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OpenAI launches GPT-Live-1 for full-duplex voice agents
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (173+ words) TestingCatalog AI News OpenAI has launched GPT-Live-1 in the API, bringing the natural voice model first introduced in ChatGPT to developers building voice applications and business workflows. The model listens and speaks at the same time, handles interruptions and acknowledgments…...
Inception launches Mercury 2.5 at 1,107 tokens per second
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (255+ words) Mercury 2.5 is now available through Inception, Baseten, and OpenRouter, with Mercury Voice and Mercury Router entering preview. Mercury 2.5 generates 1,107 tokens per second on widely available NVIDIA GPUs and supports a 260K-token context window. Its capabilities include tunable reasoning, parallel tool…...
Google tests proper Projects for the Gemini desktop app
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (286+ words) Google is internally testing Projects for the Gemini desktop app, grouping custom instructions, files and related chats in dedicated workspaces. Google is internally testing a conventional Projects feature for the Gemini desktop app. The working interface lets users create dedicated…...
OpenAI prepares managed agents for DevDay 2026
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (157+ words) Managed Agents on AOI Platform demo Managed agents will not be the only announcement at DevDay. Model updates, security solutions, and more are also expected. Although access to the agents UI is not available yet, the codebase suggests functionality very…...
Google keeps transforming Gemini desktop into superapp
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (179+ words) Closed tests of Gemini desktop add Ask and Assign modes, Obsidian connections and a Finder action. Public release timing remains unclear. Google is also working on a Customize tab where users can select skills, apps, connectors, or plugins. The current…...
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra across ChatGPT and API
1+ week, 1+ day ago (170+ words) GPT-6 Astra is rolling out to ChatGPT paid plans and major cloud APIs with faster computer use, new Codex context memory and stronger safeguards. GPT-6 Astra is now available to all Pro, Enterprise, and Business Premium users in ChatGPT Work…...
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber
1+ week, 2+ day ago (144+ words) TestingCatalog AI News Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, splitting its new model family between agentic work and restricted cyber defense. The third Flash launch in six weeks arrives three weeks after 3.7 Flash. Both variants share foundational…...
OpenAI's Astra crosses Critical cybersecurity threshold
1+ week, 2+ day ago (139+ words) OpenAI says Astra is its first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity threshold, with limited alpha access planned before wider Daybreak Blue use. In hands-on assessments, Astra built a browser compromise chain that escaped the sandbox and ran host commands…...
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1
1+ week, 4+ day ago (155+ words) Fable 5.1 is now broadly available with 75% cheaper cache reads, while Mythos 5.1 is limited to vetted cyber and life-science users. Cache reads now cost 75% less at $0.25 per million tokens. Anthropic estimates typical costs will fall 25%, with savings on highly agentic work…...
Perplexity prepares Hybrid mode for Computer on Mac
1+ week, 5+ day ago (313+ words) What we know so far: Hybrid mode will delegate some subtasks to models hosted locally in order to save costs. Privacy Gate will evaluate data for PII before sending it to the cloud. Perplexity is preparing to bring local inference…...