Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas ships an always-on sidebar and a native agent that can click, type, and buy with your approval. Here is why the browser just became the AI operating layer and how Chrome and Comet will counter next.

OpenAI’s Realtime API is now production-ready with native SIP calling, turning phone lines into a first-class runtime for real agents. Here is what changed under the hood, what to build first, and how to ship safely.

GitHub’s Agent HQ upgrades Copilot from code suggestions to auditable execution. Use this practical playbook to pilot, govern, and measure ROI for multi-agent development in 2026 without vendor lock-in.

Notion’s 3.0 Agents shift AI from sidecar chatbots to embedded coworkers that read, write, and act where your data already lives. Here is what changed, why it matters for Google, Microsoft, and Slack, and a pragmatic Q4 playbook to pilot it safely.

Reasoning-first models now ship with visible thinking, self-checks, and native computer control. See what is real, what is hype, and how to launch a reliable agent in 90 days.

Figure’s 03 humanoid and its Helix vision‑language‑action system stepped out of the hype cycle in October 2025. With safer hands, faster perception, and BotQ‑scale manufacturing, real pilots in logistics and early home trials point to practical jobs and falling costs.

In three summer moves, agent interoperability jumped from slideware to shipping reality. With A2A entering the Linux Foundation on June 23, 2025, AGNTCY joining on July 29, and Solo.io’s agentgateway accepted on August 25, enterprises can now wire agents across vendors with real protocols and neutral governance.

OpenAI's Sora 2 now ships as a developer API with per-second pricing from 10 to 50 cents. With reusable cameos and multi‑clip storyboards, video becomes a programmable primitive that powers the next agentic stack.

OpenAI quietly authorized open-weight releases for models that meet capability criteria, signaling a first-class hybrid future. Here is what changed, the guardrails, the cost math, and blueprints to run local plus frontier stacks without compromising safety or speed.

OpenAI’s GPT‑OSS open‑weight family brings private, on‑device AI out of the lab. This guide shows a practical local agent stack, what it changes for enterprises, and two hands‑on builds you can run now.

Anthropic’s Agent Skills turn general chatbots into composable, governed capabilities. This analysis shows how Skills reshape developer workflow, operations, and business models, plus what to expect over the next year.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas puts a full agent inside the browser tab, turning the web from search and click into ask and act. This breakdown explains what is truly new, why it pressures search and checkout flows, and a 60-day playbook for builders.

Salesforce made Agentforce 360 generally available on October 13, 2025, alongside deeper Google Workspace, Gemini, and Slack integrations. Here is what actually changed, why it matters, and a 90-day playbook to capture value.

At GitHub Universe 2025, the company unveiled Agent HQ, a neutral mission control that seats agents like Claude, Grok, Devin, and OpenAI inside pull requests, Actions, and VS Code. The agent wars now hinge on orchestration, governance, and CI/CD that ships reliable code.

Fall 2025 turned AI agents from demos into daily operators. That shift created a parallel market for guardian agents and AI firewalls between models, tools, and data. This blueprint shows how to build that runtime policy layer now.

Meta has updated WhatsApp’s Business API to bar general-purpose AI assistants starting January 15, 2026. Here’s what changes, why it matters, and where to rebuild distribution across the browser, OS action layers, SMS, and email.

Microsoft has folded AutoGen and Semantic Kernel into a single, open-source Agent Framework with typed workflows, built-in observability, human approval gates, and cross-runtime interop. Here is what changed and how to ship with it this week.

Late 2025 pushed AI agents from demos into real checkout flows. See what the Agentic Commerce Protocol standardizes, why retailers and networks are racing to copy or complement it, and a 30-60-90 day plan to get agent ready before the holidays.