Gemini 3.8 Live models add background tool calling for voice agents
Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking run tools and reasoning in the background so voice agents can keep talking while jobs finish.
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Perplexity Portable Computer lands on Windows RTX PCs
Perplexity’s on-device Computer agent reaches Windows RTX PCs with 24GB+ VRAM, keeping local work off the cloud credit meter.
Laravel MCP 1.0 ships searchable catalogs and MCP 2026-07-28
Laravel MCP 1.0 is stable: MCP 2026-07-28, searchable tool catalogs, cache hints, stateless servers, and stricter OAuth with legacy-client fallback.
Claude Code 2.1.273 adds gateway hint headers and remote-control forks
Claude Code 2.1.273 adds opt-in LLM-gateway hint headers, MCP disconnect alerts, and forking remote-control sessions into local background runs.
Nous opens Hermes Business team accounts and Enterprise
Nous Portal adds Hermes Business team invites, shared balance and skills, plus an on-prem or private-cloud Enterprise SKU.
Salesforce in Claude opens beta with 37 sales skills
Anthropic opens Salesforce in Claude in beta: 37 sales skills, live CRM context, and governed updates in chat and Cowork.
Claude Code 2.1.271 adds remote fast mode and per-command sandbox hosts
Claude Code 2.1.271 adds remote fast mode, per-command sandbox hosts, omitClaudeMd, and self-hosted drain telemetry, plus a long reliability pass.
Coder Agent Relay adds Claude Code for self-hosted execution
Coder’s Agent Relay now lists Claude Code so cloud sessions can execute in self-hosted workspaces; still closed early access.
Hermes Agent v0.21.3 tags Cloud session and state.db fixes
Hermes Agent v0.21.3 (v2026.9.14) tags Cloud and Docker so remote-session refresh and state.db writer-handle leaks actually ship.
LangChain details the Deep Agents paid-media agent it runs in Slack
LangChain explains its Slack paid-media agent: weekly ad and pipeline reports, proposed changes, and a Deep Agents workspace.
Anthropic: agentic coding drove a 25× CI surge, then a test-impact rebuild
Anthropic says Claude-heavy coding lifted CI jobs 25× in six months and forced a rebuild of test-impact analysis.
Perplexity puts GPT-6 Astra on production systems
OpenAI says Perplexity uses GPT-6 Astra to write comms, change software, and watch production, with fewer human check-ins than earlier models.
Muse debuts as a 24/7 personal agent as Anthropic details Claude misuse
6–12 Sep 2026
Cognition uses GPT-6 Astra so Devin can evidence its own tests
OpenAI’s Cognition case study: Devin plus GPT-6 Astra returns recordings and test reports so engineers review evidence, not every diff.
Claude Cowork changelog: Windows file break, calmer cloud-task retries
Anthropic’s Cowork changelog documents a Windows local-file outage after KB5124008 and calmer retries for cloud-bound scheduled tasks and project memory copies.
Claude Code 2.1.270 restores read-only git in long Bash sessions
Claude Code 2.1.270 fixes a 2.1.269 bug that prompted for permission on read-only git commands in long Bash sessions.
GPT-Rosalind leaves research preview for trusted-access API, Codex, and ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI moved GPT-Rosalind out of research preview for eligible orgs worldwide, still behind trusted access in API, Codex, and ChatGPT Enterprise.
Google Cloud ships a Developer Plugin for AI coding agents
Google Cloud’s google-cloud-developer plugin bundles Cloud skills, docs MCP, and gcloud guardrails for Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity.
Cognition ships Fusion, a lead-and-sidekick harness, in Devin Desktop and CLI
Cognition puts Fusion in Devin Desktop and CLI: a frontier lead plus cheaper sidekick, with vendor benches claiming large cost cuts.
OpenClaw 2026.9.4 adds failed-update rollback and a unified plugins workspace
OpenClaw 2026.9.4 restores the prior package after compatible failed updates and adds a unified Plugins workspace, prepared cloud sessions, and GPT Image 2.5.
Copilot Studio and Cowork add natural-language app building
Microsoft adds conversational full-stack app building in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio, with Entra, connectors, and admin-center governance.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services
OpenAI ships ChatGPT for Financial Services: Astra plus hosted PitchBook, Daloopa, and LSEG data for banker research, models, and cited decks.
Anthropic details disrupted Claude misuse across seven harm areas
Anthropic’s September 2026 threat report catalogs disrupted Claude misuse across cyber, surveillance, weapons, bio, and distillation.
GPT-Live-1 brings full-duplex voice agents to the API
GPT-Live-1 is in the API for full-duplex voice agents that listen while speaking and delegate tools to a backend model.
ChatGPT Work adds a Data agent for warehouses and dashboards
OpenAI’s Data agent in ChatGPT Work connects company warehouses and files, then turns questions into dashboards under existing permissions.