What shipped & dropped across AI labs, today.
Yesterday
Thu · Nov 5 · 3 posts
Usage metrics API flags telemetry and version gaps
The Copilot usage metrics API now shows which users are missing client telemetry or are running IDE or extension versions below the usage metrics minimums. New per-user fields appear in…
Usage metrics API adds code review details and addressed rate
The enterprise and organization repository-level Copilot usage metrics reports now show what happens to Copilot code review feedback. A new copilot_code_review object on each repos-1-day row reports how many Copilot-reviewed…
Build Live Apps in Cursor
Agents have lowered the cost of writing code, but most apps and tools that users build never make it off of localhost. Now, you can build live apps directly in Cursor and share them with a link. Describe what you want to create and Cursor will handle the rest: build the app, set up a database, configure auth, and deploy it. With this release, anyone in your org can now build useful tools for their work and share them with teammates. Update Cursor to try it out. #How it works To get started, kick off a cloud agent and tell it explicitly that you want to build an app. Cursor will scaffold the web app, spin up a Postgres database if needed, set up authentication behind Cursor SSO, and provision hosting. If the app needs to connect to your systems, like a data warehouse, Cursor will ask for the secrets it needs. When you go to publish your app, you pick a unique domain and Cursor gets you back a live link. At Cursor, users across sales, operations, legal, finance, and engineering are building internal apps. Some of the most useful ones are: Internal ops tools for event registration, account assignments, and desk seating Multimedia presentations for customers that combine slides, videos, and interactive demos Training, enablement, and onboarding experiences for new hires Live dashboards and tools for sales teams to understand their pipeline and opportunities Portals to manage engineering services Cursor can deploy apps from new or existing repos across Cursor Origin and GitHub. Support for other git providers like GitLab is coming soon. #Controls and guardrails When you publish an app, Cursor will run deterministic and agentic security checks to catch common issues, like secrets written in app files or exposed credentials. If a check fails, the agent tells you what it needs to fix. Nothing goes live until the checks pass and you explicitly publish the app. Team admins can see every app and secret on the team. They can also add their own rules to the security review, approve publishes the review blocked, and unpublish any app. #Share with your team Once the checks pass, Cursor deploys the app to the URL you chose. You can then share your app with specific people, groups, or your entire team, all behind Cursor sign-in. On individual plans, you can also share apps publicly. You can also provision a Cursor API key if you want a script or Grok Bot to use your app. #Get started This capability is now available on all paid plans with cloud agents enabled. Learn more by reading our docs.
Wednesday
Wed · Nov 4 · 1 postTuesday
Tue · Nov 3 · 3 postsBYOK and enterprise custom models in the Copilot usage API
The Copilot usage metrics API now shows bring your own key (BYOK) usage across GitHub Copilot, so you can separate it from Copilot-hosted model usage. Reports cover two kinds of…
Cost per task: Using cheap classifiers to route across Gemini models and thinking levels
Per-token API prices keep falling, yet engineering bills for autonomous coding agents keep climbing....
GitHub Copilot is now available in JetBrains Air
You can now delegate coding tasks, guide execution, and review results with GitHub Copilot in JetBrains Air. The integration uses the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) and supports tasks in your…
Sunday
Sun · Nov 1 · 2 posts
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: Fast and cost-effective with longer clips
Agentic cheminformatics with Google Antigravity
October 29
Thu · Oct 29 · 1 postOctober 28
Wed · Oct 28 · 10 posts
AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions
Repository plugin defaults and enterprise plugin controls generally available
Repository plugin defaults and enterprise-managed plugin controls are now generally available in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the GitHub Copilot app. Trusted repositories can install and enable default plugins for…
Smaller apps and faster GPU inference with LiteRT in Google Play services
LiteRT in Google Play services now offers GPU inference powered by ML Drift, delivering about 1.4x faster performance alongside the new CompiledModel API. Switching from bundled binaries reduces app size by approximately 8 MB while enabling seamless, automatic runtime updates across billions of devices. Developers can easily adopt these updates by updating their dependencies and utilizing the new Android Studio LiteRT skill for automated migration.
Hill-Climbing Agent Quality with Agents CLI Evaluation
This post walks through the Agents CLI evaluation loop for systematically improving agent performance through continuous testing and grading. It demonstrates how to catch prompt regressions, evaluate model backend swaps using side-by-side trace comparisons, and automate evaluation passes. Developers will also learn how to integrate nightly scheduled runs with threshold-based alerting to track quality over time.
GitHub Copilot SDK is becoming Microsoft Copilot SDK
We’re transitioning GitHub Copilot SDK to Microsoft Copilot SDK. What began as the SDK for the GitHub Copilot harness is becoming the programmable interface for the Microsoft Copilot harness, the…
Copilot code review: Merge with confidence with Max and approvals
GitHub Copilot code review now offers its most thorough review and can approve your pull request when it’s ready to merge. The new Max review effort level is now in…
Agent Merge watches and fixes pull requests in the cloud
With Agent Merge, Copilot watches your pull request and automatically fixes blockers, (e.g., failing Actions workflows and merge conflicts) that stand in the way of getting your pull request merged.…
Create and manage Copilot Automations in Visual Studio Code
Copilot Automations in Visual Studio Code can now run in the cloud. You can create and manage cloud automations from the Agents window without leaving your editor. With Copilot Automations,…
Copilot Automations now learn from outcomes and self-improve
Copilot Automations can now learn from their outcomes and propose improvements to themselves, helping them produce better results over time. It’s easy to create an automation, but harder to build…
New tools, triggers, and cost controls for Copilot Automations
With Copilot Automations, you can combine prompts, triggers, and tools to design workflows around the way your team works. Triggers define when your automation runs (e.g., “every day at 9am”…