AI Tool Updates

Claude app Newly added Claude Haiku 5.5, the cheapest and fastest small model, arrives in Claude

Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, its cheapest, fastest and most capable small model, built for high-volume, cost-sensitive work.

What changes For batches of summaries or classification, you wait less and pay less. Hard coding or long reasoning still suits the larger models.Source →

Codex Newly added rust-v0.161.0 · New Features Codex lets you sign in to MCP servers without leaving the terminal

In Codex 0.161.0 you can sign in to an MCP server from an active terminal session with /mcp login <name>.

What changes Connecting a tool that needs authentication no longer means ending the session, editing settings and restarting.Source →

Codex Newly added rust-v0.161.0 · New Features Pick your own microphone and speaker for Codex voice chats

Codex voice conversations let you choose your microphone, speaker and input channel, and the preferences are saved locally.

What changes If you juggle several mics or headsets, you no longer have to switch the system default to make voice chat work.Source →

Copilot Newly added Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Chat lets you get another answer without retyping the prompt

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat on the web now has Try Again and Switch Model buttons. Before, you had to retype the prompt to get a different answer.

What changes When the first answer misses, one click gets you an alternative instead of a rewritten prompt. It also lets you put the same question to a different model.Source →

Copilot Newly added Microsoft 365 Copilot Ask follow-ups in chat right from Copilot Search results

Microsoft 365 Copilot Search now embeds conversational chat inside search results (Windows, web). Before, you switched between separate search and chat tools.

What changes After finding a company document, you can summarize it and ask follow-ups on the same screen, with less hopping between finding and using.Source →

Copilot Newly added PowerPoint Build your own skills for Copilot in PowerPoint

Copilot in PowerPoint on Windows now supports user-defined custom skills. It used to offer only built-in functions; now you can add your own commands and workflows, within Microsoft 365 security and compliance standards.

What changes If you reshape decks into the same format every time, you can save that routine as a skill and rerun it. It fits teaching Copilot your team's template rules.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.289 Claude Code in VS Code goes back to the old sign-in check that caused fewer logouts

Version 2.1.289 reverts the change to how sign-in status is checked that shipped in 2.1.288, which may have caused sign-outs more often.

What changes If VS Code kept asking you to sign in again mid-task, updating to 2.1.289 should make that less frequent.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 Cloud sessions without the GitHub CLI can now call the GitHub API

Version 2.1.288 adds a built-in gh api to cloud sessions whose image has no GitHub CLI. It also fixes control characters from file names or GitHub errors being sent straight to the terminal.

What changes Tasks in a cloud session that need to read issue or pull request data now work without installing anything extra.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 You can now choose how many findings /code-review reports

Claude Code's /code-review gained a --max-findings option. Pass a number or all to report more or fewer findings than the usual limit, and the choice stays until you pass default.

What changes On a big change you can ask for everything with all, and when you are in a hurry you can cap it and skim only the top issues.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 Auto mode no longer stalls on long conversations

In Claude Code's auto mode, when a conversation grows too long for the safety classifier to review, it is now compacted instead of prompting for, or failing, every tool call.

What changes In long-running sessions you get fewer back-to-back approval prompts, which makes it easier to leave a long task running.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 Bring back a prompt you cleared with Ctrl+C

After clearing the prompt with Ctrl+C, pressing Up on the empty prompt brings the draft back, including pasted text and images.

What changes If you hit Ctrl+C by mistake while writing a long instruction, you no longer have to retype it. It saves the most time when the draft included pasted screenshots.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 Find a session by name with Ctrl+F in the agents view

In the agents view, Ctrl+F finds a session by name and Alt+Up/Down jumps between groups. Both, and rename, can be rebound in keybindings.json.

What changes If you keep many sessions open, you spend less time hunting for which one was doing what.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.288 Re-authenticate prompt when an MCP server asks for more access

When an MCP server asks for more OAuth scope during a tool call, Claude Code now shows a re-authenticate prompt instead of failing.

What changes When a connected service suddenly throws a permissions error, you can now see where to approve it. Check what extra access you are granting before you click.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.287 Claude Code adds Claude Mods so plugins can change deeper behavior

Claude Code plugins can now modify deeper behavior than before, through a feature called Claude Mods.

What changes It opens a path to reshaping the tool around how you work. A plugin that changes behavior carries more access, so install only ones from sources you trust.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.287 Claude Code adds a You should know mod that flags what you might miss

A built-in mod where a side agent watches your back and flags things you or Claude might miss, switched on by enabling its plugin.

What changes You get a second pair of eyes for long jobs you walk away from. It is opt-in, so you have to turn it on yourself.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.287 Claude Code's agents view gets an n: filter for session names and tasks

Typing n:<text> in the agents view matches session names and tasks, shows matches inside collapsed sections, and Enter opens the first match.

What changes When you run several long sessions, you spend less time finding which one was doing what.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.287 Claude Code fixes Remote Control sessions stopping when a Mac goes to sleep

Remote Control sessions started with claude remote-control no longer stop mid-turn when the Mac goes to idle sleep.

What changes If you start a job on a Mac at home or the office and watch it from your phone, the mid-job stops you used to hit go away.Source →

Codex rust-v0.160.0 · New Features Codex Guardian review can now see earlier instructions and handoff context

In Codex 0.160.0, the opt-in Guardian review can retrieve earlier user instructions and include context from agent handoffs.

What changes In work passed between several agents, the review can better tell whether the result still matches what you first asked for.Source →

Codex rust-v0.160.0 · New Features Codex's agent command center now loads older tasks with a Show more button

The Codex agent command center lets you browse older tasks with a keyboard-accessible Show more action.

What changes If you leave many jobs running, you sometimes need to reopen one from a few days ago, and you can now pull it up without scrolling to the end of the list.Source →

Codex rust-v0.160.0 · New Features Codex sessions can start outside a project and still use workspace defaults

Sessions can start outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, and saved permissions are restored when you resume.

What changes On days when you start with a quick question and no folder, you no longer re-set permissions each time, and the access you granted comes back when you resume.Source →

Codex rust-v0.160.0 · Bug Fixes Codex resumes unsent queued messages after a reconnect

Unsent queued messages now resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions are resolved, avoiding duplicate sends.

What changes If your Wi-Fi drops while you are on the move, you worry less about sending the same instruction twice or losing it.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.286 Claude Code Shows a "2 of 5" Count When Permission Requests Stack Up

Starting in Claude Code 2.1.286, the permission prompt shows a count such as "2 of 5" when several requests stack up.

What changes When you run several agents, you can see how many approvals remain and judge whether it is safe to step away.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.286 Claude Code Runs Your verify Skill Right Before Committing

If a project or user skill is named verify, Claude is now told to run it right before committing, except for docs-only and tests-only commits.

What changes If you package your checks in a skill named verify, they run before each commit without you remembering. A skill with another name is not picked up.Source →

Gemini Gemini 4 Argon Is Announced, but Only Cyber Defenders Get It for Now

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model for coding, enterprise knowledge work and cyber defense. It rolls out in phases, starting with a limited group of security defenders.

What changes You cannot try it in the Gemini app yet. No date has been announced for general users, so wait for the rollout notice rather than changing your workflow.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Can Now Turn Off Web Fetching

Setting the CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_WEB_FETCH environment variable turns off the WebFetch tool.

What changes When you're working on internal code that shouldn't make outside requests, you can stop Claude Code from pulling web pages on its own.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Opens the Desktop App From Your Terminal

claude --desktop opens the Claude desktop app on the current directory. Add --continue or --resume <id> to hand an existing session over to the desktop app.

What changes When a terminal session outgrows the terminal, you can move it to the desktop app without starting over.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Shows Which Plugin Settings Are Missing

claude plugin configure <plugin> lists a plugin's options and flags the ones that are unset. With --values-stdin it saves new values read from standard input.

What changes When a plugin won't work because something isn't configured, you can see exactly what's missing, and scripting the setup gets easier too.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Configures Bundled MCP Servers at Install Time

claude plugin install --config now accepts <server>.<key>=<value>, so a bundled .mcpb MCP server can be configured at install time and start without a trip to /plugin → Configure.

What changes Rolling the same plugin out to several machines or teammates now takes one install command, settings included.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Fixes /ultrareview Rejecting Some File Names on WSL

On WSL, /ultrareview no longer refuses to upload a checkout on a Linux volume when a changed file's name contains a colon or ends in a dot or a space.

What changes If /ultrareview ever refused to upload on WSL for no obvious reason, you can now run the review without renaming files.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.285 Claude Code Fixes /ultrareview Uploading the Wrong Worktree on Windows

On Windows, /ultrareview no longer uploads a linked worktree of a repository rooted at your home folder in some cases.

What changes If you keep a repository in your home folder and work across worktrees, reviews now pick up what you expect.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.0 · New Features Codex Lets You Scroll the Transcript While Deciding on a Plan

Codex now lets you scroll the transcript while you decide whether to implement a plan.

What changes When judging a plan Codex proposes, you no longer have to back out to recheck the earlier conversation. It is easier to check the plan against requirements you gave.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.0 · Bug Fixes Tables Copied from Codex Keep Their Markdown

Copying a selection from the Codex transcript now preserves Markdown tables, formatting and whitespace, and more terminals copy automatically on selection.

What changes If you paste a comparison table from Codex into a doc or issue, you no longer need to repair a broken table first.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.2 · Bug Fixes Codex Stops Flashing Console Windows on Windows

On Windows, Codex no longer flashes a console window when it launches background processes or sandboxed commands.

What changes If you hand Codex a task and keep working in another window, the constant flicker in the corner of your screen is gone.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.1 · New Features Codex Switches Its Default Model to GPT-6.1 Sol

GPT-6.1 Sol is now the default in Codex's bundled model catalog, and in the Amazon Bedrock Mantle and Runtime catalogs as well.

What changes Unless you've pinned a model, new sessions will run on GPT-6.1 Sol after you update. If the same request suddenly comes back different, this is the first thing to check.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.0 · New Features Codex Can Now Change Course Mid-Response

With the opt-in instant_interrupt setting, anything you type while the model is responding, or while a long code-mode call is running, steers Codex right away. It's off by default.

What changes When you can see Codex heading the wrong way, you no longer have to wait it out or kill the whole task. Type a correction and it adjusts on the spot.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.0 · New Features Codex Gets a Leaner Welcome Screen and In-Session Tips

New sessions open with a compact welcome screen and consistent headers, and Codex now shows the occasional tip during and after a turn.

What changes If you're new to Codex, you'll pick up useful features as you work instead of digging through the docs.Source →

Codex rust-v0.159.0 · New Features Codex Clears Warnings You've Already Reviewed

Closing the warnings viewer now dismisses the warnings you've reviewed. Press k to keep one around for later.

What changes You stop re-reading the same warnings every time, and only the ones you flagged stay on the list.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.284 Claude Code's Default Sonnet Is Now 5.5

Claude Code switched its default Sonnet model to 5.5 on the Anthropic API, with a 1M-token context window and pricing of $2/$10 per million tokens for input/output, plus $0.20 per million for cached reads.

What changes If you haven't pinned a model, your next session will automatically run on 5.5. Anyone leaning on prompt caching for long sessions or large codebases should notice lower cache-read costs.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.284 Auto Mode Gets a "Yes, Just This Once" Option

Auto mode's confirmation prompt for reading a file outside the working directory now offers a "yes, but ask again next time" option.

What changes When you just need Claude Code to peek at one file outside the project folder, you no longer have to choose between always allowing it or blocking it every time, just approve that one instance.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.284 Spend Limits Now Show as Dollar Amounts in /usage

For organizations using the Claude apps gateway, `/usage` and the status line now show actual dollar amounts, like "$271.40 / $500.00 spent this month."

What changes If you've been guessing how close your team's account is to its spend limit, you can now see the actual remaining budget on screen.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.284 Reconnect All Failed MCP Servers at Once

Running `/mcp reconnect all` in the interactive terminal now retries every MCP server that failed to connect or needs authentication, all at once.

What changes When several of your MCP servers drop at once, you no longer have to reconnect them one by one, a single command handles it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.158.0 Codex Now Asks for Fewer Redundant Confirmations

Codex now recognizes system path aliases already covered by an existing permission on macOS, so it stops asking for approval on the same operation twice. It also retries an approval review instead of auto-cancelling a pending action just because new input arrived mid-review.

What changes If you've been annoyed by Codex re-asking for the same approval on repetitive tasks, this update should cut down how often that happens, and you can now check on progress mid-task without accidentally canceling it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.158.0 Codex Defaults to Approving Elevated Commands, Adds MCP Auth Options

Terminal input approval is now on by default for commands that run with elevated permissions. Codex can also connect to MCP servers that require a pre-registered OAuth client secret, and direct exec-server WebSocket connections can be secured with bearer tokens.

What changes Codex will now double-check before running commands that need elevated system rights, cutting the risk of an unintended high-privilege action slipping through. Teams running MCP servers with stricter auth requirements also get a wider set of servers they can now connect to.Source →

Codex rust-v0.158.0 Codex Adds a Transparent-Background Option to Image Editing

Image generation and editing can now explicitly request a transparent background, and edits accept images already attached to the conversation as files.

What changes For assets like icons or logos that need a transparent background, you can now get them directly without a separate background-removal step.Source →

Claude app The Claude App Adds Claude Sonnet 5.5

The Claude app now offers Claude Sonnet 5.5. Anthropic describes it as a faster, lower-cost complement to Opus 5.5.

What changes If you already use Sonnet for everyday tasks, you should notice faster responses starting with your next conversation, with nothing to configure.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 The /mcp tool list now shows more at once and scrolls

The /mcp command's tool list now shows more tools per screen and can be scrolled with the page keys or the mouse. Tools your organization has blocked are now marked with a warning icon.

What changes If you have many MCP servers connected and the tool list runs long, you no longer need to re-run the command just to find the one you're looking for.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 Images from MCP tools are now saved to a file so Bash and Read can open them

Images returned by MCP tools are now also saved to a file, so tools like Bash and Read can open them.

What changes When you use an MCP tool that returns a screenshot or a chart, it's now easier to reuse that image in a later step.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 /tasks now shows status icons and supports mouse and page-key navigation

Each row in /tasks now shows a status icon, and the title and key hints stay visible on screen even with many tasks. The list can also be paged with keys or the mouse wheel and clicks.

What changes When you're running several background tasks at once, you can tell at a glance which ones are done and which are still running instead of scrolling to check.Source →

Notion Notion Adds Classic Art Collections for Page Cover Images

Notion added a new collection of timeless artwork you can pick from when choosing a page cover image.

What changes You can pick a cover image for a meeting note or project doc without worrying about image rights.Source →

Notion Notion Adds Muting for Individual Discussion Threads

You can now mute reply notifications for a specific discussion thread instead of all of them.

What changes You no longer have to mute an entire page just to escape one comment thread you don't care about.Source →

Notion Notion Adds Tabs for Organizing Content Within a Page

Notion now lets you split content within a single page into tabs.

What changes Instead of scrolling through a long document, you can click a tab to jump straight to the section you need.Source →

Notion Notion Adds a Way to Archive Outdated Pages in Bulk

Notion added a way to find and archive outdated, unused pages in bulk to keep a workspace clean.

What changes You can tidy up years-old, untouched pages in one pass without deleting them, keeping workspace search results cleaner.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 Claude Code Adds availableModelsMatch to Pin Model Versions Strictly

Claude Code added an availableModelsMatch managed setting. Set to "exact," an availableModels entry allows only the exact version named, so a new release stays blocked until it's explicitly added.

What changes If your team's settings pin a specific model version, a new release won't silently swap in without anyone adding it to the list.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 Claude Code Adds deniedModels to Block Specific Models Individually

Claude Code added a deniedModels managed setting that blocks specific models even when availableModels would otherwise allow them.

What changes If you need to block just one model over cost or policy concerns, you don't have to rewrite the whole allow list.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 Claude Code Now Names the Path When a Plugin Directory Fails to Load

When a --plugin-dir folder fails to load, Claude Code now names the exact path in its stream-json output.

What changes When one of several plugin directories fails to load, you can immediately tell which one without digging through logs.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.283 Claude Code Fixes a Windows Bug That Let cmd Delete Protected Folders

Fixed a Windows bug where the PowerShell tool let cmd /c commands like rd, rmdir, del, or erase delete drive roots, the home folder, and other locations that Remove-Item normally refuses to touch.

What changes On Windows, letting Claude Code run delete commands is now less likely to wipe out a core system folder by mistake or malfunction.Source →

Claude Code Claude Code adds /doctor prompt-audit to check your CLAUDE.md, skills, and agents

A new /doctor prompt-audit command (also available as /checkup prompt-audit) audits your CLAUDE.md files, skills, and agent configs in one pass.

What changes If your project's CLAUDE.md has been edited across many sessions, this one command cuts down the time it takes to spot stale or conflicting instructions.Source →

Claude Code Claude Code lets you click to expand truncated messages from other sessions

In fullscreen mode, truncated messages from your other sessions can now be clicked to expand and show the full text.

What changes When you're running several sessions at once, you can check what another one was doing by clicking the truncated message instead of switching into that session.Source →

Claude app You can now build and submit your own Claude plugins

A new developer portal lets you submit plugins to the Claude directory, track them through review, and see usage analytics once they're live.

What changes If you've built a tool you want others to use inside Claude, there's now an official channel for that, though it still has to pass review before it's listed.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Now Shows Fullscreen Transcripts by Default and Adds Shift-Click Selection

Codex CLI now defaults to a fullscreen transcript view, and holding Shift while clicking lets you select a range of text.

What changes Scrolling back through a long session to find or copy an earlier answer now takes fewer steps.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Adds an 'f' Shortcut to Fork Conversations Open Elsewhere

Pressing f in a conversation open in another app now forks that conversation, keeping drafts and queued prompts intact.

What changes Branching off an experiment without losing work in progress in another window takes fewer steps.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Enables /import in Remote and Background Sessions

The /import command, previously limited to local sessions, now also works in remote sessions and local background-server sessions.

What changes You no longer need to switch to a local session just to import a file into work running remotely.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Improves Terminal Rendering for Checkboxes and Equations

Terminal output rendering was improved so Unicode bullets, checkboxes, aligned equations, and optimization notation display more cleanly.

What changes Checklists and equations mixed into answers are less likely to render broken or overlapping in the terminal.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Respects tmux Mouse Settings in SSH Terminal Sessions

Fixed a bug where automatic split-screen mode ignored tmux mouse settings and blocked Terminal.app's native scrollback over SSH.

What changes Mouse scrolling and selection now work as expected again when using Codex over SSH.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Adds Retries for File Uploads and Extends the Timeout to Five Minutes

Codex now automatically retries transient file-upload failures and has extended the upload timeout to five minutes.

What changes Large files or slow networks are less likely to force you to restart an upload that gets interrupted.Source →

Codex rust-v0.157.0 Codex Enforces Network Restrictions Across Redirects and Ongoing Connections

Network restrictions now apply across redirects and ongoing HTTP and WebSocket traffic, and an already-open connection is cancelled if a policy change revokes its access.

What changes If you run Codex with network access restricted, this closes a gap that let a redirect slip past those restrictions.Source →

Codex Codex adds GPT-6 Sol and Luna, plus Amazon Bedrock support

Codex now supports the new GPT-6 Sol and Luna models, including through Amazon Bedrock, and existing sessions on older models get a migration prompt to switch.

What changes If you're already using Codex, expect a migration prompt in your next session. Teams already on AWS can now reach the new models through Bedrock without setting up separate access.Source →

Codex Codex auto-starts a background server for interactive sessions

Eligible interactive sessions now start a background server automatically, with recovery options offered if something goes wrong.

What changes You no longer need to manually spin up a server to hand off long-running tasks, so you can start a long job the moment your session opens.Source →

Codex Codex keeps voice conversations alive when you switch threads

Active voice conversations now stay connected when you switch to a different thread, instead of dropping.

What changes If you're talking to Codex by voice and need to check another thread, you won't have to restart the conversation when you come back.Source →

Codex Codex recovers unsent answers into the composer when a turn ends

If a turn ends before you finish answering a question, your unsent reply is now recovered into the composer instead of being lost.

What changes Fewer lost replies from bad timing means you won't have to retype an answer you already wrote.Source →

Notion Notion AI chats can now be shared as a link

Notion added the ability to share a conversation with Notion AI as a link others can open.

What changes Instead of screenshotting or copy-pasting an AI answer for a coworker, you can just send them the link and they'll see the whole exchange.Source →

Notion Notion desktop now supports voice input

Notion's desktop app added voice input for typing text.

What changes You can dictate a thought the moment it occurs to you, instead of pausing to type it out.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.282 Claude Code lets you cap prose width in wide terminals

A new maxProseWidth setting lets you cap how wide Claude's prose stretches in wide terminals, while tables and code blocks still use the full width.

What changes If you keep your terminal wide on an ultrawide monitor, you can fix lines of explanation stretching too far to read comfortably with a single setting.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.282 Claude Code now flags disabled telemetry settings on startup

If a project's settings files have telemetry variables that were ignored or turned off, Claude Code now lists them in a startup notice and in /status and claude doctor.

What changes If a project's telemetry settings have been customized, you can see what's turned off right in the startup notice or claude doctor, without digging through settings files.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.282 Claude Code fixed missing web search for new models on Vertex AI

Fixed web search not being offered on Vertex AI for models Claude Code doesn't recognize yet, such as newly released ones.

What changes If you run Claude Code through Vertex AI and picked a newly released model only to find web search missing, it should work now.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.282 Claude Code speeds up resuming very large sessions

Resuming very large sessions, including ones that were never compacted, is now faster.

What changes When you're running several long sessions, you'll spend less time waiting for a previous one to reload.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.282 Claude Code explains why a session failed to resume on Windows

When a session on Windows can't be resumed because its transcript file couldn't be read (EBADF), the error message now names possible causes and what to try.

What changes When a session won't open on Windows, you won't be stuck staring at a bare error code, the message itself points you toward the cause.Source →

Gemini Gemini launches 3.8 Live with a real-time talking avatar

Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Live along with a Live Avatar feature that shows an animated face reacting and talking back to you in real time.

What changes Adding a reacting face to what used to be a voice-only live conversation pushes the product closer to feeling like a video call with someone actually there.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.281 Claude Code lets you turn off commit and PR attribution with one setting

Adding "attribution": false to settings.json now removes all the Claude attribution that gets added to commits and PRs automatically. Older CLI versions skip the settings file that holds this value, though, so keep it in object form in files shared across versions.

What changes If your team's repo policy doesn't allow tool attribution in commit messages, you no longer have to strip it out by hand every time; one setting handles it.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.281 Claude Code no longer leaves a stuck dialog when an MCP server asks it to open a browser flow

Claude Code added URL-mode elicitation on MCP protocol connections, letting a server ask it to open a browser-based flow, and it no longer leaves a waiting dialog on screen when the server has no way to confirm completion.

What changes If your MCP integration needs a browser-based step like a login, you won't be left staring at a stuck waiting dialog after it's done, which used to mean restarting the session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.281 Claude Code's plugin validator now catches broken MCP configs before they fail silently

The claude plugin validate command now also flags .mcp.json entries that would be silently dropped at load time, undeclared ${user_config.*} references, and insecure URLs.

What changes Instead of spending time figuring out why an MCP server silently isn't connecting, you can catch the misconfiguration up front with a single validate command.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.281 Claude Code's /insights now estimates how much auto mode would cut down permission prompts

The /insights command now includes an auto mode recommendation that estimates how many permission prompts auto mode could have handled in your recent sessions.

What changes If the constant permission prompts have been annoying, you can now see a concrete estimate of how many auto mode would have saved before deciding whether to turn it on.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint Build Your Own Custom Skills for Copilot in PowerPoint

Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports user-defined custom skills in PowerPoint on the web. Before, only built-in skills were available.

What changes If you repeat the same instructions every time you build a deck, you can set up a command for your own style once and reuse it, within your company's security and compliance limits.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility Copilot Now Pulls Live Data From Outside Services Without Storing It

Federated connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot are now generally available. They connect Copilot to popular third-party services and fetch data in real time over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), without storing or indexing it in Microsoft's services. They work in Researcher, Microsoft 365 Chat, and when editing with Copilot in Excel.

What changes When your work is scattered across outside tools, Copilot can look up the latest version on the spot. Access runs under your own identity, so it's worth being deliberate about what you connect.Source →

Copilot Outlook Copilot Agents Now Work Fully in Classic Outlook for Windows

Declarative agents in Copilot Chat in classic Outlook for Windows now support the full set of extensions: plugins, adaptive cards, mail and calendar actions, and enterprise connectors, bringing classic Outlook in line with other Copilot Chat surfaces.

What changes If your company is still on classic Outlook and agent features that worked elsewhere didn't work there, you can now do the same things without leaving your inbox.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Ask Copilot Directly Inside Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms now has a built-in Copilot chat pane for improving forms and quizzes, drafting invitations, and analyzing responses.

What changes Instead of exporting responses to analyze elsewhere, you can now ask for a summary or insights right inside the Forms screen.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot app Copilot Cowork lets you delegate an outcome, not just a task

Copilot Cowork lets you describe the outcome you need; it gathers context from your emails, meetings, chats, files, and business data, works across tools, and returns completed results.

What changes For work that means pulling information from several places, like assembling meeting materials, you can now describe the end result you want in one line instead of listing out each step. It still runs through your approval and your organization's existing security and privacy controls.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot app Copilot's Vision now reads your shared screen and phone camera in real time

Copilot's Vision feature can now analyze desktop screen sharing and live mobile camera feeds in real time. During a voice session, you can turn on your phone's front or back camera and ask about what's in front of you, and Copilot answers out loud using work and web data.

What changes You no longer need to capture and attach a screenshot; you can just point your camera at what's in front of you or share your screen and ask right away, which saves time on things like physical documents or equipment that are awkward to describe in text.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot app The Microsoft 365 Copilot app gets a new lightweight Notebooks workspace

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app now has a new Notebooks screen for organizing related chats, outputs, and references in one place. Copilot grounds its answers in what's accumulated in the notebook, so work continues instead of starting over each time. The fuller-featured version stays in OneNote; this is the quicker, lightweight option.

What changes If you keep coming back to Copilot about the same topic, you can now collect it all in one notebook and pick up where you left off instead of re-explaining the background every time.Source →

Copilot Microsoft Copilot Adds Profile Cards for Rooms and Desks

Buildings, rooms, and desks registered in the Places directory now get profile cards, viewable from Copilot Chat and other entry points.

What changes Before booking a room, you can check its location and amenities right inside Copilot Chat.Source →

Copilot Microsoft Copilot Lets You Add Notebook References from Quick Access in Search

In the Microsoft Copilot app, you can now add a reference to a Copilot Notebook directly from the Quick Access section in Search.

What changes Instead of hunting down a notebook you were using, you can pull it in straight from the search box.Source →

Copilot Microsoft Copilot App Adds Apple CarPlay Support

The Microsoft Copilot app now integrates with Apple CarPlay, letting you use it with voice commands while driving.

What changes While driving, you can check your schedule or ask about an email hands-free.Source →

Copilot Excel Excel shows which edits were made by Copilot in Show Changes

Excel's Show Changes pane now attributes edits and suggestions to Copilot with an on-card label. Previously, Copilot's activity wasn't visible there at all.

What changes In a shared workbook, you can now tell at a glance which cells a person edited versus which ones Copilot touched, making it easier to focus your review on the AI-made changes.Source →

Copilot Planner gets a Copilot agent chat

Microsoft Planner now includes a chat interface for working with a Copilot agent directly inside the app.

What changes You can now ask Copilot for help or hand off tasks without leaving the Planner screen you're already managing your to-dos in.Source →

Copilot Outlook Copilot adds more email triage actions

Copilot in Outlook adds more actions for triaging incoming email.

What changes On a day packed with back-to-back meetings, you have more ways to let Copilot clear out your inbox before you even open it.Source →

Copilot Excel Excel Copilot replies now link straight to the cells they changed

Copilot chat replies in Excel now include links that jump straight to the sheets, tables, ranges, and charts they changed. Previously, you had to read the response and hunt down the change in the worksheet yourself.

What changes You'll spend less time scrolling to find what Copilot actually changed after asking it to edit a spreadsheet. Clicking the link in its reply jumps you straight to the cell.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot search now shows email attachments right on the result

In Microsoft 365 Copilot search, email results that have attachments now show them as pill-shaped tags right on the result. Previously, you had to open the email to see if it had attachments.

What changes You no longer have to open emails one by one to find an attachment, you can open the file straight from the search results screen.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot search adds a date sort filter for Outlook mail

Copilot Search added a "Sort by" filter for Outlook Mail results, letting you sort by date in ascending or descending order. Previously, results appeared with no sorting option.

What changes When you need the most recent or the oldest email on a topic, you can sort straight to it instead of scanning through results.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot now searches chat and transcripts to find meetings

Copilot can now find meetings by topic or keyword using the meeting body, chat messages, and up to two months of transcript text. Previously, meeting search was narrower and didn't include chat or transcript content.

What changes Even if you can't recall a meeting's title, you can find it by searching for a keyword from what was actually said or typed in the chat during it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.1 Codex's model catalog now includes GPT-6 Sol and Luna

A 0.156.1 hotfix release added GPT-6 Sol and Luna to Codex's model catalog.

What changes Two new models now show up as choices when you pick a model in Codex, so you can switch between them and compare results for different tasks.Source →

Gemini Gemini chat can now connect directly to 12 outside apps like Airtable and Adobe

Gemini added 12 new Connected Apps you can link directly in chat: productivity tools like Airtable, Linear, and monday.com; creative tools like Adobe, Picsart, and Webflow; and lifestyle services like apartments.com, Experian, and Peloton.

What changes You can dictate meeting notes and push them straight into Linear as tasks, or type "@Peloton" mid-chat to check today's workout plan, all without switching tabs.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.1 Codex model picker adds GPT-6 Sol and Luna

Codex's model picker now lists OpenAI's new lower-cost GPT-6 Sol and lightweight GPT-6 Luna.

What changes You can route quick, simple tasks to Luna to save on cost and save Sol or your usual model for the harder ones, choosing per session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.280 Claude Code's default Opus model becomes Opus 5.5

Claude Code's default Opus model is now Claude Opus 5.5, with a 1M-token context window, priced at $4/$20 per million input/output tokens and $0.20 per million cached-read tokens.

What changes If you haven't changed your settings, your next session automatically uses Opus 5.5, and the more your workflow relies on cache reads, the more the cost drops.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.280 Claude Code lets you raise the MCP description length cap

A new environment variable, CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_MCP_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH, lets you adjust the 2,048-character cap on MCP tool descriptions and server instructions for the whole session.

What changes If you've seen a verbose MCP server's instructions get cut off, raising this environment variable stops the truncation.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.280 Claude Code stops deleting needed folders during Windows cleanup

On Windows, fixed a bug where background cleanup deleted the symlink or junction used to relocate folders like ~/.claude/session-env or image-cache, instead of just cleaning their contents.

What changes If you've relocated your session-env or image-cache folder to another drive on Windows, background cleanup will no longer wipe out that link entirely.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.280 Claude Code makes deleting a permission rule harder to do by accident

The /permissions screen now returns focus to the rule list after you view, add, or delete a rule, and the delete-rule and remove-directory confirmation prompts now default to No.

What changes Accidentally hitting Enter is less likely to delete a permission rule or directory now that the default answer is No.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex fixed logins breaking behind system proxies

Codex fixed logins failing to recover when running behind a system proxy, and fixed MCP credentials not refreshing when the OAuth discovery server returned a 503 error.

What changes If you work behind a corporate proxy and kept getting logged out of Codex, you shouldn't have to fight the login screen as often now.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex voice mode no longer drops speech mid-sentence

Codex fixed speech getting dropped during playback pauses or when a burst of incoming audio arrived at once.

What changes When talking to Codex by voice, fewer words should vanish mid-sentence, so you shouldn't need to repeat yourself as often.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex terminal gets 6 new themes plus Mermaid diagrams and inline equations

Codex's terminal now offers six new color themes, and it can render supported Mermaid diagrams and equations directly inside responses.

What changes When a response includes an architecture diagram or an equation, you can check it right in the terminal instead of copying it out to another viewer.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex adds a /daemon command to control its background server

Codex now lets you restart its local background server with the /daemon command, or skip it entirely with the --no-daemon flag.

What changes If the background server misbehaves, you can restart just that with /daemon instead of relaunching Codex entirely, or skip it altogether with --no-daemon for a lighter run.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex now keeps Plan mode and earlier settings intact when you resume a session

Resuming a Codex session now restores Plan mode instead of dropping it, and editing an earlier prompt preserves the thread's identity and settings.

What changes Your plan no longer disappears when you close and reopen a session, so you spend less time re-explaining context each time you pick work back up.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex closes three sandbox isolation gaps

Codex closed sandbox isolation gaps that involved inbound Windows connections, privileged Linux/macOS sockets, and writes through file handles marked read-only on macOS.

What changes Since Codex's safety model depends on code actually staying inside its sandbox, closing these gaps reduces the paths an agent could unintentionally use to reach outside it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex adds a searchable fullscreen view

Codex CLI added an optional fullscreen mode toggled with /tui, including transcript search, mouse text selection, and right-click copying.

What changes When running several long sessions, you'll spend less time scrolling back to find an earlier instruction.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex turns on voice conversations by default

After updating, Codex turns on voice conversations by default. Press F8 to toggle it, or use /voice to pick detailed settings. Linux and Windows now get bundled audio runtimes, so no separate install is needed.

What changes You may be surprised to find your mic live right after updating. If you don't want voice input, press F8 to turn it off as soon as you update.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex adds a dashboard for token usage

The new /usage command opens an analytics dashboard showing account usage, total tokens, and plugin/skill activity in one screen.

What changes Checking how many tokens you've used this month no longer means hopping between screens, just run /usage.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex enables worktree sessions by default

You can now filter tasks by status and spin up worktree sessions directly from the agent command center, and worktree support, which lets you run multiple tasks in parallel, is now on by default.

What changes When running multiple tasks at once, you can spin up a per-task worktree and filter by status right from the command center, no more manually branching.Source →

Codex rust-v0.156.0 Codex stops losing progress when a turn is interrupted

Codex now preserves streamed answers and plans even when a turn fails, gets interrupted, or a subagent finishes. Resuming a session restores Plan mode, and editing an earlier prompt no longer loses thread identity or settings.

What changes If your connection drops or you accidentally hit stop mid-task, you won't have to rebuild the plan and answer from scratch.Source →

Claude app Claude app adds Opus 5.5

The Claude app added Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in the new Claude 5.5 family. It matches Fable 5.1-level performance on most tasks while costing 40% less to run than Opus 5.

What changes Tasks that called for Opus, like summarizing long documents or complex coding, are now cheaper to run than before.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's /ultrareview now refuses to run without a base branch

In non-interactive sessions, the /ultrareview command now refuses to run when the repository has no base branch or shared commit history.

What changes If you run /ultrareview inside a CI pipeline where nobody's watching, a repo with nothing to diff against will now fail loudly instead of silently reviewing against nothing.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's VS Code extension gets a Sign Out option

The VS Code extension's panel menu now has a Sign Out row, and typing /logout does the same thing.

What changes If you switch between accounts, you can sign out right from the panel instead of restarting the extension or dropping to a terminal.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's VS Code extension now tracks background shells in one map

The VS Code extension's agent map now lists background shells and other running tasks, each with a Stop button, and typing /tasks opens this list directly.

What changes When you're running several long sessions at once, you can see and stop background work from one screen instead of hunting across windows for what's still running.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT gets a single Privacy Center for all your settings

OpenAI is rolling out a Privacy Center to ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users that gathers chat privacy, memory, personalization, data use, connected apps, and account security settings in one place, reachable from the account menu on web or Settings on mobile.

What changes You no longer have to hunt through separate menus to find memory or connected-app permissions. If you use ChatGPT through a work account and need to check what data is being stored, this is the one screen to check first.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT can now show your credit score alongside financial advice

ChatGPT can now connect to your Experian credit report and VantageScore 3.0 score. The score and report refresh monthly, and you get alerts for changes like a new inquiry or account.

What changes You can connect just the credit-score piece without linking your bank accounts, so when you ask ChatGPT about a big purchase, it can factor in where your credit actually stands.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's /ultrareview Now Tells You What to Do Next When There's Nothing to Review

When /ultrareview finds nothing to review, it now explains which case you're in and suggests a command to review your latest commit instead. A new repository's first commit gets a full review.

What changes Instead of a dead-end 'nothing to review' message right after starting a branch, you get a concrete next command, cutting the time spent figuring out what to try next.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's Artifact Permission Prompts Now Show Real Titles

Artifact tool permission prompts now use shorter sentences, show pages and artifacts by their title or file name instead of a path, and list links after the main text.

What changes When Claude Code asks permission to open or publish an artifact, you can now tell what it is from its actual title instead of guessing from a file path.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Fable Now Always Shows Up in Claude Code's Model List

Fable now always appears in the /model list when using the Anthropic API, and is only greyed out if your organization's settings disable it.

What changes Unless your organization has blocked access, you can now find and pick Fable directly from /model. Previously it could look entirely absent instead of just restricted.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code Now Labels Subagent Output So It Can't Pass as Your Own Instructions

Subagent results now reach the main agent under a header marking them as subagent output, indented, so text inside a subagent's result can't be mistaken for the session's own instructions.

What changes If you run multi-agent workflows, it's now clearer on screen which text came from a subagent's output versus your own original instructions.Source →

Notion Notion 3.7 brings shared 'agent skills' for your whole team

Notion 3.7 adds agent skills that an entire team can share and use together.

What changes If your team keeps repeating the same workflow, you can now turn it into an agent skill and share it with everyone.Source →

Notion Notion 3.6 adds external agent connections and HTML blocks

Notion 3.6 lets you connect external AI agents into your workspace and adds a block for embedding raw HTML directly in a page.

What changes You can now call an AI agent you already use elsewhere directly from inside a Notion page, instead of switching tools.Source →

Notion Notion settings now let you connect Mail & Calendar directly

You can now connect your Mail and Calendar accounts straight from Notion's settings screen.

What changes You can check your schedule and mail without switching away from Notion.Source →

Notion Notion lets you customize view tabs in databases

You can now reorder and rename the view tabs at the top of a database however you like.

What changes Pin the views you check most often at the front, and you'll spend less time hunting for the right one.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.278 Claude Code moves auto mode's classifier server-side to cut billing overhead

For Claude API and Enterprise users, and on Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, and gateways, auto mode now defaults to a server-side classifier that doesn't charge for the classification step itself, warns if it falls back to a billed path, and can be turned off with CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_SERVER=0.

What changes If you leave auto mode on, your classifier costs drop with no setup needed, and you can revert with a single environment variable if you prefer the old behavior.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.278 Claude Code's /status now shows whether auto mode is running server-side

The /status screen now has a row showing whether this session's auto mode classifier is running on the server.

What changes You can confirm the cheaper server-side classifier is actually active just by checking /status.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's gateway loopback errors now name the exact fix

The Claude apps gateway's loopback error messages now name the CLAUDE_GATEWAY_ALLOW_LOOPBACK environment variable directly.

What changes When a loopback error shows up, you no longer have to search for the fix - the message names the exact variable to set.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code strips invisible Unicode characters and shows the cleaned prompt before sending

Claude Code now strips invisible Unicode formatting and tag characters hidden in a prompt, and shows you the cleaned version before it's sent.

What changes If pasted text carries hidden characters you can't see, you can now review the cleaned-up version before it goes out.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code now opens claude.ai artifact links with the Artifact tool directly

When you paste a claude.ai artifact link, Claude Code now reads it with the dedicated Artifact tool instead of WebFetch, whenever that tool is available.

What changes Sharing an artifact link is less likely to come back garbled, so you won't have to re-explain what's in it.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code's dangerous-rm prompt now suggests a concrete fix

When Claude Code blocks a dangerous rm command, it now names the exact command that triggered it and suggests a ${VAR:?} guard so headless runs can recover on their own.

What changes If a headless run gets blocked on an rm command, adding the suggested guard lets the next run pass without you stepping in.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.1 Codex Reverts a Default That Was Causing Request Rejections

Codex reverted reasoning-summary display in local TUI sessions back to off by default, fixing an issue where requests were being rejected by providers that don't support the feature. Anyone who explicitly turned it on keeps their setting.

What changes If you were hitting mysterious request rejections while using a model or provider that doesn't support reasoning summaries, this update alone should fix it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex Adds Experimental Voice Conversations

An experimental /voice mode was added, letting supported builds hold spoken conversations with Codex complete with live transcripts and microphone controls, once enabled under /experimental.

What changes Worth trying if you'd rather talk through a task than type it, but it's experimental and has to be turned on manually first.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex's Status Row Now Shows Live Reasoning and Completion Time

The terminal UI's status row now streams live reasoning summaries while Codex works, and shows a completion timestamp once a turn finishes successfully.

What changes If you step away during a long task, you can tell what Codex was doing and when it finished just by glancing at the screen when you get back.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex's Agent Overview Adds Hide, Archive, and Delete

The agents overview screen, used when running several tasks at once, now supports hiding, archiving, and deleting tasks, and shows who owns each worktree. Deleting a clean managed worktree now asks for confirmation first.

What changes If you run several sessions at once, it's now easier to clear finished tasks out of the way and see only what's still in progress.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex Adds Touch ID Verification for MCP Requests on Mac

On supported Macs, local TUI sessions can now require Touch ID verification before sending an MCP request.

What changes For sensitive MCP tools, you can confirm with a fingerprint instead of a password every time, cutting both risk and friction.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex's Daemon Gets Schedulable Updates and Survives Restarts

You can now configure when Codex's background daemon updates itself, and the app-server daemon is now covered by updates too. Saved threads and active goals now survive a daemon restart.

What changes An update is less likely to cut off a thread you were mid-task on, so you shouldn't have to re-explain a long-running task from scratch.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex Lets You Manage Amazon Bedrock Credentials via a Command

When using Amazon Bedrock, you can now configure a command that fetches AWS credentials directly. Credentials are cached, refreshed automatically on expiry, and Codex attempts recovery if authentication drops.

What changes Teams with their own credential system on Bedrock can keep using Codex without manually refreshing credentials.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Code Now Falls Back to AGENTS.md

If a project has no CLAUDE.md, Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md instead, and you can change which file it uses under Project Instructions in /config. This isn't yet available on Bedrock, Vertex, or Foundry.

What changes If your project already uses the AGENTS.md standard for other AI coding tools, you no longer need a separate instructions file just for Claude Code.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Apps Gateway Adds an Egress-Boundary Option

A new CLAUDE_GATEWAY_PROXY_IS_EGRESS_BOUNDARY=1 option was added for gateways whose only egress path is a single forward proxy; with it on, every outbound request hands the proxy the hostname instead of resolving it locally.

What changes Teams that route all outbound traffic through a single proxy can now make Claude Code follow that same policy.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Claude Apps Gateway Upstreams Can Now Send Static Headers

Gateway upstream configs now support an optional headers map, letting you send static header values to a proxy you run in front of a provider.

What changes If your internal proxy requires a custom header for authentication, that can now be handled entirely through gateway configuration.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Background Task Completion Now Shows Even with a Panel Open

If a background task finishes while a panel like /tasks is open, Claude Code now shows a line saying its update is waiting.

What changes You can run several background tasks while looking at another panel and still notice the moment one finishes.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Faster First Turn for SDK and Headless Use

When using Claude Code via the SDK or headless (-p) mode, the first turn no longer waits on the per-directory CLAUDE.md lookup before starting.

What changes If you call Claude Code repeatedly from an automated pipeline or script, the wait before the first response comes back gets shorter.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 /plugin's Install List Now Shows Which Plugin Owns Each MCP Server

In /plugin's installed list, an MCP server that's listed separately from its plugin now shows which plugin it belongs to.

What changes If you've installed several plugins and accumulated MCP servers, it's now easy to tell which one came from where.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.277 Reinstalling a Plugin Now Points You to the Update Command

Running claude plugin install on a plugin that's already installed now tells you if the marketplace has a newer version, and names the claude plugin update command to use.

What changes No more reinstalling out of uncertainty and getting no feedback; you can tell right away whether an update is actually needed.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.1 Codex's terminal UI reverts its reasoning-summary default to off

Codex's terminal UI reverted the default for showing reasoning summaries back to "none" (off).

What changes If your terminal suddenly stopped or started showing reasoning summaries without you changing anything, this default flip is why. Adjust the setting again if you want a different display mode.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.275 Claude Code Now Shows Which Account You're Signing Into via Gateway

Claude Code now shows the signed-in account the gateway reports before saving the credential, and /status displays it.

What changes If you switch between accounts through a company gateway, you can catch a wrong-account sign-in right at login instead of discovering it mid-session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.275 Claude Code Adds a Key to Send All Queued Messages at Once

Claude Code added a send-now key (ctrl+enter, or ctrl+x ctrl+s) that interrupts the current turn and sends all queued messages at once; sent and queued messages show in gray until the model receives them.

What changes If you tend to type up several messages while waiting for a long task to finish, you can now send them all at once instead of waiting turn by turn.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.275 Claude Code Now Syncs Your claude.ai Skills and Plugins to the Terminal

Claude Code now syncs the skills and plugins enabled on your claude.ai account to terminal sessions signed in with that account; opt out with syncClaudeAiSkills: false or syncClaudeAiPlugins: false.

What changes If you've ever enabled a skill on the web only to find it missing in the terminal and had to set it up again, that extra step is gone.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.275 Claude Code's Plugin Install Command Can Now Add the Marketplace Itself

Claude Code added /plugin install <plugin> --marketplace <source>, which offers to add the marketplace before installing the plugin.

What changes If you used to look up a separate command just to register a new marketplace, installing straight from it now takes one command.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.275 Claude Code's /desktop Command Now Explains Why It Failed

Claude Code improved the /desktop error when Claude Desktop does not open: it now says why and what to do next.

What changes When /desktop used to just hang with no explanation, you had to guess and restart; now it tells you what actually went wrong.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 · Bug Fixes Codex Now Clears Old Session Data When You Switch Accounts

Switching accounts in Codex now invalidates the previous account's remote-control sessions, cached WebSocket state, and model catalog.

What changes If you switch between personal and work accounts in Codex, you'll see fewer cases where stale state from the previous account causes unexpected behavior.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex now keeps your approved prompt even if compaction fails

If context compaction fails before a turn starts, your already-accepted prompt is now saved instead of being lost.

What changes If compaction used to fail mid-session and wipe out the prompt you just wrote, you won't have to retype it anymore.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex now explains why an MCP connection broke and how to reconnect

When an MCP server's OAuth credentials expire and token refresh also fails, Codex now reports that accurately and walks you through reconnecting.

What changes When an MCP tool silently stops working, you won't have to guess why anymore.Source →

Codex rust-v0.155.0 Codex closes a WSL sandbox escape and a credential-exposure gap

Codex blocked a way for processes to escape restricted WSL sandboxes into Windows, and hardened brokered shell snapshots against exposing credentials.

What changes If you run Codex sandboxed inside WSL on Windows, that isolation just got tighter with no action needed on your part.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Now Works Directly Inside Word

ChatGPT is now available inside Microsoft Word as a sidebar, letting you draft from notes, summarize a document, revise selected text, or adjust heading formatting. Word joins Excel and PowerPoint through the same add-in.

What changes When you're drafting a report or proposal in Word, you can revise it right from the sidebar instead of copying text back and forth with a separate ChatGPT window.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Can Now Use Personal and Work Accounts in the Same Chat

ChatGPT now lets you connect multiple accounts to plugins, expanding beyond Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts. You can bring both personal and work accounts into the same conversation.

What changes If you've been checking work and personal calendars separately, you can now ask ChatGPT about both accounts in the same conversation.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Claude Code now explains exactly why a GitHub connection failed

When a cloud session's GitHub connection is blocked by an IP allow list, a suspended app installation, or SAML single sign-on, Claude Code now shows the specific cause. The same applies when gh pr view fails or webhook setup fails inside /autofix-pr, and when a GitHub token is refused inside /web-setup.

What changes The error used to say something vague like "check your installation," leaving you to track down the cause yourself. Now the reason shows up directly, so you can tell your IT admin exactly what needs to be unblocked.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Claude Code now names the fix for SSL and proxy connection errors

When an in-session SSL certificate or proxy connection error is caused by an untrusted corporate proxy or CA, Claude Code now names the error code and what to fix, such as setting NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS.

What changes An unexplained SSL error on a corporate network used to eat up time just tracking down the cause. Now the fix, like which environment variable to set, shows up directly, so you can often resolve it yourself without waiting on IT.Source →

Claude app Claude app brings Cowork into every conversation, no mode to pick

Everything Claude Cowork does is now available from any conversation, without picking a mode first. You can move between a quick question and a bigger task, like a report, spreadsheet, or presentation, in the same chat, and your chats, Cowork tasks, projects, connectors, and skills all carry over. It's rolling out gradually to Pro and Max plans on web, desktop, and mobile.

What changes If a side question comes up while you're building a report, you don't need to open a new chat, you can just keep asking in the same conversation.Source →

Claude app Claude can now create designs, slides, and docs mid-conversation

You can now ask for a design, deck, or document in any conversation with Claude, including in Claude Code and the Artifacts tab, and edit it directly on the canvas. Claude Design, Claude Slides, and Claude Docs are available on every plan including Free; on Enterprise plans they're in beta and off by default until an admin turns them on.

What changes When you need a slide deck or planning doc, you don't have to switch tools, you can make and edit it right inside the Claude conversation you're already in.Source →

Notion Notion rollups can now display as currency or percent

Notion database rollups, which aggregate values from another table, now support new display formats including currency and percent.

What changes If you track revenue or progress with rollups, you can now read the numbers directly as currency or percent in the table without reformatting them elsewhere.Source →

Notion Notion lets you search pages right from the breadcrumb

Clicking a page's breadcrumb trail now lets you search for and jump to another page right from that spot.

What changes Instead of clicking up through parent folders and hunting in the sidebar, you can jump straight to another page from wherever you already are.Source →

Notion Notion AI now offers Claude Opus 4.7

Notion AI's model picker now includes Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7.

What changes For more demanding writing or research tasks, you can now pick a stronger model right inside Notion instead of switching to another tool.Source →

Notion Notion Agent can now schedule meetings for you

Notion Agent can now schedule meetings directly within a conversation.

What changes On a day packed with meetings, you can set up the next one by chatting inside Notion instead of switching over to a calendar app.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Claude Code now flags it when an MCP server disconnects

When an MCP server disconnects mid-session and automatic reconnection gives up, Claude Code now shows a notification pointing you to the `/mcp` command.

What changes When a tool connected through MCP suddenly stops responding, you can jump straight to the reconnect command instead of wondering what went wrong.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Sessions started via remote control can now be forked

You can now fork a session started with `claude --remote-control` or `/remote-control`; the fork runs as a background session on your own computer.

What changes Even if you started a session remotely from the Claude app on your phone, you can branch off work from it and keep it running in the background on your own computer.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Claude Code stays responsive in long sessions

Hook progress and sub-agent activity no longer re-process the entire conversation on every update, improving responsiveness in long sessions.

What changes If long sessions running multiple sub-agents used to stutter, that lag should now be noticeably reduced.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 Artifact database writes can now remove a single field

An artifact database update can now remove a single field instead of rewriting the entire document.

What changes If you're building an artifact that stores data, like a checklist or notes app, deleting a single entry is now a lighter, safer operation.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.273 A dropped artifact publish now retries safely, no duplicates

If the connection drops after a publish reaches claude.ai, it used to risk failing or creating a duplicate version. It's now resent safely instead.

What changes On a shaky connection, publishing a dashboard or page no longer risks ending up with duplicate versions after you retry.Source →

Claude app Salesforce data now works directly inside Claude

Claude has added a Salesforce plugin in beta that pulls a seller's accounts, opportunities, and pipeline directly into the chat. With 37 pre-built sales skills, you can prep a call, review a deal, build a pipeline dashboard, or send a forecast without leaving Claude.

What changes If your sales team uses Salesforce, you can skip opening a separate tab before a meeting and just ask Claude about an account to get the latest status.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 Fast mode now works in Claude Code Remote sessions

Claude Code Remote sessions, whether on cloud or self-hosted runners, can now use fast mode. It follows the host's fast-mode setting or can be turned on with /fast typed directly in the session, wherever the organization allows it.

What changes When running long tasks on a remote runner, typing /fast now gets you faster output there too.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 The /config panel now supports mouse clicks and scrolling

Mouse support has been added to the /config panel in fullscreen mode. The wheel scrolls the settings list, clicking a setting's value changes it, and the row under the pointer is highlighted.

What changes Instead of navigating settings one arrow-key press at a time, you can now click straight to the setting you want to change.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 Sandboxed auto mode can now scope allowed domains per command

Sandboxed auto mode now supports per-command allowed_domains for Bash, PowerShell, and Monitor. The hosts a command actually needs are reviewed and opened for it alone; requests to any other host are refused.

What changes When running network-touching commands in auto mode, you can now scope approval to just the domains that command actually needs, instead of opening access more broadly.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 Subagents can now skip CLAUDE.md files entirely

A new omitClaudeMd option in agent frontmatter and --agents JSON lets custom and plugin subagents run without loading user, project, or local CLAUDE.md files. Managed policy files still load regardless of this setting.

What changes When building a standalone subagent where the project's CLAUDE.md instructions would only get in the way, this option lets it run on a clean context without them.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 Plugin installs can now be approved by exact command hash instead of -y

claude plugin install and claude plugin update now support --accept-command <sha256>, letting you approve the exact command a previous --json run displayed, by its hash, instead of blanket-approving with -y.

What changes Instead of blanket-approving everything with -y in install scripts, you can now require an exact match to a command you've already reviewed, which is safer in automated pipelines.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.271 A new spinner tip nudges gateway users toward the Claude desktop app

Users running Claude Code through Bedrock, Vertex AI, Foundry, or an LLM gateway now see a spinner tip pointing them to the Claude desktop app. For claude.ai desktop app users, the tip now suggests typing /desktop, which offers to download the app.

What changes If you've only been using the CLI through a gateway setup, this tip may be the first sign that a desktop app option exists.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT stops auto-switching to its thinking mode

For ChatGPT Plus and Pro users worldwide, automatic switching from Instant to Thinking mode is being retired. You'll now need to manually pick Thinking mode from the model picker, and the "Higher intelligence" setting is being removed too.

What changes If you were relying on ChatGPT to notice a hard question and think it through automatically, you'll now need to switch to Thinking mode yourself from the model picker whenever an answer seems shallow.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT no longer asks permission every time to use your Health data

ChatGPT now defaults new Health plugin connections to "Allow low-risk actions," so once you connect your Health data, ChatGPT can use it without asking each time, unless you're asking for something sensitive.

What changes If you've already connected Health data, ChatGPT may start using it without asking starting today. If that feels like too much, you can lower the permission yourself in Settings → Plugins → Health.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code fixed the slowdown in long sessions

Claude Code no longer reprocesses the entire conversation history just to rebuild collapsed tool-use summaries, making long sessions noticeably more responsive.

What changes If you run long sessions for hours, the lag and input delay you used to feel should ease up. It'll be most noticeable when you keep one window open across many tasks in a row.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 /ultrareview --post now posts straight to the PR instead of spinning up a second session

The /ultrareview --post command now posts the PR comment directly as soon as findings arrive and prints the comment link, instead of spinning up a second cloud session just to post it.

What changes You get the PR comment faster and without the cost of a second session. As soon as the review finishes, you get a link to the comment right away.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Reading artifact database results into the scratchpad no longer asks for folder approval

When artifact database reads save their results into the session scratchpad, Claude Code no longer pauses to ask for working-folder approval before writing the file.

What changes The approval popup that used to interrupt every artifact data pull is gone, so working with large documents or many files no longer breaks your flow.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Skills synced from claude.ai in cloud sessions now get an anthropic-skills: prefix

Skills synced from claude.ai in cloud sessions are now named anthropic-skills:<name>, matching Claude Desktop. The bare name still works as long as nothing else uses it.

What changes The name you're used to typing may still work, but if more than one skill shares that name, you'll now need the anthropic-skills: prefix to call the right one without ambiguity.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code now hints at a new /focus command

A new spinner tip now points to the /focus command, which switches to a view showing just your prompt, a one-line summary of the work, and the response.

What changes When the screen gets cluttered with tool calls and logs, /focus lets you see just what's actually happening right now.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code's Workflow tool lets you raise the concurrent-agent limit yourself

The new CLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOW_MAX_CONCURRENT_AGENTS environment variable lets you set how many agents a single Workflow run can execute at once, from 1 to 256.

What changes For large fan-out tasks that need many agents running in parallel, you're no longer stuck waiting behind the default concurrency cap.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code's /diff panel now opens fully rendered, no loading screen

The /diff panel now opens fully rendered in one step instead of flashing a loading state first.

What changes If you check diffs often, the panel now feels smoother since that brief loading flash is gone.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code improves prompt-suggestion filtering for Korean, Japanese and Chinese

For Korean, Japanese and Chinese input, Claude Code now keeps mixed-script and single-word prompt suggestions while dropping meta or evaluative ones, matching how it already handled English.

What changes Korean-language users should see more useful autocomplete suggestions in Claude Code, an area that had lagged behind the English experience.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code fixes broken shortcuts over SSH and in some terminals

Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Shift shortcuts now work in terminals that support the kitty keyboard protocol, such as foot and Alacritty 0.16+, including over SSH and in less common terminals.

What changes If you use Claude Code over SSH, shortcuts that didn't work before should now behave normally.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code Can Now Score a Plugin's Own Eval Suite

The new 'claude plugin eval' command runs a plugin's own eval suite against Claude Code and returns scored, reproducible results as a JSON and HTML report.

What changes If you build your own plugin, you can check whether each update still works from one report instead of testing it by hand every time.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code Lets You Switch Output Styles Even in Remote or Cloud Sessions

The new '/output-style [name]' command lists and switches output styles, and now also works over Remote Control and in cloud or other headless sessions.

What changes Even when you're running a remote session from your phone, you can switch output styles the same way you would at your computer.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Claude Code Shows a Diff When a Bash Command Edits Files

When the Bash tool edits files directly, Claude Code now includes a diff of what changed in the tool result (via the 'bashEditDiffEnabled' setting).

What changes When a single command edits several files, you can see exactly what changed without opening each file yourself.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.269 Windows: Background PowerShell Commands No Longer Die When Claude Code Exits

Fixed a Windows bug where PowerShell commands sent to run in the background would stop as soon as Claude Code exited.

What changes On Windows, a long build or server you started in the background keeps running even after you close Claude Code.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT is retiring custom GPTs in favor of plugins

OpenAI is planning to retire custom GPTs across all ChatGPT plans and is building a migration path to "plugins," which combine reusable instructions with connected apps. Existing GPTs will keep working until each one's retirement date, subject to permissions.

What changes If you rely on a custom GPT at work, review now which ones you use, who created each one, and who needs access, so you're not scrambling when the migration date hits.Source →

Notion Notion Lets You Choose Which AI Model Your Agents Use

Notion now lets you specify which AI model each of your agents uses.

What changes You can assign a lighter model to tasks where speed matters and a stronger one to tasks that need careful judgment.Source →

Notion Notion Lets You Share Context With Custom Agents From the Share Menu

You can now hand a page's context straight to a Custom Agent from that page's Share menu.

What changes You no longer have to open the agent separately and re-explain the document. You can just keep asking questions right from the page you're already viewing.Source →

Notion Notion Workers Can Now Be Shared Across Your Team

You can now share a Notion Worker, an automated workflow you've built, with your teammates so they can use it too.

What changes One person's automated workflow no longer has to be rebuilt by everyone else on the team. They can just reuse it.Source →

Notion Notion Agents Gets Its Own iOS App

Notion released a standalone iOS app just for using its agents.

What changes You can assign work to an agent and check its results on the go, without opening the main Notion app.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.268 Claude Code Adds --json to Plugin Commands

The claude plugin install, uninstall, update, enable, and disable commands now support --json, and each row of claude plugin list --json carries error and note details.

What changes When installing or managing plugins from a script, you can now read success or failure as structured data instead of parsing human-readable text.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.268 Claude Code Adds Browser-Tab Icons to Published Artifacts

When you publish an artifact, Claude now picks a matching icon to show in the browser tab.

What changes With several artifact tabs open at once, you can tell them apart by icon alone instead of reading every title.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.268 Claude Code's Fullscreen Mode Redraws Faster While You Type

In fullscreen mode, adding or removing a prompt line with Shift+Enter now repaints as fast as typing a single character, instead of re-rendering the whole visible transcript.

What changes Typing a multi-line prompt in fullscreen during a long session no longer causes the screen to stutter.Source →

Claude app Claude Now Generates Reports on How Your Team Actually Uses It

Claude launched Smart Reports in beta, which analyze how a team uses Claude and report on what work is getting done, what it costs, where sessions hit friction, and which repeated patterns are worth packaging as shared skills. It's available on Claude Enterprise plans.

What changes If you're the one managing how your team uses Claude, you can now see where people are getting stuck from an actual report instead of guessing.Source →

Gemini The Gemini App Comes to Windows

Google released a Gemini desktop app for Windows, built to run alongside the other programs you use every day.

What changes You can now pin Gemini to your desktop instead of switching browser tabs, handy for asking questions right next to the document you're working on.Source →

Codex python-v0.154.0 Codex Adds Max and Ultra Reasoning-Effort Options

Codex added new 'max' and 'ultra' reasoning-effort levels on top of its existing options.

What changes For a hard bug that needs deeper reasoning, you can now dial the effort up a notch further than before. Skip it for quick, simple tasks, since it costs more time and money.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Work and Codex Get a Data Plugin for Business Questions

ChatGPT Work and Codex now have a Data plugin that analyzes connected business data, letting you ask a question and get an investigation, dashboard, or report back.

What changes Install Data from the plugin directory and mention @Data in a conversation to use it. Instead of opening a fresh spreadsheet every time, you can just ask about your metrics in chat.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Library Now Connects Box, Dropbox, and SharePoint

Box, Dropbox, and SharePoint now join Google Drive in ChatGPT Library, letting you browse and search connected files and folders directly in ChatGPT.

What changes You can pull a file straight into a conversation via Add from Library or an @mention, without re-uploading it. If your team's documents are spread across several clouds, this saves the step of copying them over each time.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.267 New maxEffortLevel Setting Caps Reasoning Effort Across Providers

Setting maxEffortLevel, either top-level or per model under modelSettings, caps the reasoning effort level across every provider including Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry; users can still choose a lower level.

What changes If you need to manage cost or response speed across a team, you can set one organization-wide cap instead of asking everyone to configure it session by session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.267 Claude Now Suggests /copy When Clipboard Commands Fail in the Sandbox

When clipboard commands like pbcopy fail inside the sandbox, Claude now suggests using /copy instead.

What changes When copying suddenly stops working in the sandbox, you no longer have to guess why; Claude points you straight to /copy instead.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.267 Faster --resume for Sessions With Many Bash Tool Calls

Resuming a session with many accumulated Bash tool calls now renders its first screen faster.

What changes The longer a session's Bash history, the less you now wait after --resume before you can pick up where you left off.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.267 Fixed Keystrokes Occasionally Lagging Behind the Spinner

Prompt input responsiveness was improved: keystrokes no longer occasionally wait a frame behind spinner or streaming repaints.

What changes Typing while Claude is streaming a long answer no longer occasionally looks laggy or glitchy on screen.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 Codex now keeps your permission settings intact when you resume or fork a session

Resuming or forking a remote Codex session now keeps whatever permissions you had saved. Brand-new sessions and forks fall back to the server's default model unless you explicitly set one.

What changes If you used to have to re-approve permissions every time you resumed a session, that's no longer necessary since your settings now carry over automatically.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 Codex won't lose your draft anymore when you resume a conversation open in another app

If you resume a conversation that's already open in another app, Codex now shows a read-only transcript with a retry option, while keeping whatever draft you were writing intact.

What changes If you keep the same conversation open on two devices at once, you no longer risk losing what you were typing. Just hit retry instead.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 · Bug Fixes Codex now picks up plugin updates in sessions you already have open

Existing Codex sessions now pick up newly installed plugin tools and refresh skills and hooks right after an external plugin is upgraded or rolled back.

What changes Previously you had to restart the session after updating a plugin. Now you can keep working in the same window and the updated tool is already there.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 · Bug Fixes Codex blocks untrusted startup helpers and a macOS terminal input-injection hole

Codex now avoids running workspace-controlled helper programs before trust is established, and its macOS sandbox blocks terminal input injection.

What changes Opening an unfamiliar repository is safer, since workspace-controlled code can no longer run before you've confirmed you trust it. It's one more safeguard when working in an untrusted codebase.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 · New Features Codex's Vim Mode Gets an Undoable Replace Command

Codex CLI's vim editing mode now supports the R (replace) command with undo and dot-repeat, and Escape key handling in legacy terminals is more reliable.

What changes If you're editing code with vim keybindings and accidentally overwrite text, you can now undo it in one step instead of retyping.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 · New Features Copying a Codex Response Now Keeps Its Formatting

Copying a Codex response now preserves formatting when pasted into rich-text apps, and the /copy command can copy just the status output or specific session fields.

What changes When you paste a code explanation or table Codex generated into Slack or a doc, you won't need to fix broken formatting afterward.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 · New Features Codex on Windows Can Now Share One Background Server Across Sessions

Codex sessions on Windows can now share a single background server, with commands to manage its lifecycle and handle updates automatically.

What changes Running Codex in multiple windows no longer spins up duplicate servers, so it uses less memory on Windows and starts up faster.Source →

ChatGPT Deep Research Arrives in ChatGPT Work and Codex

Deep Research, which investigates a complex question across the web, your files, and connected apps, then turns the findings into a cited document, is now available in ChatGPT Work and Codex. You can redirect it mid-research.

What changes Type @Deep Research or just ask for it, and you can get results back as a document, presentation, spreadsheet, or site. It's worth trying for tasks like competitor research or market reports that need a wide sweep of sources.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 GPT-6 Astra Is Now a Model Choice in Codex

GPT-6 Astra is now available in Codex's model picker and in the Amazon Bedrock catalog.

What changes For harder tasks, you can just switch to Astra from the model picker without any extra setup.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 New --worktree Flag Gives Each Session Its Own Checkout

The --worktree flag or /worktree command creates an isolated checkout for a new or forked session, which you can later browse and resume.

What changes When you're running several tasks at once, you no longer have to juggle branches in one folder; each session gets its own fully separate directory.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 Answer Codex's Mid-Task Questions Without Losing Your Draft

When Codex asks a question mid-task, you can answer inline with a suggested choice or custom text, without losing whatever you were drafting in the main input.

What changes When Codex asks which way to go, you can just answer on the spot and keep going, no need to clear or save what you were typing.Source →

Codex rust-v0.154.0 MCP Connections Now Prompt Re-Login When Token Refresh Fails

MCP connections now coordinate OAuth token refreshes and surface a login prompt when a refresh fails, instead of silently retrying a rejected tool call.

What changes Instead of a connected MCP tool silently failing for no visible reason, you now get a clear prompt to log back in and keep going.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice Can Now Answer With GPT-5.6 or GPT-6 Astra

ChatGPT Voice can now use GPT-5.6 or GPT-6 Astra when it needs to search or reason through harder questions, with the same model and reasoning-effort controls as text chat. Plan-based usage limits were also simplified.

What changes You can now expect voice answers to complex questions to be as capable as text chat. Usage time still depends on your plan, so it's worth checking your limit in settings.Source →

ChatGPT Share Files and Folders From Your ChatGPT Library

You can now share files and folders from your ChatGPT Library, choose who can access them, and work with shared content directly inside conversations.

What changes Instead of re-attaching files for a colleague every time, you can share a Library folder once and keep referencing it across future conversations.Source →

Codex rust-v0.153.4 Codex adds GPT-6 Astra to its model picker and Amazon Bedrock

Codex added OpenAI's newer GPT-6 Astra model to its bundled model picker and to Amazon Bedrock's catalog, along with refined in-app guidance for Astra-specific features like asynchronous questions.

What changes You can pick Astra straight from Codex's model picker without extra setup, and teams deploying through Bedrock can now use the same model.Source →

Notion Notion lets you ask your agent to suggest document edits

In Notion, you can now ask an AI agent to propose edits to a document instead of changing it directly, so a person reviews and decides whether to accept each suggestion.

What changes If you've hesitated to hand a document to an agent for fear it would rewrite things outright, you can now just review its suggested edits and approve them yourself.Source →

Notion Notion simplifies its AI model picker

Notion simplified the list of AI models you can choose from when using its AI features.

What changes If you were never sure which model to pick, the shorter list means one less decision before you can just get started.Source →

Notion Notion's AI Meeting Notes can now kick off Custom Agents

When Notion's AI Meeting Notes finishes, it can now automatically kick off a Custom Agent to handle follow-up work.

What changes The task of reading meeting notes and manually entering action items after every meeting can now be handed off to an agent you've already set up.Source →

Notion Notion agents get calendar tools

Notion agents now have tools to check and adjust calendar events directly.

What changes Instead of checking back and forth with a calendar to coordinate a schedule, you can let an agent handle it.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.265 Claude Code caps saved tool results at 1 GB

Claude Code now caps tool results saved to disk at 1 GB, and the in-conversation preview notes when a saved file was truncated.

What changes Running a task that produces huge output no longer risks suddenly filling up disk space, and you're less likely to miss that a result got truncated.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.265 Claude Code fixes Windows sandbox blocking all file access

Fixed a Windows bug where running inside an AppContainer or restricted-token sandbox made Read, Write, and Edit refuse every file.

What changes If you were running Claude Code in a Windows sandbox environment, the situation where it couldn't read or write any file at all is now fixed.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.265 Claude Code shows a list of matches for slash commands typed mid-prompt

Typing a slash command in the middle of a prompt now shows matching commands as a list instead of a single suggestion; Tab opens it even outside fullscreen, and a plugin skill can be found by its bare name.

What changes When you're mid-prompt and can't quite remember a command's name, you can just pick it from the list instead of retyping.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT images get templates and sketch-to-image

ChatGPT's image generation moved to version 2.5 with sharper output and more precise editing. Users can now start from a template, turn a hand-drawn sketch into an image on mobile, or comment directly on a generated image to request changes.

What changes When it's hard to describe an idea in words, starting from a rough sketch or a ready-made template gets you to the result you want faster.Source →

Notion Notion adds a high contrast mode

Notion added a high contrast display mode to its settings.

What changes If low contrast made Notion hard to read, you can now turn this on in settings for a clearer display without a browser extension.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 Claude Code now shows why your org policy failed to load, right in /status

Added an "Organization policy" line to /status and claude doctor that explains why your organization's policy failed to load, such as a proxy not passing the endpoint through.

What changes Instead of guessing why company policy isn't applying, running /status now tells you the actual cause, like a proxy misconfiguration, so you can hand IT the exact problem.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 You can now raise the character limit on long command output

Added bashOutputMaxChars and taskOutputMaxChars settings to raise how much command and background-task output Claude receives inline before it's saved to a file, up to 128K characters.

What changes If long test logs or build output used to get cut off mid-way, raising this setting lets Claude see the whole thing at once instead of missing context.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 Long subagent prompts can now be passed as a file

Added --append-subagent-system-prompt-file to read the subagent system prompt from a file, for prompts too large to pass on the command line.

What changes If you build custom subagents, you can now hand over a long instruction set as a single file instead of trimming it to dodge shell-escaping issues.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 /skill-doctor shows which unused skills are eating your context

Added /skill-doctor to show which loaded skills go unused and what they cost in context, so you can prune them.

What changes If a session feels sluggish with several skills loaded, /skill-doctor can point out the unused ones so turning them off frees up context.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 /model picker now shows model names instead of raw IDs

Improved the /model picker and the VS Code model pill to show a model's name instead of its raw Bedrock, Vertex AI, or LLM gateway ID when Claude Code recognizes it.

What changes If you use Claude through Bedrock or Vertex AI, you can tell which model is selected at a glance instead of decoding a long ID string.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 Faster startup on Google Vertex AI when credentials are pre-set

Improved startup on Google Vertex AI when GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS is set: API client creation no longer re-runs Google Cloud project discovery or spawns extra gcloud processes.

What changes If Claude Code felt slow to start on Vertex AI, this fix skips the repeated gcloud calls on every run, cutting the wait.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 Long streaming responses no longer slow down the display

Improved streaming performance: already-rendered blocks are no longer re-checked by layout on each update.

What changes Long responses that used to make the terminal stutter should feel smoother, cutting the perceived wait during long outputs.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.261 The dangerous rm -rf warning now catches more disguised forms

Improved the dangerous-rm safety prompt to also catch rm -rf on positional parameters and inside double-quoted sh -c scripts.

What changes rm -rf commands hidden in variables or nested scripts now trigger a warning before running, adding one more check against accidental deletion.Source →

Codex rust-v0.153.3 Codex now offers GPT-6 Astra through Amazon Bedrock

GPT-6 Astra was added to Codex's Amazon Bedrock model picker and catalog, for Mantle and Runtime global/US routes.

What changes Teams required to route models only through Amazon Bedrock can now pick GPT-6 Astra directly in Codex, with no separate approval or API key changes needed.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code narrows what allowedMcpServers governs (check on upgrade)

The allowedMcpServers setting now governs only MCP servers that users add themselves. A specific managed-mcp.json server that this allowlist used to filter out will now load automatically on upgrade; use deniedMcpServers to keep it off.

What changes If you were relying on allowedMcpServers to block a specific managed server, it may come back on after upgrading. Check your deniedMcpServers setting.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 Claude Code now prompts before its first read outside your working directory

In auto mode, Claude Code now shows a one-time prompt before its first file read outside your working directories, with a new permissions.blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories option to block such reads entirely.

What changes If you run auto mode across multiple projects, this setting lets you prevent it from reading files outside the current one by accident.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code preserves nested background subagent results

Results from a background subagent launched inside another background subagent are now saved to the parent subagent's transcript, so resumed sessions keep them and shared transcripts show that delivery happened.

What changes If you nest background agents inside each other, you're less likely to lose track of a sub-task's result when you resume the session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code's VS Code extension adds status filters to the session list

The VS Code extension's session list sidebar now has an Active quick filter and a status filter menu (Needs input, Working, Completed).

What changes When you're running several sessions at once, filtering down to the ones waiting on input cuts the time spent hunting for what's happening where.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT adds Zendesk and OneNote plugins

Zendesk and OneNote plugins were added to the plugin directory in ChatGPT and Codex. Users connect their own accounts to pull in support tickets or notes.

What changes When preparing a support reply, you no longer need to switch between Zendesk and ChatGPT — you can pull up the ticket history and draft the reply inside ChatGPT itself.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Sites can now be shared with people outside your workspace

Eligible Site owners can now share a live ChatGPT Site with named people outside their workspace by email, without making it public. Invited viewers can view but not edit or republish.

What changes You can open up a company ChatGPT Site to one outside partner or client without making it public, just by entering their email in the Share panel.Source →

Codex rust-v0.153.1 Codex lets you use GPT-6 Astra via API without switching your default model

Codex now lets you configure GPT-6 Astra through the API without changing your default model or having it show up in the model picker.

What changes You can try Astra's performance on a specific task without touching your team's default configuration.Source →

Codex rust-v0.153.0 Codex TUI now reconnects without losing your session

Codex TUI sessions now automatically reconnect after an external app-server connection drops, keeping drafts and transcripts intact, with uncertain or queued submissions paused for review.

What changes A brief network drop is less likely to wipe out a session you were in the middle of.Source →

Codex rust-v0.153.0 Codex Guardian review history now survives restarts and forks

Codex's Guardian review history now survives conversation compaction, restarts, and user-created forks, while still respecting rollback boundaries and keeping subagent history separate.

What changes Even after compacting or restarting a long session, you keep a record of what was approved, so you can trace back what happened later.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT begins rolling out GPT-6 Astra

ChatGPT is rolling out GPT-6 Astra, with improvements in coding, research, computer use, and complex multi-step work, starting with a limited set of organizations. It's not yet generally available, with broader rollout planned over the coming days.

What changes Astra can pause a conversation on its own and ask you to review it if it suspects it may have misread your instructions. If ChatGPT suddenly stops mid-task, that may be this safeguard rather than an error.Source →

Codex Codex Vim mode now has undo and redo

In Codex's Vim mode you can undo with u and redo with Ctrl+R. Pasted content and attachments are kept as part of the draft.

What changes If you wiped a long prompt by accident, you used to start over. Now one undo brings back the whole draft, including pasted code and files.Source →

Codex Install Codex plugins from remote marketplaces via the CLI

The plugin CLI can list, install, and remove plugins from remote marketplaces.

What changes Instead of downloading and placing plugins by hand, you can install and clean them up straight from a marketplace with one command.Source →

Codex You can turn off Codex's automatic recaps

Set tui.auto_recap = false to turn off automatic recaps. The manual /recap command still works when you want one.

What changes If the recaps that appear during long sessions got in your way, you can switch them off and call /recap only when you want it.Source →

Codex Codex history now shows full patches and commands

TUI history now shows complete patches, input sent to background terminals, and each completed command on its own.

What changes You can retrace exactly what Codex changed and which commands it ran, in full rather than a clipped summary. That helps when you check back or trace a problem.Source →

Codex Codex warns about your usage limit earlier

Plus and Team users get an earlier warning once less than half of their allowance is left in a roughly five-hour usage window.

What changes Instead of hitting the limit mid-task, you learn when about half is left and can plan when to run heavier work.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code Adds an Org-Wide Managed Setting for MCP Servers

Claude Code added a managedMcpServers setting, letting organizations roll out HTTP/SSE MCP servers to every user at once, using the same entry format as .mcp.json. Entries that specify a command to run are skipped for safety.

What changes Instead of configuring MCP servers for each team member individually, an admin can now set them up once for everyone.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code Adds --permission-prompts none for Unattended Runs

Added --permission-prompts none for unattended headless hosts: anything that would normally prompt for confirmation is now automatically denied, while the active permission mode, including auto mode, keeps deciding everything else.

What changes When running Claude Code in a CI pipeline or on a server where no one can answer a prompt, this keeps the run from hanging on a confirmation it can never receive.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code Now Recognizes GitLab MR Commands

Claude Code now recognizes glab mr create/merge/close/reopen/note/update commands, showing them as "MR !N" in the collapsed tool summary and refreshing the footer MR badge.

What changes If you work in GitLab instead of GitHub, merge request commands now show up in the interface just as clearly as GitHub PR commands already did.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code's Plugin Validator Gets a --json Output Option

Added --json to claude plugin validate, producing a machine-readable validation report.

What changes If you want to wire plugin validation into a CI pipeline to automatically pass or fail a build, you no longer need to parse human-readable output to do it.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.259 Claude Code Speeds Up Terminal Resize and First Render for Long Responses

Claude Code now reuses text measurements, improving terminal resize and first-render performance for long responses.

What changes If you keep several long responses open and resize your window often, the stutter that used to cause is now reduced.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 Claude Code's default model switches to Fable 5.1

Claude Code's default model is now Fable 5.1 (claude-fable-5-1), with a 1M-token context window, priced at $10/$50 per million input/output tokens and $0.25 per million tokens for cache reads.

What changes You'll be working on the cheaper, faster model starting your next session with no setup needed, and the savings are biggest on long sessions that lean on cache reads.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 Claude Code adds a time format setting

A new timeFormat/timeZone setting lets you choose 12-hour, 24-hour, 24-hour UTC, or a custom format for turn-end and transcript timestamps.

What changes Useful if you work across time zones or share logs with a team and want timestamps in a familiar format.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 Claude Code adds a containment-escape guard to auto mode

In auto mode, attempts to fetch cloud metadata credentials, evade egress monitoring, or reach across tenants are no longer auto-approved, unless your environment explicitly marks them as expected.

What changes If you let auto mode run unattended, risky actions like leaking cloud credentials are less likely to slip through without a human checking first.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 New env var forces one model across all subagents

Setting CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL_FORCE applies CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL (or the main model) to every subagent, overriding any per-spawn or agent-definition model choice.

What changes If running many subagents with mixed models made cost or behavior hard to predict, this one variable pins them all to a single model.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.257 /effort can now change effort for just the current session

Adding s to /effort now changes the effort level for only the current session, matching how /model already works, and it resets on the next session.

What changes Handy for trying a different effort level in just one session without changing your default going forward.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT for Clinicians adds US public healthcare data search

Eligible US users of ChatGPT for Clinicians can now search nine public healthcare data sources, including clinical trials, medication information, Medicare data, and provider records, directly inside ChatGPT.

What changes When you need to look up a clinical trial or drug information mid-consultation, you can check it inside ChatGPT instead of switching to another site.Source →

Claude app Claude app now runs on Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1

The Claude app's default models are now Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1.

What changes You don't need to change any settings, your next conversation already runs on the cheaper, faster model.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code Cuts CPU Usage During Turns

Claude Code improved CPU usage during turns in interactive sessions by cutting redundant UI re-renders.

What changes Running several long sessions at once now spins up your laptop fan less and drains less battery.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code Cloud Sessions Now Name the Cause of Connection Drops

When a cloud session's network proxy drops a connection during a Bash command, the tool result now names the host and reason instead of only showing 'connection reset.'

What changes When you're running several long sessions at once, you'll spend less time hunting for which window dropped and why.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 /schedule Now Explains Why It Can't Attach Your MCP Servers

MCP servers configured in Claude Code can't be attached to cloud routines. Instead of a bare 'No MCP connectors' message, /schedule now explains why.

What changes You'll spend less time confused about why a scheduled routine won't pick up your MCP connector, since the reason is now spelled out.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code Now Tells Claude Its Subagent's Messages Aren't From an Outside Session

Claude Code now tells Claude that a message from its own subagent comes from a worker inside this session, not from an unrelated Claude session.

What changes When you run multiple subagents at once, Claude now responds with a more accurate sense of where each message actually came from.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT's Browser Extension Now Works in More Browsers

The ChatGPT browser extension now supports Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi. You can mention open tabs as context or ask the desktop app to complete a browser task.

What changes If you've been using a non-Chrome browser, updating the desktop app is all it takes to get the same features. Side chat only works on Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi, though; Opera supports tab mentions and browser control but not side chat.Source →

ChatGPT Create and share your own sticker pack in ChatGPT

Give ChatGPT a prompt or a photo and it generates a sticker set you can download or add directly to iMessage or WhatsApp.

What changes Handy for adding a custom sticker to something like a birthday message or a team announcement.Source →

ChatGPT See your ChatGPT voice conversation on the Lock Screen

On iPhone, Live voice conversation content now appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you can follow along without opening the app.

What changes You won't lose track of a voice conversation even while using another app or with your phone locked.Source →

ChatGPT Use website tools directly in ChatGPT's desktop browser

In the desktop app's built-in browser, ChatGPT Work and Codex can now use tools a website provides directly, without a separate connection. Selecting the arrow in the address bar shows what tools a page offers.

What changes You can use a website's own tools mid-task without setting up a separate integration first.Source →

ChatGPT Improved pronunciation help in ChatGPT

Ask how to pronounce a word or phrase, and you can now tap to hear it aloud and see a phonetic breakdown.

What changes Useful when you want to hear a foreign word or a tricky technical term spoken aloud.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code adds hooks before and after a model switch

Claude Code adds PreModelSwitch and PostModelSwitch hook events, letting you block, confirm, or annotate a model switch. SessionStart resume hooks now also receive the session's staleness and the estimated cost of re-warming the prompt cache.

What changes Teams mixing multiple models can now automatically block or log switches to a given model, for tighter cost and quality control.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Remote Control now streams a foreground subagent's work live

When watching a session via Remote Control, a foreground subagent's tool calls and results now stream live; background subagents still show status only, as before.

What changes When juggling several long-running sessions, you can now check exactly what a foreground subagent is doing from your phone or another device, cutting down the time spent figuring out which window was doing what.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code adds a spend-limit bar to /usage

For developers behind a Claude apps gateway with spend limits, /usage now shows a spend-limit bar, and a new rate_limits.spend_limit field is available for status line scripts.

What changes If you work under a company-imposed spend limit, you can now see how close you are to it with a single command.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 Claude Code's /cost now shows prompt-cache hit rates

Claude Code's /cost command adds a per-session prompt-cache line (hit ratio, misses, tokens re-cached, warm/cold), plus a matching prompt_cache object for status line scripts.

What changes You can now see, in numbers, exactly how much keeping a session warm is actually saving on cost.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.251 claude --help now lists attach, logs, stop, and more session commands

claude --help now lists the attach, logs, stop, respawn, and rm commands, and the resume message for a running background session now names the exact claude attach <id> command to run.

What changes When you need to reattach to or check logs from a background session, you can just copy the exact command Claude Code shows you instead of hunting for the right syntax.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT now links multiple Google accounts at once

ChatGPT can now connect multiple Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts accounts at once, bringing personal and work accounts into the same conversation, across web, desktop, iOS, and Android on Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans.

What changes When you need to check schedules or find emails across a personal and a work account, you can now ask ChatGPT about both in the same conversation instead of logging out and back in each time.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.248 Claude Code adds a --restricted flag

Turning on --restricted (or setting CLAUDE_CODE_RESTRICTED=1) removes the built-in tools that run commands or code plus WebFetch (unless explicitly named in --tools), confines file tools to the working directory, refuses bypassPermissions, and ignores user, project, and local settings files.

What changes When working with untrusted code or an external repo, this one flag locks down command execution and file access without having to hand-tune permission settings each time.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.248 Set prompt cache TTL per agent

Agent frontmatter now supports experimental.cacheTtl ("5m" or "1h"), letting you set a per-agent prompt cache TTL used when no subagent-level TTL is configured.

What changes If you mix long-running background agents with ones you call briefly and often in the same session, you can now tune each one's cache lifetime separately to cut down on avoidable cache misses.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.248 Self-hosted runners can register with a custom label

claude self-hosted-runner --client-label <name> (or the SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_CLIENT_LABEL variable) now lets you override the label a runner registers with, which previously defaulted to the hostname.

What changes If you run several servers with similar hostnames and couldn't tell them apart in the runner list, you can now give each one a name that's actually easy to recognize.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.248 Claude Code now tells you why your settings didn't load

When server-managed settings fail to load, Claude Code now shows a startup warning, and /doctor and /status explain why the load failed or why settings weren't fetched at all (Bedrock, Vertex, third-party providers, a custom ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL, etc).

What changes If org-managed settings seem like they're not taking effect, you can run /doctor once and see the actual reason instead of guessing.Source →

Gemini Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds finer creative and video generation controls

Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash gives developers finer creative controls and new generative video capabilities.

What changes If you're building video or image generation into a product with the Gemini API, you now have finer control over the output's details.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT's temporary chat can now use memory and custom instructions

ChatGPT's temporary chat mode, which doesn't save to history, can now optionally use your regular memory, plugins, and custom instructions, and you can choose to save a temporary chat afterward.

What changes Even when you don't want a conversation saved to your history, ChatGPT can still use context it already knows about you, like your tone preferences.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.247 Claude Code drafts a feedback report the moment something goes wrong

Claude Code added a SendFeedback tool: when something goes wrong in a session, Claude drafts a feedback report you can review and send via /feedback, toggleable with the feedbackDrafts setting.

What changes Instead of writing up what happened from scratch every time you hit a bug, Claude drafts the report for you based on what just happened in the session.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.247 Claude Code adds an auto-mode tip on Bash permission prompts

Claude Code now shows a tip on Bash permission prompts pointing to auto mode, with a one-keystroke "Yes, and switch to auto mode" option.

What changes If you're tired of approving the same kind of command over and over, this tip lets you switch straight into auto mode in one keystroke.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.247 Claude Code adds a cost-optimize command to /claude-api

Claude Code added /claude-api cost-optimize, which profiles an existing project's Claude API spend and walks through cost levers, caching, token hygiene, batching, effort level, model choice, one measured change at a time.

What changes When your API bill runs higher than expected, instead of guessing where the cost leaks, this command walks through each lever and shows you where to cut.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.247 The /claude-api skill now covers the Admin API

The /claude-api skill was updated to cover the Admin API, organization members, invites, workspaces, API keys, rate limit reports, workload identity federation, and CMEK.

What changes You can check and adjust your team's API keys or usage limits straight from inside Claude Code, without hopping over to the web console.Source →

Gemini Gemini Live lets you handle to-dos by voice

Google added a major set of productivity features to Gemini Live so users can delegate to-dos using just their voice.

What changes When you're on the move or your hands are busy, you can add to or work through your to-do list just by talking, without looking at a screen.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.246 Startup warning for Bash allow rules with a wildcard before the subcommand

Bash allow rules with a wildcard placed before the subcommand, like Bash(git * main), can also match options inserted before the subcommand. Claude Code now warns about this at startup.

What changes You'll now catch, right when a session starts, an allow rule that's broader than you intended and could let through commands you didn't mean to permit.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.246 New Auto mode tab in /permissions

The /permissions screen now has an Auto mode tab where you can view and edit the classifier rules that decide what Auto mode allows automatically.

What changes You can see right in the app why Auto mode allows one command and blocks another, and adjust the rule on the spot if it's not what you want.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.246 Fixed leftover entries from crashed headless sessions on Windows/macOS

Fixed a Windows/macOS bug where stale entries left in ~/.claude/sessions by headless sessions that exited uncleanly weren't being cleaned up.

What changes If you run headless sessions repeatedly, the session list won't keep filling up with leftover entries from ones that crashed.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.246 /cd now applies the new directory's settings immediately

After moving to a new directory with /cd, that project's settings, hooks, MCP servers (still behind the usual approval prompt), skills, and agents now take effect immediately, without needing --resume.

What changes When you hop between projects, that project's setup is already active without having to restart the session.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint Copilot in PowerPoint can now pull content straight from an email

When asking Copilot in PowerPoint to build a presentation, you can now point it to a specific email as source material, instead of manually copying the content over.

What changes When you need to turn a report that arrived by email into a slide deck, this cuts out the manual copy-paste step.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint In PowerPoint Live, attendees can select slide text and have Copilot explain it

In PowerPoint Live meetings, attendees can now select text on a slide and get an instant explanation from Copilot, whereas slide content used to be static and non-interactive.

What changes If something on a slide isn't clear during a meeting, you can get an explanation on the spot without interrupting the presenter.Source →

Copilot Word Word's Read Aloud now answers spoken questions in real time

While Word reads a document aloud, you can now ask questions like 'What does this mean?' or 'Summarize this section' out loud and get an instant answer from Copilot, instead of pausing to search manually.

What changes If you're listening to a document while commuting or otherwise hands-free and something's unclear, you can ask about it out loud without stopping playback.Source →

Copilot Word Word's Copilot model picker now includes Claude Sonnet 5

Claude Sonnet 5 is now available in Word's Copilot model menu, using a higher default reasoning level for more accurate drafting and edits.

What changes When polishing a complex report or proposal, switching the model to Sonnet 5 is likely to produce a more accurate draft than before.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot app Generate and edit images right inside Copilot Cowork

Copilot Cowork now integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 model, letting you generate and edit images without leaving Cowork for an external tool.

What changes You no longer need to switch to a separate image tool while drafting a report or deck, you can generate the image right next to the document you're working on.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Pick your own model for the Researcher agent in Copilot Chat

When adding the Researcher agent in Copilot Chat, users can now choose which model handles the research; previously users had no control over which model was used.

What changes You can pair a fast model with quick lookups and a more thorough one with research that needs solid sourcing, matching depth and speed to the task at hand.Source →

Copilot OneNote Bring Teams meeting content straight into Copilot Notebooks

Copilot Notebooks can now pull in a Teams meeting's transcript, notes, chat, and shared content as reference material, linking meeting context directly into a project's knowledge base to improve outputs like summaries or presentations.

What changes When wrapping up a project that spanned several meetings, you can gather all those meeting records in one notebook instead of hunting down each transcript separately, then generate a summary right there.Source →

Copilot Outlook Schedule meetings with Copilot chat in classic Outlook for Windows

In classic Outlook for Windows, users can now schedule meetings directly by chatting with Copilot or clicking the "Schedule with Copilot" button, which automatically checks attendee availability, books a room, drafts an agenda, and sends invites.

What changes Instead of trading several emails to find a time that works for everyone, you can hand the whole thing to Copilot in one request.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint PowerPoint Copilot can now pull slide content straight from an email

When asking Copilot in PowerPoint to build a presentation, users can now point to a specific email by subject, sender, or date and have its content pulled directly into the slides, with no manual copy-pasting required.

What changes When you need numbers or decisions from an email in your deck, you can just point Copilot at that email instead of copying and pasting the content yourself.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot now grounds answers in private Viva Engage content

Microsoft 365 Copilot now draws on private Viva Engage community and event content when answering questions, showing only what each user already has permission to see.

What changes Even discussions that only happened in a private internal community now surface when you ask Copilot, so you don't have to dig through that community yourself.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Bring Outlook emails straight into Copilot Notebooks

Copilot Notebooks can now pull in Outlook emails as reference material directly, bringing the conversations, decisions, and context from those emails into the notebook.

What changes You no longer have to copy decisions out of an email thread by hand, you can add the email itself as a knowledge source and have Copilot summarize or organize straight from it.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot unifies web and work chat behind one Work IQ button

Microsoft merged Copilot's separate web chat and work chat into one interface, with a new Work IQ button in the top-left corner to toggle access to company data on or off.

What changes You no longer have to switch screens to move between general search and company-data search. Microsoft is tackling the same chat-versus-work-mode problem TechCrunch called out industry-wide, the same direction Anthropic and others are moving.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Steer and auto-create Copilot pages on mobile

The Android and iOS Copilot apps now let users refine documents with commands like "shorten this page" or have Copilot auto-create a new page straight from a chat request.

What changes You can trim a report draft or spin up a new document straight from your phone while on the move, without needing to sit down at a computer.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot app gets a simplified design

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app got a design refresh across Windows, Mac, and web, simplifying the chat home screen, response layout, and navigation pane.

What changes With fewer menu options to parse, you spend less time figuring out where to click.Source →

Copilot Excel Excel Copilot can now edit with Python

Excel's Edit with Copilot feature can now run Python code, putting the results of statistics, simulations, and data transformations directly into your worksheet.

What changes You no longer need to open a separate Python environment for complex stats or simulations, just ask Copilot inside Excel and get the result in your worksheet.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Notebooks gets a streamlined UI

Copilot Notebooks has a cleaner layout, simplifying how you open items and navigate the product.

What changes Less time spent hunting for the right item when you're juggling multiple notebooks.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Chat now available while using Copilot Search

While using Copilot Search inside the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, you can now open Copilot Chat in a side pane at the same time.

What changes You can ask follow-up questions right next to your search results instead of switching pages and losing your context.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Open Outlook emails directly inside Copilot Chat

Clicking an email that Copilot references now opens it right alongside the chat, instead of switching to a separate Outlook window.

What changes When Copilot cites an email as its source, you can check the original without switching windows.Source →

Claude app Claude's memory now spans chat and Cowork

Claude's memory now works across both chat and Cowork in the cloud. Everything it remembers appears under Topics in Settings, where you can edit or delete items, and sensitive topics like health or beliefs stay out unless you turn that on.

What changes You no longer have to re-explain in Cowork what you already told Claude in chat, cutting out the repeated context-setting when you move between tasks.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Work can now complete tasks on sign-in-required sites

ChatGPT Work's browser can now complete tasks on some websites that require signing in. When a login screen appears, you enter your credentials yourself, and ChatGPT takes over the task from there.

What changes For a task on a system that requires login, like pulling a report or filling out a form, you can log in yourself and then step away while ChatGPT finishes the rest.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint Copilot in PowerPoint Can Now Cite Web Sources

When you ask Copilot in PowerPoint to build a presentation, it can now pull in and cite relevant web sources.

What changes You spend less time hunting down supporting sources yourself, so slides with citations come together faster.Source →

Copilot Word Copilot in Word Now Lets You Pick Anthropic Models

When editing a Word document with Copilot, you can now choose an Anthropic model in addition to OpenAI's.

What changes If one model's output doesn't land, you can switch to a different provider's model right away.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Claude Code's Image Paste and Clipboard Tools Now Work on Alpine Linux

On musl-based Alpine Linux builds, the image-paste, clipboard, and audio-capture add-ons, previously built only for glibc and refused by the runtime, now load correctly.

What changes If you work inside Alpine-based containers, you no longer need a workaround just to get these add-ons running.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 The Usage-Limit Message Now Shows When Your Limit Resets

The message shown when you've used up your monthly spend limit now also states when your session or weekly limit resets.

What changes You can tell when you'll be unblocked without digging through docs, since the message tells you directly.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 A Post-Compaction Reminder No Longer Misfires a Skill's Original Arguments

The reminder shown after a session compacts was improved so a skill's original arguments no longer get re-run as if they were a brand-new request.

What changes Even after a long session compacts, a skill you already ran is less likely to fire again on its own.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Long File Paths Now Truncate in the Middle to Fit One Line

When a file path shown on a tool-use row is long, it now truncates in the middle instead of wrapping or overflowing, keeping it on one line.

What changes Both ends of the path, the parent folder and the filename, stay visible, so you can tell which file it is without the row wrapping.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Remote Sessions No Longer Time Out During Long Startup Hooks

Remote sessions now keep sending keep-alives while a long SessionStart or Setup hook runs, so the container isn't mistakenly reaped as idle mid-hook.

What changes Even with a heavy install script wired into a hook, you're less likely to get disconnected and have to start the session over before it finishes.Source →

Grok Grok Bot arrives

A persistent AI teammate with its own cloud machine: you message it, approve its actions, connect it to other services, and set up routines.

What changes Closer to handing work off and reviewing approvals than sitting with it through every step.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Cost figures now include the US-only inference premium

In data-residency workspaces, /cost, the status line and --max-budget-usd all count the 1.1x premium.

What changes Budget caps stop being quietly optimistic.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry get the fullscreen offer too

The one-time fullscreen renderer prompt now reaches setups that were previously excluded, and fresh installs there start fullscreen.

What changes People going through a cloud provider on a company account start from the same screen as everyone else.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 A command that moves your Python project to the 1.x SDK

/claude-api upgrade migrates anthropic 0.x projects to 1.x, and the skill's Python reference now targets 1.x. Timeouts use anthropic.Timeout, not httpx.Timeout.

What changes It sweeps the places a hand migration tends to miss.Source →

Claude Code 2.1.239 Synced plugins are labelled separately in cloud sessions

Plugins synced from claude.ai show as name@synced and toggle with claude plugin enable/disable <name>@synced. They never override a same-named plugin you installed yourself.

What changes No more wondering which copy of a plugin is actually running.Source →

ChatGPT Plugin recommendations now favour what people keep using

Rankings put plugins people still open after installing at the top. Web and mobile for now, not the desktop app.

What changes Less chance a genuinely useful plugin sits buried under ones nobody opens twice.Source →

ChatGPT Interactive content shows up while it is still being built

It now appears progressively in the conversation instead of arriving all at once when finished.

What changes Less staring at nothing, and you can tell it is heading the wrong way before it gets there.Source →

ChatGPT Generated images fill the screen on Android

Images now span the full width of the conversation, and the sidebar lists up to eight recent chats. App version 1.2026.216 and later.

What changes You can judge an image without tapping to enlarge it, and yesterday's thread is easier to get back to.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT now knows what time it is for you

It reads your local time more accurately during a conversation.

What changes You can say "by tomorrow morning" and mean it. Before, a timezone gap could land it on the wrong day.Source →

ChatGPT Long conversations open faster on the web

Messages load in chunks instead of pulling the whole thread at once.

What changes Less waiting when you reopen a project thread you have been running for weeks.Source →

ChatGPT Recent photos are one press away on iPhone

Press and hold the + button and your recent photos come up.

What changes One less step when you photograph a whiteboard or a document to ask about it.Source →

Codex rust-v0.149.0 · New Features Codex gets a task dashboard

An interactive view for searching, starting, opening, renaming and stopping tasks, with shortcuts you configure.

What changes When several sessions run at once, less time hunting for which window was doing what.Source →

Codex rust-v0.149.0 · New Features You can change directories inside a session

New /cd, /pwd and /cwd commands for TUI sessions.

What changes Moving between repos no longer means killing the session and starting over.Source →

Codex rust-v0.149.0 · New Features Queue your next instruction into a running session

codex queue sends messages to existing local or remote sessions.

What changes Instead of waiting for a task to finish before typing the next step, you queue it and go do something else.Source →

Codex rust-v0.149.0 · New Features Vim editing covers more ground

Character replacement plus change motions like cw, c$ and cc.

What changes Long prompt edits go at your usual speed instead of breaking your hands out of habit.Source →

Codex rust-v0.149.0 · New Features codex doctor says more about why it will not connect

It now checks endpoint protection, network and proxy failures, desktop app state and update connectivity.

What changes When it will not run on a locked-down work laptop, there is somewhere to look before you start guessing.Source →

ChatGPT Quizzes and dictation land in the ChatGPT app

It can turn a conversation into a quiz, and you can move between typing and voice dictation.

What changes Useful for checking whether you actually absorbed a document, and for drafting out loud while you are moving.Source →

ChatGPT You can change memory settings on a project you already made

Open the project, use the three-dot menu, and switch how it remembers.

What changes You can turn memory off for the project holding company material while leaving it on elsewhere.Source →

ChatGPT Your Drive files open inside ChatGPT

With the Drive plugin connected, Library browses your files and folders and @-mentions pull one into a chat. Docs, Sheets and Slides can sit open beside the conversation, and you can point it at a whole folder.

What changes No re-uploading the same file. The original stays in Drive, so you can edit it and ask again.Source →

ChatGPT The Mac app can remember what you were working on, off by default

It logs interaction events from apps and sites you pick so ChatGPT and Codex can refer back. No screenshots, recordings or microphone input, and private browsing is excluded. Pro, Business and Enterprise, not yet in the EEA, UK or Switzerland.

What changes You stop re-explaining context every time. It is a recording feature, so you choose which apps count and can inspect or delete what it kept.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint Copilot Now Pulls Your Company's Official Images Into PowerPoint Decks

Once your organization's Adobe Experience Manager asset library is connected to Microsoft 365, Copilot in PowerPoint uses your company's approved images instead of stock or web images when building presentations.

What changes You'll spend less time swapping out off-brand images from a Copilot-generated deck.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Planner Agent reaches the basic plans

It used to be premium only. Now every group-based Planner plan gets it, as long as you hold a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence.

What changes You no longer upgrade the plan just to hand it tasks and have it report back.Source →

Copilot Outlook Outlook comments on your wording while you write

Copilot gives feedback on tone and structure in a side chat as you draft.

What changes Worth having when there is nobody to read it over first, especially for a second-language email or an awkward one.Source →

Copilot Outlook Outlook pulls together what you need before a meeting

Copilot gathers the mail, files and past discussion tied to your next meeting.

What changes On a day of back-to-back meetings, less time spent remembering what the last one was about.Source →

Copilot PowerPoint Copilot builds slides in web PowerPoint too

What used to need the installed app now works in the browser.

What changes You can put a first draft together from a machine that is not your work PC.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Can Now Book Restaurant Reservations

ChatGPT now connects to OpenTable, Resy, and Yelp, so telling it where, when, party size, and vibe surfaces open reservation slots directly in the chat.

What changes You can lock in a dinner reservation in one conversation instead of jumping between separate booking apps.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice Now Supports Files and Projects

You can now upload a file mid voice conversation and ask about it, or use voice inside a Project referencing its recent chats and sources.

What changes Even when your hands are busy, you can keep working with your documents just by talking instead of typing.Source →

Claude app Claude app adds automatic malware scanning for third-party skills and plugins (beta)

Enterprise plans can now turn on skill and plugin security scanning, which automatically checks third-party skills and plugins for malicious content whenever someone uploads or edits them.

What changes When a team member wants to install a skill or plugin whose origin is hard to verify, an admin who has turned this on gets malicious code filtered out automatically.Source →

ChatGPT GPT-5.6 Gets More Accurate, and Free Users Get Unlimited Chats

Plus and Pro users get an updated GPT-5.6 Sol with more reliable facts and a slider to control how much thought goes into each answer. Free and Go users get GPT-5.6 Luna as their default model this week, followed by unlimited text chats and a new Think button next week.

What changes Both answer quality and how much you can chat improve regardless of your plan, which quietly narrows one reason free users had to upgrade.Source →

ChatGPT Long Pastes Now Turn Into Attachments Automatically

Paste more than 10,000 characters into the composer and ChatGPT now converts it into an attachment instead of filling the text box with raw text.

What changes Dropping in a long log or document no longer clutters the composer, so you can keep the conversation going right after.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Work and Codex Get Plugins for Students and Educators

Three new plugins let students build study guides, quizzes, and flashcards from their own course materials, and let educators draft syllabi and course content.

What changes Instead of re-explaining your context every time, you get a tool already set up for studying or lesson prep.Source →

ChatGPT The DALL·E GPT Inside ChatGPT Is Being Retired on August 30

The official DALL·E GPT built into ChatGPT goes away on August 30. Image generation itself continues through ChatGPT Images, and user-created GPTs with image generation aren't affected.

What changes If you want to keep images you made with it, download them before August 30, since they won't be reachable through it afterward.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 SharePoint OneDrive file previews now show a floating Copilot icon

OneDrive and SharePoint's file previewer now shows a Copilot icon in the bottom-right corner. Previously you had to open Copilot separately; now you can jump straight from the preview into file-specific prompts and chat.

What changes When you're previewing a document or spreadsheet and need a summary or quick answer, you can now start right there instead of opening a separate window.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 SharePoint Copilot in SharePoint now builds sites and solutions from plain-language requests

Microsoft 365 Copilot in SharePoint can now plan and build sites or business solutions just from natural-language requests, a task that used to require dedicated technical know-how.

What changes Need a team page or a simple work site? Instead of filing a request with IT and waiting, you can describe what you want to Copilot in SharePoint and get a working draft yourself.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Microsoft 365 Copilot can now list your email attachments in chat

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat can now list the file attachments you've sent or received over email, without you having to search your inbox manually.

What changes You can just ask, 'what attachments did I get last week,' instead of digging through your inbox.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Take a screenshot directly inside Copilot

Windows Copilot now has a built-in screenshot tool, so you can capture your screen and attach it to a prompt without leaving Copilot.

What changes You can capture an error or a table on screen and ask Copilot about it on the spot, without a separate screenshot tool.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Copilot Chat Can Now Pull In SharePoint Lists Directly

In Copilot Chat, you can now search for and select SharePoint Lists directly through the Context IQ menu while composing a prompt. Previously there was no way to reach Lists from that menu.

What changes If your team tracks things like inventory, schedules, or requests in a SharePoint List, you can now pull that data straight into the chat instead of copying it in by hand.Source →

Copilot Copilot Notebooks' Overview Screen Gets a Cleaner Redesign in OneNote

The Copilot Notebooks Overview experience in OneNote has been redesigned, offering crisper AI-generated summaries and key insights, plus one-click artifacts to keep work moving.

What changes Teams that collect meeting notes in OneNote can now scan summaries and key points faster from the redesigned overview screen.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot responses now show images from your files and meetings inline

Copilot responses now surface relevant images from your files and meetings directly inline, instead of returning text only as before.

What changes When you ask about material that includes a chart or diagram, you can see the actual image alongside the explanation instead of just reading about it.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT launches a free workspace for academic researchers

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, letting verified small teams of faculty and postdocs apply for 12 months of free access to a dedicated ChatGPT workspace, supporting up to five members with business-grade data protection.

What changes A department or individual researcher without much funding can now apply and get a year of paid-tier ChatGPT for free.Source →

ChatGPT Sign in with ChatGPT rolls out

On select partner sites, including Airtable, GitLab, HubSpot, Notion, Supabase, and Vercel, you can now use Sign in with ChatGPT to create or link an account.

What changes You can sign up for these services using your existing ChatGPT login instead of creating a new password each time.Source →

Gemini Gemini on Mac now edits by voice, not just transcribes

You can speak instructions and get corrections and summaries back.

What changes Worth trying when your hands are busy, or when a long meeting recording needs to become notes.Source →

Claude app Claude Opus 5 is out

Anthropic describes it as thoughtful and proactive, close to Fable 5's intelligence at half the price.

What changes Fewer jobs need the most expensive tier. Long documents and multi-step work are where the difference shows.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice now works inside Work and Codex

ChatGPT Voice is now available inside Work and Codex on the desktop app, letting you start a task by speaking naturally and interrupt or redirect it mid-stream.

What changes You can direct work and check progress just by talking instead of typing, so you can hand off a task while your hands are busy with something else.Source →

ChatGPT Health data now shows up inside ChatGPT

Logged-in US users 18 and older can now connect supported health records and Apple Health data to see a dashboard of lab results and medications, and ask ChatGPT questions grounded in that personal health context.

What changes When you get lab results and aren't sure what they mean, you can ask ChatGPT directly instead of digging through the report yourself.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT desktop app makes it easier to switch modes and continue work

The ChatGPT desktop app was updated to make it easier to switch between Chat and Work, find past conversations and Projects, and continue Work across devices, now live for all plans on macOS and Windows.

What changes You can pick up a task on your laptop right where you left off at your desk, without re-explaining the context every time you switch machines.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT desktop app gets easier navigation and more voice

The ChatGPT desktop app makes it easier to switch between Chat and Work, find conversations and Projects, and continue Work across devices. Voice has also expanded to Work and Codex, so you can start a task by speaking and interrupt it mid-task.

What changes Picking up a task when you switch between your laptop and desktop gets easier, and when your hands are busy, you can hand off a task by talking instead of typing.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT raises the custom instructions character limit

The character limit for ChatGPT custom instructions increased from 1,500 to 5,000 for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Education users.

What changes You can now spell out your company's style guide or recurring requirements in far more detail, instead of re-explaining the same conditions every time.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT search now covers chats, projects, and files at once

ChatGPT rolled out a new way to search chats, projects, images, and documents in one place on web, iOS, and Android, searchable straight from the sidebar with filters to narrow results.

What changes Even if you can't remember which conversation you mentioned something in weeks ago, one search now finds it across chats and documents alike.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT returns to WhatsApp in the European Economic Area

ChatGPT is available again on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area, reachable by messaging a designated number without needing a ChatGPT account, supporting chat, image generation, and voice notes.

What changes European users can now call on ChatGPT straight from the WhatsApp app they already use, without installing anything new.Source →

Claude app Claude's memory is now a list of entries

What used to be lumped together by day is stored as separate topics and updated during the conversation.

What changes You can see what it holds as discrete items, so a wrong one is easy to find and delete.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Work is a new agent that carries tasks through to the end

ChatGPT now has Work, an agent for longer, more involved tasks. It researches and analyzes across connected apps and files and produces finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, and Sites, while you watch its progress, redirect it, or approve key actions. It can also run on a schedule, once, repeating, or triggered by changes.

What changes For tasks that used to mean digging through multiple sources to draft a report, you can now hand the legwork to Work and just steer it along the way.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Skills is now generally available

ChatGPT Skills is now generally available. Enterprise and Edu users can find it under Plugins in the sidebar, on the Skills tab.

What changes Once you register a repeated workflow as a skill, ChatGPT can follow that procedure without you retyping the same instructions every time.Source →

ChatGPT The new ChatGPT desktop app brings Chat, Work, and Codex together

The new ChatGPT desktop app is available globally for macOS and Windows, combining Chat for conversation, Work for research and finished deliverables, and Codex for software development in one app. With permission, Work can use local files and desktop apps, and a built-in browser lets ChatGPT gather information from the web.

What changes If you've been switching between separate windows for chatting, drafting documents, and coding, you can now do all three from one app.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Sites lets you build a website without leaving the chat, now in public beta

ChatGPT Sites is now in public beta. Without leaving ChatGPT, you can turn work or ideas into a website or lightweight app, dashboards, project trackers, launch calendars, prototypes, internal portals, reports, previewing and refining the result before sharing. Business and Enterprise customers already had access; now they can also publish Sites publicly and share them via a URL with anyone.

What changes When you need a simple status page or internal portal, you can now build it through a ChatGPT conversation, no separate web development, and hand it off as a single link.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT is retiring group chats

Starting July 9, users on web, iOS, and Android can no longer create new group chats, convert existing conversations into group chats, or join one through an invite link. Existing group chats remain usable, and even once one turns read-only, its messages, files, and images stay accessible. Individual conversations are unaffected.

What changes If you've been using a group chat with colleagues, it still works for now, but since you can't create new ones, you'll need another way to start fresh group collaboration.Source →

Claude app It shows where your month actually went

Settings > Reflect now has a monthly recap: topics covered, busiest day, peak hours.

What changes Something to point at when you write a retrospective or a status report and need to recall what you were really buried in.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice switches to a new model that handles overlapping speech naturally

ChatGPT Voice now runs on new models, GPT-Live-1 for paid users and GPT-Live-1 mini for Free users. Both can listen and speak at the same time, making turn-taking and interruptions feel more natural. It works inside a ChatGPT chat, showing streamed text alongside spoken responses, and can use web search, memory, and supported widgets to show visual results.

What changes You can interrupt mid-sentence with a new question and it responds naturally, making voice chats feel more like an actual phone call.Source →

Claude app Claude Cowork moves to web and mobile

Desktop-only until now. Rolling out from the Max plan onward.

What changes You can check progress and give the next instruction without being at your desk.Source →

Claude app Claude can act on your Outlook mail and calendar

The Microsoft 365 connector goes beyond search: drafting and sending mail, creating calendar events.

What changes "Reply with this and book a follow-up next Tuesday" becomes one step. It is write access, so decide deliberately what you allow.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Now Builds PowerPoint Slides From Inside the App

ChatGPT for PowerPoint is now generally available worldwide. From a sidebar inside PowerPoint, you can create new slides and decks, revise existing presentations, and ask questions about a deck's story and structure.

What changes You no longer need to switch between a ChatGPT tab and PowerPoint to build a deck. When you're up against a deadline, you can ask about slide structure right from the sidebar.Source →

Claude app Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 Is Restored

Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, suspended for a while, has been restored.

What changes If you had switched workflows to another model while these were down, you can move back now.Source →

Claude app Claude Sonnet 5 is out

Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet yet, with gains over Sonnet 4.6 in reasoning, tool use, coding and knowledge work.

What changes The mid tier now covers a wider range of work before you need to move up.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT's Personal Finance Feature Reaches Plus Users and Android

ChatGPT's personal finance feature is rolling out to Plus users in the US on web and iOS, and is now available on Android for Pro and Plus users. Eligible users can connect financial accounts and view a dashboard while asking ChatGPT questions.

What changes Instead of opening several banking apps on payday, you can now ask ChatGPT directly about this month's spending in one place.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Dictation Gets More Accurate

ChatGPT rolled out a new speech-to-text model for dictation across all plans. There's no change to how you use it, but transcription accuracy improved across languages, accents, and when speakers mix languages mid-sentence.

What changes If you dictate notes on the go or mix English and Korean mid-sentence, you'll retype fewer corrections afterward.Source →

ChatGPT Codex Remote Goes GA, Letting You Approve Coding Sessions From Your Phone

Codex Remote is now generally available on all ChatGPT plans. From the ChatGPT mobile app, you can start or continue work on a connected Mac or Windows host, check progress, and approve actions. Remote Control now uses authenticated one-to-one QR pairing per device.

What changes You can kick off a long coding task and step away, then check progress and approve the next step from your phone even in a meeting.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT's Default Model, GPT-5.5 Instant, Gets Better at Advice and Planning

OpenAI updated GPT-5.5 Instant, ChatGPT's most-used model, to improve conversational quality, especially when users are making a decision, asking for advice, planning something, researching options, or shopping. The model better identifies the underlying goal behind a question.

What changes When you're working through a multi-step decision like a job change or a move, the conversation flows more naturally without having to re-explain context each time.Source →

Claude app You Can Now Delegate Work to Claude Directly in Slack

On Team and Enterprise plans, you can now tag Claude in a Slack conversation and hand off a task while you do something else.

What changes You don't need to switch over to a separate Claude app to delegate something, since the Slack thread you're already in is enough.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Now Turns Long Pastes Into Attachments Automatically

For ChatGPT Free and Go users, pasting more than 10,000 characters into the composer now automatically converts the content into an attachment instead of inserting it directly into the text field.

What changes Pasting a full meeting transcript or long report no longer clutters the composer, and you can refer back to it as a separate attachment instead of scrolling through the chat.Source →

ChatGPT Codex's New Record & Replay Turns a Demo Into a Reusable Skill

The Codex app for macOS added Record & Replay: demonstrate a repetitive workflow once, and it turns that demonstration into a reusable skill you can run again automatically.

What changes If you have a repetitive task that's easier to show than describe, like filing a configured issue or downloading a recurring report, this lets you automate the process itself. It requires Computer Use to be enabled, and initial availability is limited.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT's Scheduled Tasks Get Their Own Management Page

ChatGPT added a dedicated Scheduled page, accessible from the sidebar, where you can see all active tasks, check when they'll run next, and pause, resume, edit, or delete them in one place.

What changes If you've been having ChatGPT handle reminders or recurring work, you no longer have to dig through past chats to find them, everything's managed from one screen.Source →

ChatGPT GPT-5.2 Models Retired, Conversations Auto-Switch to GPT-5.5

As of June 12, 2026, GPT-5.2 Instant, Thinking, and Pro are no longer available in ChatGPT. Existing conversations that used GPT-5.2 automatically continue on the corresponding GPT-5.5 model.

What changes If you had a workflow that specifically called GPT-5.2, your conversations keep working without any action needed, but know that GPT-5.5 is now the one actually responding.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Adds Finer Controls Over Memory

You can now delete individual memories from the memory summary page, and turn memory off entirely via "Delete and turn off memory" in the three-dot menu. This doesn't delete your past chats.

What changes If a specific thing ChatGPT remembers bothers you, you can now delete just that item instead of turning memory off entirely. Note that if you turn memory back on later, it may recreate memories from chats still in your history.Source →

Claude app Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 Has Been Suspended

Anthropic suspended access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, saying it aims to restore access as quickly as possible, with details in its official statement.

What changes If you were relying on either model for work, you'll need to switch to another Claude model for now. The most reliable way to check restoration status is Anthropic's own notice or announcement.Source →

Claude app You Can Now Edit Claude's Drafts in Place

When Claude writes a draft, like a report or a plan, in chat or Claude Cowork, it opens right beside the conversation. Highlight the part you want changed, type the change, and it's edited right there.

What changes You don't have to re-describe a whole paragraph or switch apps, just point at the part you want changed.Source →

Claude app Claude Fable 5 launched

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model made safe for general use.

What changes Capabilities from Anthropic's top-tier model family, previously aimed mainly at enterprise customers, are now available to everyday users through Fable 5.Source →

Claude app Claude Opus upgraded to version 4.8

Claude Opus has been upgraded to version 4.8. Anthropic says it improves on the previous 4.7 version in coding, agentic tasks, reasoning, and practical knowledge work.

What changes If you've been using Opus for complex reports or multi-step task automation, the same requests are now more likely to come back better.Source →

Notion Simple tables can merge cells

Cell merging now works in plain tables, not only databases.

What changes Headers can span columns and related rows can be grouped, so the explanation stays inside the table.Source →

Notion Notion adds a planning mode

A screen for laying out what happens in what order before you start.

What changes When several people are involved, you can agree on sequence before anyone makes a page.Source →

Notion Notion's mobile home screen is rebuilt

The layout you land on when you open the mobile app has been reworked.

What changes Fewer taps to reach the pages you open from your phone all the time.Source →

Claude app Anthropic Launches Claude Design for Collaborative Visual Work

Alongside Opus 4.7, Anthropic Labs launched Claude Design, a new product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create visual outputs like design mockups, prototypes, slides, and one-pagers.

What changes Instead of switching to a separate design tool, you can now create and refine visual materials, like a deck or a mockup, directly through conversation with Claude.Source →

Grok xAI's Grok 4.6 is now on the API

Source says August 2026 · checked 2026-10-04

Grok 4.6, SpaceXAI's frontier model for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work, is now on the xAI API. It has a 500k context window, takes image inputs, and costs $2 per 1M input tokens for prompts under 200k tokens.

What changes It is one more option for work that feeds in a whole long document or codebase at once. Prices double above 200k prompt tokens, which matters when estimating cost.Source →

Grok Grok 4.7 ships with a 500K-token context window and selectable reasoning effort

Source says September 2026 · checked 2026-09-28

xAI released Grok 4.7, its frontier model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work, on the API. It has a 500K-token context window and four reasoning-effort levels: low, medium, high (default), and extra-high. Pricing starts at $2 per million input tokens for prompts under 200K tokens, rising to $4 above that.

What changes If you regularly need to feed in long documents or an entire codebase, the bigger context window means less trimming to fit under the limit, and you can dial reasoning effort down to save cost when you don't need it.Source →

Grok Grok Releases Voice Transcribe 2.0

Source says September 2026 · checked 2026-09-19

Grok's speech-to-text model is now available as version 2.0, though 1.0 remains the default; using 2.0 requires selecting it explicitly.

What changes If you use Grok's API to transcribe meetings or calls, it's worth switching to 2.0 to see if accuracy improves for your use case.Source →

Grok Grok retires the grok-imagine-image-quality model on November 2

Source says September 2026 · checked 2026-09-08

Starting November 2, requests to grok-imagine-image-quality will be served by grok-imagine-image-2.0 with quality set to low, at no change to the request or response format and a lower per-image price. grok-imagine-image (1.0) is unaffected.

What changes If your code or automation calls this model by name, requests auto-route to the replacement, but output quality may shift, so compare actual results before November 2.Source →

Grok Grok Imagine's video model adds text-to-video at 1080p

Source says July 2026 · checked 2026-09-08

grok-imagine-video-1.5 now supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video, with optional preset voices, and native 1080p for the text- and image-based modes.

What changes You can generate a 1080p video straight from a text description with no source image needed, skipping the shoot-or-source-image step for short promo or social clips.Source →

Perplexity Perplexity's Pro Search reaches general availability

Source says November 2025 · checked 2026-09-02

Pro Search, which breaks a question into multiple automated web searches and reasoning steps, is now generally available on the Sonar Pro model.

What changes You can ask a complex research question in one go and Perplexity will break it into multiple searches on its own.Source →

Perplexity Attach files directly to your Perplexity search

Source says September 2025 · checked 2026-09-02

You can now upload PDF, Word, and text files and ask questions about them or get a summary.

What changes You can upload a report or contract as-is and ask for just the key points.Source →

Perplexity Image uploads now open to all Perplexity users

Source says April 2025 · checked 2026-09-02

Uploading an image to use as part of a search is now available to every user, not just paid tiers.

What changes Snap a photo and ask about what's in it right away.Source →

Grok Grok's voice mode upgrades to Think Fast 2.0

Source says July 2026 · checked 2026-09-02

Grok's voice conversation model is upgrading to Think Fast 2.0, with the existing voice mode automatically routing to it starting August 5.

What changes No settings to change, your next voice conversation should already feel faster.Source →

Grok Grok's web search adds image search

Source says May 2026 · checked 2026-09-02

Grok's web search can now explicitly search for images and show them in its replies.

What changes When something's hard to explain in words, you can get related images back alongside the answer.Source →

Grok Grok adds custom, cloneable voices

Source says May 2026 · checked 2026-09-02

You can now clone a voice from a short audio clip and use it for both text-to-speech and voice conversations.

What changes You can hear Grok's answers in your own voice or one you choose.Source →

Perplexity Perplexity Cuts GPT-5.6 Prices and Adds a Fast Mode

Source says July 2026 · checked 2026-09-01

Perplexity cut GPT-5.6 Luna's price to $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, and GPT-5.6 Terra to $2 and $12 respectively. GPT-5.6 Sol now supports a Fast mode at 2x standard pricing for quicker responses.

What changes If your work uses Perplexity's API, you can pick the pricier Fast mode for urgent requests and save on the rest with the lower base pricing.Source →