CJ Avilla of Anthropic sends Claude Platform OpenTelemetry data to Sentry and finds an old project still consuming tokens, Sentry says. A workshop traces a Claude agent calling tools against a backend and database, with failed calls, retries, and final success in one trace. Sentry says this shows whether to fix the prompt, tool, or service.
Perplexity launches Teammates, persistent AI agents that take on ongoing work such as on-call shifts and ad campaigns, for Max subscribers on the web. Each teammate keeps one thread, carries over projects, skills and memory from Computer, and pages the user only when a decision is needed. Teammates run on the Max plan's monthly credit allotment, with a promotional free usage period.
Anthropic signed its first content licensing deal, a data and content agreement with the Associated Press completed just before the midterm elections, according to two people familiar with the matter. Anthropic declined to comment and the AP offered no on-record comment; financial terms and duration were not disclosed. The deal gives Claude attributed, real-time AP election data, which the company had lacked while publishers blocked its crawlers.
Dropbox is acquiring cloud storage company Tigris Data for $350 million, a deal the company says will support DBX Agent Cloud, its storage platform for businesses building AI agents. Dropbox says the transaction should close in the fourth quarter of 2026 and that it plans no headcount cuts.
Google releases Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, which generates native 15-second clips and supports multi-turn conversational editing. Product manager Anish Nangia says the model costs $0.07 per second for 720p video, 30% less than Omni 1.1. It is generally available on the Gemini API and Google Cloud.
Meta says Muse Voice is now available to everyone in the U.S., letting users call and video chat with its animated Muse AI avatar on mobile, web, and Mac. The feature, shown at Meta's September Connect conference, uses Muse Realtime Avatar and Realtime Voice models. Meta plans a Tamagotchi-like Muse Charm wearable before year-end.
Nooks raises $500 million from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund and launches Node, an AI assistant for sales that drafts follow-ups and flags stalled deals. The company says 96% of agent-drafted emails go out without edits. Nooks also releases its Revenue Agent Platform, with Inbound Agents due in the first quarter of 2027.
TeraWulf secures Google credit support for the debt financing behind roughly $19 billion in Anthropic lease commitments at its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. TeraWulf also signs a definitive EPC agreement with Fluor covering three data center buildings, with phased ready-for-service completions from late 2027 through the second quarter of 2028.
OpenAI says its autonomous pipeline, built on an upcoming cyber model, reproduced 1,724 Linux kernel vulnerabilities and produced 948 local privilege escalation exploits for $1,213,430 in API credits. OpenAI says its agents used at least 10 exploitation techniques that were new to outside kernel experts. Maintainers patched 61 of the LPEs during the 10-day scan.
SpaceXSI adds phone calls to its Grok Bot agent platform, letting paid users have the bot sit on hold, book appointments and negotiate bills on U.S. numbers. Users are the caller of record and legally responsible for each call under the company's terms. Elon Musk calls the platform's cost unsustainably high relative to revenue.