GOOGLE 🔥: An upcoming AI agent for Antigravity will get Gemini Live support!

"Chief of Stuff" (the current name of the Antigravity agent) will be able to operate Antigravity on its own, spawn other agents to execute subtasks, and more.

> Review pending conversations - Check pending conversations in the last 3 days that require action from me.

> Address CLs needing attention - Check CLs that require my attention and fix them in their respective conversations.

> Generate personalized rules - Learn from my conversation history to write a personalized set of rules for future agentic interactions.

> Discover helpful skills & plugins - Use my conversation history to tell me which skills and plugins would be helpful for me.

BREAKING 🔥: A hidden Claude Mythos 5.5 mention has been spotted on the official Anthropic website.

> "Claude Mythos 5.5 - Our most capable model class for cybersecurity and biology research."

Should we expect Mythos 5.5 for cyber defense next week? Fable 5.5 may come along as well (speculation).

Soon? 👀

Google testing Comic Artifacts for Gemini Notebook

Google is developing Comics for Gemini Notebook, a beta artifact that could turn uploaded sources into illustrated stories with style, language, and layout options, though launch timing and features remain unclear.

🗞 #google @testingcatalog

GOOGLE 🔥: Gemini Notebook may add a new "Comic" artifact type, letting users generate AI comics from their sources.

> "Add a high-level outline, or guide the characters, tone, and focus: Create a lighthearted comic explaining key concepts for beginners."

Education will never be the same 👀
h/t @Thomasguka

Anthropic prepares to release Claude Mythos 5.5 model

Anthropic may be close to launching Claude Mythos 5.5 after a hidden website reference surfaced. Reports also point to Fable 5.5 testing, but specs, benchmarks, timing, and access remain unconfirmed.

🗞 #anthropic @testingcatalog

GPT-6.2 Astra appears in Codex usage ahead of possible launch

Codex analytics show gpt-6.2-astra handling some traffic on October 31, pointing to an A/B test or staged rollout. OpenAI has not confirmed it, but server traces and test outputs suggest a public launch may be near.

🗞 #openai @testingcatalog

Meituan released LongCat-2.5, its new multimodal model with 1.6T total parameters and 49B active.

LongCat-2.5’s compares with GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6-Sol, Claude-Opus-4.8, and Claude-Opus-5 and is now available on the APIs.

ICYMI 👀: DeepSeek released a new Creator Mode for DeepSeek Harness.

Creator Mode allows users to create reusable Plugins for different use cases including gaming and professional work.

Early demo of Gemini Live mode on Antigravity 👀

Claude will be able to auto-connect to plugins that accept Claude as a trusted issuer.

Less re-authorisation makes agents much more efficient to use.

Now we need Duet released broadly 👀

ClickUp starts rolling out Browser Use support on Brain

ClickUp is rolling out browser use for Brain, letting it open sites, navigate pages, fill forms, and fetch files beyond native integrations, with live session views, user login handoff, and full action logs and recordings.

🗞 #sponsored @testingcatalog

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Voice for the ChatGPT Finance feature.

Users can now chat about spending, savings, and anything finance-related on the go.

* ChatGPT Finance is only available in the US

Grok Bot now offers a new shopping experience that lets users search for the best deals and track ongoing orders.

In addition, Grok Bot is adding passkey support for purchase approvals.

Passkeys are coming soon 👀

Tencent released Hy4, its new flagship model with performance among the top open models on benchmarks.

Hy4 is now available on Tencent Cloud, OpenRouter, CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, and Hy AI Studio. Open weights are coming soon.

> "Tencent plans to open-source Hy4’s model weights and have partnered with the vLLM (Inferact Inc.) and SGLang communities to provide ecosystem support.

> "When we release the weights, we will also publish a comprehensive system card detailing our safety evaluations and additional technical details."