Microsoft rolled out Agent Mode for Outlook to Frontier early access users.

> Copilot in Outlook is now agentic, taking on the ongoing work of running your inbox and calendar. It triages emails, reschedules conflicts, and surfaces what matters most before you even ask.

Meta partners with Overview Energy to bring up to 1 GW of space solar energy to Earth!

Meta also partners with Noon Energy to deploy up to 1 GW/100 GWh of energy storage.

It is Meta vs SpacexAI now 👀

OpenAI models are coming to AWS Bedrock in the coming weeks. Besides that, Amazon is hosting a livestream on April 28 with OpenAI leaders.

> Watch Matt Garman, Colleen Aubrey, Julia White, and OpenAI leaders in a candid conversation about what's next with agentic AI.

GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing for all plans in 2026

GitHub will shift Copilot to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, with monthly AI Credits for all plans. Base prices stay the same, overages can be purchased, and admins gain spending controls.

🗞 #github @testingcatalog

OpenAI can now host models with other cloud providers, like AWS

Microsoft and OpenAI revised their pact: Azure remains the primary launch platform, while OpenAI can sell products across any cloud. Microsoft keeps non-exclusive IP rights through 2032, with revenue-sharing terms fixed through 2030.

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ElevenLabs launches Agent Templates for faster bootstrapping

ElevenLabs launched 50+ ElevenAgents templates with preset prompts, workflows, and integrations for support, sales, onboarding, feedback, and reception, helping teams deploy conversational AI faster with less setup and testing.

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Mistral AI launched Workflows on Mistral Studio for Enterprise customers!

> Durable execution - Workflows track state at every step
> Observability - Every branch, retry, and state change is recorded in Studio
> Human-in-the-loop - A single line of code pauses a workflow for approval
> Native to Studio - Workflows use the same agents and connectors as the rest of Studio
> Enterprise readiness - Workspaces within Studio keep teams and projects separated
> Built for developers and business teams
> Deployment flexibility - The control plane runs on Mistral

xAI rolling out custom, shareable Imagine templates for Grok

xAI is testing Grok web tools for custom Imagine templates with editable prompts, share links, and a new image-reference workflow. The rollout aligns with a new Discover feed and Skills support.

🗞 #grok @testingcatalog

xAI is rolling out support for shareable Imagine templates on the Grok web.

Users can now create custom templates with 3 different options
- Photo > Video
- Photo > Style Edit
- Photo > Edit > Video

Additionally, the "Image Reference" template type is also in the works.

Anthropic released new Connectors to Claude, focused on Creative Work.

New Connectors: Adobe Creative Cloud, Ableton, Splice, Canva Affinity, SketchUp, Resolume, Autodesk Fusion, and Blender.

xAI keeps working on SKILLs support 👀

A new Skills tab is now available (but hidden), while Grok 4.3 now supports Skills creation.

With all the features being prepared and Google I/O approaching in May, I bet we should expect a Keynote from xAI quite soon.

Base44 allows instant data migration from other platforms

Base44 launched one-click migration from Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, WordPress, Lovable, and Bolt, importing data, schemas, and code without CSVs or rebuilds. Launch-day migrations include 25 free credits.

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Claude Code can now notify you via a push notification when it has finished the task.

SenseTime releases SenseNova U1 models on HuggingFace

SenseTime released Apache 2.0 multimodal U1 models with open weights on HuggingFace. Built on NEO-Unify and native MoT, they unify text and vision end to end, support self-hosting, and cut infographic and document generation costs.

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ElevenLabs launched ElevenMusic platform!

ElevenMusic is built on top of ElevenLabs music generation model and is now available on the web and mobile.