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ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale
ChatGPT Search usage of the site: operator jumped from roughly 0.5% to between 16% and 17% on August 8. This spike coincided…
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Microsoft Open Sources code-testing-generator: a Polyglot Unit-Test Agent That Hits 92.1% Task Completion Versus 78.9% for Stock Copilot
Microsoft has released the code-testing-generator, an open-source agent that writes unit tests and verifies…
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A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app
GitHub Copilot’s desktop app lets you type / to trigger shortcuts for managing sessions,…
6 Aug 2026
Expanding Managed Agents in Gemini API: background tasks, remote MCP and more
Gemini API adds background tasks, remote MCP, and credential rotation to managed agents Google…
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Microsoft’s SkillOpt Shows Optimized Agent Skill Artifacts Transfer Across Model Scales and Between Codex and Claude Code Harnesses
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6 Aug 2026
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google has confirmed it will stop providing access to Google Assistant on Android phones…
5 Aug 2026
CopilotKit Open Sources Channels SDK: An MIT Licensed Library That Runs Any AG-UI Agent Inside Slack And Microsoft Teams
CopilotKit has released the Channels SDK, an open source library that runs existing agents…
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How the GitHub legal team used Copilot CLI to streamline their workflows
Ngandu Kasuku, a principal product counsel at GitHub, cut her contract review time in…
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A security researcher built a self-spreading worm that hides inside Word docs and hijacks Microsoft Copilot
Håkon Måløy has demonstrated that a self-spreading worm can hide inside Microsoft Word documents…
1 Aug 2026
Google Deepmind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 to power robots of all shapes from tabletop arms to humanoids
Google Deepmind has released Gemini Robotics 2, an updated vision-language-action model designed to control…
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