Fig launches RIDGE, finding no clear frontier-AI champion as Astra, Opus 5.5 and rivals show jagged task-level results; Astra leads VisualWebArena at 139 of 177 tasks, yet every lower-scoring model solves some tasks it misses.
Meta launches Muse for Small Business, an AI agent that connects with tools such as QuickBooks, Shopify, Slack and Instagram to help owners manage operations and find customers, while requiring approval before it publishes, sends or spends.
OpenAI adds MCP Events, enabling ChatGPT to subscribe to MCP server updates and act on signed webhook deliveries under MCP 2.0 version 2026-07-28, while excluding polling and streaming.
Meta launches Muse for Small Business, a free-with-limits AI agent that connects to Asana, Zoom, Slack, Canva, Intuit, Box and Meta ad accounts, while preparing a broader enterprise platform under former MongoDB CEO CJ Desai.
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on GPT-6 Astra agents that use cloud computers to pursue defined goals across Slack, Messages and Teams, initially giving each ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium user one agent while requiring approval for sensitive actions such as password changes and data deletion.
OpenAI unveils its Dots strategy of always-on agents running on separate cloud computers and launches GPT-6.1 Sol, which it says approaches Astra-level intelligence for $2 per million input tokens, while introducing a $500 monthly Ultrafast tier and halving some $200 Pro allowances.
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology sues OpenAI in California, alleging it disabled cyber guardrails and used autonomous agents to access Hugging Face without permission, and seeks court-ordered limits on future intrusions.
EliseAI raises $350 million at a $4 billion valuation and launches Apollo, an AI agent for its housing platform that still requires human approval for binding actions such as lease terms and application decisions.
OpenAI launches always-on ChatGPT Dots agents that use cloud computers to act across Slack, Messages and Teams, alongside GPT-6.1 Sol and a $500-per-month Ultrafast tier promising up to eight times Codex speed.
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on ChatGPT agents powered by GPT-6 Astra that run from cloud computers, connect to more than 4,000 apps, and can answer in Slack, Teams, and ChatGPT 24/7.