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Gemini API Managed Agents: 3.6 Flash, hooks, and more
Google has expanded Managed Agents in the Gemini API, making the new Gemini 3.6 Flash model the default with no code changes required. A new 'environment hooks' feature lets developers run custom scripts before and after tool calls to block, lint, or audit agent actions, alongside new budget caps on total token usage and scheduled, recurring agent runs.
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PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google
Over the weekend, an unknown number of Claude shared conversations and Artifacts turned out to be publicly searchable on Google after users posted 'anyone with the link' share URLs to forums and social media and Google indexed them. Exposed content reportedly included medical records, clinical trial results with patient names, children's contact details, and internal company documents, though Anthropic said the listings had disappeared from search by Monday afternoon.
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Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs
Meta began a global, phased rollout on July 27 of its Meta AI chatbot directly inside Threads' direct messages, letting users share posts, images, links, and videos with the assistant and ask follow-up questions; those who don't want it can mute @meta.ai, mark posts 'Not interested,' or hide AI replies.
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I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else
OpenAI unveiled Micro, a $230 specialty keypad built with keyboard designer Work Louder to pair with its Codex coding tool. It has six customizable 'agent' keys on top, six command keys below, and a voice-dictation button, with status lights that shift from white (idle) to blue (thinking) to green (done) to red (error).
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Agentic coding goes hands-free as OpenAI brings GPT-Live's full duplex voice control to Codex and ChatGPT on the desktop
OpenAI has folded GPT-Live — the full-duplex voice model it launched on July 8 that can listen and speak at the same time — into the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and Windows, letting developers drive Codex and ChatGPT Work agents by voice alone. Developers can now kick off several tasks at once with a single spoken command — chasing down an auth bug, reviewing a pull request, and generating missing unit tests simultaneously.
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OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
OpenAI added voice mode to the ChatGPT desktop app on July 24, letting users control apps and websites on their computer screen just by speaking. The feature builds on the "ChatGPT-Live" voice models unveiled earlier this month, and on macOS it reads the screen via screenshots with alt-text recognition. OpenAI demoed a single voice command — "create a new thread, make a pull request, and find the root cause for a bug" — triggering a full multi-step task.
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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
OpenAI opened ChatGPT Health to all US users 18 and older across every tier — free, Go, Plus, and Pro — starting July 23. Users can connect Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Function Health, and medical-record systems like Epic and Oracle Health, and that connected data now works inside regular conversations, not just a dedicated health tab. Weekly health-related queries have grown from 230 million at the January pilot launch to 300 million now.
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Launching Health in ChatGPT
In its official announcement, OpenAI said eligible US users can now securely connect medical records and Apple Health data to ChatGPT for more personalized health insights. It said the latest GPT 5.6-Luna model outperforms prior versions on health-related questions, and that during the pilot, 70% of health-related queries happened in regular conversations rather than the dedicated health tab.
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Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI officially launched the "ChatGPT for Small Business" program on July 21, aimed at helping small business owners build AI skills, automate their work, and grow using ChatGPT Work.
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Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone
Google's Gemini assistant has topped 950 million monthly active users, closing in on the billion-user mark. That's a sharp jump from 750 million in February and roughly triple its user base a year ago. ChatGPT, for comparison, already crossed 1 billion users back in June.
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3 Google updates from Galaxy Unpacked 2026
At Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event in London, Google detailed deeper Gemini integration across the new foldable lineup. On the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Flip8 series, Gemini's task-automation feature — handling chores like food orders and restaurant reservations — now works across more than 40 popular apps, and buyers of the new foldables get a six-month free trial of Google AI Pro. Smart glasses developed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are also set to launch this fall.
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Introducing OpenAI Presence
OpenAI launched Presence, an enterprise platform for deploying voice and chat AI agents. It bundles guardrails that define policies and pre-approved actions, evaluation tools, and a Codex-powered improvement loop, letting companies hand agents everything from identity verification to real tasks like billing and refunds. OpenAI first tested it on its own customer support phone line, where it matched human-level quality within a few weeks and now resolves about 75% of inbound issues without a human stepping in.