ChatGPT Pro users can now delegate parts of a task to parallel agents in the Chat tab and track their progress. OpenAI also claims GPT-6 Pro responds faster and works better with plugins and tools, but has published no figures showing the gains. The October 16 rollout leaves key details about how the feature works unanswered.

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Vijoy Pandey, SVP and GM of Outshift by Cisco, joins host Alex Kantrowitz to discuss how AI agents from different vendors could work together in enterprises. Pandey describes the infrastructure needed to connect agents and the risks that arise when their goals or assumptions diverge. He also shares his views on quantum computing, encryption risks, and how networking may evolve.

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Reflection AI has released Beam’s model weights and customization tools, making the 501-billion-parameter model available to developers after first introducing it as an efficient open-weight challenger. The package includes fine-tuning recipes, evaluation tools and a drafter model intended to reduce inference costs.

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Microsoft has extended support for App-V Server through October 9, 2029, giving organizations more time to move away from the legacy application-delivery system. The extension covers security updates when needed, but brings no new features or product changes.

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Microsoft’s MAI-Base-2 has 2.8 trillion parameters—not the 2 trillion reported in initial coverage—and activates 80 billion per token. Pretraining is complete, but the model is still undergoing post-training, so it is not yet a finished model for deployment.

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Microsoft Edge will disable browser-native XSLT by default in version 159, expected in mid-December 2026, then remove support entirely in version 176 in summer 2027. The timetable gives organizations a migration window as Chromium’s XSLT changes threaten RD Web Access compatibility.

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DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash-1017 posts a 77% DeepSWE score at an average cost below $0.20 per task in the company’s tests, while producing shorter outputs than its predecessor. DeepSeek has also opened its Search and Fetch APIs to developers, charging $0.75 per 1,000 calls.

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Brock Mesarich covers new AI models and agents, including Google Gemini 4 Argon, Grokbot’s dedicated email, and Fish Audio Drama 3. He also discusses the possible arrival of Claude Fable 5.5 and Meta’s Muse models. The updates highlight a shift toward AI that can complete tasks, create realistic speech, and run on local hardware.

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Public preview extends Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to Linux desktops with the same agent that already guards Linux servers. This guide covers licensing, system requirements, and how Defender classifies a Linux machine as a workstation or a server. It also walks through installing and onboarding the agent with the Defender deployment tool, checking antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR), and managing the agent from a central console. 4sysops reported the announcement in Microsoft Defender brings its Linux server agent to desktops.

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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees ambient AI reducing the need to open apps: sensors and AI could anticipate tasks instead of waiting for users to ask. New Bee wearables put that idea into practice by recording and summarizing parts of a user’s day, while Amazon says raw audio is deleted after processing.

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Anthropic has given six METR evaluators access to internal tools and systems to assess its AI models and safety practices. METR can publish its findings without Anthropic’s approval, although the company can require certain sensitive information to be removed.

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Cloudflare plans to give Verified bots trust bands based on whether they respect website rules and respond to feedback. The system is currently being evaluated internally; Cloudflare plans to publish bands on Radar and let customers set thresholds for managing this traffic. The scoring method and independent validation have not been disclosed.

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A ChatGPT plugin helped Stack Overflow triple registrations for Stack Overflow for Agents, the company says. The integration simplifies setup compared with configuring a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connection, and Stack Overflow also reports agent creation rose as much as tenfold.

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Trump’s Super Intelligence Force will commission a report on AI risks, while warning AI companies to report rogue behavior by their systems and take corrective action. The review will focus on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, biosecurity and dual-use applications, and model control and accountability.

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Meta’s Muse Spark Open can run locally on Apple silicon—but not on a typical Mac. The optimized model needs multiple high-memory Mac Studios, while Meta’s Muse agent and its models still run in the cloud.

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Microsoft’s October 13 dynamic updates include KB5127654, which improves the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2 and 26H2. The updates also cover Windows 10 recovery and Windows setup components, and Microsoft says they install automatically through Windows Update.

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Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26340.9750 adds passwordless web sign-in for Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined devices and can brighten the screen to help Windows Hello recognize faces in dark rooms. The Experimental Channel update also refreshes Xbox gaming controls and fixes several everyday Windows issues.

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Windows 11 Experimental (26H1) Build 28120.3272 adds a keyboard-toggleable Pointer Indicator and a new Live Captions option that excludes screen-reader audio by default. It also refines Search, extending the WinUI 3 Search redesign with inline actions introduced in an earlier 26H1 build.

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Microsoft has released Windows 11 Release Preview update KB5127936 for versions 25H2 and 26H2, bringing builds 26200.9807 and 26300.9807. Highlights include a cloud-based PC rebuild option that IT can manage remotely, IPv6 CLAT support, and a customizable File Explorer context menu. The update also warns that prompt-based DPAPI protection will be retired in April 2027.

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