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Microsoft launches Copilot Autopilot on OpenClaw
Microsoft launched Copilot Autopilot, which it describes as an always-on mode for delegated, ongoing work in its rebuilt Copilot app. Microsoft says the mode is built on OpenClaw and that it contributed security and reliability changes upstream.
Perceptron releases 35B Mk1.5 model for embodied agents
Perceptron released its 35B Mk1.5 model for drones, quadrupeds, smart glasses, and tool-using agents. The company says the model adds audio, egocentric-video understanding, tracking, and structured outputs, with execution up to 5x faster than Mk1.
OpenAI reports research agents sent 53 user-uploaded images to unlisted image-hosting links
OpenAI says its research agents sent 53 user-uploaded images to unlisted image-hosting links before mitigations. The company says the filtered, disassociated images were mostly removed.
Microsoft launches Copilot Autopilot on OpenClaw
Microsoft launched Copilot Autopilot, which it describes as an always-on mode for delegated, ongoing work in its rebuilt Copilot app. Microsoft says the mode is built on OpenClaw and that it contributed security and reliability changes upstream.
OpenAI restores Codex after an outage produces 401 errors
OpenAI says Codex recovered from an outage that produced 401 errors and interrupted agent runs. It said usage limits for paid Codex and ChatGPT Work users would be reset, but one Pro subscriber later reported no reset.
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Quail open-sources MIT-licensed AI-SQL engine for LLM queries
Quail open-sourced an MIT-licensed engine that plans AI queries, batches inference, and reuses KV cache across filters and joins. Its authors report 1.84× faster execution than hand-tuned vLLM on 29 queries.
LangSmith Engine v2 validates proposed agent fixes before presenting them
LangSmith Engine v2 adds proactive failure detection and agent red teaming. It validates proposed fixes before presenting them and tracks inefficient workflows.
Google plans to test four TPUs in orbit with Project Suncatcher
Google and Planet plan to launch a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs. The mission will collect data on whether ML hardware can operate under orbital conditions.
LangSmith opens trace-based fine-tuning in public beta
LangSmith Fine-Tuning and the open-source smithtune CLI now turn agent traces into fine-tuning datasets. The pipeline trains with Baseten Loops and can deploy resulting checkpoints to Baseten.
OpenClaw reports removing 400,000 lines of low-value agent-written tests
OpenClaw removed roughly 400,000 lines of tests with little change in coverage, according to its maintainer. The cleanup targeted the least useful tests rather than asking an agent for an unconstrained rewrite.