What shipped & dropped across AI labs, today.
Today
Fri · Sep 4 · 4 posts
GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 31
This week, GitHub Copilot expands model choice while VS Code adds new ways to manage agent sessions and get pull requests merge-ready.
GPT-6 Astra is generally available in GitHub Copilot
GPT-6 Astra from OpenAI is now available in GitHub Copilot. OpenAI’s latest general-purpose model, GPT-6 Astra, is designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks. In our internal testing, GPT-6…
Setting Grok Bot loose on procurement
We gave Grok Bot access to vendor spend, contracts, and usage data. It found more than $100,000 in direct savings.
Driving Developer Excellence: Inside the Program Sprints
The Gemini Enterprise Developer Experience (DevEx) program conducts ongoing sprint testing of end-to-end developer workflows to identify and rapidly resolve friction points without relying on internal shortcuts. This recent sprint focused on optimizing enterprise AI governance, including refining setup prerequisites, securing extension configurations, and clarifying policy enforcement mechanics to ensure a smoother, more reliable deployment. Developers can now leverage updated documentation and standardized code samples to improve their experience with Agent Gateway and Semantic Governance configurations.
Yesterday
Thu · Sep 3 · 5 postsGrok Bot for Enterprise
Grok Bot is now available for enterprises. Grok and Cursor Enterprise customers have free usage for the next two weeks, and can invite their whole organization, including people without an existing seat.
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot
Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model, is now available in GitHub Copilot. In our early testing, Gemini 3.8 Flash performed strongly on complex terminal-based coding tasks and demonstrated rigorous…
Upcoming deprecation of selected GitHub Copilot models
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on October 2nd, 2026: Model Deprecation date…
Designing Grok Bot for a world of persistent agents
How we designed Grok Bot for agents that persist beyond a single session — from a chat history to a Bot roster, presence, a computer of the Bot’s own, and work that starts without a prompt.
Reopening Copilot Business and Enterprise signups
We’re gradually reopening sign-ups for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers paying by credit card or PayPal over the next couple of weeks. If you’ve been waiting to get started…
Wednesday
Wed · Sep 2 · 6 postsContent exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI
The GitHub Copilot app and Copilot CLI now respect content exclusion policies configured by enterprise, organization, and repository administrators.
Self-hosted machines
Cursor supports self-hosted machines, which let you keep tool execution entirely in your own network. Your codebase, build outputs, and secrets all stay on internal machines running in your infrastructure, while the agent handles tool calls locally. #Dynamic pool scheduling My Machines connects a single laptop or VM to your account for personal workflows. Team pools are named queues of workers for a team or enterprise. Capacity can grow as requests arrive and shrink when workers disconnect, so your self-hosted machines can scale with demand. Pools are not tied to one repository: name the pool, and any available worker can claim the request. Pools can also hibernate idle machines, then restore within a reconnect window when a follow-up arrives, so you don't keep expensive capacity warm just for the next prompt. #Run on your sandboxes Cloud agents can now execute on infrastructure you already use, including from AWS Lambda, Coder, Cloudflare, Daytona, Modal, Namespace, Vercel, and E2B. #Computer use on Linux and Mac Self-hosted workers now support computer use on Linux and Mac. With the right desktop packages, an agent can click, type, take screenshots, and drive the browser. You can watch its desktop or take control from Cursor.
Enterprise-managed settings support any default model
You can now set your preferred GitHub Copilot model as the default for new conversations through enterprise-managed settings. This lets you choose the default model that best fits your workflows.…
4 engineering patterns behind the strongest AI Agents Challenge submissions
The recent Google for Startups AI Agents Challenge revealed that the most successful multi-agent systems rely on foundational software engineering patterns rather than just raw model power. Winning architectures consistently implemented bidirectional MCP for seamless inter-agent communication, async event buses for parallel execution, strict unified validation for model fallbacks, and tiered routing to minimize expensive inference calls. By prioritizing these structural practices over simple linear prompt chains, developers can build more resilient, low-latency, and cost-effective agentic workflows.
Building commerce agents with Claude
We're launching a blueprint to help build commerce agents on Claude. It contains the harnesses, patterns, and guardrails an engineering team needs to get a commerce agent running in days.
A guide to the anatomy of effective commerce agents
The architecture, latency & cost techniques, and eval practices for agents that make it easier to buy and sell online.
Tuesday
Tue · Sep 1 · 5 postsIntroducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model
Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprises
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
Claude Fable 5.1 is generally available in GitHub Copilot
Claude Fable 5.1 from Anthropic is now available in GitHub Copilot. The latest model in Anthropic’s Mythos class, Claude Fable 5.1 is designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and knowledge-work tasks.…
Copilot code review can now approve pull requests
Copilot now tells you when a pull request is ready to approve, and admins can authorize it to sign off on approval. The ability for Copilot to approve is off…