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DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Sept 25 OPENAI 🔥: - Upcoming ChatGPT Pro Max is $500/mo ($600 with VAT). Copy so far only adds Fastest Work and Codex; limits may still rise. - Likely Cerebras-backed for the Ultra Fast path. DevDay is Sept 29. GOOGLE 🔥: - Gemini 3.8 Live…
DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Sept 26
MICROSOFT 🔥:
- Biggest Copilot update yet: Home (Chat + Cowork), Code, Autopilot, and Office embedded in the app.
- Autopilot is the proactive long-running enterprise agent, a rebranded Scout. Code builds tenant-hosted apps on GitHub Copilot tech, with a Managed Copilot Runtime.
- Rolling out through Frontier. Cowork, Code, and Autopilot are usage-billed. Today surfaces priority M365 items without a prompt.
OPENAI 🔥:
- Codex outage is over. Paid usage limits reset across Codex and ChatGPT Work.
- ChatGPT desktop got a new sidebar, split from chat history, plus a broader UI pass.
- Research agents sent training and eval data to third parties. 53 user-uploaded images hit unlisted image hosts. Review will take months.
ANTHROPIC 🔥:
- Plugin portal is live: submit a single MCP connector or a plugin bundle, track review, and see usage. MCP usage across Claude is up 110x this year.
- Claude solved a nine-loop scattering-amplitude problem unsupervised over days, for a few thousand dollars. Dixon verified it.
- Claude Code layout for Desktop is in development: new model selector and an expandable usage-limits section.
GOOGLE 🔥:
- Gemini Notebook Interactive Learning Overviews are open to all users.
- Live Chat is on the Notebook mobile app: hands-free voice across about 100 languages.
MICROSOFT 🔥:
- Biggest Copilot update yet: Home (Chat + Cowork), Code, Autopilot, and Office embedded in the app.
- Autopilot is the proactive long-running enterprise agent, a rebranded Scout. Code builds tenant-hosted apps on GitHub Copilot tech, with a Managed Copilot Runtime.
- Rolling out through Frontier. Cowork, Code, and Autopilot are usage-billed. Today surfaces priority M365 items without a prompt.
OPENAI 🔥:
- Codex outage is over. Paid usage limits reset across Codex and ChatGPT Work.
- ChatGPT desktop got a new sidebar, split from chat history, plus a broader UI pass.
- Research agents sent training and eval data to third parties. 53 user-uploaded images hit unlisted image hosts. Review will take months.
ANTHROPIC 🔥:
- Plugin portal is live: submit a single MCP connector or a plugin bundle, track review, and see usage. MCP usage across Claude is up 110x this year.
- Claude solved a nine-loop scattering-amplitude problem unsupervised over days, for a few thousand dollars. Dixon verified it.
- Claude Code layout for Desktop is in development: new model selector and an expandable usage-limits section.
GOOGLE 🔥:
- Gemini Notebook Interactive Learning Overviews are open to all users.
- Live Chat is on the Notebook mobile app: hands-free voice across about 100 languages.
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Microsoft brings Home, Code and Autopilot to Copilot
Microsoft is recasting Copilot around Home, Code and Autopilot, uniting chat, delegated work, app creation and persistent agents in one app, with staged previews, Office integration, enterprise controls and metered pricing.
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Microsoft is recasting Copilot around Home, Code and Autopilot, uniting chat, delegated work, app creation and persistent agents in one app, with staged previews, Office integration, enterprise controls and metered pricing.
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Microsoft brings Home, Code and Autopilot to Copilot
Copilot Home and Code roll out through Frontier in the coming weeks, while the persistent Autopilot agent expands to private preview at month’s end.
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OPENAI 🔥: An upcoming always-on assistant from OpenAI will be named "o".
Next week will be huge. I also like that Meta set a super high standard with its Muse assistant. OpenAI will need to cross a very high bar.
Soon? 👀
Its reference appeared briefly on the ChatGPT upgrade screen for some users.
Internal config has references to "o" as a display name and "-o" as an email suffix. This means that "o" will support email handling.
OpenAI is hosting its DevDay next week, where we will likely hear more about their always-on assistant.
P.S. A rumored "Aeon" reference is an internal name for the existing custom Agents implementation for ChatGPT Workspace accounts. Yet OpenAI will likely build a consumer-facing "o" assistant on top of this feature.
Next week will be huge. I also like that Meta set a super high standard with its Muse assistant. OpenAI will need to cross a very high bar.
Soon? 👀
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OpenAI to announce "o" always-on agent during DevDay
OpenAI may unveil “O,” an always-on agent, at DevDay on September 29. References in ChatGPT config and the Pro plan suggest a persistent assistant with possible email support, though features, permissions, and access remain unclear.
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OpenAI may unveil “O,” an always-on agent, at DevDay on September 29. References in ChatGPT config and the Pro plan suggest a persistent assistant with possible email support, though features, permissions, and access remain unclear.
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OpenAI to announce "o" always-on agent during DevDay
What do we know so far? OpenAI is preparing a new consumer-facing agent called "o" for release, according to the latest leaks.
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OpenAI prepares to expand Ultrafast API to more users
OpenAI is preparing to expand its Ultrafast API to more users after OpenAI DevDay.
> A new Speed selector with Fast, Standard, and Ultrafast modes is coming to the Responses API Playground on the OpenAI Platform.
> Earlier, OpenAI announced the Ultrafast model on the APIs; however, it has been only available to selected partners.
> Earlier, a new $500 ChatGPT Pro Max subscription plan offering "fastest" responses was spotted. OpenAI seems to be heavily doubling down on its new infrastructure this time.
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OpenAI is preparing to expand its Ultrafast API to more users after OpenAI DevDay.
> A new Speed selector with Fast, Standard, and Ultrafast modes is coming to the Responses API Playground on the OpenAI Platform.
> Earlier, OpenAI announced the Ultrafast model on the APIs; however, it has been only available to selected partners.
> Earlier, a new $500 ChatGPT Pro Max subscription plan offering "fastest" responses was spotted. OpenAI seems to be heavily doubling down on its new infrastructure this time.
🗞 #openai @testingcatalog
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OpenAI prepares to expand Ultrafast API to more users
What do we know so far? Ultrafast mode is coming to OpenAI Playground and will likely become broadly accessible after the OpenAI DevDay.
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OpenAI to announce "o" always-on agent during DevDay OpenAI may unveil “O,” an always-on agent, at DevDay on September 29. References in ChatGPT config and the Pro plan suggest a persistent assistant with possible email support, though features, permissions…
BREAKING 🔥: OpenAI has teased “o” always-on agents to arrive during the DevDay event next week.
It’s happening 👀
It’s happening 👀
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New Google Flow build now points to Nano Banana 2.1
Google has relabeled references to Nano Banana 2.5 Flash as Nano Banana 2.1 in Flow, suggesting a smaller, iterative image-model update. No release date or feature details are confirmed, and gains remain unclear.
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Google has relabeled references to Nano Banana 2.5 Flash as Nano Banana 2.1 in Flow, suggesting a smaller, iterative image-model update. No release date or feature details are confirmed, and gains remain unclear.
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New Google Flow build now points to Nano Banana 2.1
The Google Flow web build now labels a possible Nano Banana update as 2.1, replacing an earlier 2.5 Flash reference. Google has not announced the model.
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Meta prepares screen viewing and web voice calls for Muse
Meta is preparing two Muse web additions: a persistent screen-view tab for monitoring tasks and browser-based voice calling.
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Meta is preparing two Muse web additions: a persistent screen-view tab for monitoring tasks and browser-based voice calling.
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Meta prepares screen viewing and web voice calls for Muse
Meta is preparing persistent Muse screen access and browser-based voice calls, while availability remains limited and no wider rollout date is set.
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Meta prepares screen viewing and web voice calls for Muse Meta is preparing two Muse web additions: a persistent screen-view tab for monitoring tasks and browser-based voice calling. 🗞 #meta @testingcatalog
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Muse agent users will soon be able to take over and operate the Muse web browser if needed (via the web app).
Muse users = Musers 👌👀👀👀
Muse users = Musers 👌👀👀👀
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Anthropic may release Claude Sonnet 5.5 within days
Leaks suggest Anthropic may launch Claude Sonnet 5.5 as early as next week. Reports point to stronger performance, up to 1M context, and competitive pricing as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google race to release new flagship AI models.
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Leaks suggest Anthropic may launch Claude Sonnet 5.5 as early as next week. Reports point to stronger performance, up to 1M context, and competitive pricing as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google race to release new flagship AI models.
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Anthropic may release Claude Sonnet 5.5 within days
Fresh off the heels of Opus 5.5, Anthropic looks ready to launch Claude Sonnet 5.5 as early as next week ahead of OpenAI DevDay.