🤖 OpenAI realeses ChatGPT Agent 🤖
Now ChatGPT autonomously does end-to-end workflow automation

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Agent, a unified agentic system that combines the capabilities of Operator's web browsing, Deep Research's analysis, and ChatGPT's conversational intelligence into a single platform.

Available to Pro, Plus, and Team users through agent mode in the tools dropdown, ChatGPT Agent can handle complex multi-step workflows like analyzing calendars, planning purchases, creating presentations, and conducting competitor analysis.

The system uses a virtual computer with multiple tools including visual browser, text-based browser, terminal, and API access, plus ChatGPT connectors for apps like Gmail and GitHub.

Unlike previous models, ChatGPT Agent supports iterative, collaborative workflows where users can interrupt, clarify instructions, or change tasks mid-execution without losing progress. The agent includes safety measures like tool limits, always-on classifiers for prompt injection, and approval requests for sensitive actions.

🔗 New Anthropic Claude Connectors for Workspace Integration 🔗
MCP integrations transform Claude into informed workplace collaborator

Anthropic has unveiled a Connectors Directory that transforms Claude into an integrated workspace collaborator through one-click app connections. Powered by the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the directory enables Claude to connect directly with Notion, Canva, Stripe, Figma, Socket, and Prisma, providing access to real work context and data.

Users can now request actions like "write release notes for our latest sprint from Linear" and Claude will pull actual tickets to generate professional documentation.

The directory offers remote service connectors (available on paid plans) and local desktop extensions (free for all users) accessible at claude.ai/directory. This enhancement complements Anthropic's expanded Research capabilities that can analyze connected apps, web data, and Google Workspace for up to 45 minutes to deliver comprehensive reports with citations. The integration eliminates the need to explain context from scratch, enabling Claude to function as an informed AI collaborator rather than just a helpful assistant.

🔍 Mistral presents Deep Research Mode in Le Chat
Plus voice interaction, multilingual reasoning, advanced image editing

Mistral AI has significantly enhanced Le Chat with a suite of new features led by Deep Research mode, which transforms the assistant into a coordinated research partner that can plan, clarify needs, search, and synthesize structured reports with credible sources and references.

The update introduces Voice mode powered by the new Voxtral model for natural, low-latency speech recognition, enabling users to talk naturally without typing.

Think mode leverages Mistral's reasoning model Magistral for complex multilingual reasoning, supporting code-switching between languages mid-sentence for thoughtful answers in any language. New Projects feature helps users organize conversations into context-rich folders with dedicated Libraries and persistent tool settings.

Additionally, Le Chat now offers advanced image editing in partnership with Black Forest Labs, allowing users to create and edit images with simple prompts like "remove the object" while preserving characters and details across series.

INTERESTING TO KNOW

🤖 Cognition acquires Windsurf after Google talent grab🤖

AI coding startup Windsurf experienced a dramatic weekend after OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition collapsed and Google executed a $2.4 billion reverse-acquihire targeting CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen for DeepMind.

The move left 250 employees stranded without compensation, particularly recent hires. Cognition, creator of the Devin AI agent, stepped in with a rescue acquisition of Windsurf's remaining IP, product, and workforce, ensuring 100% employee financial participation with waived vesting cliffs.
Cognition now plans to integrate Windsurf's agentic IDE capabilities with Devin's autonomous coding features while restoring Claude API access that Anthropic had previously terminated.

The acquisition transforms potential disaster into strategic opportunity for both the abandoned workforce and Cognition's AI development ambitions.

📔 Google launches Featured Notebooks in NotebookLM 📔 

Google has introduced Featured Notebooks in NotebookLM, a new feature that provides curated collections from respected authors, researchers, publications, and nonprofits to help users explore various topics with high-quality sources.

The initial lineup includes longevity advice from Eric Topol (author of "Super Agers"), expert predictions for 2025 from The Economist's World Ahead report, life advice from Arthur C. Brooks' Atlantic columns, a science guide to Yellowstone National Park, human wellbeing trends from Oxford's Our World In Data, science-backed parenting advice from Jacqueline Nesi's Techno Sapiens newsletter, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, and Q1 earnings reports from the top 50 public companies.

Each collection supports all NotebookLM features including AI-powered Q&A, Audio Overviews, Mind Maps, and citations from original material.