What shipped & dropped across AI labs, today.
Yesterday
Fri · Jul 17 · 6 posts
GitHub Copilot app now available in the usage metrics API
The Copilot usage metrics API now reports the GitHub Copilot app usage in the enterprise and organization 1-day and 28-day reports. This gives enterprise and organization admins visibility into the…
Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available
The Copilot usage metrics REST API now reports repository-level activity. Two new endpoints return a daily, per-repository breakdown of pull request activity for Copilot coding agent and Copilot code review.…
Copilot code review: Customization and configurability improvements
Copilot code review now utilizes a firewall, custom setup steps, and independent runner configurations. It now reads custom instructions from the head branch to allow for easy testing and validation…
Improvements to Cursor in Slack
Cursor in Slack now shares a plan before it starts, runs in multi-repo environments, and can work across channels and threads. #Interaction improvements Cursor now responds with a plan before it begins, so you can jump in and redirect early. As it works, it updates its status so you can follow each step. We also refined how Cursor's responses look in Slack. In-message buttons are gone, replaced by compact footer links. Tables, PRs, and artifacts now render more cleanly. #Multi-repo environment support From Slack, Cursor can now start in a named multi-repo environment instead of a single default repository. If your frontend, backend, and shared code live in separate repos, Cursor reads your request and targets the environment that gives it access to all of them. Mid-task, when Cursor needs a repo outside the current environment, it prompts you with a Switch repository button. Click it, choose the repo or environment, and Cursor picks up right where it left off. #Cross-channel workflows Cursor can now read from and send messages to other Slack channels and threads. During a task, it can pull context from elsewhere in the workspace and post updates back in the original thread or the relevant channel. Learn more in our Slack docs.
Zero risk isn't the job: a CISO's guide to agentic AI
Anthropic's Deputy CISO shares a four-question framework for assessing agentic AI risk, and walks through controls that keep agent deployments bounded and auditable.
Working at the frontier: How Cursor knew Claude Fable 5 was ready for the hardest 1% of problems
How Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 beat CursorBench and expanded what's possible for Cursor and agentic coding.
Thursday
Thu · Jul 16 · 6 posts
Automations in Grok
Describe a job once and Grok runs it on a schedule or when an email arrives, then reports back.
Evolving Spec-Driven Development: Conductor Now Supports Antigravity
Conductor has evolved from a Gemini CLI extension into a portable plugin, bringing conversational Spec-Driven Development (SDD) to ecosystems like Antigravity CLI and Claude. Rather than relying on strict command sequences, developers can now chat naturally with their AI assistant while it dynamically manages persistent markdown artifacts (like spec.md and plan.md) in the background. This update eliminates workflow friction while ensuring your repository remains a version-controlled, single source of truth for your project's architecture and state across different AI tools.
How Anthropic runs large-scale code migrations with Claude Code
A step-by-step guide to running large code migrations with AI agents — including Bun's million-line Zig-to-Rust port.
Building scalable AI agents with modular prompt transpilation
To resolve the scaling bottlenecks and runtime errors caused by monolithic system prompts, engineering teams should treat prompts as build artifacts by modularizing instructions into reusable templates. By running these modular "skill files" through a transpiler, developers can enforce static validation, catch missing dependencies at build time, and integrate prompt generation directly into their CI/CD pipelines. This deterministic approach prevents code drift and ultimately establishes a safe framework where agents can propose updates to their own logic via standard pull requests.
Working with Claude Fable 5 in Claude Cowork
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 can carry long, complex work on its own. Here's how to get the most out of it in Claude Cowork.
Expanding Choice in Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Introducing Grounding with Parallel Web Search
Google Cloud has partnered with Parallel Web Systems to natively integrate Parallel's search infrastructure as a web grounding provider on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. This integration enables developers to anchor their AI agents in verifiable, real-time web results, significantly improving factual accuracy for complex enterprise workflows. Additionally, the partnership offers expanded architectural flexibility, allowing users to programmatically extract, permanently cache, and process web data alongside other large language models.
Wednesday
Wed · Jul 15 · 2 postsGrok Build is Now Open Source
Explore the harness behind our coding agent and TUI.
Working at the frontier: Why Base44 trusts Claude Fable 5 with their most challenging engineering work
Why Base44 trusts Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 with its most complex product and engineering tasks.
Tuesday
Tue · Jul 14 · 5 postsGitHub Copilot for JetBrains expands BYOK capabilities
This update brings major advances in customization and model provider flexibility to all tiers of GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs. With richer plugin and provider experiences, improved conversational interactions, and…
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — June update
June 2026 is about visibility and trust with a clearer view of your GitHub Copilot usage, a new trust layer for MCP servers, and the first C++ scenarios for the…
Introducing Claude for Teachers
Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian AI research
Security reviews now available in the GitHub Copilot app
You can now run a security review on your in-flight code changes directly from the GitHub Copilot app. The /security-review slash command is shipping in public preview, bringing the same…