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OpenAI is working on support for Gifts in Codex! > Send Codex credits to a friend to help them turn their ideas into reality. Codex credits is a new currency 👀

MISTRAL 🔥: Mistral reinforces its executive leadership team in order to scale its global expansion. > Johan Bergqvist is appointed Chief Financial Officer > Brian Hall is appointed Chief Marketing Officer > Kamal Brar is appointed SVP, Partners & Alliances

Microsoft announced Skills for Copilot in Excel! > Today, we’re introducing new features built for financial professionals to continue doing that with skills for repeatable workflows, new financial connectors for trusted data, and improved capabilities for traceability.

OPENAI 🔥: GPT-5.6 release was staggered due to a federal government request, as reported by The Information. US government may require AI labs to get an approval before model releases. A new reality 👀

GOOGLE 🔥: Gemini app for macOS will get Computer Use support and will be able to operate other desktop devices remotely. Users will have an option to "Connect another Mac" from the attachment menu on the prompt bar. Closing feature gaps 🤖

OPENAI 🔥: GPT-5.6-Preview has been spotted in the ChatGPT code. It was likely made available to certain partner Enterprises too. This also potentially means that it will remain in a limited preview state for some time. Not soon? 👀

DeepReinforce releases Ornith-1.0 open-source coding models DeepReinforce released Ornith-1.0, open-source coding models from 9B to 397B that learn both scaffolds and solutions during RL. With layered anti-reward-hacking safeguards, the family posts strong coding benchmark results across model sizes. 🗞 #sponsored @testingcatalog

Anthropic is serving “0 traffic” to Fable 5 at this moment despite the earlier reports, as confirmed by Sam. But we still all waiting patiently 👀

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Loads of signs for Claude Fable 5 to become available very soon! > Some users got it working on Claude Code. > Polymarket prediction landscape changed. > AWS Bedrock and internal Claude CLI descriptions got updated.

ICYMI 👀: OpenAI upgraded its GPT-5.5-Instant model on ChatGPT for paid users and free users are getting it as well, shortly. > It handles complex constraints more reliably and makes shopping and local recommendations more useful and cohesive. Most of you won’t use it but there are also loads of free users who will.

Google Flow Agent can now use Google Maps Street View grounding to generate images and videos. Only works with US locations at this moment. > "Your Google Flow Agent can now generate images and videos grounded in Google Maps Street View, giving your scenes real-world details and accuracy, whether you are placing characters in a local scene, stylizing a city landmark, or reimagining your favorite neighborhood." > "To use the feature, enable Agent mode and use a named location or a street address in your prompt. This feature is available globally, but currently only for US locations."

Google released Computer Use capability for Gemini 3.5 Flash, scoring 78.4 on OSWorld-Verified. > Computer use is now a built-in tool supported in Gemini 3.5 Flash, delivering our best performance yet for agentic computer use tasks.

As a part of the "Speak to Window" feature, Gemini desktop app will also get a "Magic Pointer", showcased earlier by Google. > Give Gemini the full picture: Help Gemini understand your goals from anywhere on your screen. Just highlight info in any open window, then tell Gemini what to edit, summarise or create.

GOOGLE 🔥: Gemini desktop app for macOS will get a new voice dictation feature called "Speak to Window" that works with any other app. > Create with just your voice: Meet Speak to Window. Hold the fn key in any open window and tell Gemini what you need. Watch it draft emails, write docs, and create images right where you're working. Gemini Voice Keyboard 👀

Google tests voice dictation and Magic Pointer on Gemini desktop Google’s Gemini app for macOS may add system-wide voice dictation, cursor-aware guidance, and possible device linking, alongside a redesigned full-screen voice UI, bringing the desktop client closer to mobile and web. 🗞 #gemini @testingcatalog

OpenAI 🤝 Broadcom OpenAI announced its first AI chip, designed and produced in a partnership with Broadcom. > New SOTA in performance per watt. > OpenAI models were used to accelerate its development. > Will be deployed at gigawatt scale over multiple generations. OpenAI is full stack now 👀

Meta launches AI glasses with three new styles from $299 Meta launched AI-powered Meta Glasses with EssilorLuxottica, offering 26 prescription-compatible styles from $299. Features include open-ear audio, hands-free capture, 8-hour battery life, and Meta AI with live translation support. 🗞 #ai @testingcatalog

Anthropic launches Claude Tag on Team and Enterprise plans Anthropic launched Claude Tag, a Slack-based team agent for Claude Enterprise and Team users. It works in shared channels, uses channel-scoped permissions and admin controls, and shifts Slack work billing from individuals to organizations. 🗞 #claude @testingcatalog

Mistral launches OCR 4 for multilingual document extraction Mistral OCR 4 targets enterprise document understanding with structured extraction, block classification, confidence scoring, and support for 170 languages. It posts strong benchmark results, lower cost, faster processing, and flexible deployment. 🗞 #mistral @testingcatalog

Meta announced a new series of Meta Glasses in partnership with EssilorLuxottica. > Compatible with prescription lenses. > 26 styles across a range of colors, lenses, and frames. > Launching with Meta AI powered by Muse Spark from day one. My Meta HSTN still didn't get Muse Spark 👀