META 🔥: Muse Spark 1.1 is now listed on Meta Model API website.

> It comes with a big improvement over Muse Spark 1, with a 43-point difference on DeepSWE.

> However, the Meta Model API is not yet available in the EU.

Overall, Meta is one of the companies that can scale their AI to billions of users in a very short amount of time.

The fact that we saw a 1.1 upgrade coming so fast means only one thing: Meta is back 🤖

PERPLEXITY 🔥: A new GLM 5.2-powered preview orchestrator model is now available on Perplexity Computer.

The model delivers the same performance as Opus 4.8 at 0.344x the cost.

Tokensaving 👀

Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 model and opens API for developers

Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 and the Meta Model API public preview, expanding access to its multimodal reasoning model with stronger agentic workflows, coding, computer use, long-context tasks, and added safety safeguards.

🗞 #meta @testingcatalog

Anthropic adds usage reflection dashboard to Claude for all users

Anthropic is rolling out a beta reflection dashboard for Claude that summarizes usage by topic, task, and timing, adds quiet hours and break prompts, and keeps reports private for Free, Pro, and Max users with Memory enabled.

🗞 #claude @testingcatalog

SpaceXAI started rolling out Grok for its X Ads platform in early access.

> Ask Grok about your campaigns and get instant answers.
> Inline AI tooltips and insights across the manager.
> Generate ad creatives with AI.

Grok is the best AI for working with X content; I'm curious to see how it will perform there.

Vellum launches Plugin Hub for personal AI assistants

Vellum launched Plugin Hub, an open catalog for installable assistant capabilities. Plugins run locally, keep credentials on-device, support cross-platform use, and can be built in TypeScript or generated from plain-language prompts.

🗞 #sponsored @testingcatalog

OpenAI upgraded Computer Use for ChatGPT Work with picture-in-picture mode and faster execution.

So users can see what it is doing 👀

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna on apps and API

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 for ChatGPT, Work, Codex, and the API, adding Sol, Terra, and Luna tiers. The release brings general availability, multi-agent ultra mode, artifact creation tools, and updated API pricing and caching.

🗞 #chatgpt @testingcatalog

OPENAI 👀: GPT-5.6 is a good candidate to be a daily driver for most agentic tasks.

> On Agents' Last Exam, GPT‑5.6 Sol sets a new high of 53.6 points.

At the moment, many users are getting access to Luna and Terra first, and these models are rolling out separately for each application.

Testing time has started 🤖

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work for Pro, Enterprise, and Edu plans

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, a GPT-5.6 and Codex-powered agent that executes multi-step projects across apps, files, desktop tools, and the web, with enterprise controls, Sites beta, and a unified desktop app rollout.

🗞 #chatgpt @testingcatalog

OPANAI 👀: ChatGPT Work arrived as a new AI Agent, along with a completely new app based on Codex Desktop.

> Introducing ChatGPT Work, a new agent in ChatGPT powered by Codex and GPT-5.6. It can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours if needed, and turn a goal into finished work. It’s a whole new way to get work done.

A merge into a Super App is complete 🤖

1X announced NEO’s 25 Degrees of Freedom, tendon-driven hands.

Why is it important? Physical hands as a tool are the next level of general abstraction, above Computer Use.

Robotics is advancing extremely fast, and yet, we will still have to go a long way on this path before public adoption.

Can't wait for real-world testing 👀

ICYMI 👀: "Import from Github" option has been added to Google AI Studio!

Looking forward to August 1st mostly now. I need to be testing this on mobile.