A March 27, 2026 Hacker News post linking Claude Code's new scheduling docs reached 282 points and 230 comments at crawl time. Anthropic says scheduled tasks run on Anthropic-managed infrastructure, can clone GitHub repos into fresh sessions, and are available to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users.
Perplexity introduced Computer for Enterprise on March 12, 2026 as a managed execution layer for enterprise agent workflows. The company says it inherits SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO, audit logs, and admin controls, while keeping browser activity and code execution inside isolated sandbox environments.
OpenAI introduced the Codex app on February 2, 2026. The macOS desktop interface is built to supervise multiple agents in parallel, manage skills and automations, and was expanded to Windows on March 4, 2026.
IBM said on February 17, 2026 that it is rolling out agentic AI capabilities across a broad set of enterprise software products in Q1 2026. The plan spans Db2, Sterling OMS, Cognos Analytics, MQ, Cloud Pak for Integration, Engineering Lifecycle Management, Sterling B2B Integration SaaS, and App Connect Enterprise.
Perplexity has introduced Computer for Enterprise as a major upgrade to its Enterprise offering. The product pushes Perplexity beyond answer generation into long-running workflows across websites and internal web apps, while adding audit, identity, and data-governance controls.
OpenAI says Codex Automations are generally available and now expose controls for model choice, reasoning level, branch strategy, and reusable templates. The update pushes Codex from ad hoc sessions toward repeatable background workflows for software teams.
Axe argues that agent software should look more like pipes, TOML configs, and short-lived commands than like one giant chatbot runtime, an idea that resonated with Hacker News readers building automation around local and cloud models.
Cursor introduced Automations, describing always-on agents that can continuously monitor and improve a codebase based on user-defined triggers and instructions. The launch points to a shift from reactive assistants to persistent engineering automation.
Google is introducing Gemini task automation in early preview on select Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26 devices. The assistant can prepare multi-step app actions like ride-hailing and food orders while users keep final submission control.