Product updates

OpenAI says it is opening up the ChatGPT platform, letting developers build full native apps with plugin extensions and publish them directly inside ChatGPT. The platform reaches more than 1.2 billion weekly active users, and the plugins appear directly in the conversation.

At DevDay, OpenAI announced a set of ChatGPT updates: an open Plugin Extensions system, shared workspace Space, collaborative Pages and Slides, Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations, automated workflows, and an enterprise marketplace.

At Dev Day, OpenAI launched personal agent assistant Dots, powered by GPT-6 Astra and pitched as able to pursue a user's goals in the background without being tied to specific hardware or an interface. Dots opens in ChatGPT from Tuesday for eligible Pro and Business Premium users, can be started from Codex or ChatGPT, and supports interaction through Slack, Teams and other platforms, with SMS support coming soon.

In its DevDay keynote, OpenAI launched Dots, an AI assistant that runs persistently in the background, powered by the GPT-6 Astra model and able to reach browsers and more than 4,000 supported apps through its own cloud computer.

At its DevDay 2026 developer conference, OpenAI launched the always-on agent Dots, which can handle tasks on its own such as fixing bugs reported in Slack or sending forgotten invoices. It also released the cheaper model GPT-6.1 Sol; the high-end GPT-6.1 Astra was held back over safety concerns.

At DevDay 2026 in San Francisco, OpenAI announced expansions to Codex and its API: Codex gains reusable cloud development environments and Codex Security Cloud repository vulnerability scanning, the ChatGPT desktop app adds a code review view, and Codex CLI supports voice launch and an /agents view.

OpenAI released dots, a proactive assistant that keeps work moving on complex projects and everyday tasks. OpenAI says dots keeps users in control as tasks progress.

At DevDay 2026, OpenAI launched more than 20 products and features, with the core aim of making ChatGPT a work operating system.

Google DeepMind detailed a new capability for Private AI Compute: private, server-side persistent memory that lets an AI assistant keep context across devices. Data sits sealed in encrypted storage, and the unlock key stays only on the user's device. When the model needs access, an end-to-end encrypted channel carries it into a secure cloud enclave, where it is briefly decrypted in isolated memory and immediately re-encrypted.

Anthropic overhauled Claude's Projects: it's no longer a folder of chats, but a hosted project space that supports multiple parallel conversation threads with cross-thread context. You can group related conversations into one Project, and Claude remembers context across threads. Team plans get shared projects with permission controls. The post doesn't spell out free-tier project limits or max threads per project.

Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome Atlas, a platform holding effect predictions for 9 billion single-nucleotide variants across the human genome. It spans 1PB, more than 30 times the size of the AlphaFold Database.

Google DeepMind launched the Fairwind Program, giving government agencies, critical infrastructure operators and cybersecurity partners limited access to its most advanced cyber defense capabilities. The program pairs a dedicated cyber model, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, with the CodeMender harness to autonomously find, verify and fix vulnerabilities, cutting weeks of manual remediation to deployable patches generated in minutes, at lower cost than traditional frontier models.

Anthropic released Enterprise Frontier Safeguards (EFS), which pairs zero data retention (ZDR) privacy with safety monitoring for abuse detection. Data sits in the customer's own cloud infrastructure rather than at Anthropic.

Anthropic announced a new Claude team plan for scientists, opening 10,000 seats to researchers worldwide. Standard seats are free; a higher-tier seat with 5x usage limits costs $15 per month for one year. Anthropic says it plans to grow the program beyond 10,000 seats in the coming months.

Anthropic extended Claude's memory beyond chat to Claude Cowork and Claude Code. Users can now view, edit, or delete individual memory entries in a unified panel. The post doesn't specify memory capacity limits or cross-session latency, but confirms memory works across products and users can disable it entirely.

Gemini 3.7 Flash is now live for Pro and Ultra subscribers in Gemini chat. Google claims better multi-step reasoning and accuracy—e.g., merging dozens of files and emails into one master doc. Gemini Spark also moved to 3.7 Flash, with improved tool calling across Google Workspace apps. The post doesn't say when free-tier users will get access.

Anthropic now embeds invisible watermarks in Claude's text outputs to comply with the EU AI Act's transparency code. Complaints surfaced fast on Reddit and X: people worry that bosses or teachers will scan their work and catch them using AI for reports or assignments. The post doesn't explain how the watermark works technically, whether it can be stripped, or if Anthropic plans an opt-out for paying users.

Mistral announced general availability of Mistral Regional Endpoints, letting customers choose whether inference runs in Europe or the US. Mistral Priority Tier also entered public preview, offering custom rate limits and an availability commitment backed by an SLA.

Anthropic announced that Claude Code will default to auto mode for Pro, Max, and Team plans, letting the model run terminal commands and file operations without per-action approval. The post only provides a headline and one sentence—no rollout date, permission boundaries, or safety details are disclosed. What's confirmed so far is just the default-on direction; specifics will need a follow-up.

Anthropic expanded voice mode from Haiku to Opus and Sonnet—all three models now support it. The bigger move: voice mode can now plug into Gmail, Slack, and other apps to read your emails and messages. The post doesn't disclose latency or accuracy numbers, so I'd wait for real-world tests.