Agents

GitHub put computer use into public preview in Copilot CLI and the Copilot app on macOS and Windows; it is off by default and asks approval before controlling an app.

Claude Code mods, announced October 1, are plugin-delivered TypeScript functions that can rewrite prompts and block tool calls, and Anthropic says they are not sandboxed.

OpenAI's DevDay update to Codex adds saved cloud environments that persist across devices, a CLI with voice control and an /agents view, and automatic code reviews.

Claude Code 2.1.284 starts interactive terminal and VS Code sessions in auto mode on every plan and provider, extending a default that began on Pro, Max and Team plans.

At DevDay, OpenAI added a $500-a-month Pro 500 plan with an Ultrafast Codex speed tier and will cut the $200 Pro plan's Codex usage from 20x to 10x the Plus allowance from October 30.

The Devin AI-coding startup hit $1B in annualized revenue run rate, weeks after a $2B Series E valued it at $48B.

OpenAI's new Agents API, in public beta, turns the managed harness behind Codex into infrastructure any developer can build custom AI agents on, drawing mixed analyst reaction.

Anthropic added CarPlay integration to its Claude iOS app, letting drivers hold hands-free voice conversations, following ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, and Meta AI.

Anthropic opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard, letting AI agents read and write to lab and factory hardware through standardized drivers, cutting integration from weeks to hours in early tests.

A new benchmark testing seven LLMs on real multi-round GitHub code reviews finds accuracy drops sharply as review rounds increase, exposing weak memory across rounds.

AWS open-sourced Kiro Crew, an agent-orchestration tool already used internally at Amazon by more than 39,000 developers, under an Apache 2.0 license.

EvoHarness-RL trains Qwen3-8B to hit 96.9% on ALFWorld, edging out Claude Opus 4.5's 96.4% baseline by rethinking agent memory and state.