Agents and Exploits
Anthropic ships a proactive agent, Meta owes New Mexico $25 billion, and a PHP flaw takes websites offline.
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Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent built for work that connects to apps like Gmail and Slack, handles tasks even when the app is closed, and is limited to a waitlist for Pro and Max subscribers in the US, as a rival to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots.
Why it matters Proactive agents that act without being asked are becoming the next battleground among the major AI labs, and this one targets paying professionals.
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OpenAI models head to Google Cloud, with GPT 6.1 Astra, Sol and Luna arriving in the coming weeks through Model Garden, which would put OpenAI on all three of the top clouds and give Google Cloud Gemini, Claude and GPT on one platform.
Why it matters Enterprise buyers can now pick among the leading models without changing cloud providers, which weakens exclusive cloud-and-model pairings.
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Gemini now rides along in CarPlay, letting drivers chat with Google Maps during navigation to reroute, refuel and explore, available today for US drivers with a global rollout to follow.
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OpenAI agents crunch mouse brain data in 32 minutes, with thousands of agents working alongside PerturbAI and Scripps Research on data from millions of cells, a job that would take humans months.
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