Tech
Grok 4.6 Arrives on Google Cloud Vertex AI
Grok 4.6 Vertex AI availability gives Google Cloud customers access to xAI's latest model for coding, research, and long-running agent tasks.
AI
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models - from research labs to real-world products.
Tech
Grok 4.6 Amazon Bedrock Support Adds 500K Context
Grok 4.6 Amazon Bedrock support brings xAI's latest model to AWS with a 500K-token context window and configurable reasoning for long tasks.
Apps
Grok Build Is Now Available to Every SuperGrok and X Premium Plan
Grok Build is now available on Grok web, iOS, and Android for every SuperGrok and X Premium subscriber, expanding xAI's prompt-to-product builder beyond Heavy.
Tech
Slack Code Brings AI Coding Agents Into Team Channels
Slack Code creates dedicated team channels for AI coding agents, letting colleagues review code changes, preview output, and approve work before it ships.
Apps
ChatGPT iMessage Plugin Arrives on Mac to Read, Draft, and Send Messages
ChatGPT iMessage plugin lands for Work and Codex on Apple silicon Macs. Read, draft, and send with per-action approval.
AI
Google AI Study Tools Expand Across Gemini and Search
Google AI study tools are expanding across Gemini, Search and Classroom with study notebooks, quizzes, personalized lessons and new student-focused features.
Apps
Gemini Chrome for Android Rolls Out in the US With Auto Browse for AI Pro and Ultra
Gemini Chrome is live for all Android users in the US. AI Pro and Ultra subscribers get auto browse for agentic task handling in the browser.
Apps
Claude Can Now Send Emails in Gmail Without Your Approval
Claude can now send, reply to, and forward emails in Gmail without per-action approval. Default still asks first. Available on all paid Claude plans.
Tech
Cursor Origin Launches: A Git Forge Built for AI Agent Fleets - on the Day GitHub Went Down
Cursor Origin launched August 17 - a git forge for AI agent fleets, in early beta on all paid plans. It arrived the same day GitHub suffered a global outage.
Tech
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Teens With Stronger Safety Protections
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens with stronger safety protections, learning-focused tools, parent controls, and age-appropriate defaults.
Industry
Stripe Is Buying OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion, Bloomberg Reports
Stripe is buying OpenRouter for $7bn+, per Bloomberg. The AI model gateway routes 8 million developers across 400+ models. Stripe declined to comment.
Tech
Cursor Acquires Firetiger to Bring Production Monitoring Into the Coding Agent Loop
Cursor acquired Firetiger on August 13 to close the gap between writing and running code. Agents will monitor deployments and flag what breaks in production.