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BREAKING 🔥: OpenAI announced Dots, personalized AI assistants available on ChatGPT. What we know so far 👀 - Powered by Astra! - Dots can keep working on long tasks - Likely will be only available on Pro 200 plans - Will support voice conversations - Have…
OPENAI 🔥: Dots access will be included in Pro 100 plan and soon will be expanded further as well.
How soon? 👀
How soon? 👀
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OpenAI is planning to raise another $30 billion at around a $1.4 trillion valuation (not including the money raised), according to Bloomberg.
Whose IPO will be bigger? 👀
Whose IPO will be bigger? 👀
Meta launches Muse for Small Business with new connectors
Meta launched Muse for Small Business, an AI agent that connects Meta tools and third-party apps to support planning and operations. It can use business data across services, with approval required before posting, messaging or spending.
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Meta launched Muse for Small Business, an AI agent that connects Meta tools and third-party apps to support planning and operations. It can use business data across services, with approval required before posting, messaging or spending.
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Meta launches Muse for Small Business with new connectors
Muse for Small Business adds connections to Meta accounts and third-party tools, plus custom connectors and approval gates for external actions.
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DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Sept 29 ANTHROPIC 🔥: - Claude Sonnet 5.5 is live everywhere, including the Platform and Claude Code. Second model in the 5.5 family; Haiku 5.5 is still weeks out. - Same list price as Sonnet 5: $2/$10 per 1M tokens, cache reads $0.20. Official…
DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Sept 30
OPENAI 🔥:
- dots shipped: always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with a cloud computer and 4,000+ plugins. On Pro (incl. $100), Business Premium, and Enterprise; EEA/UK/Switzerland skipped at launch.
- GPT-6.1 Sol is live in Work, Codex, and the API. Near-Astra at $2/$10; cached input $0.10, 95% off standard.
- Ultrafast hits ~300 tok/s in Codex (8x) and 6x in the API. Astra Ultrafast today on Pro 500 and Enterprise; Sol Ultrafast soon.
- Pro 500 is the new top plan: 25x Plus usage plus Ultrafast.
- Codex CLI refresh: voice start/steer, /agents view, worktrees, full-screen UI.
- Codex Cloud: reusable environments keep agents running with the laptop closed.
- Bloomberg: targeting another $30B at a $1.4T valuation.
META 🔥:
- Muse dropped Slack, Notion, Figma, Canva, Shopify, Zoom, and more. Muse for Small Business is out.
PERPLEXITY 🔥:
- Automations landed in Computer: scheduled or event-triggered runs across Slack, Gmail, Outlook, and Linear.
XAI 🔥:
- Elon: Grok 4.7 ranks #1 on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index.
CURSOR 🔥:
- /visualize draws charts and diagrams inline in the Agents Window.
OPENAI 🔥:
- dots shipped: always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with a cloud computer and 4,000+ plugins. On Pro (incl. $100), Business Premium, and Enterprise; EEA/UK/Switzerland skipped at launch.
- GPT-6.1 Sol is live in Work, Codex, and the API. Near-Astra at $2/$10; cached input $0.10, 95% off standard.
- Ultrafast hits ~300 tok/s in Codex (8x) and 6x in the API. Astra Ultrafast today on Pro 500 and Enterprise; Sol Ultrafast soon.
- Pro 500 is the new top plan: 25x Plus usage plus Ultrafast.
- Codex CLI refresh: voice start/steer, /agents view, worktrees, full-screen UI.
- Codex Cloud: reusable environments keep agents running with the laptop closed.
- Bloomberg: targeting another $30B at a $1.4T valuation.
META 🔥:
- Muse dropped Slack, Notion, Figma, Canva, Shopify, Zoom, and more. Muse for Small Business is out.
PERPLEXITY 🔥:
- Automations landed in Computer: scheduled or event-triggered runs across Slack, Gmail, Outlook, and Linear.
XAI 🔥:
- Elon: Grok 4.7 ranks #1 on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index.
CURSOR 🔥:
- /visualize draws charts and diagrams inline in the Agents Window.
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ChatGPT profiles now have new sections for Top Plugins and a Showcase with Sites. Users can configure the list of sites to showcase and make them publicly visible.
Finally, something for non-Pro users 👀
Interesting to note that Perplexity was again leading the pack over here - we will see more and more "premium" experiences being the core focus for AI labs.
Finally, something for non-Pro users 👀
Interesting to note that Perplexity was again leading the pack over here - we will see more and more "premium" experiences being the core focus for AI labs.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth of Astra pricing
OpenAI launched GPT‑6.1 Sol, offering near‑Astra results for coding, computer use and business workflows at about one‑fifth the cost, with cached input at $0.10 per million tokens and stronger accuracy, safety and tool use.
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OpenAI launched GPT‑6.1 Sol, offering near‑Astra results for coding, computer use and business workflows at about one‑fifth the cost, with cached input at $0.10 per million tokens and stronger accuracy, safety and tool use.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth of Astra pricing
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol in ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API, with lower agent costs and an Ultrafast option coming to Codex.
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OpenAI launches Dots agents powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI’s Dots are always-on GPT-6 Astra agents that handle ongoing work across apps and devices, retain context, learn user preferences, and operate under permissions, review controls, and enterprise governance.
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OpenAI’s Dots are always-on GPT-6 Astra agents that handle ongoing work across apps and devices, retain context, learn user preferences, and operate under permissions, review controls, and enterprise governance.
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OpenAI launches Dots agents powered by GPT-6 Astra
Dots are rolling out to eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users, with an admin-enabled Enterprise beta and specialist pilots.
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Sesame is building support for Connectors, Skills, Scheduled tasks, and task management features!
> Currently, the app is free; however, Sesame will likely introduce several paid plans soon. Pricing and feature set are yet unclear.
> A hidden Activity tab holds sections for "Tasks", "Schedules," and "Skills".
> Connectors currently include Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.
> Thinking effort for the underlying model will be adjustable as well.
I still use it as my default voice assistant 👀
> Currently, the app is free; however, Sesame will likely introduce several paid plans soon. Pricing and feature set are yet unclear.
> A hidden Activity tab holds sections for "Tasks", "Schedules," and "Skills".
> Connectors currently include Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.
> Thinking effort for the underlying model will be adjustable as well.
I still use it as my default voice assistant 👀
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Ideogram released Ideogram 4.5 image model for precise editing!
> The model is available on Ideogram and APIs, as well as partner services, and the team is planning to publish open weights of this model soon as well.
> The price ranges from 0.8 to 22 cents per image at native 2K resolution.
Testing time! 👀
> The model is available on Ideogram and APIs, as well as partner services, and the team is planning to publish open weights of this model soon as well.
> The price ranges from 0.8 to 22 cents per image at native 2K resolution.
Testing time! 👀
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Skills are coming as a separate attachment menu for Claude chats on mobile.
That makes it way simpler 👀
That makes it way simpler 👀
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Mint is a new Green on ChatGPT app!
The best change 💪👀
The best change 💪👀
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BREAKING 🔥: Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier model for "complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cyber defense."
77.9% score on DeepSWE v1.1 is a new SOTA. It performs better then GPT-6 Astra, Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 across many benchmarks.
Rolling out soon starting with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Soon! 👀
77.9% score on DeepSWE v1.1 is a new SOTA. It performs better then GPT-6 Astra, Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 across many benchmarks.
Rolling out soon starting with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Soon! 👀
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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with SOTA score on DeepSWE
Google introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a reasoning model for long software, enterprise and cyber tasks. It launches first to trusted defenders, then paid API and AI Ultra users, with lower intro pricing and a 1M-token output limit.
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Google introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a reasoning model for long software, enterprise and cyber tasks. It launches first to trusted defenders, then paid API and AI Ultra users, with lower intro pricing and a 1M-token output limit.
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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with SOTA score on DeepSWE
Gemini 4 Argon begins with trusted cyber defenders. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are first in its planned broader rollout.
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