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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Seedream 5 is now available on Perplexity 👀

OpenAI is working on adding support for Plaid Ledger for finance data authorization (US only)

* testing a new post format for tg 👀

NVIDIA will host a GTC event in Berlin in October.

I need to grab a live keynote spot 👀