OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, a new AI model that it says can independently operate software, browse the web, write code, and complete complex professional tasks. Company president Greg Brockman says he personally believes the release may mark the beginning of the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, era. The claim is significant, but OpenAI does …
I’ve seen some confusion online about the difference between “Chat” and “Cowork” in Claude or “Chat” and “Work” in ChatGPT. They look almost the same. What’s the difference? Is one better than the other? Should I only use “Cowork” now because “Chat” is old and inferior? The actual difference between these two modes comes down …
Reports of hundreds of AI agents coordinating during a security evaluation are intensifying concerns about how autonomous systems behave when they pursue goals without direct human oversight. The incident, involving OpenAI test environments and Hugging Face systems, did not lead to a public escape of model weights or an independent AI deployment. But the accounts …
Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash, a new general purpose AI model aimed at software development, autonomous agents, and complex reasoning tasks. The company is also introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a specialized version for vulnerability detection and code patching that will initially be limited to approved defensive security organizations. Gemini 3.8 Flash replaces the …
Anthropic has introduced Claude Fable 5.1, a generally available AI model aimed at coding, knowledge work, and long-running automated tasks. The company is also releasing Claude Mythos 5.1, the same underlying model with less restrictive cybersecurity and life-sciences safeguards for vetted organizations. The most immediate change for many businesses is pricing. Anthropic has kept Fable …
Optimizely has launched Virtual Teammates, a set of AI-powered agents designed to take on recurring marketing work with defined roles, permissions and access to organizational context. Dom Nicastro reports for CMSWire that the company unveiled the product at its Opticon event in New York. Unlike a chatbot that waits for individual prompts, the new agents …
Open-source AI platform OpenClaw has released version 2.0, its largest update so far. The release combines a simpler installation process, a redesigned browser app, and shared cloud sessions that let several people work with the same AI agent. According to the OpenClaw Foundation, 933 contributors worked on the update, which includes more than 16,000 pull …
OpenAI is testing a “Persistent mode” for its AI coding agent in Codex that could allow it to continue tasks until a user tells it to stop. Maxwell Zeff reports for WIRED that references to the feature have appeared in public changes to Codex’s command line code base. The setting is not publicly available, and …
Anthropic is rolling out a built in browser for Claude Cowork that lets the AI open websites, read pages, click controls and enter text without leaving the desktop app. The feature is intended for tasks such as completing web forms or retrieving figures from dashboards that do not offer an API. The browser opens in …
Chinese AI company Z.ai has confirmed that the previously anonymous Ox Alpha model is GLM-5.3-Flash, a new multimodal member of its GLM model family. The company says it plans to release the model’s weights, allowing developers to run, adapt and build products with the system. Luz Ding reports for Bloomberg that Ox Alpha rose rapidly …