Google said on February 24, 2026 that it is rolling out a new agent step in Opal for all users. The feature lets Opal choose the right tools and models for a goal, adds Memory across sessions, and pushes the product from static workflow wiring toward more interactive agentic workflows.
GitHub said on March 5, 2026 that Copilot code review now runs on an agentic tool-calling architecture and is generally available for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise. The update is designed to pull wider repository context into reviews so comments are higher-signal and less noisy.
Perplexity says users can now guide Perplexity Computer by voice, not just text. The update turns mid-task feedback and redirection into a spoken control loop for long-running agent work on the web.
Andrej Karpathy has published autoresearch, a minimal repo that lets AI agents iterate on a stripped-down nanochat training loop overnight. The project turns agent evaluation into a closed-loop research workflow with fixed 5-minute runs, Git branches, and validation-loss-based selection.
A high-ranking Hacker News thread highlighted an argument that coding agents can remove the biggest cost of literate programming: keeping prose and code in sync. The post points to Org Mode-style runbooks and executable documentation as a more practical fit for AI-assisted software work.
Azure says GPT-5.4 is now available in Microsoft Foundry for production-grade agent workloads. Microsoft’s supporting post adds GPT-5.4 Pro, pricing, and initial deployment options, with governance controls positioned as part of the pitch.
OpenAI Developers has updated its GPT-5.4 API prompting guide. The new guidance focuses on tool use, structured outputs, verification loops, and long-running workflows for production-grade agents.
OpenAI and Amazon said AWS customers will get a Stateful Runtime Environment in Amazon Bedrock for production-grade agent workflows. The announcement moves agent execution closer to managed AWS infrastructure with persistent state, governance, and long-running workflow support.
Microsoft Research introduced CORPGEN on February 26, 2026 to evaluate and improve agent performance in realistic multi-task office scenarios. The framework reports up to 3.5x higher task completion than baseline systems under heavy concurrent load.
OpenAI announced an Operator upgrade adding Google Drive slides creation/editing and Jupyter-mode code execution in Browser. It also said Operator availability expanded to 20 additional regions in recent weeks, with new country additions including Korea and several European markets.
Anthropic launched Claude Cowork plugins that embed Claude natively into Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Gmail, and Google Drive—enabling autonomous cross-app workflows for enterprise users.
Google DeepMind announced SIMA 2 on November 13, 2025 as a generalist foundation model for virtual 3D environments. The system is designed to play and reason alongside humans, with in-context learning that can improve behavior from examples.