gemini 4 Argon frontier model for coding and cyber defense
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Gemini 4 Argon: Google's new frontier model for long-horizon coding, research and cyber defense, with up to 1M output tokens. Access starts with trusted testers and cyber defenders, then Google AI Ultra and paid API users.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5: Faster Output, Coding Near Opus 5.5
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Claude Sonnet 5.5: Anthropic's mid-tier model gets faster without a price change. Anthropic says output is 30%+ faster than Sonnet 5, with coding scores close to Opus 5.5. Pricing stays at $2/$10 per million tokens.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol for coding and agentic work
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GPT-6.1 Sol: OpenAI's new model for coding, computer use and professional work.
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OpenAI says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic tasks at about one-fifth the cost. Available in the API, ChatGPT Work and Codex.https://t.co/3The7bgBA8GPT-6.1 Sol: OpenAI's new model for coding, computer use and professional work. OpenAI says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic tasks at about one-fifth the cost. Available in the API, ChatGPT Work and Codex.
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Weekly AI roundup: always-on agents from OpenAI, Copilot and more
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Software that keeps working after you close the tab. That was the thread running through this week in AI, from OpenAI's always-on dots to GitHub Copilot taking the mouse. Last week in AI:
🔸OpenAI dots
🔸GPT-6.1 Sol
🔸Claude Sonnet 5.5
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Microsoft releases MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming real-time transcription model
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Your voice agent can now start working before you finish your sentence. 🎙️
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Microsoft AI just released MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, its first real-time transcription model. Instead of waiting for you to stop talking, it returns its first guesses in just over 100ms and keeps… pic.twitter.com/VoKQHYtvJFYour voice agent can now start working before you finish your sentence. 🎙️ Microsoft AI just released MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, its first real-time transcription model. Instead of waiting for you to stop talking, it returns its first guesses in just over 100ms and keeps
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Synthesia Sessions uses AI avatars for conversation practice
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Most people rehearse their hardest conversations for the first time during the real thing. 😬
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Synthesia's new Sessions feature gives teams a lifelike AI avatar to talk to before it counts:
▪️ Roleplay Sessions: practice sales calls, tough manager talks, or angry-customer moments… pic.twitter.com/Rsybo9SvXNMost people rehearse their hardest conversations for the first time during the real thing. 😬 Synthesia's new Sessions feature gives teams a lifelike AI avatar to talk to before it counts:
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FLUX 3 Image enables targeted edits with bounding boxes
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Fixing one detail in an AI image usually means re-rolling the whole thing. FLUX 3 Image lets you change just that part. 🎯
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Here's what Black Forest Labs' new model can do:
🔹Draw bounding boxes to place every element exactly where you want it
🔹Make several edits in one go,… pic.twitter.com/MhJvD4setYFixing one detail in an AI image usually means re-rolling the whole thing. FLUX 3 Image lets you change just that part. 🎯 Here's what Black Forest Labs' new model can do:
🔹Draw bounding boxes to place every element exactly where you want it
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GPT-5.6 ships in three capability tiers, Sol is flagship
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@OpenAI just turned the frontier into a choice.
Instead of one model, GPT-5.6 ships as three capability tiers: Sol — the new flagship. Sets a state of the art on Terminal-Bench 2.1 (complex command-line, multi-step agent work) and is OpenAI's most capable model yet for -
Gemini’s Study mode upgrades notebooks with adaptive learning
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🆕 Gemini just upgraded notebooks with a new “Study” mode.
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Now your notebook can:
▪️Ground itself in your own course materials
▪️Run a diagnostic quiz to find your weak spots
▪️Auto‑build bite‑sized lessons and quizzes that adapt as you improve
▪️Sync with NotebookLM so you can… pic.twitter.com/9KnQWfylFeGemini just upgraded notebooks with a new “Study” mode. Now your notebook can:
Ground itself in your own course materials
Run a diagnostic quiz to find your weak spots
Auto‑build bite‑sized lessons and quizzes that adapt as you improve
Sync with NotebookLM so you can