IBM adds agent identity and access controls to Vault
IBM says the controls help companies identify who owns an AI agent, limit what it can access and review its actions across business systems.
• IBM says Agent Identity and Vault 2.2 give AI agents tracked identities and limited credentials; both are generally available.
• Watsonx Orchestrate’s agent discovery and containment features are in tech preview.
• Orchestrate’s agent evaluation capabilities are generally available, with testing, monitoring and cost tracking.
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IBM says the controls help companies identify who owns an AI agent, limit what it can access and review its actions across business systems.
• IBM says Agent Identity and Vault 2.2 give AI agents tracked identities and limited credentials; both are generally available.
• Watsonx Orchestrate’s agent discovery and containment features are in tech preview.
• Orchestrate’s agent evaluation capabilities are generally available, with testing, monitoring and cost tracking.
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Nvidia plans $3 billion Meta investment as chip partnership expands
The reported deal adds to investor debate over Nvidia funding customers that build data centers with its chips.
• Nvidia plans to invest $3 billion in Meta’s planned equity offering, the Wall Street Journal reports.
• Meta plans to use more Nvidia hardware for AI agents and expand the companies’ partnership around Muse.
• Meta wants to raise up to $95 billion for AI infrastructure; AMD and Broadcom signaled nonbinding interest in shares.
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The reported deal adds to investor debate over Nvidia funding customers that build data centers with its chips.
• Nvidia plans to invest $3 billion in Meta’s planned equity offering, the Wall Street Journal reports.
• Meta plans to use more Nvidia hardware for AI agents and expand the companies’ partnership around Muse.
• Meta wants to raise up to $95 billion for AI infrastructure; AMD and Broadcom signaled nonbinding interest in shares.
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Google makes Gemini Robotics ER 2 available in public preview
In public preview, ER 2 gives developers a way to connect robot task planning and video understanding with controls and tools on Google Cloud.
• Google has made Gemini Robotics ER 2 available in public preview on the Gemini platform.
• The model helps robots plan tasks, interpret video and coordinate lower-level controls.
• Developers and enterprise teams can access it now through Model Garden.
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In public preview, ER 2 gives developers a way to connect robot task planning and video understanding with controls and tools on Google Cloud.
• Google has made Gemini Robotics ER 2 available in public preview on the Gemini platform.
• The model helps robots plan tasks, interpret video and coordinate lower-level controls.
• Developers and enterprise teams can access it now through Model Garden.
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Google DeepMind announces Genie 4 with real-time audio and interactive worlds
In research preview, Genie 4 lets testers steer simulations with text while the model generates visuals, sound and dialogue in real time.
• Google DeepMind is rolling out Genie 4 as a research preview for trusted testers.
• The real-time world model generates sound and interactive dialogue alongside its scenes.
• Later access will start with Google AI Ultra subscribers and early access Gemini API and Google AI Studio partners.
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In research preview, Genie 4 lets testers steer simulations with text while the model generates visuals, sound and dialogue in real time.
• Google DeepMind is rolling out Genie 4 as a research preview for trusted testers.
• The real-time world model generates sound and interactive dialogue alongside its scenes.
• Later access will start with Google AI Ultra subscribers and early access Gemini API and Google AI Studio partners.
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Google and Oracle plan to bring TPUs to Oracle Cloud in 2027
Starting in 2027, the planned deployment would give OCI customers a way to run AI training and inference on Google TPUs alongside GPUs.
• Google and Oracle plan to deploy TPU capacity on OCI starting in calendar year 2027.
• Google says OCI will be the first hyperscale cloud provider outside Google to offer TPUs.
• Google says OCI customers will be able to use TPUs for training and inference near their Oracle data.
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Starting in 2027, the planned deployment would give OCI customers a way to run AI training and inference on Google TPUs alongside GPUs.
• Google and Oracle plan to deploy TPU capacity on OCI starting in calendar year 2027.
• Google says OCI will be the first hyperscale cloud provider outside Google to offer TPUs.
• Google says OCI customers will be able to use TPUs for training and inference near their Oracle data.
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Nvidia and Oracle plan multi-gigawatt Vera Rubin clusters on Oracle Cloud
According to Nvidia, OCI customers can scale CPU and GPU resources independently for AI model workloads and tasks performed by agents.
• Nvidia and Oracle plan to expand OCI Superclusters with Vera Rubin NVL72 systems to multi-gigawatt scale.
• The companies say Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and Vera CPUs are generally available on OCI.
• OCI plans an eight-GPU HGX Rubin NVL8 configuration for x86-based servers.
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According to Nvidia, OCI customers can scale CPU and GPU resources independently for AI model workloads and tasks performed by agents.
• Nvidia and Oracle plan to expand OCI Superclusters with Vera Rubin NVL72 systems to multi-gigawatt scale.
• The companies say Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and Vera CPUs are generally available on OCI.
• OCI plans an eight-GPU HGX Rubin NVL8 configuration for x86-based servers.
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Anthropic says Claude found critical flaws in Chrome, Safari and operating systems
Anthropic says Claude combined flaws into attacks that could run code, expose personal data or crash servers with little or no user interaction.
• Anthropic says an internal Claude model built five exploit chains affecting Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows and Linux.
• Google patched 62 high or critical Chrome flaws reported by Anthropic as of Chrome 156.
• Anthropic says the Safari, Android, Windows and Linux issues have also been fixed.
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Anthropic says Claude combined flaws into attacks that could run code, expose personal data or crash servers with little or no user interaction.
• Anthropic says an internal Claude model built five exploit chains affecting Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows and Linux.
• Google patched 62 high or critical Chrome flaws reported by Anthropic as of Chrome 156.
• Anthropic says the Safari, Android, Windows and Linux issues have also been fixed.
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NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe and Granary v2 on Hugging Face
Developers can use one available model for several recorded-audio tasks and use Granary v2 data and tools to adapt recognition to specialized speech.
• NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe for transcription, speaker labels, translation and audio questions.
• It transcribes 40 languages and handles recordings up to an hour long, according to NVIDIA.
• Granary v2 provides a public manifest covering 463,062 hours across 48 languages.
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Developers can use one available model for several recorded-audio tasks and use Granary v2 data and tools to adapt recognition to specialized speech.
• NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe for transcription, speaker labels, translation and audio questions.
• It transcribes 40 languages and handles recordings up to an hour long, according to NVIDIA.
• Granary v2 provides a public manifest covering 463,062 hours across 48 languages.
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GitHub makes Copilot Fusion generally available for model routing
Copilot users can let Fusion choose and coordinate models for each prompt, while administrators retain control over which models it can use.
• GitHub Copilot Fusion is generally available and selects AI models for each coding prompt.
• Users choose Standard, High or Max effort; administrators control which models Fusion can use.
• Fusion is on all Copilot plans in supported clients, with a limited-time 30% model cost discount for paid users.
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Copilot users can let Fusion choose and coordinate models for each prompt, while administrators retain control over which models it can use.
• GitHub Copilot Fusion is generally available and selects AI models for each coding prompt.
• Users choose Standard, High or Max effort; administrators control which models Fusion can use.
• Fusion is on all Copilot plans in supported clients, with a limited-time 30% model cost discount for paid users.
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Microsoft makes its Copilot agent harness available through Foundry
According to Microsoft, developers can use the same harness that powers its Copilot products to build agents across AI models.
• Microsoft is making its Copilot harness available through Foundry for developers and enterprise customers.
• The company says it supports 20-plus frontier models and can route tasks between models.
• The SDK is available to download, and the harness can run in the cloud through Foundry.
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According to Microsoft, developers can use the same harness that powers its Copilot products to build agents across AI models.
• Microsoft is making its Copilot harness available through Foundry for developers and enterprise customers.
• The company says it supports 20-plus frontier models and can route tasks between models.
• The SDK is available to download, and the harness can run in the cloud through Foundry.
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GitHub Agentic Workflows is generally available
GitHub says teams can automate tasks such as issue triage and test writing within GitHub Actions while using their existing runner groups and policy constraints.
• GitHub Agentic Workflows is generally available on github.com for Free, Team and Enterprise.
• It runs coding agents in GitHub Actions using workflows written in natural language Markdown.
• The release adds self-hosted runner support and model routing; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.
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GitHub says teams can automate tasks such as issue triage and test writing within GitHub Actions while using their existing runner groups and policy constraints.
• GitHub Agentic Workflows is generally available on github.com for Free, Team and Enterprise.
• It runs coding agents in GitHub Actions using workflows written in natural language Markdown.
• The release adds self-hosted runner support and model routing; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.
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Google launches Connected Apps Platform preview
The preview gives participating developers one place to submit apps for Search, Gemini or both, while Google expands access in phases.
• Google has launched a preview of its Connected Apps Platform for developers building for Search and Gemini.
• Google says it has launched more than 50 Connected Apps across the two products.
• Adobe, Experian, Localiza and Peloton integrations are live in Gemini and are due in Search in the coming weeks.
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The preview gives participating developers one place to submit apps for Search, Gemini or both, while Google expands access in phases.
• Google has launched a preview of its Connected Apps Platform for developers building for Search and Gemini.
• Google says it has launched more than 50 Connected Apps across the two products.
• Adobe, Experian, Localiza and Peloton integrations are live in Gemini and are due in Search in the coming weeks.
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Mistral AI releases weights for improved Mistral Large 4
The released weights let organizations customize or host Mistral Large 4 themselves, while Mistral reports gains in coding and defensive security.
• Mistral AI has released the weights of an updated Mistral Large 4 following its public preview.
• The company reports a 41% score on Terminal-Bench 4.0, up 13 percentage points from the preview.
• Mistral reports a 51% score on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index and plans further guardrail updates.
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The released weights let organizations customize or host Mistral Large 4 themselves, while Mistral reports gains in coding and defensive security.
• Mistral AI has released the weights of an updated Mistral Large 4 following its public preview.
• The company reports a 41% score on Terminal-Bench 4.0, up 13 percentage points from the preview.
• Mistral reports a 51% score on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index and plans further guardrail updates.
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Google adds file creation and editing to the Gemini app
Gemini users can revise files inside a chat, though Google says formats other than PDFs are supported only on the web.
• Google says Gemini users can now create, preview and edit files within a chat.
• PDF previewing and editing work on web and mobile; other supported formats work on the web.
• The features are available to all users in languages where the Gemini app is available.
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Gemini users can revise files inside a chat, though Google says formats other than PDFs are supported only on the web.
• Google says Gemini users can now create, preview and edit files within a chat.
• PDF previewing and editing work on web and mobile; other supported formats work on the web.
• The features are available to all users in languages where the Gemini app is available.
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